The Chanticleer course Greenville Country Club members and guests played in the fall is changing. It is not going to be the course they play in about a year. The 54 year old course aged gracefully, but time and advances in the game have had an impact on […]
If you have ever played golf at Pickens you are in for a surprise when you play the old course again. First, it isn’t the old course anymore and second the brand new clubhouse, opened for the first time on November 9th, is exactly what was promised to […]
By Stan Olenik, Editor-Publisher The Golf Club Golfers of a certain age all have one very similar memory about taking a golf trip to Myrtle Beach. Every golfer who teed it up at the Beach had their favorite course. They also had their favorite seafood buffet. Additionally, they […]
by Jed Blackwell Associate Editor-Publisher Brad Sill had a pretty good idea of what he wanted to do from themiddle of the fairway on No. 18 at the Carolina Country Club as theCyder Cup hung in the balance. He’d already been there once this season. Sill, who won […]
By Stan Olenik, Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club When Rob Hrubala finished his round in the Spartanburg County Senior Amateur championship one of the first golfers to congratulate him was Brian Kennedy. The former Spartanburg Amateur and Senior Amateur champion didn’t offer a “well done or great playing” instead […]
By Jed Blackwell Associate Editor-Publisher With a crowded field of local amateurs and college golfers in contention at the Upstate Amateur at Willow Creek, the result came down to a few important factors. A PGA Tour star, a wildly popular YouTube series, and a strong mental game. Brad […]
The Earl Wooten Invitational is played each year to honor the memory of one of the areas most accomplished amateur athletes.
There may not be a golf hole in the Upstate that can compare for drama with the ninth hole at Boscobel. The not very long par-4 is where champions are crowned in playoffs and it seems almost every event at Boscobel requires an extra hole, the ninth hole, […]
Kendal Graham had so much fun at the Upstate Ladies Amateur Golf Championship, she didn’t mind playing an extra hole. It helped that her 37th hole was a birdie for the title. Graham fired a two-day total of 148 to tie with Debbie Huff, then made a 4 […]
Zach Adams led from start to finish to claim his second South Carolina Amatuer championship.
