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.
While four golfers entered the final round of the Spartanburg County Amateur at the Carolina Country Club with a chance to win, by the back nine it was down to just two. Two time Spartanburg County Champion Robbie Biershenk and second round leader Brad Sill played most of […]
By Jed Blackwell, Associate Editor-Publisher When his final putt dropped at the fifth hole at Greer Golf – the third playoff hole, and 57th of the weekend at the Greenville County Amateur Championship – Connor Blackwelder broke into a wide grin. It was as much relief as elation. […]
Good scores have made for crowded leader boards at both the Greenville County Am and the Spartanburg County Am. In Greenville at Greer, former champion Cole Patterson has taken the lead after the first round, The 2019 County champion fired a 65 to hold a 3- shot lead […]
There is the Grand Slam and the Tiger Slam, now we need some spiffy alliteration to describe Todd White’s latest accomplishment in Amateur golf. The Spartanburg High School teacher won the British Senior Amateur by a shot at the event held in Saunton. England . The South Carolina […]
More than a handful of successful PGA Tour players have about the same answer when asked by young golfers how to grow in the game. First beat your friends, then beat the juniors at your club and then win a county championship. The Spartanburg County Junior Amateur Championships […]
