After an uneven start to the season, the Clemson Tigers won their first tournament of the year at the weather shortened Palmetto Cleveland Golf Intercollegiate. The Tigers placed all five golfers in the top 15 to claim a 5-shot victory in the tournament played at the Palmetto Golf […]
Success at the Red Raider Invitational does not guarantee teams a state championship, but in recent years the winners of the first big tournament of the season often end up with a championship trophy. In the past few years North Augusta, Christ Church and T.L. Hanna used wins […]
It does not happen very often, in fact almost never for one school to have boys and girls win the state championship in the same sport, in the same year. The TL Hanna Yellow Jackets girls golf team won the state championship last fall while the boys won […]
This year’s high school realignment has changed the classification for some of the top teams in South Carolina, but no matter the classification , the top teams are still the top teams. The South Carolina HIgh School Golf Coaches Association has offered a preview of what those who […]
By Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club The Frostbite Classic at The Bel in Pendleton is either the last event of the winter or the first event of the spring. The annual tournament is a better predictor of the change of seasons than any ground hog. If the […]
A hole in one is rare, but not impossible. On courses around the Upstate there has been no shortage of aces. Two-time Greenville County Amateur champion Garland Ferrell carded two holes in one in the same round. A pair of golfers at Palmetto Hills aced the same hole […]
by Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher The flagship event of the South Carolina Golf Association is returning to the upstate. The Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg will host the SCGA Amateur starting on July 24th. It will be the first time the Amateur will be played in the Upstate since […]
By Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club When you pull up the Facebook page for the Upstate SC Amateur Players Tour you see pictures of a lot of smiling golfers. They usually have a trophy in their hand after playing a good round in a tournament, but the […]
You can’t blame upstate golfers for hibernating through much of this winter. There have not been many acceptable days to play golf. Local clubs have started to scheduled events in the last weeks of winter. The Tyger River Shiver was the first of several to play and the […]
The South Carolina Golf Association Golf Day each year celebrates the success and history of the state organization. The event usually includes a pro-forma business meeting to officially elect officers, but this year under new business the SCGA made a major announcement. “We are taking a bold step […]
