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 […]
It is just about impossible to miss the golf sign that seems to float in the sky near Blackstock Road on the West side of Spartanburg, Lon Hatcher wanted to make sure golfers could find his shop located at 300 East Blackstock Road and the sign has done […]
By Jed Blaackwell. Associate Editor/Publisher With seven holes to go in the boys division at The Blade Junior Classic, a crowded leaderboard looked like an exciting finish was in order. Instead, Cade Kriscunas removed all doubt. Kriscunas fired a final-day 67 to win the event by four shots […]
Mike Carter has been teaching at Haas Golf in Greenville since 2010. His passion for the game has led him to become an outstanding instructor, he first was an outstanding student of the game, which helped him develop his instruction program. At the very beginning of his teaching […]
by Jed Blackwell, Associate Editor-Publisher Back-nine birdies propelled both the girls and boys champions in the final round at the Greenville County Junior Championship at Holly Tree on Tuesday afternoon. Spencer Harvey shot a two-day total of 19-over par to outdistance Isabella Poore by two strokes to win […]
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 […]
There are some golfers who just have a knack to shine when the spotlight is on them and it is looking more and more Dawson Szabo is one of them. The Blue Ridge High School student added another “major” win to a resume crowded with big time victories […]
When Caroline Hawkins driver is dialed in she is pretty hard to beat. This week at the Women’s South Carolina Golf Association Junior championship Hawkins wasn’t perfect off the tee, but was more than adequate to finish the state championship at 7-under par and 13 shots in front […]