Sydney Roberts is not much of a scoreboard watcher, instead she has a pretty good feel for where she stands in a tournament. In the second round of the Carolinas Golf Association’s Young Amateur championship, for some reason, Roberts started glancing at the scoreboard. “I don’t usually do […]
Traditions do not begin when someone, somewhere, somehow calls something a tradition. It takes years to build tradition and on New Year’s Eve in the Upstate golfers know there is one tradition unlike any other, the Champagne Shoot-Out at Thornblade Club. The event has earned its “Tradition” moniker. […]
The next time Bennett Scaletta tees it up in a tournament he will do so as the 2023 Jay Haas South Carolina Junior Player of the Year. The 14 year old from Belton has jammed a lot of success into just a couple of years of junior golf. […]
Michael Pius, MS, PGA , Executive Director, First Tee Upstate Dear Upstate Golfers,
Thank you for your continued support of First Tee — Upstate South Carolina and the kids and teens that we now serve all across the Upstate! 2023 has been yet another record setting year for […]
Trace Crowe is one of the newest members of the PGA Tour. The young professional who grew up in Easley completed an amazing six month run in professional golf with a second place finish at the PGA Q-School’s final stage presented by Korn-Ferry. Crowe began the year with […]
After pushing the Cranberry Classic back a week because of weather problems, the tournament was completed in a little different fashion when weather tried to be an issue for a second time. With a sketchy forecast for Sunday, the second round, Boscobel officials had the full field play […]
It doesn’t always happen, but a win on the Korn-Ferry Tour usually is a spring board to a PGA Tour card the following year. Trace Crowe got a win last year, but it did not result in a promotion to the PGA Tour. The Auburn grad spent his […]
The Korn Ferry Q School Finals are underway in Florida and golfers with ties to the Palmetto State join with around 160 other hopefuls in their attempt to earn a PGA Tour Card. Former Clemson golfer Bryson Nimmer is in the field and he earned his spot by winning the […]
They still have to show up and play, but when it comes to the season ending Forty Plus Series final event chances are Chris Eassy and Jeremy Revis are going to take home the top prize. The pair of past Greenville County Amateur champions shot identical rounds of […]
It has been a busy couple of weeks for Clemson golf without playing in a tournament, First, the 2003 National Championship team got back together and were honored during the last regular season football game in Death Valley, A few weeks later the bi-annual Tiger Golf Gathering brought […]