The 2022 Upstate Amateur Players Tour kicks off on March 12 at Links O’Tryon. Larry Lee, who helped found the Tour many year’s ago, is back leading the popular local group. Lee, who along with Phil VanGeersdaelen are bringing an elevated Tour experience to the Upstate. “We live […]
USC Upstate won the team title and Wofford’s Beca Earl was the medalist as the two Spartanburg schools brought home all the hardware from the Lady Bison Classic at the Bay Point Golf Club in Panama City, Florida. Battling a very demanding golf course was only part of […]
Carson Young started the final round of the Panama Championship trailing the leaders by two shots. Young bogeyed number one, but that would turn out to be the only blemish on his final round score card. The Clemson grad spotted the three golfers in front of him another […]
Most golfers would be happy to “shoot their age” once in their golfing life. On January 13th, Roger Page did it for the 50th time . “It has been a goal for me,” said Page. “I wanted to get to 50 before I turned 70,” he said. Playing […]
Traditions don’t happen overnight. You can’t start something and call it traditional before it is tested by time The Champagne Shoot-Out at Thornblade has earned its Traditional label. The New Year’s Eve tournament was held for the 29th straight year at the club in Greer. The tournament includes […]
Golf instructors are usually rated by the success of their students. With more than two dozen junior students who have gone on to earn college scholarships, Mark Ernst has a well earned reputation as an outstanding instructor. The number of golfers he has helped to earn scholarships to […]
Making a hole-in-one requires skill and a little bit of luck. Ben Gramling had both on December 7th. The owner of Village Greens made his seventh hole-in-one, six of them at the course north of Inman. Gramling, trying to sneak in a quick nine holes at his course, […]
When rain forced the suspension of the first round at the Southern Oaks Holiday Open, Rick Oyervides and Steve Graham had already built up a good lead on the field. The two golfers were 5-under par and the only trouble they had on the course was the rain. […]
2021 Upstate Club Champions Honor Roll Congratulations to all the golfers who won club championships in the Upstate in 2021! Each year The Golf Club newspaper rounds up the names of as many club champions as we can and present those golfers on our Upstate Honor Roll. The […]
The Tiger Golf Gathering is a homecoming for the many Clemson golfers who have gone on to play professionally. It is a chance to give something back to the program that helped many Tigers reach their goal of playing on a PGA Tour. When former players put together […]
