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 last time a caddie stole the spotlight from the golfer they were looping for was when Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy showed up Tour Star David Simms. At The Players Championship, Ben Martin’s caddie, Luke Hopkins got his time in the spotlight on the famous 17th hole at […]
Ben Martin has played in a golf tournament 16 of the last 21 weeks, and that is a lot of tournament play and pressure. The first group of those tournaments Martin had to play well to earn his way into the Korn Ferry Tour finals. The second group, […]
Sunday was a big day in the life of two upstate professional golfers. Ben Martin had experienced it before when he first made the PGA Tour, but for Carson Young it was a new experience. Both golfers drove back to their homes in the Upstate from the Korn-Ferry […]
Ben Martin has been there and now he is going back. Carson Young has never been there, but now will have his chance. Both Clemson grads picked up their PGA Tour cards after the Korn-Ferry Tour Championship completed the third end-of-the-season qualifying tournament for the last 25 PGA […]
It was easier to comprehend the start of the PGA Tour year when TV cameras showed pictures of palm trees in Hawaii rather than stadiums full of football fans. The Sony Open in Honolulu starts on January 2, but between then and now there are 14 PGA Tour […]
Ben Martin has been around the Thornblade track a few times in his life. He played it while he was working his way up to the PGA Tour and now he is playing it again as a way to get back to the big Tour. The golfer from […]
The golf is almost always amazing and the celebrities are fun to watch, but most year’s Upstate golf fans don’t know much about the competitors they are watching at the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by Synnex. This year is different. Sure Brett Favre, Larry the Cable Guy, Anthony […]
Interview with PGA Tour golfer Ben Martin before the Morgan-Lucas Junior Tournament. interview with PGA Tour golfer William McGirt before the Morgan Lucas Junior Tournament If the weather holds off this weekend the Morgan Lucas Championship will be played at the Greenville Country Club. The field includes […]
