By Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club A week ago, while researching a story on the retirement of a longtime leader in the BMW Charity Pro-Am’s volunteer corps, we checked the tournament website for routine background. Instead, we found a web banner announcing that the event was leaving […]
Jackson Ormond owned the back 9 at the Country Club of Spartanburg. The future Florida Gator golfer stayed patient and won. the Chapman Junior.
rom Lucas Glover’s 1995 victory to today’s jet-setting juniors, the Bobby Chapman Junior Championship at The Country Club of Spartanburg has grown into one of America’s most respected junior invitationals — but it’s still won the same way: on the golf course.
The BMW Celebrity Pro-Am, a long-running Korn Ferry Tour event in South Carolina, posted its 2026 move from Carolina Country Club to the Country Club of Spartanburg before the PGA Tour’s official schedule release — a slip that raised questions about timing, communication, and control.
Hear from the Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational Champion Karl Vilips about his dominating win at the Country Club of Spartanburg. The Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. The tournament played at The Country Club of Spartanburg has grown from a good junior event in […]
Hear from the Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational defending champion Jonathan Griz as he gets ready to defend his 2018 championship. Griz set to defend his Chapman Junior championship. After the first round of the 2018 Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational Jonathan Griz’s name wasn’t near the top of the […]
Hear from the creators of Operation 36 a special program to bring kids into golf and keep them Country Club of Spartanburg Director of Instruction Kevin Britt talks about the value of the Operation 36 program. Operation 36 combines fun and learning for kids When you […]
Interview with Jonathan Griz the 2018 Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational winner Griz goes deep to win the Bobby Chapman Junior When you watch Jonathan Griz play you have to wonder how good he is going to be when he grows up. The 14 year old golfer booms drives […]
Interview with Butch Harmon at the 2018 Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational. Top field set to play in the 24th Bobby Chapman Junior The Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational has been played for 23 years at the Country Club of Spartanburg. The 24th edition of the tournament begins […]
You can make a lot of friends in 46 years around a golf course and Tom McAllister did just that in his long tenure at The Country Club of Spartanburg. McAllister retired from the club in February and hoped to slip away quietly from the job he held […]
