Junior Championship sends Erlenkeuser to USGA Junior Championship By Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher. The Golf Club At 6-foot-7, Erik Erlenkeuser usually stands head and shoulders above the rest of the field.. Erlenkeuser won the South Carolina Junior Champioship This week at The Country Club of Spartanburg, the recent T.L. […]
Davis Petty already has an impressive lists of “Firsts” on his golfing resume. As a sub junior player, Petty brought home a trunk full of trophies from some of the top kids Tour events for very young golfers. Now in his second year as a high school golfer, […]
High School golf teams in South Carolina divide their schedules between Region matches and important tournaments. The tournaments draw top teams from the Upper State to Upper State events, Lower State to Low Country tournaments and the teams in the Mid-Lands can pick and choose which way to […]
If you added up the total weight of Bennett Scaletta and Davis Petty you would not reach the poundage of one heavyweight boxer, but the two put on the high school golf equivalent of a heavy weight battle at the Rebel Classic. Spartanburg’s Petty, was a dominant player […]
By Stan Olenik, Editor-Publisher It wasn’t that long ago that Nick Biershenk, Brad Sill and Brandon Masters were the top Junior golfers in the Upstate. Each of the three had outstanding junior, high school or college careers. Masters won a state high school championship, Biershenk and Sill both […]
By Jed Blackwell – Associate Editor, Publisher The Golf Club Casey Kosney tipped his hat before his final putt at the Rebel Invitational even reached the cup. Kosney, who tied for medalist honors at the event with Dorman teammate Will Ruth and Spartanburg’s Davis Petty at two-under-par 70, […]
Brian Harmon winning the Open was a surprise. Davis Petty winning another Under Armour Junior World Championship, not so much. Petty, who was the Player of the Year last year, added another World Championship to his resume with his second straight age group win, this time in the […]
Most 12 year olds get a juice box and some crackers when they finish a golf tournament. Davis Petty is far from most 12 year olds. The Spartanburg golfing phenom added to his list of accomplishments with a win at The Future Masters Invitational in Dothan, Alabama. He […]
How do you top being a world champion when you are just 9 years old? The answer is simple, you win another world championship when you are 11 years old. Davis Petty did just that when he claimed the 9-11-year-old age group world championship at the Under Armour […]
If at first you don’t succeed, well you know the rest. The kids in the PGA Junior League – Cleveland County Chapter are ready to try again to advance out of Sectional play in Charlotte next week. “We have some really good players and they are super competitive,” […]
