Brandon Coggins added another title to an impressive resume, winning what is now known as the Cherokee National Amateur Championship. It really doesn’t matter what the tournament is called, if it is played in Gaffney at the Cherokee National Country Club, chances are better than average the former […]
Bennett Scaletta was a South Carolina High School medalist and now is leading the rave for a SC Junior championship
From Costner to Champions Tour: Byrd’s journey comes full circle. By Stan Olenik, Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club It doesn’t feel like yesterday—but it doesn’t feel like 25 years have passed either—since I reported on Jonathan Byrd’s first Tour victory at the inaugural BMW Charity Pro-Am. Thursday at 1:34 […]
By Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club The Frostbite Classic at The Bel in Pendleton is either the last event of the winter or the first event of the spring. The annual tournament is a better predictor of the change of seasons than any ground hog. If the […]
By Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club It has never been clear if the Champagne Shoot-Out at Thornblade Club on New Year’s Eve ends the golf year in the Upstate or starts the New Year. Either way, the event has gone from a small gathering of friends to […]
By Stan Olenik, Editor-Publisher It is a good time to be Erik Erlenkeuser. A successful year on the golf course earned the tall junior golfer from Anderson the South Carolina Golf Association Jay Haas award as the top junior in the state. It was a goal the TL […]
By Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher Boscobel has long been a favorite course for amateurs, tournaments and everyday play. Now Coby Gambrell and Jon Guenthner, the owners of the course in Pendleton, have bought the Woodhaven Par 3 course just down the road. They have renamed the course The Bel […]
By Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher Borrowing from a seasonal theme. The weather outside was frightful, but the result for the Nielsen brothers was delightful. A full field of 130 golfers, 65 two-man teams. battled each other and the weather in the Cranberry Classic played at Boscobel. The tournament has […]
By Stan Olenik. Editor-Publisher Golfers and non golfers have made Christmas at the Rumbling Bald Resort on Lake Lure a holiday tradition. As Hurricane Helene blew through and blew down parts of nearby Chimney Rock and the lake many wondered if the courses and amenities at the Resort […]
By Stan Olenik, Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club When Rob Hrubala finished his round in the Spartanburg County Senior Amateur championship one of the first golfers to congratulate him was Brian Kennedy. The former Spartanburg Amateur and Senior Amateur champion didn’t offer a “well done or great playing” instead […]
