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 […]
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.
By Stan Olenik, Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club While the leadership of the Carolina Country Club had heard quiet talk that the BMW Celebrity Pro-Am presented by Synnex might relocate its rounds, the official phone call that arrived last Friday still came as a shock. Club owner Tim Dunlap […]
By Stan Olenik, Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club Without a press release or social media post, the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by Synnex is on the move again — this time to The Country Club of Spartanburg for its 2026 edition. The news didn’t come from a press conference […]
The June edition is at our will be in golf shops by the end of the week, Our publication highlights the high school state championships played in May as well as other golf news. The championships all were great battles. The 5A DI individual championship needed a 5-hole […]
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 If you enjoy the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD Synnex today, you would have really loved it 25 years ago when it all began. A milestone anniversary like the 25th is the perfect time to turn back the clock and […]
When you look inside every successful organization, you usually find one person who keeps the trains running on time. They are the kind of people who care more about making sure everything is done right than taking a turn in the spotlight. At the BMW Charity Pro-Am Presented […]
There is never a bad time to win a golf tournament. Former Clemson standout Bryson Nimmer knows that firsthand after earning his first Korn Ferry Tour victory with a playoff win at the Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya, Mexico. This year, Nimmer held conditional status on the […]
Golf fans will not only have celebrities to watch at this years BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD Synnex, they will also have a handful of Korn-Ferry Tour players with local ties to follow during the tournament. This year former Panther receiver Steve Smith Senior, Furman and USA […]
