By Jed Blackwell, Associate Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club On the 72nd hole of the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD Synnex, Ryan Gerard had a little work to do. The University of North Carolina product had flown the green at Thornblade’s par-4 18th, then nearly made a 75-footer for birdie. […]
We expect great scores at the BMW and we got them in the first round. If you were not way under par, you might start to plan to check out of your hotel early and get on to the next Korn-Ferry stop Seth Reeves has the first round […]
It took Taylor Dickson 81 events to be in position to win his first Korn-Ferry Tour event, but before he could lift the trophy at the Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank, he had to play one extra hole. The 2016 Winthrop grad defeated Trey Winstead with a […]
When the Korn-Ferry Tour season started a few weeks ago, Greenville’s Keenan Huskey and Boiling Springs Trent Phillips didn’t have full time status on the Tour, All that changed on Sunday when the two upstate young professionals tied for second at the Panama Championship. Huskey shot rounds of […]
Trace Crowe is one of the newest members of the PGA Tour. The young professional who grew up in Easley completed an amazing six month run in professional golf with a second place finish at the PGA Q-School’s final stage presented by Korn-Ferry. Crowe began the year with […]
It doesn’t always happen, but a win on the Korn-Ferry Tour usually is a spring board to a PGA Tour card the following year. Trace Crowe got a win last year, but it did not result in a promotion to the PGA Tour. The Auburn grad spent his […]
When Jacob Bridgeman finished his second round at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital championship he became a member of the PGA Tour. By making the cut, Bridgeman, who started the second to last event on this year’s Korn-Ferry Tour season ranked 12th in the points race, earned enough points […]
by Jed Blackwell, Associate Editor-Publisher GREER – Adrien Dumont de Chassart got the hang of the Tour golf grind fairly quickly. The University of Illinois graduate finished second on the PGA Tour University ranking last year, earning 8-starts on the Tour and his first one was at the […]
Inman’s Trent Phillips shot a solid 4-under 68 at the Carolina Country Club in the first round of the BMW. Phillips, like almost everyone in the field, marveled at the great opening round posted by Michael Feagles at Thornblade Club. Feagles shot an amazing 12-under par 59 to […]
Ten golfers in this year’s BMW Charity Pro-Am Presented by TD Synnex have either a college or hometown tie to the Palmetto State. Trent Phillips, from Inman, had the most storied Junior golf career in the state and followed it up by earning All-American honors three-times at Georgia. […]
