by Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher The flagship event of the South Carolina Golf Association is returning to the upstate. The Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg will host the SCGA Amateur starting on July 24th. It will be the first time the Amateur will be played in the Upstate since […]
It will be youth and enthusiasm versus age and experience as the final round of the South Carolina Golf Association Amateur championship tees off at Musgrove Mill on Sunday morning. Greenville’s Rafe Reynolds brings the youthful enthusiasm of a college golfer to the final round, while Spartanburg’s Todd […]
All week Charleston’s Zach Adams talked about patience and a hot putter being the keys to winning the SCGA Amateur. Adams had the patience not to allow a slow start in the final round and some strong competition to challenge his belief in his game. While his putter […]
A couple of golfers from Anderson with Anderson University ties are setting the pace at the SCGA Amateur championship being played at The Dunes Club in Myrtle Beach. A current and former Trojan are first and tied for second after 36 holes. Anderson University rising junior Calahan Keever […]
Napoleon didn’t do very well at Waterloo. Austin Scott did much better. The rising sophomore at Clemson eagled the famed “Waterloo” hole at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club to help him take the first round lead at the South Carolina Golf Association Amateur championship. Scott, from Daniel […]
The top amateur golfers in South Carolina are in action this week playing in the annual South Carolina Golf Association State Amateur Championship. This year the Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach is hosting the championship and the opportunity to compete for a state title at […]
Winston Churchill wasn’t much of a golfer by most accounts, but one of his famous quotes could easily apply to anyone who has played and won the game. “There is nothing quite as exhilarating as being shot at and missed,” is a version of an often misquoted quote […]
Moving day at the South Carolina Golf Association Amateur championship started a little earlier than usual and lasted a little longer than usual. Rain forced the suspension of the second round so almost 70 golfers had to finish their Friday round starting at 7:am on Saturday before the […]
Jensen Castle barely made it into the Match Play field at the US Women’s Amateur. She was the 63rd seed in a 64 player bracket. The University of Kentucky golfer has not played like a golfer who just got into the draw, she is playing like the player […]
Jonathan Griz is on top of the leader board for the second day in a row at the SCGA Amateur championship. And for the second day in a row bad weather forced play to be suspended before the round could be completed at the Columbia Country Club. Griz […]