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 […]
A familiar face took home the trophy at Saturday’s Spartanburg County Senior Amateur Championship at Woodfin Ridge. Stan Sill won his fourth Senior championship with a 66 on the tournament’s second day, for a two-day total of five-under-par 139. Sill finished three strokes ahead of Mark Pike and […]
On a good day, it takes a couple of hours to drive from Spartanburg to Orangeburg. Factor in the traffic around Columbia and the construction, it is easy to get worn out making the trip there and back to the Upstate. When you add in a round in […]
There is no argument as to who has been the best golfer in Spartanburg County Amateur competitions. It’s Stan Sill. The lefty added a third County Senior Amateur title to his collection of six regular County titles when he blitzed the field in the 2020 championship at Three […]
Final Hole action at the Spartanburg County Senior Am Bobby Newman had a good feeling coming into the Spartanburg County Senior Amateur at the Carolina Country Club. Newman shot a 65 in his practice round and decided he was ready to try to win his fourth Senior Amateur. […]
You will often hear golfing teammates talk about how they “brother-in-lawed” their way around a golf course to shoot a good score. At Mimosa Hills in the 50th Carolinas Golf Association Senior Four-Ball championship the winners “cousined it” to the victory. Cousins Mike Gravley from Greer and Stan […]
Spartanburg’s Todd White played outstanding golf in the qualifying portion of the CGA Match Play championship, but stroke play and match play are very different. White finished the 36 hole qualifying portion of the championship at 11 under par, four shots better than anyone else in the field. […]