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Anderson Country Club closesOld club closes two years short of 100th anniversary

The Anderson Country Club closed its doors at the end of October and will no longer operate.

The club was established in 1918 as a nine hole course. It was later designed into an 18 hole course by noted golf archi-tect Thomas Bendelow.

Bendelow was the designer of Medinah Country Club near Chicago and East Lake in Atlanta. He was responsible for many golf courses built from 1900 to the 1930s.

The Club was put up for sale in September, and the future of the property became in question.

Meldrums win Mixed Team title

The team of Chad and Kadi Meldrum won WSCGA & SCGA mixed team titles The Aiken husband and wife team won their third title in the last seven years.

The Meldrums finished one shot in front of the field after shooting a two day total of 148.

The winners finished one shot in front of two teams. Ron and Marissa Clontz of Taylors and Doug Edwards and Pam Prescott of Easley tied for second place.

USGA play for Carolina golfers

Three South Carolina golfers reached match play in three separate USGA national championship events.

Steve Liebler of Irmo won his way into the semi-finals at the US Senior Amateur being played at the Hidden Creek Golf Club in Egg Harbor, NJ.

It took Tom Brandes of Washington 21 holes to eliminate the South Carolina golfer.

Todd White of Spartanburg played his way into the quarter finals of the USGA Mid-Am Championship at John’s Island Club in Vero Beach.

White had earlier in the year been part of the winning team in the first USGA Four-Ball championship.

Greer’s Dawn Woodard made the round of 16 at the USGA Women’s Mid-Am championship in Louisiana.

Ramsey advances to LPGA Stage 3

Former Clemson golfer Ashlan Ramsey has advanced to the final stage of LPGA Tour School.

The Greenville golfer finished in the top 60 to advance.

Ramsey will play for her LPGA Tour card in the finals starting on November 30th at the LPGA International course in Daytona Beach.

Proveaux brothers qualify for Four-Ball

Cody and Caleb Proveaux of Leesville won the top qualifying spot for next year’s USGA Four-Ball Championship.

The Proveauxes finished two shots in front of four teams in second place.

The team of John Patterson and Rob Simmons won the first available spot in a playoff.

Ellison McCoy and Lee Palms of Greenville won the third qualifying spot in the playoff.

The second USGA Four-Ball champi-onship will be played next May 21-25, at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York.

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The Dorman Cavaliers came from two shots off the lead in the final round to capture the South Carolina AAAA girls golf championship at The Country Club of Lexington.

The Cavaliers were led by Natalie Srinivasan who claimed the individual title in the 36 hole tournament. Srinivasan carded identical rounds of 2-under par 70 for a 140 total and a four shot victory.

The Cavaliers made up the two shot difference early in the final round. On the back nine the Cavaliers stretched their lead to the final total of five shots and their first team championship since 2002.

“All of the team were in cribs the last time we won the title,” said Dorman head coach Lewis Terry. “We have four seniors who played today and they have been work-ing towards winning this title for as long as they have been with us,” he said.

Lexington has been the dominant girls golf program in the state winning 11 of the last 12 team titles. They had beaten the Cavaliers convincingly in a match earlier in the season.

“I told the girls this was the last chance they would have to beat Lexington and if they did they would be state champions,” said the coach.

With Hailey Cleary and Gracyn Bur-gess the Wildcats had two experienced and successful golfers who finished the first day three shots off the pace set by Sriniva-san. Terry expected Lexington to play the final round like they did not want to give up the title.

“I asked the team to grind it out and play one shot at a time and not let the golf course beat you. Play your game and you should win,” he added.

While Srinivasan was adding to her lead the other members of the team were

doing what was needed to win the title. Ol-ivia Slatton improved her first round score by six shots posting a final round 78.

“I knew we needed two scores in the 70’s if we were going to win. Before the round I gave each player a golf ball with a message I had specifically written for each player and I told them I believed in them,” said Terry.

Abigayle Hatcher, Paige Johnson and Audrey Martin all contributed to the team’s winning effort. Maria File did not play in the state final, but also helped with the team’s success this year.

Srinivasan, playing in the final group

Dorman and Srinivasan wins AAAA titlesSrinivasan claims individual AAAA title at Lexington

of the day, did not seem to be bothered by the weather and played a very steady and consistent round.

“If you come out and dread the condi-tions you won’t play well,” said the Dorman senior. “You just hunker down and go do it,” she said.

Last year’s runner up never deviated from her game plan for the tournament. “I just tried to keep it in the fairway and keep hitting greens. If the putts went in that was great, but I didn’t want to shoot myself out of it,” said Srinivasan.

The future Furman golfer is the first in-dividual AAAA champion for the Cavaliers since Taylor Weaver won the title in 2003.

The state championship is a special win that fits in nicely with a handful of AJGA titles that Srinivasan has won during an outstanding junior career.

“Its pretty awesome, this is another thing to add to my list. Everyone wants to win a state championship so this is pretty humbling,” Srinivasan said.

Mauldin’s Ashley Czarnecki trailed Srinivasan by one shot after the first round, but could not close on the leader. The future Ole’ Miss golfer shot a final round 73 to take second place.

Cleary and Anna Morgan from Spar-tanburg tied for third while. Kate Harper of Wando, Jensen Castle of White Knoll, Anna Chanthaphaeng of Boiling Springs, Gracyn

The Dorman Cavaliers celebrate winning the 2015 SC Girls AAAA Championship. (L-R) Coach Lewis Terry, Natalie Srinivasan, Olivia Slatton, Audrey Martin, Abigayle Hatcher, Paige Johnson, Maria File and assitant coach Michael Green. Assistan coach Andie Thompson not pictured. Srinivasan (below) won the individual title by four shots.

Burgess from Lexington, Alyssa Campbell of Clover and Stephanie Landreth of Easley received All-State honors.

Boiling Springs had a strong showing as the Bulldogs finished in third place with Wando in fourth and Mauldin fifth.

Huskey wins 2ndAAA Championship

Travelers Rest senior Victoria Huskey came from three shots off the lead in the final round to win her second straight AAA individual championship.

Huskey shot an opening round 78 in difficult weather conditions at Port Royal Golf Club on Hilton Head, Island.

The future College of Charleston golf-er shot the lowest round in the tournament when she carded a 4-under par 68 in the final round.

“I didn’t think I was that far behind,” said Huskey. “I thought if I played well I had a chance to catch up,” she said.

Huskey was able to shoot a bogey free round and claim a four-shot victory. She closed her round with birdies on three of the last four holes.

“It is always sweet to win because I have been so close without winning this year,” she said.

Huskey’s play helped boost Travelers Rest into second place in the state tourna-ment.

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Spartanburg reclaims the cupSpartanburg ends five year reign of Greenville with a 20-12 victory

It was hard to tell who won this year’s Cyder Cup if you just looked at the faces of the competitors.

The Spartanburg team might have had a little big-ger smile as the home team reclaimed the cup from Greenville.

“These teams are made up of guys who play a lot of golf together during the year. We are all friends and love this event,” said Greenville team captain Terry Willis.

The two day annual golf tournament featuring the best golfers from Greenville versus the best from Spartanburg was played at the Carolina Country Club this year.

The Spartanburg team wrapped up its first win in the Ryder Cup style matches since 2009 with a strong finish.

Spartanburg won three of the first four Sunday singles matches. The team wrapped up the win with five matches still on the course.

Even with the outcome decided the last five matches were played out to a conclusion.

Spartanburg won 10 of the 16 points available in the final round to take the cup by a score of 20 - 12.

“Our team played very well,” said Spartanburg cap-tain Todd Whitehead. “We rolled the ball well on the greens and made a lot of putts,” he said.

“They just played better than we did this year. I think the teams were pretty even on paper, but they were better

on the course,” said Willis.After a difficult start to the fall the weather for the

Cyder Cup was perfect and so were the playing condi-tions.

“We could not have asked for a better host than Carolina Country Club. The course was in great shape and the staff helped make this a very successful event, said Whitehead.

The twelfth renewal of the rivalry benefits the First Tee Programs in Greenville and Spartanburg.

“We raised over $32,000,” said Fran Dunn the Executive Director of the Spartanburg First Tee. “The money raised by each team stays in their county to help with their chapter,” she said.

Since becoming a fundraising event the Cyder Cup has raised over $200,000 for First Tee programs.

Greenville leads the series with 6 wins to Spartanburg’s 5 victories, one match ended in a tie.

The Spartanburg team won the 2015 Cyder Cup tournament at the Carolina Country Club. Members of the winning team included team captain Todd Whitehead, Kin Britton, Doug Ramey, Stan Sill, Todd Webber, Ryan Moss, Matt Wilson, Jeff Horton, Ken Leopard, Andrew Hewitt, Kyle Milner, III, Max Fain, Richard Burgess, Quincy Halliday, Brian Kennedy and Josh McMillan.

Members of the Greenville Cyder Cup team included team captain Terry Willis, Marty Henson, Bobby Hines, Duff Wagner, Danny Brock, Kurt Waldthausen, Shane Grumbles, Derek Oyervides, Marcus Grumbles, Zach Siefert, Bryan Kelley, Whit Suber, Jason Woodard, Raymond Wooten, Dan Constantino and Casey Owens.

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New Amateur Tour comes to the UpstateTurner brings NBC Golf Channel Tour to the Upstate

Mike Rich, the regional director for the Golf Channel Amateur Tour, welcomes the newest chapter to the national Tour. Jimmy Turner will lead the Upstate Tour as part of the NBC GolfAmTour.

Jimmy Turner has operated an amateur golf tour in the Upstate for the better part of the last 21 years.

During that time hundreds of golfers have enjoyed the competition and the ca-maraderie of regular events and a season long points championship race.

Now Turner is taking his expertise to a new amateur golf tour that is making its first appearance in the Upstate.

“I’m really excited about beginning the GCAMTOUR,” said Turner. It offers amateur players a lot more opportunities and a real national Tour,’ he said.

The Golf Channel Amateur Tour is part of the NBC Golf Channel. It is a Tour that has been in operation for several years around the country, but not in the Upstate.

“When they called me, they said they had not tried to start a Tour here before be-cause we had done such a good job with the Tour we were working with,” said Turner.

However, things change and the time seemed right to join the GCAMTOUR this year.

“I’m hoping many of the players who

were with me on the other Tour will come with us because I know it will be better for them,” he said.

The Tour structure is similar to oth-ers. Golfers play in Flights based on their abilities.

The Tour has six flights and call them by the names of famous golfers. Champion-ship 0-3.9, Palmer 4-7.9, Sarazen 8-11.9, Jones 16-19.9, Snead 20+.

The GCAMTOUR will operate on a schedule similar to that of the PGA Tour. The season will begin in the fall and go

through the year.“We will operate just about all year,

but obviously in the winter we will have a lighter schedule than in the spring, summer and fall,” said Turner.

Golfers will still compete for Visa Gift Cards for each event and the season ending points race.

“This Tour has more majors and better courses. Members can play in tournaments at Sawgrass, Pinehurst, The Ocean Course, Harbor Town as well as a great lineup of local courses for our regular events,” said

Turner.Members can play in events that are

held by other Tour chapters around the country.

Tour members pay a $199.00 mem-bership fee that gets them a Tour shirt and hat, tees, tags and other gifts as well as a USGA handicap.

“That is the regular membership fee, but because we are new and because we had so many old members on the other Tour the Golf Channel has made us a special offer this year,” said Turner.

Any golfer who joins before December 31st will save $70. The entry membership is $129.00 for the 2016 season and everyone who signs up at that rate and stays a mem-ber will pay the same annual fee every year.

In order to get the special savings, interested golfers must sign up with Turner and not directly on the Tour’s website.

“Golfers who want to join the Tour should send me an email at upstate@gcam-tour.com and I will make sure they get the discount for their membership,” said Turner.

The Tour schedule is online at www.gcam-tour.com/tour/upstate.

“We have had many golfers from the old Tour join us and I know we will have even more before we start. This Tour is going to be fun and golfers are going to get a better deal this year,” said Turner.

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Lady Paladins win twiceFurman wins at Yale and at Kiawah to wrap up the fall

The Lady Paladins picked up two tournament wins in October. Furman won at Yale and at the PalmettoIntercollegiate. Coach Kelley Hester’s team (l-r) Jacqueline Bendrick, Valentina Romero, Alice Chen, Taylor Totland, Haylee Harford and assistant coach Jeff Hull. Harford finished third in the tournament at Turtle Point.(Photos from Furman) Lauren Stephenson of Clemson (below-right) tied for medalist honors at Yale.

Lady Paladins’ golf coach Kelley Hester was a little concerned about her team after the first tournament of the year.

The Lady Paladins returned the team that won the SoCon championship and advanced to the NCAA Regionals.

They didn’t play like champions in the final round at Yeamans Hall. The team finished 11th and no individual finished higher than 33rd.

“It was concerning, but it was just one of those days when everything went wrong,” said Hester. “Then we had a bad first round at the Lady Paladin and we were scratching our heads,” she added.

The second day at the Lady Paladin the team looked like it turned the corner.

“Golf can be a funny game. Sometimes it is hard to get things started. We played one of the best rounds in Furman history that day and things have been good since then,” said the coach.

Furman finished second at their tour-nament and won the next two events on the schedule.

“The players were putting a lot of pressure on themselves. At the end of the day they needed to go out and have fun. The last eight rounds have been outstand-ing,” said the coach.

The Lady Paladins won the Yale Intercollegiate on the number one ranked college course in the country.

Furman battled Clemson to win the event. The Lady Paladins trailed the Tigers in the last round before going 3-under on the final five holes to take the title by five shots.

Furman followed up the win in New Haven with a victory at the Palmetto Intercollegiate on Kiawah Island.

Freshman Haylee Harford battled for the win before finishing third. The team

Stephenson wins first college tourney

Clemson freshman Lauren Stephenson was the co-medalist at the Yale Intercollegiate.

Stephenson joined her freshman teammate Alice Hewson making it three straight tournaments with winning perfor-mance by a Tiger newcomer.

The Clemson team finished second to Furman and tied for the best team finish in the three year old program.

It was the third straight top five finish for the Tigers.

also got top-twenty finishes from senior Valentina Romero and junior Taylor Totland.

“We have had different players be our best player at each tournament. We have a young team with one senior, one junior two sophomores and a freshmen. We built some momentum last year and we are continuing it this year,” said Hester.

The Paladins will not play again until February. The team is ranked 32nd in some polls. Hester thinks the team can move up in the spring.

“We have positioned ourselves to make it into the top-25 and advance to the finals next spring,” concluded Hester.

The Golf ClubPage 8 November 2015Jay and Bill’s excellent adventure Father and Son lead US to win in President’s Cup

President’s Cup hero Bill Haas (left) gets some congratulations and hugs from team captain (his dad) Jay Haas and his mom Jan after wrapping up the victory for the US team. (Photo from the PGA Tour)

Half a world away from Greenville, Jay and Bill Haas were the main characters in a golf drama the equal of any final round at a major.

It could not have been scripted any better if Stephen Spielberg had penned the screenplay.

The US team retained the President’s Cup with a heart stopping final round and final hole.

The score was 15 1/2 to 14 1/2 in the tournament played in Korea and watched in the USA into the early morning.

The match that locked up the win for the US was a 2 up victory by Bill Haas over Sang Moon Bae of Korea.

“When we put him (Bill) out 12th we had no idea that this was going to happen,” said the team captain. “He played beauti-fully down the stretch, I could not have dreamed this,” said the senior Haas.

It wasn’t supposed to happen that way. The US team had blown away the Interna-tional team in all but one President’s Cup.

With Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson and Phil Mickelson playing early in the final round it seemed unlikely that the last match of the final day would produce the final outcome.

The US team got off to a great start on the first day. The International team played their way back into the match on the second day and entered the final round trailing the US by only a point.

Before Bill Haas went out for this final round he talked with teammate Zach Johnson.

“I said to Zach I hope you guys go out and dust them so it doesn’t come down to me. He said that is what you’ve got to want. You’ve got to want to be in that position,” he said.

Johnson won his match with Jason Day to keep the International star winless in the competition and set up Haas to be the difference maker.

“When I was on the 13th tee I looked at a scoreboard. I was like, man, it’s definitely on. My match is big, it’s going to matter,” said Bill Haas.

Haas had a one hole lead over Bae going into the final hole.

“I was fortunate that I had a few good bounces early to get up a couple. That was the hardest position I’ve felt on the golf course in my career,” he said.

Playing in front of his home crowd the pressure had to be unbelievable for Bae. He chunked his third shot while Haas blasted out of a green-side bunker to within 6 feet.

He made the putt to give the US team the final point they needed for the win.

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a goal of mine all year to make this team and I shouldn’t even be getting emotional. It’s just golf. But to be in that team room with all those guys, it means a lot to me,” said Bill Haas.

While Bill was able to keep his emo-tions under control, it was a different story for his dad.

Jay Haas had trouble getting through a TV interview after the win without break-ing into some tears.

“I believe I would have been just as nervous no matter who was out there, but I was more emotional I think because it was Bill,” he said.

It was hard to tell if Haas was happier for his son’s success or for the victory by the entire team.

“I was much more emotional I think than if it would have been anyone else on the team, but no less proud. They all are fantastic, I just can’t say enough. I feel like, except for maybe Phil, they are all like my sons, age factor, age factor,” he said with a laugh.

Bill Haas has added another pressure packed success to go along with his Fed/Ex Cup win.

“To be in this position and the way it all worked out was a very great moment for me and my dad, and certainly the whole team. I’m lucky to be a part of this team and to get picked, and I’m just happy I could help the team out with one point there on Sunday. It feels great,” concluded Haas.

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Hendley wins second SCGA Mid-Am titleGreer golfer wins second SCGA major this year

Todd Hendley had a couple of pretty good days in a very good year for him on the golf course. The SCGA Senior cham-pion dropped down a weight class to win his second SCGA Mid-Am championship.

The Greer golfer won the state Senior Amateur at Bulls Bay earlier this year. He led that tournament from start to finish, just as he did the Mid-Am played at Green Valley Country Club.

Hendley opened the tournament with a 5-under par 67 to take a two shot lead over Greenville’s Lee Palms and three shots in front of Irmo’s Steve Liebler, both former champions.

“I putted great,” said Hendley. “I made six birdies and only 1 bogey. I had 27 putts so I was really putting well,” he said.

Hendley had just put a new putter in play after a disappointing putting round at the USGA Senior Amateur.

“Sometimes it is the putter. I made the change and it worked well for me,” he added.

The second round of the scheduled 54 hole tournament was cancelled because of heavy rain on Friday night and more rain forecast for all day on Saturday. The tour-nament had to be reduced to just 36 holes.

“We got here very early Saturday and checked the weather and the course,” said SCGA Executive Director Happ Lathrop. “We looked at the conditions and decided it just wasn’t going to be playable, so we cancelled the round. Seems like we bring

some rain with us whereever we go of late,” he added.

Hendley didn’t take the day off from golf. Instead he went to The Eagle Zone and hit balls under its covered tees.

“I was hitting the ball so good on Friday I didn’t want to let that feeling get away. I wanted to remember the things I was doing well,” he said.

Hendley played in the afternoon wave on Friday. Instead of pairing the leaders for the second and final round the SCGA used

second round tee times for play on Sunday. Using that format each golfer would have played a morning and afternoon round in the event.

The first round leader was in one of the first groups off the tee in the final round. Hendley shot a 3-under par 69. He had another outstanding putting round to add to his lead.

“I made two 30 foot putts. One was for a par and the other was the second time I ran in a 30 footer on the 13th hole (during

Friday and Sundays round) for a birdie. I had 27 putts each day,” he said.

Hendley posted his 36 hole total of 8-under par and then had to wait for the afternoon wave to complete their play. The rest of the field knew what they needed to shoot to beat Hendley.

“Sometimes it can add to the pressure knowing what you have to shoot. I thought if I shot in the 60s I’d have a good chance. It would be hard to beat that score,” he said.

His two closest competitors were play-ing in the afternoon wave. Palms would finish his second round with a 1-under par 71. He ended up four shots behind Hendley in second place.

“I didn’t know what Todd shot when I went out. I didn’t look,” said Palms. “I just wanted to play a good round and let the chips fall,” he said.

However, at the turn he did glance at the scoreboard and saw at the time he was seven back of the leader.

“When I saw that I just tried to play a good round. I was able to birdie the last three holes, but Todd played great,” noted Palms, who also finished as the runner-up in this year’s South Carolina Amateur championship.

In addition to the wins in the SCGA Senior and Mid-Am, Hendley played in the US Senior Amateur and the British Senior Amateur.

“This has been a very good year for me, I’ve played well,” said Hendley.

Brian Quackenbush of Aiken finished in third place with a 142 total.

Liebler, Kyle Milner of Spartanburg, Jeremy Revis and Buddy Davis of Green-ville all tied for fourth place in the rain shortened event.

Todd Hendley (left) won the SCGA Mid-Am at Green Valley. Hendley also won the SCGA Senior Am this year. Lee Palms (right) of Greenville finished in second. He also was the runner-up in the SCGA Am.

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Cobb wins TraynhamCobb wins again at the Traynham played at Paris Mt.

Club pro Lloyd Nelson presents the trophy to Rick Cobb after winning the Dillard Traynham Memorial at Paris Mountain.

Rick Cobb won his second Dillard Traynham Memorial Golf Tournament. Cobb won the very first fall Traynham tournament that was played ten years ago.

Cobb trailed first round leader Mike Hartin by three shots entering the final round.

Michael Jordan and Jeremy Revis were also ahead of Cobb on the leader board.

In the final round, Cobb was able to chase down the leaders and caught up by the sixteenth hole.

On number 17, Cobb took the lead and added a par on the final hole to finish with his second straight round of 73.

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Sill and McMillan winDuo finishes on top at Spartanburg Two-Man tourney

The team of Stan Sill and Todd McMil-lan broke out of a three way tie in the final round to win the Spartanburg County Two-Man played at the Carolina Country Club.

The team birdied four of the last five holes to finish one shot in front of Kevin Roberts and Tripp Morrow for the victory.

“We split them up,” said Sill. “Todd bird-ied 14 and 17 and I got birdies on 16 and 18, he said.

The winning team opened the 36 hole event with a 3-under par round of 69 and finished with a 5-under par 67 for a 136 total.

“Not making any bogeys sure helps in a tournament like this,” said McMillan.

Sill and McMillan broke out of a tie with Roberts and Morrow and the team of Kyle Milner and Jaime Amick who finished third.

The senior title was won by the team of Koger Bradford and Bob Baird who finished with a 129 total in the event.

The senior net championship was won by the team of Tim Nix and Bill Gee.

Todd McMillan and Stan Sill rallied on the final five holes to win the Spartanburg Two-Man played at the Carolina Country Club.

win by one shot over first round leader Hartin.

Jordan ended up third while Revis was fourth at the finish. Former champions Johnny League won the First Flight title.

The senior title was won by Ric Roach with Dannis McKinney winning the Senior A Flight.

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South Carolina won its second straight championship in the Camden Collegiate Invitational played at the Camden Country Club.

In addition to the team victory USC sophomore Keenan Huskey from Greenville claimed medalist honors.

“”It was a great win for our guys,” said Gamecock golf coach Bill McDonald. “And I’m really happy for Keenan,” he added.

USC opened a big lead after the sec-ond round of the 54 hole tournament. The Gamecock golfers set a new single round team record with a 15 under par total of 265. South Carolina led Wofford by 22 shots entering the final round.

“The golf we played as a team over the last 45 holes of the event was truly special,” said the Gamecock coach.

SEC individual champion Matt NeSmith and fellow senior golfer Will Starke were not in the lineup because McDonald wanted to give some of the younger members of the team a chance

to play in a tournament. The Gamecock squad included one senior, a sophomore and three freshmen.

Huskey started the final round tied with teammate Will Miles three shots behind Andrew Novak of Wofford, the first round leader.

In the third round Huskey shook off a double bogey on the ninth hole and finished with a flurry. He birdied num-bers 12, 15 and 17 to shoot a final round 2-under par 68 for his first college win.

“I had a pretty solid week and got back to the form I had during the sum-mer,” said Huskey who won the SCGA Amateur in August. “It is pretty cool to get the first college win,” he said.

USC freshman Will Miles, who was tied with Huskey after 36 holes, shot a final round 71 to finish in second, three shots behind the winner.

“I think we created some great build-ing blocks for the future of our program, and I am excited for the remainder of this season as well,” added McDonald.

Wofford’s Novak carded a final round 5-over 75 to drop to third place at the fin-ish. His teammate Jeremy Grab finished in a tie for fourth place.

USC finishes their fall season in Hawaii later this month.

South Carolina Gamecocks’ coach Bill McDonald accepted one of the most unique trophies in college golf after winning the second straight Camden Collegiate. The team received a vintage flintlock replica in recognition of the win and Camden’s role in the Revolutionary War. Keenan Huskey from Greenville (right) shot a final round 2-under par 68 to win his first college tournament.

Gamecocks win at Camden, againHuskey gets first college win, USC takes two in a row

Wofford’s Grab wins at Mimosa Hills

A birdie on the final hole gave Wofford’s Jeremy Grab a share of the championship at the Donald Ross Intercollegiate at Mimosa Hills Golf and Country Club.

The Terrier golfer shot a final round 3 under par 67 to share medalist hon-ors with Jacksonville’s David Wicks and Frank Medal.

Because of travel commitments, col-lege tournaments do not often break ties with a playoff.

Grab matched his lowest 54 hole career score in winning his first college championship.

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Limited space is available for the clinic which costs $40. Call the Links golf shop to reserve a place.

The team of Len Calvert, Jonathan Tucker, Trish Ballentine and James Tew won the Upstate Warrior Classic played at Pebble Creek. The tournament raised money for Upstate military veterans.

Warrior ClassicUpstate Warrior Classic raises over $36,000 for vets

Upstate Warrior Solution held their first golf tournament at Pebble Creek.

The tournament raised over $36,000 to help area veterans and will allow veterans across the upstate to further benefit from the efforts of Upstate Warrior Solution.

The goal of the organization is to reunite warriors with their families and communities to build community solutions.

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to serve the warrior community and their families, applying peer-to-peer outreach methods to locate and assist our warriors. Upstate Warrior Solution is a clearinghouse for connecting warriors and their families to the local resource base,” said Executive Director, Charlie Hall.

A full field played the 18 hole cap-tains choice tournament. The team of Len Calvert, Trish Balentine, James Tew and Jonathan Tucker combined for a 23-under par total to win the tournament.

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Durham was playing in a charity event and he made the hole in one on his first swing of the day.

Pam Hundley, Woodfin Ridge, #11, 7-iron, 116 yards. Witnessed by Jeff Bell, Steve and Libby Wallace.

Dannis McKinney, Paris Mountain, #8, 8 iron. Witnessed by Freddy Dillworth, Donnie Wadell, Jamie Lowrey.

Frank Duda, Walker Course, #12, 8 iron, 137 yards. Witnessed by Marti Duda, Eddie Brown, Lynda Brown.

Margie Hightower, Greer, #4, 5 iron, 137 yards. Witnessed by Mary Ellen Perry and Sarah Miller.

Bill Squadroni, Links O’Tryon, #12, Hybrid, 133 yards. Witnessed by Dave Clark, Tom Smith, Michael Salminto.

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One of the top putting instructors in the country will hold a clinic at the Links O’Tryon on Saturday, November 14th from 9 - 11 am.

Mike Shannon from Sea Island, GA. is ranked among the top-50 instructors by Golf Digest.

“Mike has been a friend for many years,” said Links O’Tryon PGA Profes-sional Marc Brady. “This is a rare oppor-tunity for Upstate golfers to get the chance to work with one of the game’s most highly respected teaching professionals,” he said.

The session will include a clinic, class-room session and individual instruction.

He has been the putting instructor for Matt Kuchar and other top Tour players.

Limited space is available for the clinic which costs $40. Call the Links golf shop at 864-468-5099.

event is open to all golfers. As part of the entry fee each golfer is asked to bring an unwrapped toy to be given to local groups helping children.

Registration can be made at Southern Oaks golf shop by calling 864-859-6698.

Christmas Captains Choice, Village Greens Golf Club, December 16th. The tournament is open to all golfers. Individual entries will be placed in three man teams (A-B-C) by a computer draw.

Noon shotgun start with food after play. Call Corey McEwan to enter at the golf shop 864-472-2411.

Fall Classic

Reed Bentley (above) won the overall boys title at the GSA Fall Classic played at the Furman Golf Club. Emily Dunlap (below) won the girls overall title in the event.

Reed Bentley of Welford shot a 3-under par 69 in the opening round. He finished with a two round total of 144 to take the boys victory at the GSA Tour’s Fall Classic.

Emily Dunlap of Mauldin shot a 143 total to win the girls division.

Levi Moody of Travelers Rest won the boys 13-15 year old division with a 149 total.

Bentley finished eight shots in front of Ky Matsumoto of North Charleston. Rhett Merritt of Easley was third in the 16-18 year old division.

Moody won the younger boys division title by three shots over Zachery Lawter of Inman.

Dunlap came from off the lead to shoot the best round of the tournament with her 4-under par 68 in the final round to win the girls title by seven shots over Victoria Hall from Moore. Elle Johnson of Spartanburg was third.

Bentley and Dunlap win GSA tourney titles at Furman

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And the walls came tumbling downGreenville Country Club begins building new clubhouse

The Greenville Country Club’s clubhouse was demolished to make way for a new clubhouse that will be built over the next year. Mike Smith, (below) the chairman of the building committee at the club, got a chance to ride on the backhoe when the demolition began on the old clubhouse. The club will operate from a temporary building near the tennis courts and the expanded turn house at the Chanticleer Course.

It was a little like when Joshua blew his horn and the walls of Jericho came tumbling down. With the song “The Final Countdown” blaring from a sound system in the parking lot the walls of the Greenville Country Club’s clubhouse began coming down.

Building Committee chairman Mike Smith got to ride shotgun on the backhoe as it took large chunks out of the build-ing.

It looked like something from a Transformers movie instead of a the first step in a new construction.

“We have been working on this proj-ect for almost four years,” said Greenville Country Club’s building chairman Mike Smith. “With the preparation for the demolition, the transition plans and the plans for the new building it is great to finally see it come into reality,” said Smith.

The old clubhouse has been the center of activities for the club since it moved to its current location from the first

Greenville Country Club location in San Souci.

Not only has it served the club mem-bers well, but it also has been a place for civic meetings, fundraisers and commu-nity events.

Now, at least for the next 16 months the club will operate out of makeshift facilities while construction is going on.

Over the last decade or so the club has made other major improvements, mostly to the two golf courses.

The famed Chanticleer Course was remodeled and updated. The Riverside course also got a facelift which added to

the character of course.Many clubs have used a mobile home

trailer as an office and pro shop during renovations. Greenville will have four trailers linked together for club offices and the golf shop.

“Our pool facility has a grill and will serve food for our members when they are here. We have also expanded the Turn House at Chanticleer. It will be the primary dining facility for the club in the evenings,” said Smith.

Construction will be an inconvenience for parking and access to the course, but once players are on the Riverside course

they will notice only one small change.“We have reversed the nines so that

golfers will finish up at the Pool House where they can get some food and bever-ages after the round,” said Smith.

The renderings for the new clubhouse are still undergoing some fine tuning, but the plan is for the building to have a sweeping panoramic view of the club.

“You will be able to see everything from the tennis courts to the practice range and a lot of the course. It will be about a 270 degree view,” said the chair-man.

The club has been able to make these substantial capital commitments because it has continued to grow and properly plan for the growth.

“We have a strong and active mem-bership. In fact we have added 70 mem-bers while this process has been going on,” offered Smith.

Most of the new members to the Greenville club are coming from an area around the club and not necessarily new-comers to the upstate.

“We are so proud of what this club is doing. We are breaking trends and it is exciting to be a part of it,” concluded Smith.

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