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Articles written by Bob Gillespie

Bob Gillespie 05/10/2026 

As Brandt Snedeker stood at the 18th hole at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club late Sunday afternoon after missing a par putt and suffering the first bo...

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Bob Gillespie 05/09/2026 

A word of warning to the rest of the field at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic after Saturday’s third round: Brooks Koepka is excited. Not just ex...

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Bob Gillespie 05/08/2026 

You gotta love a PGA Tour golfer who’s so self-effacing, he adorns his golf bag not with his name – as do 99 percent of professionals – but with...

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Bob Gillespie 05/07/2026 

Martin Laird was half-awake this Monday morning when he got the call from his caddie, Sean McBride, that he had made the field for the ONEflight Myrtl...

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Bob Gillespie 05/05/2026 

Amazing what one good week can do for a professional golfer – even one who, like Greenwood native Ben Martin, has been playing professionally for 17...

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Bob Gillespie 05/11/2025 

As Mackenzie Hughes and Harry Higgs took their mano-a-mano duel to the 18th hole in Sunday’s final round of the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, Ryan...

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Bob Gillespie 05/10/2025 

Carson Young’s Saturday at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic was probably as close as the former Clemson player has come to living his professional...

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Bob Gillespie 05/10/2025 

In 11 seasons as golf coach at Purdue, Rob Bradley – now men’s golf coach at South Carolina – took nine Boilermaker teams to NCAA regional tourn...

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Bob Gillespie 05/09/2025 

The week before the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, Nick Watney shot rounds of 69-69 at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson tournament in Dallas. Sounds pretty go...

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Bob Gillespie 05/09/2025 

Late Friday morning, Kevin Kisner was feeling a familiar and not-always-welcome vibe: grinding out a score to make the cut in the second round of the ...

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Bob Gillespie 05/08/2025 

It was purportedly W.C. Fields who first said “All things considered, I’d rather be in Philadelphia.” That largely fictitious sentiment – the ...

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Bob Gillespie 05/08/2025 

When Greenville’s Bill Haas won the PGA Tour’s 2011 season-ending Tour Championship and FedExCup Championship, a payday worth a combined $11 milli...

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Bob Gillespie 05/06/2025 

Growing up in Columbia, Jonathan Byrd and his brother Jordan learned to play and love golf in outings with their father, Jim. Nothing out of the ordin...

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Bob Gillespie 05/12/2024 

Give a talented PGA Tour player – even a first-year competitor like, say, Chris Gotterup – a four-shot lead with 18 holes to play, and chances are...

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Bob Gillespie 05/12/2024 

A New Jersey guy made an early run at the lead in the Myrtle Beach Classic on Sunday – and his name was NOT Chris Gotterup. With four holes to play,...

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