Shaftesbury Glen hosting ninth annual Lowcountry Open best ball tourney
The ninth annual Lowcountry Open two-player best ball tournament will be held Aug. 6-7 at Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club, which benefited from an improvement project over the winter that included drainage and bunker renovations and the addition of numerous fairway waste bunker areas.
A practice round is available on Aug. 5. Teams are flighted after the first round and 25 percent of the field will receive prizes. The entry fee of $150 per player includes a registration gift bag containing a shirt and hat, lunch on tournament days and range balls.
The course will be set up at approximately 6,500 yards and seniors ages 55 and older will play around 5,900 yards. Tournament director Al Hogan said the senior tee yardage has been adjusted based on comments from past participants.
The tournament grew to 130 players last year and Hogan said he’s capping it this year at 140. Players are already signed up from around South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.
“It keeps growing,” Hogan said. “We’ve got some pretty good players coming in and we’ve had some pretty good competition.”
The tournament is being played at Shaftesbury for the fourth consecutive year after being played at the Hackler Course at Coastal Carolina from 2008-09 and the Founders Club at Pawleys Island from 2010-12. Interested players can contact the South Carolina Golf Center at 843-369-3112 or visit www.scgolfcenter.com.
The tournament will benefit the S.C. Junior Golf Academy at Shaftesbury.
Alan Blondin: 843-626-0284, @alanblondin
This story was originally published June 27, 2016 at 5:15 PM with the headline "Shaftesbury Glen hosting ninth annual Lowcountry Open best ball tourney."