The South Carolina Women’s Open will be held in Blythewood, South Carolina at Cobblestone Park Golf Club, August 11-13. This championship is an official LPGA Legends Tour points event. The South Carolina Women’s Open was established in 2018 by The Women’s South Carolina Golf Association and Rockin’ Double Bar Productions.Continue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. The wait is over for the Lexington County Blowfish. Nine years after making the move from Columbia across Lake Murray to Lexington, the team is back in the Coastal Plain League Petitt Cup final. The Blowfish earned a berth Tuesday after winning the final two gamesContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. The top All-Stars of the Coastal Plain League are headed back to Lexington County Baseball Stadium. The home of the Lexington County Blowfish will once again hold the CPL All-Star Show. The 2-day event begins Tuesday with the All-Star Fan Fest, a skills competition, and HomeContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. Based in West Columbia next to Lake Murray, the Midland Striper Club has provided public awareness and promoted sportsmanship, conservation, and adequate water quality for fishing family enthusiasts. Every third Saturday of each month, the Club holds a fishing tournament for aspiring young fishers. This SaturdayContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. Since 2019, the Cayce Roundball Classic at Brookland-Cayce High School has provided the community with a holiday basketball tournament with some of the Palmetto State’s top teams. This year’s Classic will once again feature 16 teams from North and South Carolina and Georgia competing in twoContinue Reading
Nearly $40,000 was raised through the inaugural Dam Boat Run on Lake Murray as it kicked off from the intake towers at the Dreher Shoals Dam on Saturday, June 24. With what organizers hope to be a yearly event more than 65 boats from across the country participated in theContinue Reading
Bassmaster has named Lake Murray #4 out of 100 in their 2023 “100 Best Bass Lakes Revealed” list. The story was featured in the July/August issue of Bassmaster Magazine. “After months of gathering data on hundreds of the best lakes in the nation, the cream of the bass fisheries hasContinue Reading
There is exciting golf news for our community. First, E Rutherford, the general manager of LinRick GC is part of a brand new initiative to introduce Golf in a unique but fun way to the general public locally. This initiative is through the local parks and has Family as itsContinue Reading
The night leading up to Championship Sunday at the Marathon Bassmaster Elite at Lake Murray, Drew Benton was angry. He could hardly sleep. After claiming the Day 2 lead with back-to-back bags over 23 pounds, Benton barely made the cut for the final day after catching just 14 pounds on Semifinal Saturday. HeContinue Reading
Lake Murray has been good to professional angler Anthony Gagliardi. Coming into the event, the Prosperity pro had two major national wins – including the 2014 FLW Cup – and banked nearly a half of a million dollars in career tournament winnings from Lake Murray, alone. April 14, Gagliardi added anotherContinue Reading