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The Boys and Girls Club of Bluffton partnered with The First Tee program of Savannah on July 9, introducing 30 children to the sport of golf at Tradition National Golf Course in Hardeeville.
The children were between 8 and 14 years old, and most had never played golf before.
The two clubs hope to continue the program throughout the upcoming school year. Tradition National is donating its practice facilities and will host a clinic later this summer. The golf course will also allow the Boys and Girls Club of Bluffton/First Tee members to play its six-hole par 3 course.
Locals qualify for amateur championship
Beaufort's Rob Simmons earned medalist honors Tuesday at the South Carolina Golf Association's Amateur Championship qualifying tournament at Sanctuary Golf Club on Cat Island.
Simmons fired a 4-under-par 67. The cut line fell at 5-over 76, with 14 players advancing to the championship, which will be played Aug. 6-9 at Berkeley Hall in Bluffton.
Other Hilton Head Island qualifiers were Christopher Lane II (73), Jim Ferguson (75), Kevin Arnold (76), George Hirsch (76) and Jamie Manning (76). Beaufort's James Banyas also qualified with a 74.
Locals playing in junior championship
Hilton Head Island's Courtney Boe and Minami Levonowich are competing in the 83rd National Junior Championship this week at Hope Valley Country Club in Durham, N.C.
Boe is currently 20 strokes off the lead and Levonowich is 28 back heading into today's final round. Chihiro Ikeda from Calamba, Philippines, leads the tournament with a 67-68 -- 135.
Nimmer wins HJGT event
Bluffton's Bryson Nimmer shot an 82-79 -- 161 to win the boys 10-12 division of the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour event held July 8-9 on Wilmington Island.
Hilton Head Island's Kyle Eichelsbacher took second in the boys 13-15 division with rounds of 73-74. He also went to a playoff and lost on the first hole. Bluffton's Wesley Long fired a 149 to finish third.
Hilton Head's Taylor Whitehead took second in the boys 16-19 division. He went to a playoff and lost on the first hole. Hilton Head's Jason Fick finished six shots off the lead.
Presidents Cup comes to Tradition National
Twelve members of the Professional Golfers Career College will play 12 students today for the Presidents Cup at Tradition National in Hardeeville.
The event starts at 1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
