in an organizational meeting at the home of Mr. A. H. Twitchell. A
stock company was organized, land was selected, fairways cleared and
greens (made of sand) were prepared for a nine hole golf course. The
club and course were officially opened in the early summer of 1910 with
an Englishman, Mr. Newman, as the first golf professional.
Toward the end of World War I, the golf course was not used for
several years, but was reactivated in 1921. What are now the first nine
holes were laid out by the famous golf course Architect Donald Ross of
Pinehurst, North Carolina, and the course was opened to play July 4,
1928.
The golf course is a traditional layout with narrow fairways, small greens and thick rough, requiring the use of all fourteen clubs in a golfer's bag. The Country Club of Spartanburg has hosted such tournaments as the Carolinas PGA, Carolinas Open, Carolinas Amateur and the South Carolina Amateur Championships. It has also served as a qualifying site for the United States Open, United States Amateur and Mid Amateur Championships.
Until the 1960's, the Country Club of Spartanburg hosted the LPGA Peach Blossom Betsy Rawls Classic, with fields boasting such future members of the LPGA Hall of Fame as Babe Zaharias, Mickey Wright, Patty Berg, and Louise Suggs as well as the tourney host Betsy Rawls.
The Frank B. Edwards, Jr. Invitational which featured the region's top golfers, was held at the Country Club of Spartanburg from 1976 to 1982. Winners included former PGA Tour player and SCJGA Advisory Board Member, Dillard Pruitt of Greenville, South Carolina.
THE COUNTRY CLUB OF SPARTANBURG IS PROUD
TO CONTINUE ITS RICH HERITAGE BY HOSTING THE
BOBBY CHAPMAN JR INVITATIONAL.