History

Since 1995 the Bobby Chapman Invitational has played host to the nations top junior golfers.  The following Chapman alumni have gone on to achieve incredible honors in the game of golf.
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Kellen Altman

(Conway, SC ~ College of Charleston)

Playing professionally on various tours

2007 SC Match Play Finalist

2005 US Pub Links Qualifier

2005 South Carolina Match Play Champion

2003 Payton Memorial Invitational Championship

2001 Bobby Chapman Champion

2001 Charles Tilghman Champion

2001 GA-SC Team Matches

 

Mark Anderson

(Beaufort, SC ~ University of South Carolina)

2009 SCGA Amateur Champion

2006 Great Plains Amateur Champion

2006 Sioux Falls City Champion

2005 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2005 SEC Freshman of the Year

2003 SCGA Junior Amateur Champion

 

 

Scott Brown

(N. Augusta, SC ~ University of South Carolina at Aiken)

Playing professionally on various tours

Top 10 2006 Palmetto AM

Member of 2004 , 2005, 2006 NCAA D-II Championship Team

2005 NCAA D-II Southeast Regional Champion

2005 NCAA D-II Southeast Regional Team Champions

2005 Peach Belt Conference Team Champions

 

Dane Burkhart

(Aiken, SC ~ University of South Carolina at Aiken)

Playing professionally on various tours

Member of 2004 , 2005, 2006 NCAA D-II Championship Team

2005 US Amateur Qualifier

2005 Palmetto Amateur Champion

2005 NCAA D-II National Champion

2005 NCAA D-II Southeast Regional Team Champions

2005 Peach Belt Conference Champion

2005 Peach Belt Conference Team Champions

20 Top 10 Finishes in NCAA Golf

 

Jonathan Byrd
(Columbia, SC ~ Clemson University)

2009 t3- Memorial Tournament, t5 Quail Hollow

2007 John Deere Classic Champion

2004 BC Open Champion

2002 Buick Challenge Champion

2000 Academic All-American (1st Team)
2000 & 1999 U.S. Palmer Cup Team member
1999 U.S. Walker Cup Team
1999 Northeast Amateur Champion
1999 South Carolina Amateur Golfer of the Year
1999 Carolinas Golf Association Champion
First 4-Time All-ACC golfer in Clemson history

 

Roberto Castro

(Alpharetta, GA ~ Georgia Tech)

Playing professionally on various tours

2007 Recipient of NCAA Top VIII Award

Bobby Dodd Scholarship recipient

Palmer Cup Team 2006

2005 Players Amateur, 3rd Place

2005 Palmer Cup Team Captain

2004 US Amateur Qualifier

2003 Dogwood Invitational, 4th Place

2002 US Junior Amateur Qualifier

12 Top 10 Finishes in NCAA Golf

 

Brent DelaHoussaye
(Greenville, SC ~ Clemson)

Playing professionally on various tours

2008 Member of PGA Tour

2006 NGA Hooters Classic at Royal Lakes- Champion

4 Top 10 Finishes in NCAA D-I Golf
2004 Rice Planters, 7th Place

2004 NCAA East Regional, 4th Place

2003 Monroe Invitational Champion

2001 Festival of Flowers Champion
1999 Bobby Chapman Runner-Up

 

 

Lucas Glover
(Greenville, SC ~ Clemson University)

2009 US Open Champion

2007 Presidents Cup team Member

2005 Pga Tour- Funai Walt Disney Champion

Named NCAA First Team All-American, 2001

2004 Wachovia Championship, top 10 finisher

2003 Nationwide Tour, 1 victory

2001 U.S. Walker Cup Team
2001Palmer Cup Team
2001 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion
2000 Palmer Cup Team
2000 South Carolina Amateur Champion

1999 South Carolina Amateur Champion
1998 South Carolina Amateur Champion

1995 Bobby Chapman Champion

 

 

Bill Haas
(Greer, SC ~ Wake Forest University)

2009 T3 Valero Open

Member PGA Tour- 2006-2009

2004 Jack Nicklaus Award

2003 Semifinalist @ US Amateur

2003 SCGA Amateur Championshion

2002 Player's Amateur Champion

2002 US Amateur contestant

2002 Palmer Cup Team Member

2002 US Amateur Contestant

1999 SCJGA Jay Haas Player of the Year

 

Brian Harman

(Savannah, GA ~ University of Georgia)

2009 Walker Cup team

2007 Porter Cup Champion

2006 Palmer Cup Team

Member of 2005 US Walker Cup Team, youngest US player ever

Named AJGA Rolex Player-of-the-Year, 2003, 2004

Named AJGA Rolex All-American, 2002, 2003, 2004

Named 2003 Georgia State Golf Association Player-of-the-Year

2005 US Amateur Qualifier

2005 Georgia Amateur Champion

2005 Players Amateur Champion

2004 PGA MCI Heritage Classic Participant

2004 PGA Buick Invitational Participant

2004 US Junior Quarterfinalist

2003 US Junior Champion

2003 Georgia Junior Amateur Champion

2002 US Junior Quarterfinalist

2002 Georgia Junior Amateur Champion

2002 Bobby Chapman Invitational Runner-Up

SC-GA Team Matches, 2001, 2002, 2003

 

Matt Hendrix
(Aiken, SC ~ Clemson University)
Currently Playing on PGA/Nationwide Tour

2 Victories while a Senior @ Clemson

3rd @ 2004 ACC Tournament

2004 All American

2003 Walker Cup Team

2003 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion

2001 U.S. Amateur Qualifier
2001 SC Amateur, tie 16th Place

1998 SC Junior Champion
Carolinas Junior Champion

 

Dustin Johnson
(Myrtle Beach, SC ~ Coastal Carolina)
Currently Playing on PGA Tour

2009 Champion AT@T Celebrity Pro Am

2009 10th- PGA Championship

2007 Walker Cup Team Member

 

Kevin Kisner
(Aiken, SC ~ University of Georgia)

Playing professionally on various tours

2006 NCAA Championship- Runner up

Named SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2005

Named Ping/GCAA Southeast Region team, 2004
Named SEC Freshman-of-the-Year, 2003

Team Captain for 2005 NCAA D-I National Championship Team

2005 NCAA D-I National Champion, 13th Place

2004 SEC Championship, 8th Place

2004 SEC Team Champions

2004 US Amateur Qualifier

2004 Western Amateur Match Play Qualifier

2002 SCJGA Jay Haas Player of the Year

 

 

Luke List
2009 PGA Tour Member

2006 Palmer Cup Team

2004 USGA Amateur Runner-Up

2003 US Open Contestant

 

Steve Marino

(Altus, OK - University Of Virginia)

2009 T2 Crown Plaza Invitational

2008 Runner-Up at Mayakoba Golf Classic

4 Top 10's on 2007 PGA Tour

10 Top 20's on 2006 Nationwide Tour

 

 

Ben Martin
(Greenwood, SC - Clemson University)

2009 US  Open Contestant

2007 All ACC Team

2006 Palmetto Amateur Champion

2006 Festival of Flowers Champion

 

Philip Mollica

(Anderson, SC ~ Clemson University)

2007 North/South Champion

2007 U.S. Amateur Qualifier

2006 Monroe Invitational Champion

2005 SCGA Lefthanders Champion

2005 Lefty-Righty Team Champion

2004 SCJGA Jay Haas Player of the Year

2003 Bobby Chapman Champion

 

Sean O' Hair

(Lubbock, Texas)

PGA tour member

2009 Quail Hollow Champion
2008 PODS Champion

 2005- John Deere Classic Champion

2005 Byron Nelson - Runner up

 

Carl Pettersson

(Sweden)

2008 Wyndham Championship, Champion

2006 Memorial Champion

2006 Top 10 Players Championship

2006 Top 10 British Open

T-3rd @ 2004 MCI Heritage

2002 European Tour Member

 

Kyle Thompson
(Columbia, SC ~ University of South Carolina)

2008 PGA tour Member

2007 Nationwide Tour - Rex Hospital Open Champion
2004, 2005, 2006   Member of Nationwide Tour

2001 Academic All-American
1999 Seminole Classic champion
1997 Palmetto Classic champion
2-Time Jay Hass SCJGA Player of the Year
1996 Bobby Chapman champion

 

Brendon Todd

(Charlotte, NC ~ University of Georgia)

2008-09, Three top ten finishes on PGA Tour

Turned pro in 2007

Named SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2005

Member of 2005 NCAA Division I National Championship Team

Three-Time AJGA All-American

2005 NCAA D-I National Championship, 7th Place

2004 SEC Champion

2004 SEC Team Champions

2003 AJGA Rolex Junior Champion

2002 US Amateur Qualifier

2002 Bobby Chapman Invitational Champion

 

D.J. Trahan
(Inman, SC ~ Clemson University)
2008 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic Champion

2008 top five finish at US Open

2006 PGA Tour - Southern Farm Bureau Classic Champion

Member of 2003 National Championship Team

2002 Jack Nicklaus and Ben Hogan Award Recipient

2002 SC Amateur Champion

2001 U.S. Walker Cup Team
2001 SC Amateur Champion
Played in 2001 Masters
2000 U.S. Public Links Amateur Champion
2000 SC Amateur Player of the Year
2000 Carolinas Golf Association Player of the Year
1999-2000 ACC Freshman of the Year
Hold several Clemson scoring records
Played in 8 USGA events

 

Ty Tryon
(Windermere, FL)

Still playing professionally

2007 Member of Hooters Tour
2004 Member of Nationwide Tour

2003 Member of PGA Tour

 

Emmett Turner
(Greenwood, SC ~ Augusta State University)

Playing professionally on various tours
2005 US Amateur Qualifier

2005 South Carolina Amateur Champion

2003 Ping Preview Champion

2002 SC Amateur, Top 10

2001 SC Amateur Top 10
2000 SCJGA Jay Haas Player of the Year

 

Peter Uilhein
(Bradenton, FL ~ Oklahoma State University)
2008- US Amateur Contestant

2008 Florida Azalea Champion

3 time AJGA All American

2007 Sunnehanna Amateur Runner Up

2005-06 Bobby Chapman Champion

 

 

Bubba Watson
(Florida)

2009 Quail Hollow Runner Up

2008 Buick Open Runner Up

2007 PGA Tour - Shell Houston Open Runner Up

#1 in PGA Tour Driving Distance-316.00

t3 - 2006 Chrysler Classic