The E-Golf Tour @ Oldfield

The E-Golf Tour will return to Oldfield February 20-25.  The purse will be $250,000 and will attract former and future PGA Tour players.

Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey won the event in 2007 and has since earned his PGA Tour card. Bill Haas and Dustin Johnson were also graduates of this tour and played in the 2007 event as well.

Feel free to come out and watch some exciting golf during the week.

The Golf Course will be closed during the tournament and the weekly events will resume Sunday February 26,2012.  Please call the golf shop if you would like to experience other golf courses in the area or if you have an interest in volunteering to help with the Tournament.

2011 Oldfield Men’s Club Championship

The 2011 Men’s Club Championship had wire to wire champions in the gross and net divisions.   Dr. Jeff Bauer took home the hardware as the Club Champion defeating the defending champion, Todd Cawthon, who finished in second place.  Bauer shot 76-77 for a 2 day total of 153.

In the net division, Jay Barr took a one shot lead over Richard Robertson after the first day posting net 73.  Barr got in the zone in the last round posting a net 65 and the only player to finish under par!

Richard Robertson finished in second place with a two day total of 155, and Tommy Harper put on charge on the second day to leap frog five players to finish alone in third place.

Make plans to join your fellow Members for the chance to hold the title in next year’s event.  The 2012 Men’s Club Championship will be played September 21-22.

IJGT Tour Kick Off

The International Junior Golf Tour will be kicking off their 17^th tournament season at Oldfield Country Club on September 3^rd-5^th. We invite you and your Labor Day weekend guests to join the competition for the start of their Southeast Tour line-up. Please contact the Golf Shop for information on registering your junior player with an exclusive offer to Oldfield members!

Road Trip

The Oldfield men will take a road trip to Belfair on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 for Men’s Day due to the aerification of our course.  Please contact the golf shop for more details.

Hole in One

Congratulations to Ted Lent on his recent Hole-in-One in the Saturday’s Men’s Day, Saturday July 9, 2011.  Mr. Lent stepped up to hole # 3 and hit his 9-iron in the hole from 119 yards.

Independence Day Flag Tournament

Independence Day Flag Tournament

Monday, July 4th 2011

8:30am Staring Times

Tournament entry: $25.00 per player

Golf Shop Credit will be paid to/3 of the field

Lunch immediately after the round

Format: 18 Hole Individual Stroke Play. Each Competitor will receive a rocket with his or her name on it. The competitor will plant the rocket on the course at the point where their strokes expire.

SCGA Junior Championship – Second Round Results

Austin Langdale holds a one shot lead after two rounds in the 53^rd playing of the SCGA Junior Championship. The Townville native had a round that was all over the place with six birdies and an eagle. There were some other adventures on the course that put him at 69 for the day. The 2011 Junior Heritage victor, Matthew Nesmith, is one back at 138. Chapin’s Will Starke is two back at 4under 140.

Keenan Huskey fired a low key 76 to finish the day at four over par for the tournament. He leads the younger boy’s 13-14 bracket by four strokes. Trevor Phillips(Inman), Jake Carter (Aiken), and Jackson Weede (Greenville) are all within striking distance as they have a two day total of 152.

The field was cut ton the low 21 players in the boys 13-14 bracket and that number fell at 163 for the two day total. The older bracket had      players make it to the final round. Both age brackets; 13-14, and 15-17, played the course at a par of 72 and yardage of 6,865. The top eight finishers overall will be selected to represent SC in the 36^th Annual Georgia-SC Team matches to be contested at the nearby May River Golf Club at Palmetto Bluff.

For the fourth consecutive year The Heritage Classic Foundation has signed on as presenting sponsor of the South Carolina Junior Championship to continue their strong support of junior programs in SC.  The Heritage Classic Foundation is the general sponsor of The Heritage, the Junior Heritage and The Players Amateur and has raised close to $20 million for charity since its inception in 1987.  The Heritage Classic Foundation has a long history of supporting junior golf programs in SC. They have been the title sponsor of the South Carolina Junior Golf Association Rankings for the past 10 years.

Oldfield Golf Club has a treasured history in the low country. “We dream of getting a site like this one,” noted Greg Norman, when asked about Oldfield, “and since this is our first course in the Lowcountry, we want to make it something special.”  Noted for designing courses in concert with their natural environment, Greg Norman created one of his finest golf courses at Oldfield; by crafting an outstanding route through canopies of moss draped live oaks, broad savannahs, and soaring pines up to the banks of the Okatie River.  With five sets of tees, the course is as playable as it is beautiful.  Among Oldfield’s most prized accolades for stewardship was an honor bestowed by Audubon International.  Thanks to careful design and a continued commitment to preservation, Oldfield’s course was named a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary in recognition of its “environmental planning, wildlife and habitat management, chemical reduction and safety, water conservation and water quality management.”

SCGA Junior Championship at the Oldfield Golf Club

Event:                          53rd Annual SCGA Junior Championship

Playing dates:               June 14-16, 2011

Tournament site:          Oldfield Golf Club

Head Professional:       Jon Hundley, PGA

843-379-5051

Superintendent:            Brian Roller, CGCSA

2010 Champion:          Stephen Behr

SCGA Junior Championship- Headed to Oldfield Golf Club

The 53^rd playing of the SCGA Junior Championship is being hosted in the low country at Oldfield Golf Club in Okatie. Juniors are in age from 13 to 17 and the field is made of 156 hopeful competitors. Blake Kennedy makes his way down to the Bluffton area with two major victories in 2010 as he won the Beth Daniel Junior Azalea and Jimmy Self Junior Invitational and should be considered to be a favorite. Matt Nesmith is fresh off of a great victory in the Junior Heritage and will be the near the top of the leader board at the end of the week if his history on the island is any indication. Will Stark from Chapin and Hilton Head’s own Tyler Williams should be right in the mix as both have had a strong spring.

Play will start on Tuesday the 14^th and after two rounds, the field will be cut to the low 66 and ties. Both age brackets; 13-14, and 15-17, will play the course at a par of 72 and yardage of 6,865. Fans of junior golf and all spectators are welcome to attend and watch the stars of tomorrow play on a great course. The top eight finishers overall will be selected to represent SC in the 36^th Annual Georgia-SC Team matches to be contested down the road at May River Golf Club.

The Heritage Classic Foundation has signed on as presenting sponsor for the South Carolina Junior Championship to continue their strong support of junior programs in SC.  The Heritage Classic Foundation is the general sponsor of The Heritage, the Junior Heritage and The Players Amateur  and has raised close to $20 million for charity since its inception in 1987.  The Heritage Classic Foundation has a long history of supporting junior golf programs in SC. They have been the title sponsor of the South Carolina Junior Golf Association Rankings for the past nine years.

Oldfield Golf Club has a treasured history in the low country. We dream of getting a site like this one,” noted Greg Norman, when asked about Oldfield. “And since this is our first course in the Lowcountry, we want to make it something special.” Noted for designing courses in concert with their natural environment Greg Norman created one of his finest golf courses at Oldfield; by crafting an outstanding route through canopies of moss draped live oaks, broad savannahs, and soaring pines up to the banks of the Okatie River.  With five sets of tees, the course is as playable as it is beautiful.Among Oldfield’s most prized accolades for stewardship was an honor bestowed by Audubon International.  Thanks to careful design and a continued commitment to preservation, Oldfield’s course was named a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary in recognition of its “environmental planning, wildlife and habitat management, chemical reduction and safety, water conservation and water quality management.”

For more information, contact Chris Miller with the SCGA at (803) 732-9311.  Press releases will follow each round.

For more information about the Heritage Classic Foundation, contact Angela McSwain at (843) 671-2448.

The SCGA Junior Championship is one of 19 major events conducted by the SCGA. Results, schedules and applications may be accessed via the Internet at www.scjga.org.

Oldfield to Host 2011 Jr. State Championship

Oldfield Golf Club is proud to host the 2011 South Carolinas Golf Association  Jr. State Championship.

The 2011 Championship will be held June 13-16, 2011 at the Oldfield Golf Club, in Okatie, South Carolina.  Some of the States top Amateur golfers will be competing in this event.  The tournament format is 54 holes of stroke play with a cut after 36 holes.

Oldfield is proud to host such a prestigious tournament in the low country. The public is welcome and encouraged to come and watch the action at Oldfield Golf Club.

US Open Qualifier Results

US Open Local Qualifying
Oldfield Club
Okatie, SC
May 18, 2011
Par 72 – 7,053 yards

Six players will move on to the Sectional Qualifying site with hopes to make in the 2011 US Open at Congressional Country Club.