It was a tough week to be a pro golfer with ties to the Palmetto State.
At least eight natives of South Carolina enjoyed some home-cooking at the Myrtle Beach Classic at the Dunes Golf & Beach Club, but they were still sent packing on Friday.
Not all the South Carolina boys came up short. Let’s hear it for William McGirt, technically a native of North Carolina but the pride of Wofford College, who birdied his final two holes to shoot 69 and make the weekend — with his son on the bag, no less — right on the number. It took 2-under 140 for 69 pros and one amateur to make the weekend at the debut of this Tour stop. PGA Tour rookie Trace Crowe, 27, of Greenville, S.C., shot 63, his career-low 18-hole score on Tour and the low round of the tournament to make the cut by a comfortable margin as did Matt Atkins (-4), who won the sponsor exemption via a competition dubbed “The Q,” and Matt NeSmith, who eagled 15th to make the cut on the number.
But Wesley Bryan, born and bred in Colombia, S.C., wasn’t so lucky. He finished with a pair of bogeys to miss the cut by one. Here’s a look at some of the other South Carolina natives who had plenty of local love but couldn’t give the faithful enough reasons to cheer this time around.