BMW Charity Pro-Am practice underway
Practice play began at the Thornblade Club in Greer and the Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg Monday for this week's BMW Charity Pro-Am.
The 25th annual tourney begins Thursday at both courses as the latest stop on the Korn Ferry Tour.
The field includes several players with local ties. Among them, former Easley High standout Trace Crowe, who won the Korn Ferry Tour stop in Raleigh this past weekend and former Boiling Springs High star Trent Phillips, who qualified for the upcoming U.S. Open Monday.
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