BLUFFTON, S.C. – From the southern hospitality to the oppressive heat, everything about the Players Amateur screams Lowcountry. On Sunday at Berkeley Hall’s North Course, one of South Carolina’s own walked away with the title and the promise of a PGA Tour start next year at Harbour Town Golf Links.
So many times in five previous starts at the Players Amateur, Matt NeSmith would hang around the top 10 all week but couldn’t take advantage. NeSmith, 21, was a 17-year-old entering his senior year in high school when he first scored an invitation to the Players. It shows what a different perspective NeSmith, of North Augusta, S.