Thornblade Club is proud to be home of the Korn Ferry Tour’s BMW Charity Pro-Am. A nationally televised event, the BMW Charity Pro-Am is the only tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour where amateurs and celebrities are grouped with Korn Ferry Tour professionals in a three-day better ball competition. The tournament continues to grow in popularity drawing an estimated 40,000 spectators and since 2001, has distributed over $13.7 million to charities in South Carolina’s Upstate region. These charities include:
- Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute
- Roper Mountain Science Center
- Mobile Meals of Spartanburg
- Meyer Center for Special Children
- Cancer Society of Greenville County
For over 20 years, Thornblade Club has also been home to The Blade Junior Golf Classic. The SCJGA’s premiere junior event, The Blade, was founded by a group of Thornblade Club members that had a passion for junior golf and a vision of creating the best junior golf experience. Over the tournament’s lifetime, The Blade has hosted over 2,800 junior golfers, founded the Dick and Lucille Hendley Scholarship Foundation, and has surpassed an impressive $1.4 million in donations to local charities. These charities include:
Pediatric Center Research at Greenville Children’s HospitalCamp CourageThe Frazee CenterThe Kellie Ryan AcademyFirst Tee of the UpstateSC Junior Golf Foundation
Since 1998, Thornblade has hosted the Adult Charity Tennis Classic, a sought-after tennis tournament sanctioned under the United States Tennis Association. This tournament usually has a draw of 250 players competing in many different divisions. Throughout its tenure at Thornblade, the tournament has benefitted a variety of charities and foundations. Most recently the event raised over $36,000 for Multiple Sclerosis research on behalf of a Thornblade member who lives with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Thornblade will continue to support the medical research field by benefitting Premier Neurology Foundation, Inc. in 2023. Thornblade Club is proud to be home of the Korn Ferry Tour’s BMW Charity Pro-Am. A nationally televised event, the BMW Charity Pro-Am is the only tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour where amateurs and celebrities are grouped with Korn Ferry Tour professionals in a three-day better ball competition. The tournament continues to grow in popularity drawing an estimated 40,000 spectators and since 2001, has distributed over $13.7 million to charities in South Carolina’s Upstate region. These charities include:
