Hilton Head Monthly Voice Voice of the Lowcountry 
Three local golf courses were listed among Golfweek magazine’s 2016 rankings of the “Best Courses You Can Play in South Carolina.” Sea Pines Resort’s Harbour Town Golf Links, which hosts the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing, was listed No. 2 in the state, behind the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort.
The Savannah Steam have signed a lease agreement with the 8,800-seat Savannah Civic Center for the upcoming 2016 American Indoor Football season. The Steam play in the Southern Division of the American Indoor Football League and look to reward the fans with a fast-paced, fun-filled, family-friendly football.
Former Hilton Head Christian Academy student Zach Polk recently won the long jump competition at the Big East Indoor Track & Field Championships in Staten Island, New York. Competing as a sophomore for Xavier University, Polk jumped 7.18 meters on his final jump to secure his first collegiate victory.
The Hilton Head Baseball Association recently honored the life of former player Khalil Singleton, an 8-year-old Hilton Head Island boy who was tragically shot and killed by a stray bullet in a 2012 gunfight.
A new fishing tournament is set for April 3-4 at Hampton Lake in Bluffton. The tournament is focused on active-duty military personnel, combat-wounded troops and medically-discharged service members and is hosted by the Lowcountry Foundation for Wounded Military Heroes. Boats used in the tournament are being donated by Hampton Lake residents.
Golf professional Tim Moss died March 9 at his residence in Bluffton. He was 66. As a 40-year resident of Hilton Head Island and Bluffton, Moss was well-known throughout the South Carolina golfing community, having worked as a PGA master teaching professional at several local courses.
USCB GOLF TEAM MEMBERS GIVE BACK THROUGH BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS
The odds of being deemed a match for someone in need of a bone marrow transplant are slim, and the chances of it happening to two student-athletes on the same small college campus are even less likely.
But lightning has struck twice at the University of South Carolina Beaufort.
TENNIS PROVED A PLATFORM FOR PROMOTING EQUALITY FOR BILLIE JEAN KING
Billie Jean King made a sentimental journey to Hilton Head Island recently for recognition from PTR, the Professional Tennis Registry.
The international organization of tennis coaches and pros founded by Hilton Head's Dennis Van der Meer honored her with induction into its Hall of Fame at its banquet Feb. 17 at the Sonesta Resort.
Plans to convert Daufuskie Island’s Bloody Point Golf Course into buildings and a 60-room inn were recently approved by Beaufort County’s planning commission. Course owner Brian McCarthy purchased the property in 2011 and spent $2 million to restore the golf course.
Blustery and cold conditions greeted the field at Heron Point and Harbour Town Golf Links for the 2016 Sea Pines Junior Heritage. Conditions were extremely tough on the 84 competitors, as wind gusted up to 25 miles an hour and temperatures hovered at 45 degrees.
