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Matt NeSmith (2012-2016) may be somewhat of a veteran on the PGA Tour, but as the former South Carolina golfer wraps up his third full year on the TOUR, he is still invigorated to improve his game.

"It's always about trying to get better," said NeSmith, who was South Carolina's first ever PING First Team All-American as a senior in 2016. "Everybody is getting better. You have to figure out ways to do it without messing up other parts of your game and taking things away from your game that you already do well. I've always hit my irons well, but I struggled with the driver the first two years, so I'm trying to figure out how to marry those together where you don't lose one and get better in the other. Just learning the balance between getting better and keeping the mindset together is a big part of it."

The North Augusta, S.C., native currently lives in Aiken, and was back in Columbia recently to play in South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer's "Birdies with Beamer" golf tournament. While he enjoys being close to Augusta National, there are other places on the Tour that excite him as well.

"I love Pebble Beach," NeSmith said. "It's amazing. My wife loves it. We go out there and it's a place that we've enjoyed the most."

Currently 77th in the FedEx Cup rankings, NeSmith obviously enjoys playing the game he loves for a living, but there is always pressure to be among those elite who stay on the PGA Tour.

"It's an extreme grind," NeSmith said. "My first couple of years on Tour, I looked at it more as pressure. I was a little more nervous going about it. I've been out there for three years now and going into my fourth. I know I'm good enough to play out there. I just have to keep doing the things that I've been doing. You don't have to reinvent the wheel."

NeSmith earned a pair of top five finishes this year and finished tied for twelfth at the RBC Heritage. He also finished T-37th at the U.S. Open after being in contention after 36 holes. It was his best career finish in a major.

While some PGA professionals have recently opted to look into playing for the new LIV Tour, NeSmith said he is not interested in such a change and is grateful for where he is.

"There's no interest for me to go over there," NeSmith said. "I'm solid with the PGA Tour. I've loved the opportunity that they present to be able to play on a tour that's established and very well connected. We have great tournaments that go around the world. It's always what I've dreamed of, so I'm happy to be there."

Although professional golf is a lot different than the team atmosphere that is college golf, NeSmith is glad that he came to South Carolina where he continues to enjoy a great relationship with Gamecocks coach Bill McDonald.

"I absolutely loved it at South Carolina," NeSmith said. "Billy Mack is still a great friend of mine. He was a wonderful coach while I was here. It really meant a lot. We went to a lot of places that were different than what we see elsewhere. I always thought that the golf around Columbia really prepared me for college golf, whereas where I'm at now prepares me for professional golf. I bet I talk with Billy Mack about once every two weeks. We still talk a good bit. I really enjoy keeping connected and watching the team whenever I get a chance."

NeSmith wraps up the PGA Tour regular season this week in Greensboro, N.C., and won't have much time before the next season begins.

"We go to the FedEx Cup playoffs for three weeks, and then after that it's two weeks off and we start the new season," NeSmith said. "There's really no offseason."

He wouldn't have it any other way.

South Carolina golfers are in the hunt heading into the final rounds of the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing on Hilton Head Island this weekend.

Lucas Glover, 42, a Clemson graduate who was born in Greenville, was six under par after his third round Saturday, tied for 18th, and making him the top golfer with Palmetto State ties still in the tournament.

Glover, who lives in Tequesta, Florida, has four PGA Tour wins including the 2009 U.S. Open.

Bill Haas, 39, of Greenville, was four under par and tied for 34 through Saturday’s third round. Haas has amassed six PGA tour titles since turning professional in 2004, including the 2011 FedEx Cup.

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Matthew NeSmith, of Aiken, was six under par and five strokes off the lead after 11 third-round holes Saturday.

NeSmith, a 28-year-old University of South Carolina graduate, shot 70 and 68 in the first two rounds, and was tied for 32nd.

Harbour Town Golf Links is a special place for NeSmith. In 2018, he proposed to Abigail, now his wife, on the 18th green.

Here are three other players with ties to the Palmetto State who still are competing in the Heritage heading into the final two rounds of play, which concludes Sunday:

▪ Ben Martin, 34, who also went to Clemson, was four under and tied for 34th after completing Saturday’s third round. Martin, who was born in Greenwood, S.C., lives on Kiawah Island. He has one PGA Tour win.

▪ Jonathan Byrd, 44, of St. Simons Island, Georgia, who was born in Anderson, S.C., was plus seven, in 71st place after completing his third round Saturday. The Clemson graduate has five PGA Tour victories.

▪ Doc Redman, 24, of Raleigh, a Clemson graduate, the 2017 U.S. Amateur champion, tied for 46th at three under par through 16 holes of the third round.

Harold Varner III of Charlotte was leading the field at 11 under par during the third round Saturday. Varner had eight birdies through the first 16 holes.

Robert Streb was in second place, one stroke back, through five third-round holes. Several players were just a few strokes off the pace.

Columbia natives Dustin Johnson and Wesley Bryan, Kevin Kisner of Aiken and Bryson Nimmer of Bluffton did not make the cut.

This story was originally published April 16, 2022, 2:01 PM.

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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – The two-month break in the LPGA Tour’s domestic schedule worked out beautifully for Ally Ewing, who is at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in a different role.

She’s a caddie.

Her father-in-law is Dallas businessman Fin Ewing, a regular among the amateur portion for this PGA Tour event. There was no better time to be his caddie, especially with the U.S. Women’s Open coming to Pebble Beach this summer for the first time.

“I had a down week and a good reason to get out to Pebble,” Ewing said Thursday. “I can spend time with my in-laws and get an opportunity to see Pebble Beach before the U.S. Open in July.”

Full-field scores from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

It won’t be exactly the same course. Pebble has hosted a PGA Tour event and a U.S. Open in the same year six times, and they’re never quite the same except for the gorgeous scenery along the Monterey Peninsula.

“I expect the rough to be longer, a little more penalizing,” Ewing said. “But it’s Pebble Beach. The greens will be what they are (small), maybe a smidgen faster, all depending on what the USGA does.”

She has played Pebble a couple of times on her own. But it was a good experience to see it in a different role, not with a club in her hand but a bag on her shoulder.

Ewing got a good look at the new eighth green, where some of the ridges have been softened to allow for new pin positions. She stood over Fin Ewing’s putt, gave it a good look and then motioned to him the size of the break, which was substantial.

And while this was their only day at Pebble Beach — the next two rounds are at Spyglass Hill and the Shore Course at Monterey Peninsula — Ewing was able to see how the ball reacts on the ground from four players — Greyson Sigg and Matthew NeSmith on the PGA Tour, and the two amateurs.

“I’m getting to see two guys at the peak of men’s golf getting around Pebble Beach,” she said. “You can see the intricacies of the golf course, the bounces and the breaks.”

Pebble Beach is one of several big upgrades for the U.S. Women’s Open, which already features the largest purse in women’s golf at $10 million. Future sites include Riviera, Oakmont, Merion and Oakland Hills.

“It’s awesome. These prestigious golf courses we’re now getting on is exciting for the game,” Ewing said. “Pebble is on our rotation, we had Muirfield last year for AIG Women’s (British) Open. It speaks to what the LPGA and women’s golf is doing to get us on these courses, and the courses opening their doors and being very welcoming.”

As for her job for the week? The weather and the views were ideal Thursday, though Ewing finished before the wind began whipping and a marine layer covered the sun and reduced temperatures by about 10 degrees.

Ewing said she carries her own bag at home when she plays with her husband, Charlie, the women’s golf coach at Mississippi State. She had a regular caddie or her mother pushed a cart during her year on the Symetra Tour.

How much will this week help? She has made the cut in her last four U.S. Women’s Open appearances, her best finish a tie for 10th in 2019 at the Country Club of Charleston in South Carolina.

But there was one immediate benefit.

“It’s great to be out here for the Open,” she said. “But it’s just great to be out here. Who’s going to turn down a trip to Pebble Beach?”

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Matthew NeSmith stares out at the scoreboard about 50 yards ahead on the par-3 16th. They take pictures of these kinds of scenes. The skies are gray. The trees are blowing. He looks deep, deep, deep in his thoughts. It’s his album cover.

Is he thinking of where he was playing? It’s U.S. Open Saturday. That’s heavy stuff. He’s played in only one of these before this week. Or is he thinking of where he is, period? At The — cap the ‘T’ there, please — Country Club. That’s historic stuff. Of course, there was the fun fact that at this U.S. Open, at The Country Club, on that leaderboard, he was right there, in the mix.

Nah, man, just staring.

“I’m just kind of blank staring at the leaderboard,” he said Saturday, as he and a reporter walked over to the range here. “I’m so A.D.D. I get lost a little bit.

“But no, it is very cool walking the fairways, playing with a good friend of mine, one; and two, late on a Saturday of a U.S. Open, with the No. 1-ranked player in the world where there’s obviously some hype around and watching him make eagle on 8 and watching everybody go crazy, it was cool.”

The very top of the leaderboard that NeSmith’s head was pointed in the direction of isn’t short of star power. There’s Will Zalatoris and Matthew Fitzpatrick at the top; they were doing battle just a month ago at the last major championship, the PGA. There’s Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy and Sam Burns; they’re as good as they get. Then there’s Mr. NeSmith, a 28-year-old from South Carolina who’s won once, on the Korn Ferry Tour. He’s five back, after a slightly rocky four-over 74 in the third round.

And why should you care about the world’s 166th-ranked player? We’ve brought you this far, so this better be a helluva reason.

Because his swing thought is as refreshing as it is simple as it is blunt. Should you need someone to root for on Sunday, you could do worse than the guy we can maybe all learn a little from.

He’s happy to be there, but it’s so wonderfully more than that.

“My mantra, it’s been, it’s OK to suck,” NeSmith said. “I mean, if I’m going to struggle, that’s totally fine. I’m going to be OK, my wife’s going to love me, I’m still going to have my friends that I’m going to have, I’m still going to go and have dinner with my parents, or have Father’s Day tomorrow. It’s going to be fine.

Let’s say you want to know about digital literacy for seniors. You could go to your computer, open Google and search for “digital literacy for seniors.” This could lead you to a link to Palmetto Care Connections, a statewide, nonprofit telehealth organization.

But what if you know nothing about Google? Search engine? What’s that?

What if you don’t have a computer?

Then the Kingstree recreation center was the place to be on Oct. 25-26.

In partnership with the South Carolina Department on Aging, Palmetto Care Connections introduced seniors to computers and the internet. The pilot program – digital inclusion training – was launched last year for five rural South Carolina counties, where the information highway is a gravel road for many people.

Free laptops were given to seniors. Via Verizon, the computers have built-in internet for 12 months.

In one session, seniors learned all about Google. Then it was on to how to send and receive emails, connect with family and friends using photos and video, search for health information, play games that exercise the brain and connect with a doctor for virtual telehealth appointments.

“This is a start,” said Veronica Cooper, a town of Kingstree office manager who organized the sessions.

Clara Faye Dozier was one of 21 attendees. Like others, she’s wide-eyed about the world wide web. She wants to surf the ’net.

“I’m really just interested in learning more about computers,” she said. “In my job, I actually worked with computers, but programs were already set up. I want to learn the basics of how to navigate the computer to do different programs. Email and all of that. I want to be able to do programs and presentations, and hopefully set up my own Zoom calls. Hopefully that will increase my learning.”

Pearlie Dozier Pendergrass is a baker. She knows some of the computer basics such as searching for recipes, but she wants to expand her digital literacy so she can learn how to bake a 15-tier cake.

Tyrone McCrea has a computer, but it’s “old and obsolete.” He wants to keep up with digital advancements.

“It’s always changing,” he said. “Windows changes just about every year. You’ve got your operating systems. … So many things change from when I started. I’ve got to stay informed not only for my kids but my grandkids.”

Spreading the word about these sessions is a challenge, Cooper acknowledged. Social media won’t reach those who don’t have the tools to connect.

“It’s mostly word of mouth,” she said.

For instance, she found one senior walking on the rec center grounds and told her about the opportunity.

“I heard about it from one of my aerobics partners,” Dozier said.

Cooper beamed as seniors arrived for a session.

“We’re changing their lives,” she said.