For National Golf Month, Meet Charleston, WV’s Joey Fyall II

By BBG Sports

After returning from major surgery, the West Virginia golfer won again, earned his third consecutive Player of the Year honor and set his sights on a national title.

Joey Fyall II was about 7 years old when his father introduced him to golf. What started as time together on the course eventually grew into a national pursuit. “My dad got me into it at about 7, and I never looked back,” Fyall said.

The Charleston native began competing on the Amateur Players Tour in 2021. The organization has 49 chapters across the country, giving amateur golfers opportunities to compete on a national stage. Five years after joining, Fyall has earned his third consecutive Player of the Year honor and is preparing for the North American Championship at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Getting there has meant balancing fatherhood, work and a demanding travel schedule. “The sacrifices I’ve made have included being separated from my children and utilizing PTO from work,” he said.

This season has also required a deeply personal comeback. After undergoing a full prostatectomy, Fyall returned to competition at Pine Lakes Country Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Known as “The Granddaddy,” the historic course became the site of his first tournament victory after surgery. “There’s a lot that’s gone into this season, not only physically but emotionally,” he said.

Fyall carried that momentum into a dominant 2026 season, opening with four consecutive wins at Jamestown Park Golf Course in North Carolina, Oxmoor Valley Golf Course in Kentucky, The Omni Homestead Resort in Virginia and Sapona Golf, Swim and Tennis Club in North Carolina. His victory at The Omni Homestead came in a national major. He also earned a playoff victory at Delaware Golf Club in Ohio, finding a way to win despite having played the course only once before.

The results have placed Fyall among the Amateur Players Tour’s leading Division 4 golfers. But for him, competing nationally means more than collecting trophies. It is an opportunity to represent a city and state rarely recognized for producing competitive golfers. “Representing Charleston is more about setting the bar high because we produce athletes, but not many—if any—can say they’ve done it playing golf,” Fyall said.

His success carries additional meaning as a Black golfer navigating a sport with a long history of racial exclusion. “Oh, yeah, there are definitely barriers with being a Black golfer, not only here in West Virginia but around the country,” he said. “But I would rather show I belong here than have someone tell me I don’t.”

Fyall points to pioneers such as Charlie Sifford, who became the first Black golfer to receive full PGA Tour membership in 1961 after challenging the tour’s Caucasian-only membership clause. “Golf is for everyone,” Fyall said. “Don’t let people tell you that you can’t or that you don’t belong there because of your skin color, when there have been many who paved the way for us.”

Now, Fyall is focused on Arizona. “My goal for the North American Championship is to stay positive, keep playing and become National Player of the Year,” he said. Reaching that next level will require support beyond the course. Travel, lodging, tournament entry fees and time away from work and family all carry a cost. Fyall said assistance with care for his children, tournament expenses and a practice facility where he could install his golf simulator would give him more time and resources to strengthen his game.

National Golf Month is about celebrating the game and helping more people see themselves in it. Fyall is doing both—carrying Charleston onto a national stage while showing the next generation that there is room for them on the course.

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