When the PGA of America decided to play its national club professional championship several weeks earlier than usual, the Georgia PGA was required to move its qualifier for the event to an earlier date as well. With a busy summer tournament schedule, the Georgia PGA Senior Championship was moved to the dates usually occupied by the Georgia Women’s Open, which was moved … [Read more...]
Amateur Erik Martin Captures Title in Georgia PGA at Berkeley Hills
Going into Tuesday’s final round of the Championship at Berkeley Hills, Alpharetta amateur Erik Martin was one shot off the lead, trailing co-leaders Richard Swift, an assistant at Berkeley Hills, and defending tournament champion Jacob Bayer, a Berkeley Hills member. The three players comprised the final pairing of the second round of the 36-hole Georgia PGA event, with … [Read more...]
Amateurs Look To Continue Streak in Georgia PGA Event at Berkeley Hills
The top players in the Georgia PGA will attempt to end a 4-year run of success by amateurs from the state when the Championship at Berkeley Hills tees off Monday morning. Three college golfers captured the Georgia PGA event in 2013, ’14 and ‘15, and a high school competitor made it four in a row last year. Two of the four are entered in this year’s field, with 2013 champion … [Read more...]
Stephen Keppler Qualifies for U.S. Senior Open; Karen Paolozzi in Field for Women’s PGA event
For the second time this year, Stephen Keppler will compete in a Champions Tour major with very little recent tournament experience. Beginning Thursday, Keppler will play in the U.S. Senior Open at Salem (Mass.) CC after competing a little over a month earlier in the PGA Senior Championship. It will be Keppler’s fourth start in a senior major in the last three years, as he … [Read more...]
Paul Claxton Third in National Club Pro Event; Ex-Tour Pro Qualifies for PGA Championship
In 20 years as a member of both the PGA and Web.com Tours, Paul Claxton played in exactly two major championships. Almost three years after playing in his last tour event, Claxton will be competing in his third major – and first PGA Championship – after a strong showing in the PGA Professional Championship. Claxton tied for third in the event that serves as the national … [Read more...]
Wyatt Larkin wins Yamaha Atlanta Open after spending 4 months in body cast
Wyatt Larkin, a member of the Kennesaw State golf team, played near flawless golf over two days to win the Yamaha Atlanta Open at Echelon GC, finishing ahead of three of the top players in the Georgia PGA. Larkin put together rounds of 68-71—139, with his 5-under total two shots ahead of Dunwoody CC head pro Kyle Owen and three in front of Heritage Golf Links Director of … [Read more...]
Echelon Golf Club to host Yamaha Atlanta Open; Sonny Skinner Shoots for Third Straight Title
The Georgia PGA will hold one of the state’s longest-running tournaments – the Yamaha Atlanta Open - on one of the newer additions to the list of host courses for the state’s top golf events – Echelon Golf Club. The tournament will be played June 13-14 on a course that is a mystery to many in the Atlanta golf community but has developed a reputation as one of the most … [Read more...]
Chris Nicol Wins Georgia PGA Event at Rivermont by 6 Shots
There wasn’t much doubt who was the best player in the field in the Georgia PGA’s Rivermont Championship, played May 8 in the suburbs of north Fulton. Chris Nicol, an assistant at Georgia Golf Center in Roswell, shot 8-under 134 with scores 68-66 to win the one-day, 36-hole event by six strokes over Kyle Owen, whose second round 69 was the only other score in the 60s in the … [Read more...]
Sonny Skinner to join Georgia Golf Hall of Fame
ATHENS, GEORGIA -- Veteran Georgia PGA member Sonny Skinner of Sylvester will be among the Georgia State Golf Association's 2018 inductees into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame. After competing on the PGA Tour and what is now the Web.com Tour from 1990 to the mid 2000s, Skinner became a full-time member of the Georgia PGA in 2006, and has been one of the top players in the Georgia … [Read more...]