Peachtree Golf Club head professional Donn Perno had two distinct advantages going into the finals of the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship played earlier this week. The semifinals and finals of the event were played at Peachtree, giving Perno the home course edge. Perno did not have to play his semifinal match Monday morning, as Callaway Gardens head pro Wyatt Detmer was … [Read more...]

The last time Donn Perno made it to the semifinals of the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship, he captured the title at East Lake Golf Club in 2013. Perno is back in the semifinals four years later, but this time he will be playing on his home course, with Peachtree Golf Club hosting the final two rounds for the fourth straight year. This year’s semifinals and finals … [Read more...]

Paul Claxton has been unable to play a great deal of golf in recent months, but his limited tournament schedule and rare visits to the practice tee have failed to negatively impact his game. Claxton has been pre-occupied of late with trying to help save Hawk’s Point Golf Club in his hometown of Vidalia, where he is the Director of Golf.  The club actually shut down for a … [Read more...]

The last two times the Georgia Open was played in Savannah, tour players from the Savannah area finished second and fourth in 2010, first and third last year. The three Savannah golfers responsible for the four top-four finishes are all in the field for this year’s event, and will be the players to beat when the event tees off August 3 at the Ford Plantation in Richmond … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]