After turning 50 less than a month before the Georgia PGA Senior Professional Championship, Forest Heights head professional Drew Pittman made an auspicious debut in his senior debut, winning the recent event at historic Glen Arven CC in Thomasville. Pittman’s victory took a while, however, as he needed nine playoff holes to win against Currahee Club Director of Golf Clark … [Read more...]
Final round 66 earns Section title for Weinhart
After four years without a victory in a Georgia PGA Section event, Tim Weinhart shot a final round 66 at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside course to erase a three-stroke deficit and end his winless drought in the EZ-GO Georgia PGA Championship. It was Weinhart’s second career win in the event, one of the Georgia PGA’s four majors, and put him on the verge of a ninth Player of … [Read more...]
Seth McCain Defeats Sonny Skinner, Tim Weinhart to Take Match Play Title
The four semifinalists in the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship represented a broad age range, with three of the four in their mid-60s, mid-50s and mid-40s. The fourth member of the quartet was 29-year-old Seth McCain, who stands out in a Georgia PGA Section where almost all the top players are in their 40s, 50s, or in the case of James Mason, his 60s. McCain was also … [Read more...]
McCain Wins Georgia PGA Match Play Championship
Roswell, GA ---Assistant PGA professional, Seth McCain of Jennings Mill Country Club in Bogart won two matches to capture the title today in the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship, which was conducted at the Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta. McCain defeated PGA teaching professional Tim Weinhart 1-up in the first semifinal by making birdies on the final two holes. In the … [Read more...]
Shad Tuten Captures Georgia Open Title
Going to the final round of the Georgia Open at Ford Plantation outside Savannah, former Armstrong Atlantic golfer Shad Tuten had a specific game plan. Tuten, a pro for a little less than a year, began the round three shots off the lead, but was determined to concentrate on his game and pay as little attention as possible to how he stood in relation to the leader. That … [Read more...]
Wallace Wins Georgia Women’s Open
Roswell, GA --- Meagan Wallace, of Charlotte, NC playing in just her second tournament as a professional carded a final round of 2-under par 70 for a championship total of 6-under par 138 to win the Georgia Women’s Open in a playoff over professional Kaylin Yost of Kennesaw. Wallace birdied the first playoff hole for the victory. Wallace started the day two shots behind … [Read more...]
Amateur Jacob Bayer a winner at Berkeley Hills
Weinhart second, again finishes as low pro Things are becoming predictable in the Championship at Berkeley Hills. For the fourth straight year, an amateur won the Georgia PGA tournament. And for the third time in that span, Tim Weinhart came away with first place money and first place points among the Georgia PGA members in the field. Jacob Bayer, a junior member at … [Read more...]
Bayer wins Championship at Berkeley Hills
Duluth, GA --- Amateur Jacob Bayer of Lawrenceville won the seventh annual Championship at Berkeley Hills presented by Golf GameBook by two shots over eight-time Georgia PGA Player of the Year, Tim Weinhart of the Tim Weinhart Golf Academy at Heritage Golf Links. This is the fourth straight year that an amateur has captured the title. Bayer, who had carded a first round of … [Read more...]
Cressend, Sanders Knock out Seeds in Early Rounds of Match Play
After two rounds of the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship, only two players seeded higher than 14th had been eliminated, with 14 of the 16 remaining players seeded no lower than 18th. The two highest seeded players who failed to advance were2015 runner-up and No. 4 seed Matthew Evans of Rivermont and two-time champion and No. 9 seed Craig Stevens of Brookstone, a finalist … [Read more...]