ATLANTA – The Georgia State men’s golf team will open the fall season on Friday for the Maui Jim Intercollegiate in Scottsdale, Ariz. Despite being nearly 2,000 miles from Atlanta, the Panthers will serve as host for the event for a fifth-straight tournament. The field of 14 teams will play Mirabel Golf Club, a private course on the north side of Scottsdale. The course will … [Read more...]
Jackets Grab Early Lead at Maui Jim Intercollegiate
Scottsdale, Ariz. – Led by Ross Steelman’s 8-under-par 62, Georgia Tech’s golf team posted its lowest score in seven years, a 16-under-par 264, and grabbed a two-shot lead over Clemson after the opening round of the Maui Jim Intercollegiate. With three players under par, the Yellow Jackets compiled their lowest team round since posting a 264 at the Warrior Princeville Makai … [Read more...]
Milanowski’s 69 Leads Georgia State at Maui Jim Intercollegiate
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Making his Georgia State debut, senior Jake Milanowski shot an opening round 1-under par 69 to open the fall season on Friday at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate. The Panthers shot a 4-over par 284 to sit in a tie for 10th with 36 holes to play. Milanowski, a transfer from Auburn, made 17 pars and one birdie, to sit in a tie for 27th following the first … [Read more...]
English Named To U.S. Ryder Cup Team
ATHENS, Ga. --- Georgia alum Harris English was named to the United States Ryder Cup Team on Wednesday. English earned one of Steve Stricker’s captain’s picks for the event, which will take place Sept. 24-26 at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisc. He will be joined on Team USA by Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Cantlay, … [Read more...]
Pair of 69’s Leads Georgia State Women’s Golf at USA Intercollegiate
MOBILE, Ala. – Led by a pair of 3-under par 69’s from Jenny Marston and Ari Acuff, the Georgia State women’s golf team shot a final round 2-over 290 to finish in ninth-place at the USA Intercollegiate at the Robert Trent Jones Trail - Magnolia Grove (Crossings Course) on Monday. Marston’s round included three-straight birdies on the front nine and one more on the back nine … [Read more...]
BACK-TO-BACK ACES AT THE SEA PINES RESORT’S ATLANTIC DUNES
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (August 27, 2021) – Imagine the roar of the gallery if two players made back-to-back aces during the PGA TOUR’s annual stop for the RBC Heritage on Hilton Head Island? The cheers were nearly that loud and just as thrilling on Tuesday, August 24 for golfers Jeffrey Johnson of Marietta, Georgia and Mike Long of Wellington, Florida, who sank … [Read more...]
FedExCup Standings Update: Finau takes standings lead with win in Playoffs opener
ATLANTA – With his first win in five years, Tony Finau is the new FedExCup standings leader after capturing the FedExCup Playoffs opener on Monday at THE NORTHERN TRUST. Finau outlasted Australia’s Cameron Smith in a playoff to move from No. 23 to the top of the standings with the second of three Playoffs events set to get under way on Thursday at the BMW Championship. World … [Read more...]
Ross Steelman Falls in U.S. Amateur Quarterfinals
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s Ross Steelman scored a big Round of 16 victory over Florida’s Ricky Castillo Friday morning but came up short in his quarterfinal match Friday afternoon against University of North Carolina junior Austin Greaser, 2 and 1, in the 121st U.S. Amateur championship at Oakmont Country Club. It was the third straight year a Georgia Tech golfer has reached … [Read more...]
Warrick Dunn, Andruw Jones, Justin Rose and Mariah Stackhouse to headline TOUR Championship Charity Challenge
ATLANTA – TOUR Championship officials today announced the TOUR Championship Charity Challenge, a televised nine-hole exhibition on Wednesday, Sept. 1, from 3-5 p.m. to benefit the East Lake Foundation and the TOUR Championship’s other charitable beneficiaries. The match, which will be played in a scramble format, will take place on the back nine at historic East Lake Golf … [Read more...]