THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s golf team, preseason ranked No. 4 in the Bushnell/Golfweek coaches poll, opens its 2023 fall schedule Friday at the Olympia Fields Country Club/Fighting Illini Invitational at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club. The tournament kicks off a five-event fall slate that will take the Yellow Jackets to Illinois, Texas and California, with the other two … [Read more...]
PGA TOUR Championship SEP 1-5, 2021
The TOUR Championship looks forward to welcoming back spectators to East Lake Golf Club for the PGA TOUR season finale. As we return to a sense of normalcy, there are still several health & safety policies in place to protect all constituents on site at the tournament. Daily grounds tickets are now available for the third and final event of the FedExCup Playoffs at East … [Read more...]
Rinko Mitsunaga Wins Georgia Women’s Amateur Championship
Rinko Mitsunaga, who recently completed her collegiate golf career at Georgia, won the Georgia Women’s Amateur Championship on Friday at the Atlanta Athletic Club. She finished the 54-hole event at 4-over 220, two shots ahead of runner up Christyn Carr, and did so with Josh Brewer, her former Georgia coach, serving as her caddy. “I knew this was a course where people weren’t … [Read more...]
Charles Huntzinger Shoots for Second Straight Dogwood Title
Duluth’s Charles Huntzinger will look to defend his title in the annual Dogwood Invitational, which will be played June 28-July 1 at Druid Hills GC. Huntzinger, who will be a junior this Fall at Penn State, won by one shot last year over a trio of players, among them 2015 Dogwood champion Dawson Armstrong of Lipscomb, who will also be in this year’s field. A final round … [Read more...]
Augusta Wins Third Consecutive MEAC Championship, Receives Berth To NCAA Tournament
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Augusta University men’s golf team won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championship for the third year in a row, after shooting 43-under par across three days at Crosswinds Golf Club. Augusta finished round three 21-under par and won the event by 36 strokes to receive an automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Division I men's … [Read more...]
Defending Champion Woody Austin Joins Fan Favorite John Daly and Reigning U.S. Senior Open Champion
GWINNETT – METRO ATLANTA – Officials of the Mitsubishi Electric Classic announced today that the tournament has accepted commitments from defending champion Woody Austin, major championship winner and fan favorite John Daly, and reigning U.S. Senior Open champion Gene Sauers. The 2017 Mitsubishi Electric Classic is scheduled for April 10-16 at TPC Sugarloaf. Austin, 53, is … [Read more...]
Formerly endangered Lion thriving again; Small town club has mixed, colorful history
Like its rolling terrain, The Lion Golf Club in Bremen has had its ups and downs since it opened in 2001, but remains one of the best courses in the state located in a relatively small community, and enjoying one of its busiest years in 2015 since making its debut 14 years ago. The course has a colorful, if somewhat tragic history, dating back to before it opened in 2001. … [Read more...]
Paolozzi makes history with PNC victory; Leads 7 Georgians into top club pro event
Karen Paolozzi made some history and two of the Georgia PGA’s top players survived a marathon playoff to highlight the recent Georgia PGA qualifying event for the 2016 PGA Professional National Championship. Seven Georgia PGA members qualified for next year’s national club professional championship, which will be played in late June at Turning Stone Resort in upstate New … [Read more...]
Legacy on Lanier offers beauty, challenge; Entertaining layout not long, but not easy
When evaluating the difficulty of a golf course, one of the first aspects to consider is the length of the course in question. At Legacy on Lanier, the yardage listed on the scorecard is one of the lesser elements of the challenge posed by one of the Atlanta area’s most visually appealing but deceptively demanding courses. Legacy on Lanier has been around since the … [Read more...]