Johns Creek-The reigning GSGA Senior Women’s Player of the Year and three-time GSGA Senior Women’s Champion, Brenda Pictor of Marietta, earned medalist honors with a 75.  Pictor has qualified for the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur in each of the last two years, advancing to the second round of match play in 2009. She will be joined at the Championship by Karen Williams of Bean … [Read more...]

Roswell, GA – Brian Corn of Peachtree Golf Club won the Georgia Section Callaway Golf PGA Assistant Championship Monday, August 22, 2011 at TPC at Sugarloaf in Duluth, GA. By winning, Corn qualified for the 35th Callaway Golf PGA Assistant Championship, November 3-6, 2011 at the PGA Golf Club (Wanamaker Course) in Port St. Lucie, Fla.  The facility will be hosting its 16th … [Read more...]

By Mike Blum Those who were surprised that Keegan Bradley – or someone like him – won the 2011 PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club have not paid much attention to either the history of the event or the major championship winners at AAC. Bradley joins the list of unlikely PGA champions over the past 20 years or so, joining the likes of Wayne Grady, John Daly, Rich Beem, … [Read more...]

By Mike Blum Examine the list of winners in golf’s four major championships, and you’ll come across at least a few names that don’t really fit along side those of Nicklaus, Palmer, Player, Watson, Trevino, Faldo, Els and Woods. That pretty much applies to almost any professional tournament at the various levels at which the sport is conducted, almost being the operative … [Read more...]

By Mike Blum In both the 2006 and 2007 Georgia Opens, Jay McLuen held the lead on the back nine in the final round but was unable to close the deal. McLuen again came to the back nine with a lead in the fourth round of the recent Ziplocal Georgia Open, but this time there was little chance of a repeat of his two previous failed opportunities. When McLuen headed to the 10th … [Read more...]

By Mike Blum The 2011 major championships have belonged to players born outside the United States, but there are a number of prominent international players who have not exactly excelled on the PGA Tour this year. The top 30 finishers in the 2011 FedExCup standings will qualify for the Tour Championship at East Lake next month. With only a handful of FedExCup events remaining … [Read more...]

GREENSBORO, Ga. – In a final round that saw eight of 12 singles matches go all 18 holes, Team Georgia held on to its lead to win the 31st annual Georgia-Florida Women's Team Matches, 29-25, at Harbor Club.  The two-day competition took place August 15-16. Georgia, which led by just one point after the opening round four-ball matches (9 ½ to 8 ½), won seven of 12 singles … [Read more...]

ATLANTA – The night before he would compete in the 93rd PGA Championship at a course that had been very good to him 30 years ago, a humble Larry Nelson recounted his remarkable life journey after receiving the PGA Distinguished Service Award before an audience of 1,200 composed of friends, family and industry admirers. Nelson, 63, was bestowed with The PGA of America’s … [Read more...]