The RSM Classic field will include a sizeable number of golfers with ties to Georgia, with more than one-fifth of the 156-player field viewing the tournament as something of a home game. At least a dozen players in the field live on St. Simons Island, with another half dozen or so tournament participants former residents. Of the eight golfers who have won the event at Sea … [Read more...]
RSM Classic Returns to Sea Island Golf Club for Ninth Time
The PGA Tour returns to the Georgia coast next week, with the annual RSM Classic scheduled for Nov. 15-18 at Sea Island Golf Club. This will be the ninth time the tournament has been played on St. Simons Island, and there have been several significant changes to the event since it was first played in the Fall of 2010. The event has changed names (it was originally the … [Read more...]
Mason, Claxton Earn Spots in 2019 Senior PGA Championship
Georgia PGA members James Mason and Paul Claxton qualified for the 2019 Senior PGA Championship with top-35 finishes in last week’s Senior PGA Professional Championship in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Mason, one of the oldest competitors in the field at the age of 67, tied for 17th at 2-under 286 with scores of 74-70-71-71. Claxton tied for 27th at even par 288 with scores of … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Trio Enjoy Profitable Week in Mississippi
Three Georgia Tech golfers, including a pair of rookies, recorded finishes of seventh or better in the PGA Tour event that ended Sunday in Jackson, Miss. Roberto Castro, the veteran of the group, tied for fifth at 14-under 274 along with Anders Albertson, making just his third PGA Tour start. Seth Reeves, Albertson’s recent teammate at Georgia Tech, tied for seventh at 275 … [Read more...]
Augusta’s Parel Scores Second Champions Tour Victory in Los Angeles
The best season of Scott Parel’s golf career got even better Sunday. Parel, a long time Augusta resident, won the Champions Tour for the second time in two months, taking a Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs event Sunday in Los Angeles to move into second place on the tour’s points list with one tournament remaining. Unlike almost all the legendary names who take up most of the … [Read more...]
New Bobby Jones Golf Course Opening
The most anticipated golf course opening in Georgia in many years will occur in Atlanta November 5th, as the totally renovated Bobby Jones Golf Course will make its long-awaited debut. The new and somewhat revolutionary Bobby Jones Golf Course will open to the public November 5, replacing the aging layout that carried the name of the most prominent figure in Atlanta golf … [Read more...]
GSGA Takes Peters Cup 17-15 Behind Seniors, Trio of Rookies
The GSGA team took the lead after the first session of the Peters Cup and held on to defeat the Georgia PGA 17-15 at Harbor Club Sunday and Monday, snapping a 4-match losing streak. After winning four straight times from 2003-09, the GSGA lost the next four competitions against the Georgia PGA, but got some strong efforts from its seniors and several first-time participants … [Read more...]
Claxton Edges Past Skinner to Earn Player of the Year Honors
Of the 60-plus players competing in the Georgia PGA Professional Championship earlier this week at Barnsley Resort, Paul Claxton was the lone player in the field not concerned about qualifying for next year’s national club professional championship. Thanks to his victory in the Georgia PGA Championship at Sea Island GC in late August, Claxton had already earned a spot in … [Read more...]
Owen Survives Tough Conditions to Win GPGA Event at Barnsley Resort
The final round of the Georgian PGA Professional Championship earlier this week was halted twice by rain delays, with the wet conditions having a significant impact on the final outcome. More than 60 Georgia PGA members were competing for five spots in next year’s PGA Professional Championship, with Paul Claxton already in the field thanks to his victory in the Section … [Read more...]