The Web.com Tour closes out its regular season this week in Portland at the Bob Cupp- designed Pumpkin Ridge GC, with the top 25 players on the money list at the end of the tournament earning PGA Tour cards for the 2018-19 season. In addition, players ranked between 26 and 75 will remain exempt on the tour for next year, and will compete in the Web.com Finals, a series of … [Read more...]
Weinhart Looks to Three-Peat in Section Championship at Sea Island GC
Nine-time Georgia PGA Player of the Year Tim Weinhart will shoot for a third straight Georgia PGA Championship title and fourth overall when the tournament is played August 27-29 at Sea Island Golf Club’s Retreat course. Weinhart. The Director of Instruction at Heritage Golf Links, has compiled an impressive record in the championship over the past two decades, recording 17 … [Read more...]
At Least 20 Georgians Set to Compete in FedExCup Playoffs
The 2018 FedExCup Playoffs begin August 23 at Ridgewood CC in New Jersey, and at least 20 golfers with Georgia Ties will be among the 125 players qualifying for the first of four Playoffs events. The top 100 on the points list after the Playoffs opener will compete the next week in Boston, with the top 70 after that tournament moving on to Aronimink in Philadelphia. The top … [Read more...]
Top 3 Seeds Ousted in GPGA Match Play; 4 Ex-Champs Still In
The 2018 Georgia PGA Match Play Championship has reached the quarterfinal round, with the top three seeds all knocked out of the tournament while the number 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 seeds all remain. Shawn Koch and David Potts, both instructors at Country Club of the South and former Match Play champions, defeated the tournament’s top two seeds in the third round, while the No. 3 … [Read more...]
Savannah’s O’Neal Closes with 64 to Win Georgia Open at Ford Plantation
After finishing second or third the three most recent times the Georgia Open was played in Savannah, Tim O’Neal faced a possible fourth near miss in his home town, beginning Sunday’s final round of the 2018 edition of the tournament two shots off the lead. Barrett Waters, who had finished between fourth and sixth each of the last three years in the Georgia Open, held the … [Read more...]
Ex-Bulldog Straka Fourth Georgian in 2 Months to Win on Web.com Tour
Former UGA golfer Sepp Straka became the fourth Georgia resident to win on the Web.com Tour over the past two months, capturing the Kansas City Golf Classic Sunday. Straka, in his second season on the tour, emerged with his first victory after a back-and-forth battle in the final round with playing partner Kyle Jones. Straka and Jones had separated themselves from the rest … [Read more...]
Georgia Pros Shoot For First PGA Title Since Love in 1997
No golfer with Georgia ties has won the PGA Championship since Davis Love in 1997, but a strong group of Georgians will take a shot at breaking the 20-year drought next week in St. Louis. Love will be among almost 20 golfers with ties to state who will be among the 156-player field to compete for the last major championship of 2018. Beginning next year, the PGA … [Read more...]
Georgia Open Back at Ford Plantation For Third Straight Year
The Georgia Open returns to Savannah’s Ford Plantation for a third straight year, with defending champion Paul Claxton heading up a field that consists of tour players, Georgia PGA members and amateurs. The tournament is schedule for August 2-5. When Claxton won last year, he became the fiirst Georgia PGA-affiliated player to win the tournament in more than a decade. But … [Read more...]
Suwanee’s Skinns Scores First Web.com Victory in Dramatic Fashion
After toiling for years in professional golf’s minor leagues, Suwanee resident David Skinns is close to earning his first shot at a trip to the majors. Skinns, who spent much of his professional career on the now defunct Hooters Tour, has been a full-time Web.com Tour member the last two years after two earlier seasons with limited status. After barely retaining his … [Read more...]