For the second straight year, former Georgia Bulldog Kevin Kisner made a strong run at capturing a major championship before falling back in the final round. Kisner, a lifelong resident of Aiken, S.C., just across the Savannah River from Augusta, had at least a share of the lead after each of the first three rounds in the British Open, winding up in a tie for second behind … [Read more...]
Opening 66, Clutch Play Late Lifts Baik to Georgia Women’s Open Victory
After an almost mistake-free first 25 holes in the Georgia Women’s Open,. Ji Eun Baik was cruising with a 6-stroke lead when she suddenly started hitting tee shots on par 3s, 4s and 5s alike in the direction of out of bounds stakes rather than fairways or greens. In the span of seven holes, Baik hit three shots that came to rest within a few feet of being out of bounds and a … [Read more...]
Georgia Southern’s Barron Captures GSGA Title at Athens Country Club
The last three times Athens Country Club hosted the GSGA Championship, the event was won by golfers who were either members of the golf team at UGA or had recently completed their college careers in Athens. That did not happen Sunday in the 2018 Georgia Amateur, as Georgia Southern golfer Brett Barron captured the title in relatively easy fashion, carding four rounds in the … [Read more...]
Stachler Survives Shaky Start to Take Berkeley Hills Event in Playoff Over Dixon
University of South Carolina golfer Ryan Stachler began the final round Tuesday in the Championship at Berkeley Hills with back-to-back bogeys, and his day ended after consecutive bogeys on his final two holes. But some bogeys are better than others, and the first and last bogeys Stachler scored in the final round of the Georgia PGA tournament helped produce his first … [Read more...]
Woodmont Ranks Among Atlanta’s Best Semi-Private Facilities with Quality Layout, Conditioning
Alphabetically, Woodmont Golf Club is near the bottom of the list of the state's courses. From a quality standpoint, however, it ranks right at the top among Georgia's daily fee layouts, and can make a strong case that it is the No. 1 course among an outstanding group of semi-private facilities in the metro Atlanta area. Woodmont opened in the Fall of 1999, and was the … [Read more...]
Familiar Names Missing from Georgia Women’s Open; Wright only Past Champion in Field
The Georgia Women’s Open returns to a familiar site this year, with Brookfield Country Club hosting the event July 16-17 for the fifth time in the last six years. However, many of the most familiar and successful players in the tournament’s recent history will not be in the field, with only one former Georgia Women’s Open champion competing this year. The tournament has … [Read more...]
Watson, Reed, Johnson, Kuchar: Top Georgians in British Open Field
The British Open returns to Carnoustie July 19-22, with 13 golfers with Georgia ties, including three former champions, in the 156-player field. The Georgia contingent also includes two tournament favorites with three Masters green jackets between them, along with a player who almost made it four Georgia-connected champions since 2001 last year. Bubba Watson, who leads … [Read more...]
Tech’s Albertson wins on Web.com Tour, will join PGA Tour for 2018-19 season
Recent Georgia Tech standout Anders Albertson is headed to the PGA Tour after winning a Web.com Tour event in Illinois a week ago. Albertson, who grew up in Woodstock and is residing in Alpharetta, will join Georgia Tech teammate and former junior rival Ollie Schniederjans on the PGA Tour for the 2018-19 season after a spectacular final round that included 10 birdies, … [Read more...]
Stackhouse on the Rise with Recent Stretch of Excellent Play
In just her second season on the LPGA Tour, Riverdale's Mariah Stackhouse is well on the way to establishing herself as one of the tour's top young American players. On the strength of a pair of top-10 finishes in June, one of them, Stackhouse has moved up to 55th on the LPGA money list with earnings of more than $205,000. After playing well enough in her rookie season last … [Read more...]