The last time Donn Perno made it to the semifinals of the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship, he captured the title at East Lake Golf Club in 2013. Perno is back in the semifinals four years later, but this time he will be playing on his home course, with Peachtree Golf Club hosting the final two rounds for the fourth straight year. This year’s semifinals and finals … [Read more...]
15 Georgians in Field for PGA Championship at Quail Hollow
A total of 15 players with ties to Georgia are competing in this week’s PGA Championship, with five of the 15 having won on the PGA Tour this season and five others with runner-up finishes in 2016-17. Also among the 15 Georgians is one of 20 club professionals in the 156-player field at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, although he has more experience as a tour player than most of … [Read more...]
Zach Johnson, Gene Sauers, Richy Werenski Score Runner-up Finishes
Three players with Georgia ties – one a native of the Peach State, one who resides here and a third who attended college at Georgia Tech and lives a short drive from Savannah in South Carolina – all recorded runner-up finishes Sunday on the PGA or Champions Tours, two losing in playoffs. Savannah’s Gene Sauers lost a playoff to Paul Goydos in the Champions Tour event in … [Read more...]
Paul Claxton Captures DripFusion Georgia Open Title
Paul Claxton has been unable to play a great deal of golf in recent months, but his limited tournament schedule and rare visits to the practice tee have failed to negatively impact his game. Claxton has been pre-occupied of late with trying to help save Hawk’s Point Golf Club in his hometown of Vidalia, where he is the Director of Golf. The club actually shut down for a … [Read more...]
Georgia Open Makes Return Visit to Savannah’s Ford Plantation
The last two times the Georgia Open was played in Savannah, tour players from the Savannah area finished second and fourth in 2010, first and third last year. The three Savannah golfers responsible for the four top-four finishes are all in the field for this year’s event, and will be the players to beat when the event tees off August 3 at the Ford Plantation in Richmond … [Read more...]
Cherokee Run Ranks With Atlanta Area’s Best Daily Fee Courses
The boom in golf course construction in the late 1980s and all of the ‘90s covered every part of the metro Atlanta area, and its impact is still felt more than two decades later. The most significant addition to the list of courses east of Atlanta was Cherokee Run, which opened in Conyers in 1995 and remains the top daily fee facility in an area where many of the nearby … [Read more...]
Matt Kuchar Second in British Open to Jordan Spieth’s Sensational Finish
Since 2009, Matt Kuchar has been arguably the most consistently successful player on the PGA Tour. During that stretch, Kuchar has qualified for the Tour Championship seven straight times, represented the U.S. on either the Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup team every year since 2010 and scored six of his seven career PGA Tour wins. Among his victories are a Players … [Read more...]
After 5 top finishes, Jessica Haigwood wins Georgia Women’s Open
After finishing in the top five each of the last five years in the Georgia Women’s Open, including three straight runner-up finishes, Roswell’s Jessica Haigwood figured it was finally her time take home the winner’s trophy. Haigwood shot a final round 69 at Pinetree CC earlier this week to score a two-stroke victory over Lacey Fears of Bonaire, who either led or was tied for … [Read more...]
Sonny Skinner romps to victory in Georgia PGA Senior Championship
Since he turned 50 in 2010, Sonny Skinner has played some of his best golf in the Georgia PGA Senior Championship, the Section’s qualifier for the national senior club professional championship. Skinner collected his third victory in the event earlier this week, shooting 12-under 132 for 36 holes at Pinetree Country Club to score a decisive 6-stroke victory over James Mason … [Read more...]