When the Georgia Amateur was first played at Augusta’s West Lake CC in 1980, the winning 72-hole score was 1-under par 287. The next time the club hosted the Georgia State Golf Association’s championship event was 2000, and the winning score that time was 2-under 286. The Georgia Amateur returned to West Lake for a third time last week, with the course playing to a par … [Read more...]
Pinetree to Host Unique Georgia PGA ‘Doubleheader’; Georgia Women’s Open, Senior PGA Qualifier at Same Site
When the PGA of America decided to play its national club professional championship several weeks earlier than usual, the Georgia PGA was required to move its qualifier for the event to an earlier date as well. With a busy summer tournament schedule, the Georgia PGA Senior Championship was moved to the dates usually occupied by the Georgia Women’s Open, which was moved … [Read more...]
Amateur Erik Martin Captures Title in Georgia PGA at Berkeley Hills
Going into Tuesday’s final round of the Championship at Berkeley Hills, Alpharetta amateur Erik Martin was one shot off the lead, trailing co-leaders Richard Swift, an assistant at Berkeley Hills, and defending tournament champion Jacob Bayer, a Berkeley Hills member. The three players comprised the final pairing of the second round of the 36-hole Georgia PGA event, with … [Read more...]
Georgia Amateur Returns to Augusta’s West Lake for Third Time
The Georgia Amateur returns to the Augusta’s West Lake CC for the third time this week, with a mostly new cast from the list of players who contended for the title last year. Almost all the winners of the event for the past decade have been college age (or younger) golfers, resulting in a changing of the guard of top contenders on an almost yearly basis. That will be no … [Read more...]
Amateurs Look To Continue Streak in Georgia PGA Event at Berkeley Hills
The top players in the Georgia PGA will attempt to end a 4-year run of success by amateurs from the state when the Championship at Berkeley Hills tees off Monday morning. Three college golfers captured the Georgia PGA event in 2013, ’14 and ‘15, and a high school competitor made it four in a row last year. Two of the four are entered in this year’s field, with 2013 champion … [Read more...]
Charles Howell Loses in Playoff in First Start Since Returning From Injury
After a strong start to the 2016-17 PGA Tour season, Augusta native Charles Howell was 18th in the FedExCup standings after the Heritage Classic, played the week after the Masters. Howell was absent from the PGA Tour for 2 ½ months after the Heritage due to a rib injury, and when he returned to action at the annual tour stop in Washington, D.C., he had slipped to 33rd in the … [Read more...]
Luke Schniederjans Second in Dogwood; Jefferson Go Wins by 1 With Birdie at 17
Georgia Tech golfer Luke Schniederjans had five birdies and two eagles in the final round of the 2017 Dogwood Invitational at Druid Hills GC – all in a 10-hole stretch – but it wasn’t quite enough to produce a victory. Schniederjans began the final round of the Dogwood one shot off the lead in a three-way tie for fourth and shot 6-under 66. But Lloyd Jefferson Go, one of … [Read more...]
Stephen Keppler Qualifies for U.S. Senior Open; Karen Paolozzi in Field for Women’s PGA event
For the second time this year, Stephen Keppler will compete in a Champions Tour major with very little recent tournament experience. Beginning Thursday, Keppler will play in the U.S. Senior Open at Salem (Mass.) CC after competing a little over a month earlier in the PGA Senior Championship. It will be Keppler’s fourth start in a senior major in the last three years, as he … [Read more...]
Legacy Golf Links Up and Running After Fire Consumes Clubhouse
For at least one day in mid-March of this year, Legacy Golf Links was on fire. Literally. An electrical fire of undetermined origin burned the clubhouse of the executive golf course and practice facility in Smyrna, resulting in a total loss of the structure. The reconstruction of the clubhouse is expected to begin soon, but for the past three months or so, the facility … [Read more...]