Georgia Senior Open set for Chattahoochee GC later this month The Georgia PGA tournament season is underway, with one of the team tournaments already played and one of the Section’s four majors just getting started. The season opened with the Club Car Pro-Pro Scramble at Rivermont CC, with the team of Peter Jones and J.P. Griffin winning in a 7-hole playoff over the teams … [Read more...]
Masters Preview: Dustin Johnson the Favorite over Spieth, McIlroy
From 1997 to 2013, the Masters was essentially all about one person. After three years of having the pre-tournament focus on multiple players, the tournament again has a dominant performer who will attract most of the attention before the first group tees off at Augusta National April 6. Dustin Johnson has emerged as golf’s clear No. 1after the trio of Rory McIlroy, Jordan … [Read more...]
Henley Earns Last-Minute Spot in Masters Field
Macon native, ex-Bulldog wins in Houston with 10 birdies in final round 65 Going back to his days on the U. of Georgia golf team, Russell Henley has been known as a somewhat streaky putter who wins most of the tournaments he contends in when he’s rolling putts in from everywhere. Henley won eight college tournaments during his career in Athens, as well as back-to-back … [Read more...]
3 Georgians qualify for Drive, Chip and Putt Championship
Three Georgia youngsters have qualified for the annual Drive, Chip and Putt Championship, which will be played Sunday morning at Augusta National and broadcast on Golf Channel. Claire Bradford of Watkinsville is the lone Georgian to qualify for the girls finals and will be competing in the 7-to-9 age group. The boy’s finalists from Georgia are Craig Kontur of Lawrenceville … [Read more...]
Andrade Part of Georgia’s Champions Tour Contingent
Atlanta resident takes part in Mitsubishi Classic media day The Georgia contingent for the upcoming Champions Tour Mitsubishi Electric Classic will include a group that includes two major champions on the PGA Tour, the defending champion of the U.S. Senior Open, a successful member of the PGA and Champions Tours who spent a few years working as a broadcaster, a player who … [Read more...]
Hudson Swafford to make first start in Masters; Only rookie among Georgia contingent in Augusta
From 2013 to 2016, a total of 10 PGA Tour members with ties to Georgia made their career debuts in Georgia’s annual major championship – the Masters, at least one each year. That streak was in jeopardy for 2017 until former UGA golfer and St. Simons island resident Hudson Swafford scored his first PGA Tour victory in southern California in the tournament once known as the … [Read more...]
Charles Howell ties for second in San Diego; Augusta native off to hot start this season
Augusta native Charles Howell has not enjoyed as stellar a career as was expected when he turned pro in 2000 as the most heralded amateur since Tiger Woods, but he has certainly been a productive player during his 18 seasons on the PGA Tour. Howell has just two wins, the first coming in his second full season in 2002; the last coming in 2007 in Los … [Read more...]
Former Bulldog Swafford Scores First PGA Tour Victory
MARIETTA, GA - Of the eight former University of Georgia golfers with status on the PGA Tour for the 2016-17 season, Hudson Swafford was the only without a victory on the tour. Swafford, who is in his fourth season as a PGA Tour member, joined the list of winners from UGA, taking the annual stop in the Southern California desert formerly known as the Bob Hope Classic. The … [Read more...]
Georgians Begin West Coast Swing; Love Sidelined after Accident
The PGA Tour’s 2017 West Coast swing began in Hawaii with the first of two annual events and includes four tournaments in California and one in Arizona. For Georgia’s contingent of approximately 30 PGA Tour members, the West Coast has been a mostly inviting stretch of tournaments, but not all the state’s tour players have established a track record of success in the early … [Read more...]