Of the approximately 20 PGA Tour members for the 2016-17 season who either live or were born in Georgia, the only one to qualify for the year-opening Tournament of Champions wasn’t even a full-time player on the tour at the time of his victory. Augusta native Vaughn Taylor scored perhaps the most unexpected win on the PGA Tour last year, coming from six shots back after 54 … [Read more...]
2017 Masters Field to Add 12 More Players
Bill Haas, Louis Oosthuizen are among the latest additions With no more events of consequence remaining on the 2016 professional golf schedule, the Masters is about to add a dozen players to the field for next year’s event, bringing the current total to 85 with an amateur to make it 86 early in 2017. The 12 soon-to-be Masters invitees are among the top 50 in the World … [Read more...]
Georgians Qualify for 2017 Web.com Tour
Chase Parker, Sepp Straka, Seth Reeves among qualifiers. Seven players with ties to Georgia finished among the top 45 in the finals of qualifying for the 2017 Web.com Tour to earn exempt status on the tour for the early stages of next season. Two others finished one shot out of the top 45, which should get them into early-season events, with two others having some hope … [Read more...]
Dori Carter Regains Exempt Status On Lpga Tour; Mariah Stackhouse Ties For 21st In First Qualifying Effort
The final stage of qualifying for the 2017 LPGA Tour included four Georgians in the field, and the 90-hole event concluded with some decidedly mixed results for the four. Valdosta’s Dori Carter regained fully exempt status for the 2017 season, tying for 14th thanks to a 9-under 63 in the fourth round. Rookie pro Mariah Stackhouse of Riverdale tied for 21st, missing a … [Read more...]
Augusta’s Scott Parel Co-Medalist In Champions Tour Qualifying
Augusta’s Scott Parel shared medalist honors in the finals of qualifying for the 2017 Champions Tour, and will be a full-time member of the tour after spending most of 2016 competing in Monday qualifiers. Parel, a rookie on the Champions Tour in 2016, successfully qualified eight times and made a total of 15 appearances on the season, earning $336,392 to finish 50th on the … [Read more...]
Craig Stevens, Stephen Keppler Qualify for 2017 PGA Senior Championship
Georgia PGA members Craig Stevens and Stephen Keppler qualified for the 2017 PGA Senior Championship, with both players finishing among the top 30 in the recent PGA Senior Professional Championship in south Florida. The 2017 PGA senior Championship is scheduled for May 25-28 at the Trump National golf course in the Washington, D.C., suburbs. Stevens, an instructor at … [Read more...]
Rookie Mackenzie Hughes Takes 5-Way Playoff in RSM Classic
It took five days to determine a champion of the 2016 RSM Classic at Sea Island Golf Club, with the winner of a five-man playoff the same player who had led the tournament after each of the first three rounds and refused to crack down the stretch on Sunday. Mackenzie Hughes, a 26-year-old PGA Tour rookie from Canada, holed a clutch par putt of 18 feet early Monday morning … [Read more...]
10 Georgians Reach Finals of Web.com Tour Qualifying
Ten players with ties to Georgia advanced to the finals of Web.com Tour qualifying, making it through the recent second stage of qualifying, which was held at five different sites, including two in Florida and one in Mobile, Ala. Only two of 12 players with ties to the state advanced from the qualifier in Mobile. Atlanta area resident Michael Hebert, a recent member of the … [Read more...]
Kisner To Defend Title In RSM Classic; Strong Local Contingent Highlights Field
In its first five years, the RSM (formerly McGladrey) Classic at Sea Island Golf Club featured a succession of exciting finishes that included two playoffs and three tournaments decided by one shot. Three of the five winners engineered spectacular final round comebacks with scores of 63 (Ben Crane in 2011 and Robert Streb in 2014) and a tournament and course record 60 … [Read more...]