After playing the Tour Championship 15 times at East Lake with the course’s original routing, the decision was made by tournament officials and the PGA Tour to reverse the nines for the 2016 event. The result was perhaps the most exciting finish in tournament history, as Rory McIlroy captured a three-way playoff that last four holes with a string of late heroics that earned … [Read more...]
Drew Pittman Wins GPGA Senior over Spratlin in 9-Hole Playoff
After turning 50 less than a month before the Georgia PGA Senior Professional Championship, Forest Heights head professional Drew Pittman made an auspicious debut in his senior debut, winning the recent event at historic Glen Arven CC in Thomasville. Pittman’s victory took a while, however, as he needed nine playoff holes to win against Currahee Club Director of Golf Clark … [Read more...]
Big Names at Top of FedExCup List; Castro Earns Return to East Lake
The final FedExCup Playoffs event prior to the Tour Championship concluded with a considerable amount of drama that left two of the game’s most prominent players outside the top 30 in the points standings that determined the field at East Lake. While Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia were knocked out of the top 30 during the final round of the Playoffs event at Crooked Stick, … [Read more...]
New Finish for Tour Championship; Nines Reversed at East Lake This Year
Since East Lake’s historic golf course was thoroughly renovated and upgraded in the mid-1990s by Rees Jones, most of the work on the course has been relatively minor apart from the replacement of the bent grass greens after the 2008 Tour Championship with Mini-Verde Bermuda, which enabled the course to better handle Atlanta’s Summer heat. The changes to the course since … [Read more...]
Harbor Club Ranked Among State’s Best Courses
Last remaining daily fee option on Lake Oconee For the past few decades, the Lake Oconee area has been known for the concentration of outstanding golf courses located along its shores. The three original courses along the lake opened in the late 1980s/early ‘90s, and five more have been added since, along with a host of amenities that have transformed the area from a … [Read more...]
Fall women’s preview: Georgia women’s team returns to prominence
After a string of disappointing seasons, the Georgia Lady Bulldogs returned to national prominence last year, largely due to the arrival of three talented freshmen, two from metro Atlanta. Georgia won five tournaments in 2015-16, including its NCAA Regional, and finished the year ranked 13th in Division 1 after missing the 54-hole cut in the NCAA Championship. The Lady … [Read more...]
Fall college preview: Bulldogs enter season as state’s top contender
The 2016 Fall college golf season begins this month for Georgia’s Division 1 teams, with the Georgia Bulldogs again the state’s most likely NCAA Championship contenders. Georgia was the lone men’s team from the state to reach the NCAA Championship last May, but failed to make it to the final round of stroke play, narrowly missing the 54-hole cut after finishing first in its … [Read more...]
Final round 66 earns Section title for Weinhart
After four years without a victory in a Georgia PGA Section event, Tim Weinhart shot a final round 66 at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside course to erase a three-stroke deficit and end his winless drought in the EZ-GO Georgia PGA Championship. It was Weinhart’s second career win in the event, one of the Georgia PGA’s four majors, and put him on the verge of a ninth Player of … [Read more...]
6 Georgians Earn PGA Tour Cards for 2016-17
Six players who either live in Georgia or played their college golf in the state were among the top 25 finishers on the Web.com Tour’s final regular season money list, and will be rookies on the PGA Tour for the 2016-17 season. Four other Georgia residents finished in the top 75 on the money list and will compete in the Web.com Finals, a series of four tournaments beginning … [Read more...]