The Georgia High School Association held its golf championships recently, with three of the state’s dominant teams among the 14 winners. The 6A boys played their state championship at Spring Hill in Tifton, with the 6A girls at Sunset CC in Moultrie. The other 12 championships were played at courses in the Augusta area. Results of the 14 championships: 6A boys: … [Read more...]
Symetra Tour to play in May at Atlanta National; Shirley, Paolozzi join Reynolds, Phillips in field
Women’s professional golf has been missing from metro Atlanta for almost a decade, but that will change this month when the Symetra Tour makes a stop at Atlanta National in the North Fulton suburb of Milton. The Gosling’s Dark ‘n Stormy Classic will be played May 19-21 at the highly regarded Pete Dye layout, with the tournament field including a sizeable number of players … [Read more...]
Georgia women capture NCAA Regional title
The Georgia women’s team won an NCAA Regional hosted by Texas A&M, with the Lady Bulldogs qualifying for the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2009. UGA freshman Bailey Tardy of Peachtree Corners shared medalist honors for the tournament with a score of 7-under 209, with fellow freshman Jillian Hollis fourth at 211. Roswell’s Rinko Mitsunaga, the third freshman … [Read more...]
Georgia, Augusta women’s teams receive NCAA invitations
The Georgia Lady Bulldogs finished a distant sixth in the SEC Women’s Golf Championship at Greystone CC in Birmingham, ending the 54-hole event 30 strokes behind Alabama’s winning total of 859. The Lady Bulldogs posted scores of 296-296-297 for a 25-over 888 total. They trailed by 10 shots after the first round and by 14 after 36, with Alabama pulling away in the final … [Read more...]
Lee McCoy, Bulldogs claim SEC victories; Owls, Jaguars win conference titles
The Georgia Bulldogs won their first SEC Championship since 2010, taking the 2016 title at Sea Island Golf Club. Lee McCoy, a senior from Clarkesville, captured the individual title, also the first for the Bulldogs since 2010. The Bulldogs finished the tournament with a 13-over 853 total on the par-70 Seaside course, three shots ahead of runner-up Texas A&M. Florida and … [Read more...]
Billy Mitchell wins Georgia Senior Open in playoff; Amateur takes title after daughter’s serious accident
For much of March and April, Billy Mitchell’s thoughts were far from the golf course, where he has been one of Georgia’s top amateur players for more than a decade. Mitchell’s 23-year-old daughter Sarah was severely injured in a scooter accident while on vacation in Mexico and spent two weeks in the ICU and CCU recovering from extensive injuries. After some touch and go … [Read more...]
Chattahoochee Golf Club to host Georgia Senior Open; Defending champion James Mason tops stellar field
The Yamaha Georgia Senior Open has produced some memorable finishes in recent years, each of them featuring the state’s most prominent players over the age of 50. Three of the last four tournaments have been won by a final hole birdie, with James Mason winning at the UGA course last year by going eagle-birdie on his final two holes to get into a playoff before winning with … [Read more...]
Katie Burnett ties for second in LPGA event in Hawaii; Almost becomes first Georgia winner in 20 years
The last time a Georgia native won a tournament on the LPGA Tour was 1995 when Tifton’s Nanci Bowen scored a stunning victory in the Nabisco Dinah Shore, one of the tour’s four major championships. The winless stretch of more than two decades almost came to an end last week when Brunswick’s Katie Burnett tied for second in the Lotte Championship in Hawaii, finishing just … [Read more...]
Woody Austin takes Mitsubishi Electric Classic playoff over Short
After grinding his way to four wins in his 20-year PGA Tour career, Woody Austin had mixed feelings about turning 50 and joining the Champions Tour. Austin scored his final victory at the age of 49 in 2013, extending his PGA Tour career for a few years while delaying his decision to join the Champions Tour full time. Playing part time on the Champions Tour the last two … [Read more...]