The 2016 portion of the 2015-16 PGA Tour is under way, with some changes to this year’s schedule, most notably due to the disruption of the standard Summer order of tournaments due to the return of golf to the Olympics. Almost all the tournaments between the U.S. Open in mid-June and the regular season finale in Greensboro in mid-August have been shifted slightly on the … [Read more...]
2015 winner Reed among six Georgians in Tournament of Champions
Six golfers with Georgia ties will be among the 32 players in the field for this week’s Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. The PGA Tour is playing its first event since the RSM Classic at Sea Island Golf Club in November, and will play in Honolulu next week, with that tournament the first full field event for 2016. Most of the approximately 25 PGA Tour exempt … [Read more...]
Georgia golf headliners for 2015 Jordan Spieth, Zach Johnson top list of year’s best
The dominant figure in golf in 2015 did some of his best work in Georgia. Thanks to his victories in the Masters and Tour Championship, Jordan Spieth tops Fore Georgia’s list of the top headliners in the state for the past year. Following is a list of the golfers who made the biggest headlines in Georgia in 2015, beginning with the state’s standout group of tour pros and … [Read more...]
Donaldson, Westwood join 2016 Masters field
With the golf calendar having reached its conclusion for 2015, the field for the 2016 Masters is largely set, although it won’t be finalized until shortly before the 2016 tournament in Augusta begins. Approximately 90 golfers have already qualified, excluding former Masters champions who are not expected to compete. Players can still qualify by winning a PGA Tour prior … [Read more...]
Schniederjans, Albertson among Web.com qualifiers; A. Mitchell, Fricke, Silvers, 5 others also exempt in ‘16
Ollie Schniederjans, Anders Albertson and two other former Georgia Tech golfers were among 10 players with Georgia ties who earned exempt status for the 2016 Web.com Tour in the qualifying finals played Dec. 10-13. The finals were played at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., with the Jack Nicklaus-designed Champions course that annually hosts the PGA Tour Honda … [Read more...]
Georgia PGA round-up: 3 qualify for 2016 Senior PGA
Three Georgians qualified for the 2016 Senior PGA Championship by finishing among the top 35 in the recent PGA Senior Professional National Championship, played at the Bayonet and Black Horse courses in Seaside, Calif. James Mason, who was second in the Senior PNC last year, tied for 11th at 4-under 284 after sharing the 36-hole lead with scores of 68-69—137. Mason, a … [Read more...]
Ramsey qualifies for 2016 LPGA Tour
Milledgeville’s Ashlan Ramsey earned her LPGA Tour card for the 2016 season, tying for eighth in the finals of qualifying, which ended Dec. 6th at LPGA International in Daytona Beach. Ramsey will join Brunswick’s Katie Burnett on the 2016 LPGA Tour, with Valdosta’s Dori Carter having limited status for next season after finishing 106th on the 2015 money list. Newnan’s Jean … [Read more...]
Towne Lake Hills remains one of Atlanta’s best; Little has changed for 2 decades at popular club
The daily fee golf scene in metro Atlanta has changed significantly since the golf course construction boom that began in the late 1980s and continued for more than a decade. A number of the top Atlanta area courses available to the public have converted to private status, others have undergone ownership or management changes and a relative handful were sold, with the land … [Read more...]
Albertson wins twice on SwingThought.com Tour
Recent Georgia Tech standout Anders Albertson of Woodstock has enjoyed a recent successful stretch on the SwingThought.com Tour, finishing first or second in four straight tournaments in Georgia, Florida and North Carolina. Albertson began his run with a tie for second at Okefenokee CC in Waycross, shooting 23-under 265 including a 64 in the second round and a final round … [Read more...]