When Kevin Kisner celebrated his 31st birthday earlier this year, he was one of a sizeable number of mostly anonymous PGA Tour players who perform well enough to earn a comfortable living, but had done little to attract the attention of the sport’s media or fans. After graduating from the U. of Georgia in 2006, Kisner spent his first few years as a pro competing … [Read more...]
Schniederjans, Albertson, 3 Mitchells in finals of Web.com qualifying
Recent Georgia Tech standouts Ollie Schniederjans and Anders Albertson and three unrelated former Georgia Bulldogs with the same last name were among 16 players with Georgia ties to advance to the finals of qualifying for the 2016 Web.com Tour. The 16 qualifiers will join five other golfers who either live in the state or played at Georgia or Georgia Tech in the finals. … [Read more...]
Bright future for Golf Club of Georgia; New owner returning club to lofty status
When the Golf Club of Georgia opened in the early 1990s, it immediately shot to the top of the list of metro Atlanta’s finest private golf clubs, with the Lakeside course selected as the best new private course to open in the U.S. in 1991. The Creekside course followed two years later, giving the club a second standout layout that provided a decided contrast in playing … [Read more...]
Weinhart Player of the Year for eighth time; Breaks GPGA record he shared with Wolff
During his almost two decades of being a member of the Georgia PGA, Tim Weinhart has 13 career victories in points events, including all four of the Section’s majors and three wins in an event with near-major status. But the last of Weinhart’s Section victories came in 2012 when he won the Match Play Championship and the Section’s qualifier for the PGA Professional National … [Read more...]
Stevens captures Georgia PGA Senior PNC title; Scores first big win of 2015 after earlier struggles
For almost the past two decades, Craig Stevens has been one of the most consistently successful players in the Georgia PGA Section. Stevens has earned Player of the Year honors three times (2001, 2012 and ’13), won 13 Section points events including three Georgia PGA Championships, two Match Play titles and the 2011 Atlanta Open. Since turning 50 in 2011, Stevens has won … [Read more...]
Currahee, a major success story for golf; Award-winning property captures essence of Club lifestyle
In its current state, the golf industry needs some success stories. Currahee Club in Toccoa is certainly one of those. The club initially opened in 2003 as one of the most expensive real estate golf development projects ever created the state, with almost $100 million spent on the sprawling 1,200 acre property located off I-85 along the shores of Lake Hartwell by the … [Read more...]
3 Georgians in Web.com Finals top 25; Castro, Norlander, List back on PGA Tour
Four Georgians were among the 50 players who earned spots on the 2015-16 PGA Tour through their play on either the Web.com Tour this year or the Web.com Finals, which concluded in early October. St. Simons Island resident Patton Kizzire led the Web.com Tour in earnings and maintained that status through the Finals, closing out his season with a tie for fifth in the Web.com … [Read more...]
Bulldogs fall in East Lake Cup finals
The Georgia Bulldogs reached the finals of the inaugural East Lake Cup, losing 3-1-1 to Illinois after defeating defending NCAA champion LSU by the same score in the semifinals. The tournament matched the top four men’s and women’s teams from the 2015 NCAA Championships in a match play format, with the tournament played under rainy and wet conditions. The first day was … [Read more...]
Junior Roundup Fall 2015: Noble among Georgia PGA Junior Tour winners
The Georgia PGA Junior Tour held recent tournaments at Georgia Southern GC, Chattahoochee GC and Coosa CC. At Georgia Southern: Davis Smith of Dalton and Eli Scott of Hartwell shared the boys overall titles with scores of 156. Smith won the 15-18 age group by three over Dalton’s Allen Behr and Scott was the 14-15 winner by two over Gainesville’s Thacher Neal. In the 11-13 … [Read more...]