Since it was extensively renovated and reborn as a daily fee course in the early 1990s, City Club Marietta has been one of the most popular and enjoyable public courses in metro Atlanta. But the course’s reputation began taking a hit several years ago, as the condition of its once highly-regarded bent grass putting surfaces began to deteriorate. For the last three or so … [Read more...]
College roundup: Georgia Tech, Georgia Score Early Season Victories
Both Georgia Tech and Georgia won tournaments in September to get their 2019-20 seasons off to successful starts. Georgia Tech opened its season with a victory in the annual Carpet Capital Collegiate, a tournament hosted by the Yellows Jackets at The Farm outside Dalton. In their next start, Tech tied for first with Baylor in an event played at Olympia Fields in … [Read more...]
Atlanta Athletic Club to Host 2021 Women’s PGA Championship
After an absence of 15 years, the LPGA will return to Georgia in 2021 when the Atlanta Athletic Club will host the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, one of the tour’s majors. The LPGA last played a tournament in the state in 2006, when Eagle’s Landing in Stockbridge ended a 15-year run as the site of an annual LPGA event, sponsored by Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A from … [Read more...]
Skinner, Griffin, Potts and Dixon Reach GPGA Match Play Semifinals
Three former champions are among the four players who have advanced to the semifinals of the 2019 Georgia PGA Match Play Championship. The semifinals and championship match will be played Sept. 30 at Peachtree GC, with the four semifinalists having won four matches each to make it to Peachtree. The first four rounds were played at courses selected by the competitors, with … [Read more...]
Harman, English, Werenski Tie for Third in the Greenbrier
A trio of PGA Tour members who played their college golf in Georgia – two ex-Bulldogs and a former Yellow Jacket – got off to fast starts on the 2019-20 season with ties for third Sunday in the season opener at the Greenbrier. Georgia natives Harris English and Brian Harman, former UGA teammates, and Georgia Tech’s Richy Werenski all finished tied for third, with all three … [Read more...]
2019-20 PGA Tour Begins with Additions, Changes to Fall Schedule
Less than three weeks after the 2018-19 PGA Tour season ended, the 2019-20 season begins Sept. 12 with one of two tournaments that has moved to the newly expanded Fall schedule. The Greenbrier, which will be the season opener for 2019-20, and the Houston Open, which is set for mid-October, are the new additions to the Fall, along with an event in Japan, which replaces one in … [Read more...]
Tech, Georgia Shoot for NCAA Title with Veteran, Talented Squads
Both Georgia Tech and Georgia begin the 2019-20 golf season with top-10 rankings, as the two teams aim for a national title with veteran rosters. Despite the loss of All-American Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern has hopes of a return to the NCAA Championship, while the state’s other Division 1 programs hope for better results this season. GEORGIA TECH was ranked fourth in … [Read more...]
Todd to Return to PGA Tour; Georgia Tech Trio Back on KF Tour in 2020
Former Georgia Bulldog Brendon Todd earned a return to the PGA Tour for the 2019-20 season by placing seventh on the money list of the KF Finals, which concluded on Labor Day in Evansville. Also regaining his PGA Tour status was ex-Georgia Tech golfer Richy Werenski, but his situation is only minimally improved over what it would been had he not tie for 24thin the KF … [Read more...]
Alpharetta’s Bob Royak Wins U.S. Senior Amateur Championship
Alpharetta’s Bob Royak captured the 2019 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship Thursday, the third time a Georgia golfer has won the USGA event since 1999. Royak joins Bill Ploeger of Columbus (1999) and Doug Hanzelof Savannah (2013) as U.S. Senior Amateur champions. Royak and Hanzel were among six Georgia seniors to qualify for match play in this year’s event, which was played … [Read more...]