ATHENS, Ga. — Three members of the Georgia women’s golf program – current Bulldogs Caterina Don and Candice Mahe and signee Isabella Holpfer – have been invited to compete in the 2020 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship on April 1-4. The second-annual tournament will feature 72 of the world’s top women’s amateur golfers competing over 54 holes of stroke play. The … [Read more...]
Georgia State Women’s Golf Announces Signing of Kansas Transfer Kelly Strickland
ATLANTA – Georgia State women’s golf coach Jessica Steward announced the signing of Kansas transfer Kelly Strickland on Friday. Strickland, originally from Alpharetta, Ga., will have 3.5 years of eligibility remaining beginning this spring. Strickland played for Ronnie Davis at South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Ga., lettering all four years of high school. She was an … [Read more...]
Ket Preamchuen Vanderpool Named Georgia State Women’s Golf Assistant Coach
ATLANTA – Ket Preamchuen Vanderpool, a former assistant coach and professional golfer has been named Georgia State’s new assistant women’s golf coach as announced by head coach Jessica Steward on Thursday. Preamchuen Vanderpool spent two seasons as a graduate assistant coach for her alma mater Kennesaw State from 2015-17 after playing professionally. During that time, she … [Read more...]
Don Helps Italy To 5th, 7th Place Finishes At Spirit International
TRINITY, Texas — Georgia’s Caterina Don captained Italy to fifth- and seventh-place finishes in the women’s and combined co-ed competitions, respectively, at the Spirit International Amateur Championship on Saturday. Italy completed the 54-hole, four-ball stroke play tournament at 13-under in the women’s event and at 28-under in the co-ed competition at Whispering Pines Golf … [Read more...]
Women’s Golf Finishes Third at Idle Hour Collegiate
MACON, Ga. – Ella Ofstedahl fired a career-best 66, and Alberte Thuesen shot a 71 to lead the Georgia Southern women’s golf team to a third-place finish at the Idle Hour Collegiate Tuesday. Ofstedahl (-7) earned co-medalist honors for the second win of her career. The senior has finished in the top-10 in four of her last six collegiate events and now has seven top-5s, 10 … [Read more...]
Phillips Earns First Win, Sets School Record
LAHAINA, Hawaii --- Georgia sophomore Trent Phillips worked overtime to secure the first victory of his collegiate career on Sunday in the Ka‘anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational. On the same day that former Bulldog All-American Brendon Todd ran away with the PGA Tour’s Bermuda Championship, Phillips needed seven extra holes to dispatch Oklahoma’s Quade Cummins. On the … [Read more...]
Don Leads Bulldogs At White Sands
NASSAU, Bahamas — Freshman Caterina Don fired a 1-under 71 – her third par-or-better round in as many days – en route to finishing fourth individually at the inaugural White Sands Invitational on Wednesday. Georgia posted a 5-over 293 in the final round as a team and placed eighth overall at 9-over 873. Georgia began the day quickly, with Bulldogs posting five birdies over … [Read more...]
Edgar’s 70 Leads Georgia State to 13th Place Finish at White Sands Invitational
NASSAU, Bahamas – Led by a 2-under 70 from senior Josh Edgar, the Georgia State men’s golf team shot a final round even par 288 to finish in 13th place at the inaugural White Sands Invitational at the Ocean Club. Edgar made six birdies during the final round and finished the 54-hole event at 4-over par and tied for 61st. Fellow senior Ashton Poole led the Panthers with a … [Read more...]
Bulldogs Wrap Up Fall Slate In Bahamas
ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia women’s golf team will finish the 2019 portion of its season when the Bulldogs compete in the inaugural White Sands Invitational in Nassau, Bahamas from Monday-Wednesday. The tournament will be contested on the par-72, 6415-yard layout at the Ocean Club Golf Course. “We’re looking to have our best finish of the season and end the first part of our … [Read more...]