THE FLATS –Georgia Tech has a representative on the United States team for the Walker Cup for the second straight time as senior 2020 U.S. Amateur champion Tyler Strafaci was officially named Monday along with the rest of the 2021 American team by the United States Golf Association. The USA Team will meet Great Britain and Ireland in the 48th Match at Seminole Golf Club, in … [Read more...]
Geary Named New Executive Director of Georgia PGA
Former Director of Business Development of the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) , Scott Geary, has been hired as Executive Director of the Georgia Section of the PGA. Geary was an aspiring baseball player when he growing up. He took up golf to have a sport for the spring. Little did he know the game would take root and become a huge part of his life. After … [Read more...]
Thompson Named To U.S. Walker Cup Team
ATHENS, Ga. --- Georgia’s Davis Thompson has clinched a spot on the 2021 United States Walker Cup Team based on the current World Amateur Golf Rankings. The USGA announced in December that the three highest-ranked American players as of the Feb. 10 update would receive automatic exemptions onto the U.S. Walker Cup Team. Thompson is the top-rated American (and is second … [Read more...]
Playoff Birdie Lifts Robert Streb Over Kevin Kisner in RSM Classic
The final round of the RSM Classic ended in predictable fashion Sunday. For the sixth time in 11 years, the tournament ended in a playoff, with the two participants familiar names in RSM Classic history. Just as he had done in his four previous playoff appearances on the PGA Tour since 2015, former Georgia Bulldog golfer Kevin Kisner lost the playoff on the second extra … [Read more...]
Quality RSM Classic Field Features Strong Group of International Players
The RSM Classic will be played this week with likely the strongest field in its history, largely due to an influx of international players, (mostly from Europe), who are making the trip from Augusta to St. Simons Island after competing in the Masters last week. This is the 11thyear for the PGA Tour tournament, which is being held from Nov. 19-22 on the Seaside and Plantation … [Read more...]
Almost Everything Will Be Different as Masters Moves to November
For both players and golf fans viewing at home, this week’s Masters will look different and sound different from every Masters previously played. Because of the changes to the PGA Tour schedule resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 Masters will be played in November for the first time, with no spectators on the grounds of Augusta National. Other than a smattering … [Read more...]
Georgia Finishes Third In Liz Murphey
Athens, Ga. — The No. 6-ranked Georgia women’s golf team finished third in the 48th annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, which wrapped up at the UGA Golf Course on Sunday. The Bulldogs closed with a 2-over 290 to complete play at 8-over 782, eight shots back of Auburn on the leaderboard. “First of all, we made it through the fall season,” head coach Josh Brewer said … [Read more...]
LPGA Tour Returns to Georgia This Week With Event at Great Waters
The LPGA Tour returns to Georgia this week for the first time since 2006, with an event at Reynolds Lake Oconee that that was thrown together at seemingly the last minute. The tournament, which will be known as the LPGA Drive On Championship –Lake Oconee, will be played Thursday through Sunday on the recently renovated Great Waters course. The event will feature a purse of … [Read more...]
Large Group of Georgians Competing in Savannah Golf Championship
The Savannah Golf Championship, originally set for early April, is one of a handful of Korn Ferry Tour tournaments to be re-scheduled, and will played this week at the Landings. The tournament is the next-to-last on the tour’s 2020 schedule, which is being combined with the 2021 schedule to determine the 25 players who will earn PGA Tour cards for the following season. The … [Read more...]