The Bill Strausbaugh Award bestows special recognition who has shown outstanding integrity and commitment to mentoring PGA Professionals. This years recipient is Jonathan Mattox, PGA from Cartersville Country Club! … [Read more...]
Assistant Professional of the Year Award
Pete Vitiello, PGA from The Landings Golf & Athletic Club is our Assistant PGA Professional of the Year! Pete was a member of the Billy Peters Cup and Assistants’ Cup teams and he also posted a 72.33 scoring average over 15 rounds! … [Read more...]
Gene Seller Youth Player Development Award
The Gene Siller Youth Player Development Award recipient is PGA Professional Brian Albertson of Coosa Country Club. This award is named after the late PGA Professional from Pinetree Country Club where his legacy lives on helping junior golfers through the Gene Siller Grant. … [Read more...]
Player Development Award
This years Player Development Award goes to Shawn Koch, PGA of Atlanta Athletic Club! While also helping members at AAC, Shawn is also a Georgia PGA board member serving fellow PGA members in the Section! … [Read more...]
Patriot Award
Michael Assey, PGA of Savannah Country Club is this years recipient of the Patriot Award with the Georgia PGA! Established in 2014, this award is for those who personifies patriotism through the game of golf. … [Read more...]
Merchandiser of the Year – Private – Award
Congratulations to Mike Rymer, PGA of Champions Retreat Golf Club for winning the Merchandiser of the Year Award in the Private category! … [Read more...]
Henley earns first win since 2017 at World Wide Technology
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Russell Henley finally made a bogey, and that's about all that went wrong for him Sunday as he closed with a 1-under 70 for a four-shot victory in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Henley, staked to a six-shot lead going into the final round at El Camaleon, had the lead reduced to three when he missed a 5-foot par putt on the … [Read more...]
Yamaha Georgia Senior Open Results
ATLANTA, GA --- Amateur, Jack Larkin from Atlanta comes from behind to claim the Yamaha Georgia Senior Open title presented by Wilson Golf. The 40th playing of the tournament took place at Sea Palms Resort in St. Simons Island this week. After recording a 3-under par 68 in round one, Larkin sat in fourth place trailing the 2022 U.S. Senior Runner-Up, Doug Hanzel of Savannah, by … [Read more...]
Georgia PGA Professional Championship Results
ATLANTA, GA—Chris Cartwright, PGA Professional from West Pines Golf Club, won the Georgia PGA Professional Championship. Cartwright will lead five Georgia Section PGA Professionals to compete in the 55th PGA Professional Championship in the spring of 2023. Cartwright turned in a winning total of 3-under par 141 at the Barnsley Resort in Adairsville and won by two shots over … [Read more...]