At the age of 68, James Mason is showing no signs of slowing down. Mason bettered his age – a fairly routine occurrence for the former Champions Tour player – in the final round of the Championship at Berkeley Hills to wind up in a playoff with a pair of college golfers. His closing 66 got him into the clubhouse with a 7-under 137 total for 36 holes, a score subsequently … [Read more...]
Amateurs Look To Continue 6-Year Winning Streak at Berkeley Hills
The Championship at Berkeley Hills will be played for the 10th time July 8-9, and the state’s club professionals will attempt to snap a 6-year string of victories by amateurs in the Georgia PGA tournament. Among the amateur winners is Gus Wagoner, now an assistant pro at Capital City Club, who started the streak of amateur champions in the event while he was still in college … [Read more...]
Amateur Eli Scott Closes With 68 To Win Yamaha Atlanta Open at Pinetree
Following a brilliant 7-under 65 by Kennesaw State signee Takafumi Shimoji in the first round of the Yamaha Atlanta Open at Pinetree Country Club, there was a 4-stroke gap between the leader and a trio of players tied for second at 69. There were about 30 players within five strokes of second place, but that still left seven to nine shots to make up for those who scored … [Read more...]
Yamaha Atlanta Open Returns at Pinetree Country Club
The Yamaha Atlanta Open returns to one of the Georgia PGA’s favorite sites, as Pinetree Country Club will be the host of the 2019 event, which will be played June 4-5. Pinetree last served as Atlanta Open host in 2004, but over the previous seven years has been the site of five Georgia PGA events, including two Georgia Opens (2014 and 15) and two Georgia PGA Senior … [Read more...]
Matt Elliott Wins First Georgia PGA Event at Chattahoochee
The first Georgia PGA points event of 2019 introduced a few new names to the list of tournament contenders from the Section, while marking the return of the state’s most successful club pro over the past 15 years to a prominent position on a leader board. Matt Elliott, who joined the Georgia PGA after completing his college career at North Georgia, collected his first … [Read more...]
Georgia PGA Returns to Chattahoochee GC for Milton Martin Honda Classic
The Georgia PGA returns to Gainesville’s Chattahoochee Golf Club for the seventh time since 2011 for the second Milton Martin Honda Classic, which will be played May 20-21. Before landing its own tournament, Chattahoochee GC hosted the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship in 2011, the Yamaha Atlanta Open in 2012 and the Yamaha Georgia Senior Open in 2013, ’16 and ’17. The … [Read more...]
Mark Strickland’s Closing 65 Earns Yamaha Georgia Senior Open Victory
Mark Strickland turned 50 in March and made his introduction to senior golf earlier this week in extremely impressive fashion. Strickland, one of the state’s top mid-amateurs over the past two decades, won the Yamaha Georgia Senior Open in his first attempt, running away from the field with a final round 65 Tuesday at St. Ives Country Club. With a two-day total of … [Read more...]
Royak Looks to Defend Yamaha Georgia Senior Open Title on Home Course
The annual battle between Georgia’s strong groups of club professionals and amateurs continues May 6-7 at St. Ives CC in the Yamaha Georgia Senior Open. Amateurs have won two of the last three Georgia Senior Opens, the first wins in the event by a non-pro since back-to-back amateur victories in 2007 and ’08. Although the Georgia PGA includes a number of outstanding … [Read more...]
Skinner, Claxton Lead 6 Georgians in National Club Pro Championship
Six Georgia PGA members will be among 312 of the country’s top club professionals who will compete in the 52nd PGA Professional Championship, which will be played April 28-May 1 at Belfair in Bluffton, S.C. The tournament is a relative home game for the Georgia PGA contingent, with recent national club pro championships played on the West Coast and the Northeast. The last … [Read more...]