After a somewhat unusual and unsatisfying conclusion to his semifinal victory Monday morning in the Georgian PGA Match Play Championship, Justin Martin produced a much more dramatic finish in the championship match in the afternoon. Martin, the Director of Golf at the First Tee of Atlanta, won three of the last four holes, including his second eagle of the day at the par-5 … [Read more...]
Jones, Martin Join Ex-Champs Potts, Skinner in Match Play Semifinals
The semifinals of the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship will pit a pair of former champions against two players who are competing in the event for just the second time. Sonny Skinner and David Potts are both past champions of the event, although neither has won during the current format. Both won the tournament when it was played over three days at one site, with Skinner … [Read more...]
Claxton Captures Georgia PGA Championship with Final Round 66
Veteran tour player Paul Claxton collected his fifth win in a Georgia PGA event over the past year, capturing the Georgia PGA Championship earlier this week at Sea Island Golf Club’s Retreat course. The tournament was scheduled for 54 holes, but was reduced to 36 holes when the second round was washed out. The final round was played Wednesday, with the field playing in … [Read more...]
Weinhart Looks to Three-Peat in Section Championship at Sea Island GC
Nine-time Georgia PGA Player of the Year Tim Weinhart will shoot for a third straight Georgia PGA Championship title and fourth overall when the tournament is played August 27-29 at Sea Island Golf Club’s Retreat course. Weinhart. The Director of Instruction at Heritage Golf Links, has compiled an impressive record in the championship over the past two decades, recording 17 … [Read more...]
Top 3 Seeds Ousted in GPGA Match Play; 4 Ex-Champs Still In
The 2018 Georgia PGA Match Play Championship has reached the quarterfinal round, with the top three seeds all knocked out of the tournament while the number 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 seeds all remain. Shawn Koch and David Potts, both instructors at Country Club of the South and former Match Play champions, defeated the tournament’s top two seeds in the third round, while the No. 3 … [Read more...]
Savannah’s O’Neal Closes with 64 to Win Georgia Open at Ford Plantation
After finishing second or third the three most recent times the Georgia Open was played in Savannah, Tim O’Neal faced a possible fourth near miss in his home town, beginning Sunday’s final round of the 2018 edition of the tournament two shots off the lead. Barrett Waters, who had finished between fourth and sixth each of the last three years in the Georgia Open, held the … [Read more...]
Georgia Open Back at Ford Plantation For Third Straight Year
The Georgia Open returns to Savannah’s Ford Plantation for a third straight year, with defending champion Paul Claxton heading up a field that consists of tour players, Georgia PGA members and amateurs. The tournament is schedule for August 2-5. When Claxton won last year, he became the fiirst Georgia PGA-affiliated player to win the tournament in more than a decade. But … [Read more...]
Opening 66, Clutch Play Late Lifts Baik to Georgia Women’s Open Victory
After an almost mistake-free first 25 holes in the Georgia Women’s Open,. Ji Eun Baik was cruising with a 6-stroke lead when she suddenly started hitting tee shots on par 3s, 4s and 5s alike in the direction of out of bounds stakes rather than fairways or greens. In the span of seven holes, Baik hit three shots that came to rest within a few feet of being out of bounds and a … [Read more...]
Stachler Survives Shaky Start to Take Berkeley Hills Event in Playoff Over Dixon
University of South Carolina golfer Ryan Stachler began the final round Tuesday in the Championship at Berkeley Hills with back-to-back bogeys, and his day ended after consecutive bogeys on his final two holes. But some bogeys are better than others, and the first and last bogeys Stachler scored in the final round of the Georgia PGA tournament helped produce his first … [Read more...]