KENNESAW, Ga. – Former Kennesaw State women's golf standout Madison Caldwell Young earned her 2025 Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour card on Sunday with her finish on the Epson Tour Race for the Card rankings. She becomes the first Owl in program history to earn her card. Caldwell Young clinched her tour membership for 2025 with a tied-for-sixth finish at the … [Read more...]
Masters Week with Christo Lamprecht – Round 2
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht missed his goal of being the low amateur at the Masters Friday after carding a 6-over-par 78 in the second round. The 6-foot-8 senior, who began the day tied for 48th, made two birdies in his first three holes, but a string of five bogeys in his next six holes put him below the cutline. While the field dealt with wind gusts reaching … [Read more...]
Masters Week with Christo Lamprecht – Round 1
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht played an impressive opening nine holes in his debut round at the Masters Tournament Thursday, getting to 3-under-par through his first eight holes. But he gave the strokes back with consecutive birdies at 9-10-11. He birdied the par-5 13th hole to get back into red figures, but made triple-bogey at the par-5 15th after spinning his … [Read more...]
Masters Week with Christo Lamprecht
THE FLATS – It’s Masters week! Georgia Tech has only one representative in the field for the first major championship of 2024, and it’s amateur Christo Lamprecht, Yellow Jacket senior from George, South Africa. Enjoy more great stories that have been written on the 6-foot-8 All-American in various golf publications in the run-up. TOWERING GOLFER CHRISTO LAMPRECHT SWINGS … [Read more...]
Bailey Tardy Captures First LPGA Title
HAINAN ISLAND, China — Former Georgia Bulldog Bailey Tardy fired a final-round 65 on Saturday en route to capturing her first LPGA victory – the Blue Bay LPGA at Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course. Tardy, who played for Georgia from 2015-19, entered the final round tied with Lydia Ko and Sarah Schmelzel at 12-under before closing with her low round of the week, 7-under, to win … [Read more...]
Kirk Wins The Sentry For Sixth PGA TOUR Win
MAUI, Hawaii — Georgia men’s golf alum Chris Kirk won The Sentry with a 29-under, 263, winning his sixth major and becoming the first former Bulldog to win the event since Harris English did so in 2021. Kirk shot 67-65-66-65 to win the event by one stroke. Four former Georgia golfers finished in the top 15 of the event, including Brian Harman tied for fifth, Sepp Straka tied … [Read more...]
Jenny Bae Set To Make LPGA Debut
PORTLAND, Ore. — Jenny Bae’s professional career is off to about as good a start as she could have dreamed of, with two victories in her first six starts on the Epson Tour. This weekend, the former Georgia Bulldog will make her LPGA debut in the Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater County Club. “Just being able to have the opportunity to participate in this tournament is a … [Read more...]
FedExCup Update: UGA product Brian Harman up to No. 6 with Open Championship win
ATLANTA – The University of Georgia will be represented at the 2023 TOUR Championship thanks to a dominant performance by Brian Harman to win The Open Championship for his third career PGA TOUR title. The win elevated him to No. 6 in the FedExCup with two weeks remaining in the PGA TOUR Regular Season. A consistent performer on the PGA TOUR since 2012, Harman, 36, entered … [Read more...]
Jenny Bae Earns Second-Straight Epson Tour Win
GUILDERLAND, N.Y. — For the second time in as many weeks, former Georgia Bulldog Jenny Bae won on the Epson Tour event in a sudden-death playoff on Sunday. She earned her second victory as a professional at the Twin Bridges Championship at Pine Haven Golf club. Bae, who was the first- and second-round leader, was tied with Natasha Andrea Ton following Sunday’s final round. … [Read more...]