AUGUSTA, Ga. - Every year at the Masters, a few players have a different kind of experience, they’re not just competing on one of golf’s biggest stages, they’re playing somewhere that feels like home. Augusta, Georgia, is one of the most famous courses in the world, but for players with ties to the state, it means even more. Whether they grew up there, went to school there, … [Read more...]
Brian Harman Receives UGA Young Alumni Award
ATHENS, Ga.– Former University of Georgia golfer and current PGA Tour member Brian Harman was honored with the 2026 UGA Young Alumni Award. Brian Harman was a standout golfer for UGA from 2005–2009, earning 2nd Team All-American honors three times and securing wins at the 2005 NCAA Preview and 2006 Isleworth Invitational. He was a member of the 2005 and 2009 winning Walker … [Read more...]
Augusta Alumnus Ryan van der Klis Wins Betway Big Easy Tour Event
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA —Augusta University alumnus Ryan van der Klis notched his first professional victory by winning the Betway Big Easy Tour 10 event in his home country of South Africa. Van der Klis fired a final round 66 and finished at -12, good enough for a one-stroke victory. His final round featured six birdies, good enough for the win. He opened the tournament … [Read more...]
Former Owl Caldwell Young Earns LPGA Card for 2025
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...]