Of the 30 players who qualified for this week’s Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, five played their college golf in Georgia, three of them in Athens. Two of the ex-Bulldogs are Georgia natives – Savannah’s Brian Harman and Macon’s Russell Henley. Kevin Kisner, the third former UGA golfer, is from just across the Savannah River from Augusta in Aiken, S.C. Matt … [Read more...]
Patrick Reed Locks Up Spot at East Lake; Stewart Cink Advances to Chicago
A total of 70 players moved on to the third FedExCup Playoffs event earlier this week, with 13 golfers with Georgia ties among the group vying for a spot in the Tour Championship at East Lake later this month. Patrick Reed, Stewart Cink and Hudson Swafford all turned in strong showings in the Playoffs event in Boston, with Cink moving from outside the top 80 going into the … [Read more...]
16 Georgians Advance in Playoffs; Bubba Watson Makes Big Jump
All but three of the 19 PGA Tour pros with Georgia ties who qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs advanced past the first of the three tournaments leading up to the Tour Championship at East Lake. The top 125 players on the FedExCup points list qualified for the Playoffs opener last week in New York, with 100 moving on to this week’s event in Boston. The lone players with … [Read more...]
Georgians on Web.com Tour Look to Finals For PGA Tour Card
Going into the final tournament of the 2017 Web.com Tour regular season schedule, only one player with Georgia ties is in line for a top 25 finish on the money list. But 12 others are in the top 75, which will give them a shot at earning a PGA Tour card for next year in the Web.com Finals. The top 25 finishers in the regular season will be on the PGA Tour next season (which … [Read more...]
19 Georgians Among FedExCup Playoffs Participants
Of the 120 players competing in this week’s FedExCup Playoffs opener in suburban New York, 19 have ties to Georgia. Of those 19, six begin the Playoffs inside the top 30, with five others 50th or better. The top 30 players after Playoffs events in New York, Boston and Chicago will compete in the Tour Championship at East Lake Sept. 21-24. The fields will be reduced to 100 … [Read more...]
Ollie Schniederjans Second In Greensboro After Closing 64
Former Georgia Tech standout Ollie Schniederjans did all he could to win Sunday’s Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C. Schniederjans, who is wrapping up his rookie season on the PGA Tour, shot a 6-under 64 in the final round with birdies on three of his final four holes. But it was not enough to overtake third round co-leader Henrik Stenson, who closed with four birdies … [Read more...]
Patrick Reed Second in PGA; Kevin Kisner Leads Most of the Way
For the third straight major championship in 2017, a PGA Tour player who played his college golf in Georgia has finished either outright second or shared runner-up honors. Patrick Reed, who led Augusta State to back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2010 and ’11, tied for second in the 2017 PGA Championship, continuing a streak started by former Georgia Bulldog Brian Harman in … [Read more...]
15 Georgians in Field for PGA Championship at Quail Hollow
A total of 15 players with ties to Georgia are competing in this week’s PGA Championship, with five of the 15 having won on the PGA Tour this season and five others with runner-up finishes in 2016-17. Also among the 15 Georgians is one of 20 club professionals in the 156-player field at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, although he has more experience as a tour player than most of … [Read more...]
Zach Johnson, Gene Sauers, Richy Werenski Score Runner-up Finishes
Three players with Georgia ties – one a native of the Peach State, one who resides here and a third who attended college at Georgia Tech and lives a short drive from Savannah in South Carolina – all recorded runner-up finishes Sunday on the PGA or Champions Tours, two losing in playoffs. Savannah’s Gene Sauers lost a playoff to Paul Goydos in the Champions Tour event in … [Read more...]