Most of the top players on the Champions Tour remained competitive on the PGA Tour until they reached the age of 50 and could join their peers on golf’s over-50 circuit. Most, but not all. Long-time Atlanta resident Billy Andrade was a successful player on the PGA Tour for two decades, but his game began to slip as he advanced past his early 40s. After an … [Read more...]
UGA’s McCoy Places Fourth in PGA Tour Event
One of the most valuable lessons Lee McCoy has learned during his college stay at the University of Georgia is that persistence pays off. So does begging. McCoy discovered those two helpful traits hundreds of miles from the UGA campus near his hometown in the Tampa suburbs. McCoy grew up near the Innisbrook Resort and his parents were members at the club. As one of the … [Read more...]
Augusta’s Vaughn Taylor revives career with Pebble Beach victory; Earns return invitation to 2016 Masters
After a long detour through golf’s wilderness, Augusta’s Vaughn Taylor found his way home in the unlikeliest of his circumstances, far from his home town. After more than a decade without a victory and lacking exempt status on the PGA Tour since 2012, Taylor pulled off a dramatic comeback victory in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, rallying from six back after 54 holes to edge out … [Read more...]
Youngsters, veterans among Georgians on Web.com Tour
When the 2016 Web.com Tour begins this week in Panama, there will be plenty of new names among the Georgia contingent, with some familiar faces missing from the tour’s roster of players with ties to the state. Patton Kizzire, Henrik Norlander and Luke List, the top three Georgia golfers on the 2015 Web.com Tour, have all moved up to the PGA Tour this year, and several … [Read more...]
3 Georgians begin Champions Tour in Hawaii; Andrade, Dunlap, Nelson in field for ’16 opener
In terms of numbers, Georgia does not have a huge presence on the Champions Tour, with just five residents of the Peach State holding status for the 2016 season. But of the five, three qualified for the 2015 Schwab Cup Championship, the season ending event that features the top 30 money winners from the season. The other two Georgians are former major championship winners, … [Read more...]
Olympics forces changes in PGA Tour schedule; Large Georgia contingent begins year in Hawaii
The 2016 portion of the 2015-16 PGA Tour is under way, with some changes to this year’s schedule, most notably due to the disruption of the standard Summer order of tournaments due to the return of golf to the Olympics. Almost all the tournaments between the U.S. Open in mid-June and the regular season finale in Greensboro in mid-August have been shifted slightly on the … [Read more...]
2015 winner Reed among six Georgians in Tournament of Champions
Six golfers with Georgia ties will be among the 32 players in the field for this week’s Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. The PGA Tour is playing its first event since the RSM Classic at Sea Island Golf Club in November, and will play in Honolulu next week, with that tournament the first full field event for 2016. Most of the approximately 25 PGA Tour exempt … [Read more...]
Schniederjans, Albertson among Web.com qualifiers; A. Mitchell, Fricke, Silvers, 5 others also exempt in ‘16
Ollie Schniederjans, Anders Albertson and two other former Georgia Tech golfers were among 10 players with Georgia ties who earned exempt status for the 2016 Web.com Tour in the qualifying finals played Dec. 10-13. The finals were played at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., with the Jack Nicklaus-designed Champions course that annually hosts the PGA Tour Honda … [Read more...]
Kisner’s win in RSM Classic caps breakthrough year; Former Bulldog moves into top 20 after first victory
When Kevin Kisner celebrated his 31st birthday earlier this year, he was one of a sizeable number of mostly anonymous PGA Tour players who perform well enough to earn a comfortable living, but had done little to attract the attention of the sport’s media or fans. After graduating from the U. of Georgia in 2006, Kisner spent his first few years as a pro competing … [Read more...]