It’s barely February and the 2019-20 PGA Tour is already one-third over with 16 tournaments completed and 32 more on the schedule. Other than Brendon Todd and Harris English, this has not been a stellar season so far for most of Georgia’s PGA Tour contingent, but some of the state’s more prominent names are beginning to move up the FedExCup standings after either not playing … [Read more...]
2020 Korn Ferry Tour Preview: Georgians Competing for Spots on PGA Tour
The 2020 Korn Ferry Tour began last month in the Bahamas with a number of Georgia golfers with histories on the tour among those competing for a shot at 25 PGA Tour cards for the 2020-21 season. Two Georgia residents – Augusta’s Henrik Norlander and Atlanta’s Vince Whaley – finished in the top 25 on the 2019 KF money list to qualify for this season’s PGA Tour. Two others - … [Read more...]
2020 Champions Tour Preview: Augusta’s Scott Parel Takes Over as State’s Top Senior
The 2020 Champions Tour began last month in Hawaii and includes a new early season event in Morocco before returning to the U.S. and a mostly familiar schedule beginning with a mid-February tournament in south Florida. The tour is back in the Atlanta area for its annual stop at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, scheduled for April 17-19. With two off weeks before the Mitsubishi … [Read more...]
2020 LPGA Preview: Mariah Stackhouse Lone Remaining Georgia Native on Tour
The 2020 LPGA season began with two tournaments in Florida in January without two native Georgians who have been LPGA Tour members since the early 2010s. Valdosta’s Dori Carter, who played on the LPGA Tour from 2011-19, left the tour after competing in 14 events last season to become an assistant women’s golf coach at Louisville. Brunswick’s Katie Burnett was an LPGA Tour … [Read more...]
Brendon Todd Wins Again in Mexico; Vaughn Taylor One Shot Back in Second
The RSM Classic would like to have a leader board with as many Georgians near the top as was the case this past week in Mexico. The final threesome in the last two rounds of the Mayakoba Classic consisted of three Georgia residents, all of whom played their college golf in the state. Former Georgia Bulldogs Brendon Todd and Harris English battled over 32-plus-holes … [Read more...]
Georgians in RSM Classic: Former champion Chris Kirk Returns After 6-Month Absence
In the first nine editions of the RSM Classic at Sea Island Golf Club, golfers with Georgia ties have won the PGA Tour event four times. Among the winners are two Georgia natives, two current residents and two ex-Georgia Bulldogs. Chris Kirk, who checks all three boxes, is making his PGA Tour return after an absence of more than six months to deal with some personal … [Read more...]
Matt Kuchar to Conclude Strong Comeback Season in President’s Cup
For former Georgia Tech All-American Matt Kuchar, the 2017-18 PGA Tour season was his least successful this decade, as he fell out of the top 20 in the FedExCup standings for the first time since 2009, sliding all the way to 76that the end of the season. Kuchar followed with perhaps his best ever season in 2018-19, and will close out 2019 with his fifth consecutive … [Read more...]
Charles Howell Makes First Title Defense Since 2008 in RSM Classic
Augusta native Charles Howell will get to do something next week he hasn’t done for more than a decade – defend a tournament title. Howell, who is in his 21stseason on the PGA Tour, went more than 11 ½ years without a victory after winning for the second time in the 2007 Los Angeles Open, where he defeated Phil Mickelson in a playoff. That lengthy winless streak ended … [Read more...]
Q school roundup: Tim O’Neal Reaches European Tour Finals
Savannah’s Tim O’Nealhas advanced to the finals of qualifying for the 2020 European Tour, making it through first and second stage qualifiers in Portugal and Spain. Atlanta resident Samuel Del Val, like O’Neal a former Georgia Open champion, advanced from a first stage qualifier in England, but missed by two shots of advancing from the same second stage qualifier as O’Neal … [Read more...]