When Bubba Watson won his first Masters in 2012, his victory was generally categorized in the golf media as a one-off triumph by a talented but unorthodox player whose future impact on the game was unlikely to be significant. For most of the next two years, Watson’s record indicated that the assessment of him was accurate, but not entirely complete. Watson was already an … [Read more...]
4 Georgia ‘rookies’ among 2014 Masters field English, Kirk, Castro, Reed to make first starts
Georgia’s 2014 Masters contingent includes a number of players who will bring an impressive recent resume with them to Augusta, including four of the state’s talented group of golfers in their 20s making their first appearance in the tournament. Six of the 11 Georgians in the field have already won during the 2013-14 season, with two others closing out the 2013 season with … [Read more...]
World traveler Dunlap gets a rare home game Champions Tour newcomer set for Sugarloaf
During his career as a professional golfer, Duluth resident Scott Dunlap has played all over the world on a variety of tours, winning tournaments in six different countries from Canada to South America to South Africa. For the past decade, Dunlap’s home has been the Nationwide/Web.com Tour, which he has played every year since 2003. Dunlap was a PGA Tour member for six … [Read more...]
Russell Henley Wins Honda Classic
When you win your first tournament as a PGA Tour member with five birdies on your last five holes in the final round, what can you do for an encore? After winning the 2013 Hawaiian Open in rather dramatic fashion, Macon native Russell Henley found himself in that situation, Henley’s spectacular start to his PGA Tour career was followed by more than a year of … [Read more...]
Legends of Golf leaves Savannah For New Home
Gwinnett Championship Returns to TPC Sugarloaf The Champions Tour began its 2014 season with a schedule that is almost identical to that of 2013 and a familiar cast of characters among its leading players. The few changes impacting the tour’s schedule and its player roster involve Georgia, which lost one of its two stops on the Champions Tour. But the state is adding … [Read more...]
Victory Puts Russell Henley Back in Masters
Macon’s Russell Henley earned a return invitation to the Masters, winning a playoff to cap a wild final round in the Honda Classic. Henley won his first tournament as a member of the PGA Tour last year in Hawaii to qualify for the 2013 Masters, but was without an invitation to Augusta this year until he won the Honda with a birdie on the first extra hole. With his … [Read more...]
Bubba Watson Ends Winless Drought With Victory In Los Angeles
After winning four tournaments in an almost two-year span from 2010 to 2012, Bubba Watson went nearly two years before scoring his fifth PGA Tour victory. Watson, winless since the 2012 Masters, ended that skid with an impressive triumph in the Los Angeles Open, carding back-to-back 64s on the classic layout at Riviera County Club to edge Dustin Johnson by two … [Read more...]
Augustans Parel & Taylor Among Georgians on Web.com Tour
The 2014 Web.com Tour begins in South America in February, and will make just one stop in Georgia for the first time since 2006. From 2007-13, the tour schedule included events in Valdosta and Athens, but the University of Georgia elected not to continue its tournament, which was played for four years at Jennings Mill just outside Athens before moving to the University … [Read more...]
Patrick Reed Latest Georgia Winner on PGA Tour
Since the 2013-14 PGA Tour season returned to the U.S. late last year following a brief swing through Asia, Georgia’s contingent of approximately 30 Tour members have enjoyed an unparalleled run of success. Patrick Reed’s wire-to-wire victory in the Humana Challenge made it four victories for golfers with strong ties to Georgia in the last five PGA Tour events. Add four … [Read more...]