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...]
Brendon Todd Ends Long, Deep Slump with PGA Tour Victory in Bermuda
If you created a chart representing the career of tour pro Brendon Todd, it would resemble the wildest rollercoaster ride at Six Flags. Todd, who has lived in the Atlanta area since playing on the Georgia golf team from 2003 to ’07, ended a deep and lengthy slump Sunday with an impressive win in the inaugural Bermuda Championship. The victory was Todd’s second on the PGA … [Read more...]
Ex-Bulldog Tommy Tolles Second in Champions Tour Playoffs Event
Coming into last week’s Champions Tour Playoffs opener in Richmond, Va., former Georgia Bulldog Tommy Tolles needed a top-10 finish to advance to the second of three Schwab Cup events. Tolles did a little better than that, finishing second behind Miguel Angel Jimenez. Thanks to his runner-up finish, Tolles improved from 59 to 37 in the Schwab Cup standings, putting himself … [Read more...]
Trio of Georgians Post Top Finishes in Houston Open; KF Tour Qualifying Update
A trio of Georgia residents – two former Bulldogs and a veteran ex-Yellow Jacket – enjoyed profitable weeks in the Houston Open, which ended Sunday. Harris English andSepp Straka, both UGA graduates, tied for fourth in Houston, while former Georgia Tech standout Stewart Cink finished in a tie for ninth, with a bogey on the difficult 18thhole Sunday at the GC of Houston … [Read more...]
Samuel Del Val Takes Third in Spanish Open; Dori Carter, Shad Tuten Also Make News
Former Georgia Open winner Samuel Del Val enjoyed the best week of his professional career, finishing in third place Sunday in the Spanish Open, a European Tour event. Del Val, the 2010 Georgia Open champion, is a Spanish native who attended college in Georgia and has lived in the state since he graduated from Berry College a few months before his Georgia Open … [Read more...]
Billy Andrade Loses in Champions Tour Playoff at Pebble Beach
Atlanta’s Billy Andrade made a strong run at capturing his first Champions Tour title since 2015, but settled for second place after losing in a playoff Sunday to Kirk Triplett at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Triplett, who won the event for the third time – the first two in 2012 and ’13 – birdied the first playoff hole, the par-5 18that Pebble Beach. Both he and Andrade layed up … [Read more...]
Georgia Golfers Advance in Qualifying for 2020 KF Tour
Qualifying for the 2020 Korn Ferry (KF) Tour has begun, with six first stage qualifiers played this past week and six more scheduled for the next two weeks. Those advancing beyond the first stage will compete in one of five second stage qualifiers in early November, with the final stage to be held in Winter Garden, Fla., Dec. 12-15. Among the sites for the first stage … [Read more...]