FLOURTOWN, Pa. — Sepp Straka seized the lead with a par on the 16th hole and shot a 2-under 68, outdueling Shane Lowry on Sunday in the final round of the Truist Championship at Philadelphia Cricket Club for his second victory of the season. After Lowry missed the green with his tee shot at the 212-yard, par-3 16th, Straka hit to approximately 30 feet. Lowry … [Read more...]
Follow Hiroshi Tai at The Masters
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s Hiroshi Tai is the first Singaporean golfer to compete in the Masters, and the junior Yellow Jacket is the fifth amateur from the Institute to compete in the tournament. Following are some news articles, videos and social media posts to give our fans a peek into his week at Augusta National Golf Club. SINGAPOREAN GOLFER HIROSHI TAI’S LONG JOURNEY … [Read more...]
Brian Harman wins ‘game of attrition’ at Valero Texas Open, proving testament to his golf DNA
SAN ANTONIO, Tx. — When Brian Harman got to the range Sunday, the scene looked more like a ski resort than a golf tournament. Players wore stocking caps. Caddies wore hoods. Layered-up spectators at the Valero Texas Open wore knit gloves and grim smiles and flushed cheeks. It was barely 50 degrees. (Feels-like temperature: 42.) It was howling like a … [Read more...]
Harris English returns to what made him special, wins fifth TOUR title at Farmers Insurance Open
LA JOLLA, Calif. – Last Wednesday, Justin Parsons pulled Harris English aside and relayed a simple message: You need to stop being like everybody else. In the four years since English’s last victory, the laid-back but hard-working Georgian had followed all the steps that a modern TOUR player traditionally takes to improve. English, 35, got in the gym to stay fit … [Read more...]
Atlanta’s Premier Golf Named Official PGA Vacation Partner
The PGA of America has announced a partnership with Premier Golf, a division of the global golf travel group Your Golf Travel. The Atlanta based company has been named the “Official Golf Vacation Partner of the PGA of America.” This partnership aims to drive Premier Golf’s growth in the North American golf tourism market, which is valued at $40 billion annually, while also … [Read more...]
Points and payouts: Sepp Straka earns $1.58M, 500 FedExCup Points at The American Express
La Quinta, Calif. – No matter where you are, there’s nothing wrong with a little sweat on a Sunday, especially when you find yourself in possession of a winning ticket. Sepp Straka was in control of that faucet on Sunday at The American Express. He started the final round with a four-stroke advantage and … breathe … prevailed by two. As the mild slide suggests, it … [Read more...]
Richland Opens At Reynolds Lake Oconee
GREENSBORO, Ga. – Richland—the seventh golf course at Reynolds Lake Oconee — has officially opened for play. The new 18-hole layout was created by acclaimed course architect Tom Fazio by combining nine holes from his existing National course with nine all-new holes. This gives Reynolds Lake Oconee two Fazio designs (Richland and The National) along with courses from Jack … [Read more...]
Georgia PGA’s 29th President Elected
ATLANTA, Ga. — Joshua Deal, PGA General Manager at Bobby Jones Golf Course in Atlanta was elected the 29th president of the Georgia Section, PGA of America on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at the Georgia PGA Annual Meeting held at The Classic Center in downtown Athens. Deal is a graduate of the University of Connecticut (2009) and the Professional Golfers Career College … [Read more...]
Scottie Scheffler caps off record season with FedExCup title
ATLANTA, Ga. — Scottie Scheffler capped off the biggest year in golf in nearly two decades by winning the sport's biggest prize. Challenged briefly Sunday in the TOUR Championship, Scheffler responded with three straight birdies to make winning look as inevitable as it has seemed all year. He closed with a 4-under 67 for a four-shot victory over Collin Morikawa to … [Read more...]