Roswell, GA --- Sonny Skinner, PGA professional from Sylvester won his first Yamaha Atlanta Open presented by Bushnell, Bolle and Chase 54 played at White Columns Country Club in Alpharetta. Skinner shot a final round of two-under par 70 for a two-day total of nine-under par 135, and defeated Bradley Smith, PGA apprentice at Eagles Landing Country Club in Stockbridge by a … [Read more...]
Women’s Amateur Golf Championship
Braselton, GA -- On Saturday June 27, 2015, Chateau Elan’s Chateau Course will host the North Florida & Southeast District Semi-Final Championship advancing successful female players to one of the largest women’s amateur annual golf competitions in the country, the EWGA Championship Finals held at the Westin Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, CA. EWGA members from the … [Read more...]
Castro Grabs Berth in U.S. Open Field
Ball Ground, G.A. – Former Georgia Tech All-America golfer Roberto Castro finished third Monday (June 8th, 2015) in the sectional qualifier at Hawks Ridge Golf Club, earning one of three spots available for the 115th U.S. Open Championship, June 18-21 at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. The 2007 Tech graduate from Alpharetta, G.A., who played in the Tour … [Read more...]
McCoy and Harman Qualify For U.S. Open
ATHENS, G.A. --- Two men with ties to the Georgia golf team earned spots in the U.S. Open on Monday (June 8th, 2015) during sectional qualifying tournaments. Lee McCoy, who just completed his junior season with the Bulldogs, finished second at Hawks Ridge Golf Club in Ball Ground, G.A. He carded a 13-under 131 to snare one of the sectional’s three spots. At Germantown and … [Read more...]
Kirk Scores Fourth PGA Tour Victory at Colonial
BY: MIKE BLUM--May 26th, 2015 Chris Kirk has had an affinity for Colonial Country Club and the Ft. Worth, Tex., area since he was a junior at the University of Georgia. Kirk came to Ft. Worth after a stellar junior season on the Georgia golf team, hoping to win the Ben Hogan Award, which is presented to the top collegiate golfer. He intended to turn pro and forego … [Read more...]
Minjee Lee Clinches First LPGA Tour Victory on Her ‘Journey to Better’
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – May 19, 2015 – XXIO®, Srixon® and Cleveland® Golf congratulate staffer Minjee Lee for her victory at the 2015 Kingsmill Championship held at the Kingsmill Resort’s River Course, in Williamsburg, Virginia. The 18-year-old Australian captured her first LPGA title in a Monday finish after making five birdies and an eagle for a four-stroke lead during … [Read more...]
Anthony Maccaglia’s Story of Success
Most freshmen athletes enter college hoping to better their talents by the time they graduate four years later. As an Oglethorpe freshman in 2011, Anthony Maccaglia came on like lightning. He won the 2012 NCAA Division III Golf Championship individual title in Florida. That’s a difficult victory to duplicate, but Maccaglia would like to close out a sensational collegiate … [Read more...]
Park Clinches Second LPGA Tour Victory of 2015
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – May 6, 2015 – XXIO®, Srixon® and Cleveland® Golf congratulate staffer Inbee Park for her victory at the 2015 Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout held at the Las Colinas Country Club, in Irving, Texas. The 26-year-old South Korean captured her second LPGA title of 2015 and her 14th career LPGA title by closing with a bogey-free 6-under 65 to finish … [Read more...]
4 Georgians making first starts in Masters; Todd, Harman among ‘rookie’ contingent
For the second straight year, four golfers with Georgia ties will make their Masters debuts . The foursome will join seven other Georgians in the Masters field this April, with the possibility that the number could reach 12 by the time the game’s best players arrive in Augusta. Georgia’s 2015 “rookie” contingent in the Masters consists of three former Georgia Bulldogs and … [Read more...]