Four Players Qualify for U.S. Senior Open Qualifier Score Craig Stevens, Dallas, GA 68 Jeff Belk, Marietta, GA (a) 68 Mike Hulbert, Orlando, FL 70 Jack Hall, Sea Island, GA (a) 70 Alternates Score 1st Al Jernigan, Gray, GA 71 * 2nd Rick Lewallen, Kannapolis, NC 71 * * determined in playoff (a) denotes … [Read more...]
English Wins in Memphis for First PGA Tour Title
English – July 2013 By Mike Blum HarrisEnglish has been a familiar name on the Georgia golf scene since he won the Georgia Amateur in 2007 shortly before enrolling at the University of Georgia. English made headlines during his college career in Athens, winning four tournaments and earning All-America honors each year for the Bulldogs, who had a pair of top-3 … [Read more...]
Final Hole Birdie Lifts Stevens to Senior Open Win
Stevens – 2013 Senior Open, page 12 By Mike Blum Elkins falls 1 shot short after final round 62 Playing in the final round of last month’s Yamaha Georgia Senior Open at Chattahoochee GC, Craig Stevens took what appeared to be a comfortable 4-stroke lead over playing partner James Mason when he birdied the par-5 13th hole. But just as Stevens was putting some … [Read more...]
Spratlin Strolls to Runaway 6-stroke Victory
Spratlin – Chicopee, page 12 Shoots 16-under in Chicopee Woods event By Mike Blum The first three years Chicopee Woods hosted the Georgia PGA Players Championship, the event either went to a playoff or was decided by the slim margin of one stroke. That was not the case when the event was played for the fourth time last month. Clark Spratlin put together two days … [Read more...]
Harris English wins in Memphis for first PGA Tour title
Recent UGA standout Harris English scored his first PGA Tour victory Sunday, taking the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis. English joined Bulldogs’ teammate Russell Henley as PGA Tour winners this season, and his victory was the second in as many weeks for St. Simons Island residents. Henley won the season-opening event in Hawaii in his first start as a PGA … [Read more...]
Langer enjoys first visit to TPC Sugarloaf. Takes inaugural Gwinnett Champions event
Prior to the inaugural Greater Gwinnett Championship, Bernhard Langer had never played a round of golf at TPC Sugarloaf, the host course for the Champions Tour event. Langer had played only a handful of rounds in Atlanta during his PGA Tour career, teeing it up for the first time at Sugarloaf in a practice round two days after making a brief Sunday splash early in the final … [Read more...]
Adam Scott’s clutch finish earns Masters title
After two hotly-debated rules controversies and a mostly dreary final round, the 2013 Masters produced a nail-biting finish that tournament patrons and television viewers have come to expect from golf’s most revered championship. Adam Scott and Angel Cabrera provided a stirring conclusion to regulation when they both birdied the 18th hole to force a playoff. They followed with … [Read more...]
FORE Georgia Congratulates Scott Crouse who is named General Manager of Steel Canyon Golf Club
Alpharetta, Ga. – Affiniti Golf Partners has named Scott Crouse as general manager at Steel Canyon Golf Club, an 18-hole daily-fee facility in the northern Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs, Ga. Crouse most recently was director of golf at Alpharetta Athletic Club, a property previously managed by Affiniti Golf in Alpharetta, Ga. prior to that he worked in golf operations … [Read more...]
How Georgians at the Masters Performed
Of the six players in the Masters with Georgia ties, four made the cut; with former Masters champion Larry Mize missing by just one shot at the age of 54. Fellow former champion Zach Johnson opened with a 69, but struggled in difficult conditions the second round and ended up in the middle of the pack at 3-over 291. Defending champion Bubba Watson needed seven second-round … [Read more...]