Roswell, GA --- Mini-tour professional Jonathan Keppler of Marietta fired a closing round of five-under par 67 making birdies on the 16th and 17th to capture the 69th Georgia Open presented by L&J Golf at Jennings Mill Country Club in Watkinsville. Keppler finished at 15-under par 273 for the week and collecting the first-place check of $6,000. With Jonathan’s victory, … [Read more...]
Georgia PGA Schedule Includes New Event at West Pines; Echelon To Host Atlanta Open
The Georgia PGA schedule has one new addition for 2020, adding a two-day points tournament at West Pines in Douglasville. The tournament joins club-hosted events at Chattahoochee GC and Berkeley Hills CC as part of the Section schedule along with the five most prominent Georgia PGA championships that have been played for more than 20 years. Like the tournaments at … [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...]
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...]
Barrett Waters Captures Georgia Open title in Playoff
Ford Plantation proved to be an outstanding host in its first three years as the site for the Georgia Open, but one thing it was unable to do was produce a closely contested finish. That changed in the fourth straight Georgia Open played at the Savannah area club, with the tournament decided in a three-way playoff with two others only one shot back in a tie for … [Read more...]
Beck, Whaley Among Georgians to Advance in Web.com Tour Qualifying
Two dozen golfers with ties to Georgia advanced from the first stage of qualifying for the 2019 Web.com Tour, with one of the qualifiers played at Callaway Gardens. The qualifier at Callaway Gardens was played as Hurricane Michael roared through south Georgia recently, but it ended on time, unlike a qualifier in North Carolina, which ended one day late and required 54 holes … [Read more...]
Shad Tuten Captures Georgia Open Title
Going to the final round of the Georgia Open at Ford Plantation outside Savannah, former Armstrong Atlantic golfer Shad Tuten had a specific game plan. Tuten, a pro for a little less than a year, began the round three shots off the lead, but was determined to concentrate on his game and pay as little attention as possible to how he stood in relation to the leader. That … [Read more...]
Tuten Wins 63rd Georgia Open
Roswell, GA --- Former Armstrong State All-American golfer Shad Tuten of Savannah fired a closing round of 3-under par 69 to capture the 63rd Georgia Open presented by Gas South and E-Z-GO, contested at The Ford Plantation in Richmond Hill for the first time in the event’s history. Tuten is a native of Augusta, who recently relocated to the low country and now resides in … [Read more...]
Georgians advance in U.S. Open qualifying; Guglielmo, Joiner, Fox, White on to sectionals
Two local qualifiers for the 2016 U.S. Open were held in Georgia recently, with 10 players with Georgia ties advancing to sectional qualifying. Ten sectional qualifiers will be played June 6 to fill out the field for this year’s U.S. Open, which will be played June 16-19 at Oakmont CC outside Pittsburgh. One of the sectional qualifiers will be played at Ansley Golf Club’s … [Read more...]