CASHIERS, N.C. – Four Eagles finished in the top-10, and Georgia Southern men’s golf held off South Carolina by a stroke to successfully defend its J.T. Poston Invitational title Monday at the Country Club of Sapphire Valley. Georgia Southern set a 54-hole team tournament record with a 47-under par 805 over the two-day event. The score also sets the school record for team … [Read more...]
College roundup: Georgia Tech, Georgia Score Early Season Victories
Both Georgia Tech and Georgia won tournaments in September to get their 2019-20 seasons off to successful starts. Georgia Tech opened its season with a victory in the annual Carpet Capital Collegiate, a tournament hosted by the Yellows Jackets at The Farm outside Dalton. In their next start, Tech tied for first with Baylor in an event played at Olympia Fields in … [Read more...]
Tech, Georgia Shoot for NCAA Title with Veteran, Talented Squads
Both Georgia Tech and Georgia begin the 2019-20 golf season with top-10 rankings, as the two teams aim for a national title with veteran rosters. Despite the loss of All-American Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern has hopes of a return to the NCAA Championship, while the state’s other Division 1 programs hope for better results this season. GEORGIA TECH was ranked fourth in … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech’s Andy Ogletree Wins U.S. Amateur Championship
Georgia Tech senior Andy Ogletree captured the 2019 U.S. Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Resort Sunday, rallying from a sizeable early deficit to defeat Vanderbilt senior John Augenstein 2&1 in the 36-hole title match. Augensetein won holes 2 through 5 in succession on Pinehurst’s No. 4 course, the latter three with birdies, to jump out to a 4-up lead. After Ogletree … [Read more...]
Jonathan Keppler Wins by 3 in Georgia Amateur at Settindown Creek
Not all golf tournaments are won on the back nine on Sunday. Or the final round. Or even the weekend of a 72-hole event. Jonathan Keppler effectively won the 2019 Georgia Amateur at Ansley Golf Club’s Settindown Creek during the second round, which was played Friday morning. He matched the low score of the tournament – a 6-under 66 – to take a 3-stroke lead after 36 … [Read more...]
Strong Field of Georgia College Golfers Highlights Dogwood Invitational
The annual Dogwood Invitational returns to Druid Hills GC with an earlier date this year, with the 2019 tournament scheduled for June 5-8, several weeks earlier than its usual pre July 4th dates. The change moves the Dogwood away from conflicts with other national amateur events, and sets it as the first major amateur tournament of the season following the conclusion of the … [Read more...]
College round-up: Tech Captures ACC; Southern Loses in Match Play
Georgia Tech won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship to earn a spot in the NCAA Regionals, which will be played May 14-15 at six sites around the country, one of them in Athens at the UGA course. Georgia Southern won the stroke play title of the Sun Belt Conference, but lost in the semifinals of match play and will hope for an at-large bid to Regionals. Georgia … [Read more...]
Fisk leads Georgia Southern to second team title ever in Schenkel
The Georgia Southern Eagles won the Schenkel Invitational for just the second time in the event’s 40-year history, taking the title this past weekend at Forest Heights CC in Statesboro. The Eagles were led by senior Steven Fisk of Stockbridge, who earned medalist honors for the fifth time this season and eighth in his career. Georgia Southern was in third place coming … [Read more...]
Georgia State Finishes Strong at Schenkel Invitational
STATESBORO, Ga. – Led by a 2-under 70 from junior Egill Gunnarsson, Georgia State shot a final round even par 288 to finish in 10th place at the Schenkel Invitational hosted by in-state rival Georgia Southern at Forest Heights Country Club. Gunnarsson shot Georgia State’s low round of the event making four birdies to earn a tie for 16th place at 1-over par. Georgia … [Read more...]