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...]
Georgia Tech Begins Spring Schedule Ranked No. 2: Georgia Starts at 22
The Spring college golf schedule has already begin, with Georgia Tech, the state’s highest-ranked team after the Fall season, playing its first 2019 tournament this week in Hawaii. The Yellow Jackets ended the Fall ranked the second in the country in the Golfstat rankings, followed by Georgia at 22. Georgia Southern (43) and Kennesaw State (54) are both in position to earn … [Read more...]
Eagles Defend Titles at AutoTrader Collegiate Classic
DULUTH, Ga. – Steven Fisk and Wilson Andress each shot 69, and the Georgia Southern men’s golf team held off UNCG by a stroke to win its second-straight AutoTrader Collegiate Classic team title at Berkeley Hills Country Club Tuesday. Fisk shot 65-65-69=199 (-17) to successfully defend his individual title as well, topping Jonathan Brightwell and Bryce Hendrix of UNCG by five … [Read more...]
GS Men’s Golf Runs Away from Field to Win Hummingbird Intercollegiate
CASHIERS, N.C. – Freshman Mason Williams shot a 65, senior Steven Fisk posted a 66 and the Georgia Southern men’s golf team fired another 272 to pull away from the field and win the The Hummingbird Intercollegiate at the Country Club of Sapphire Valley Tuesday. GS, which had three freshmen, a sophomore and a senior in the lineup this week, finished with a three-round total … [Read more...]
Jared Bettcher wins Southeastern Am 2016 by 3 over Benjamin Shipp
Jared Bettcher, a rising senior on the Troy State golf team, won the recent Southeastern Amateur at Country Club of Columbus, shooting four rounds in the 60s for a 7-under 273 total and a 3-stroke victory over incoming North Carolina State freshman Benjamin Shipp of Duluth. Bettcher, a three-year starter for the Trojans and an all-Sun Belt Conference selection all three … [Read more...]