The Georgia PGA 2019 schedule begins this month with one of four team events on the Section’s annual calendar, with the first individual points event also beginning in March, although it won’t conclude until late September. The Match Play Championship begins March 20, but players have two months to schedule their opening round matches at sites determined by the competitors. … [Read more...]
GPGA Qualifier for National Club Pro Championship to also Determine Player of the Year
Georgia PGA members will compete Oct. 15-16 at Barnsley Resort in Adairsville for spots in the national club professional championship, which will be played next spring in Bluffton, S.C., between Savannah and Hilton Head Island. The Georgia PGA will not know how many spots at nationals will be available from the tournament until after the final entry date shortly before the … [Read more...]
Top 3 Seeds Ousted in GPGA Match Play; 4 Ex-Champs Still In
The 2018 Georgia PGA Match Play Championship has reached the quarterfinal round, with the top three seeds all knocked out of the tournament while the number 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 seeds all remain. Shawn Koch and David Potts, both instructors at Country Club of the South and former Match Play champions, defeated the tournament’s top two seeds in the third round, while the No. 3 … [Read more...]
Paul Claxton Edges Nathan Williams To Win Georgia PGA Event at Chattahoochee
After opening with a 7-under 65 to take the lead in the inaugural Milton Martin Honda Classic at Gainesville’s Chattahoochee GC earlier this week, Paul Claxton appeared to be in position to roll to a third straight victory in a Georgia PGA event. As it turned out, Claxton won his third consecutive Georgia PGA tournament, but the victory did not come easily, as Chattahoochee … [Read more...]
GSGA Falls Short at Billy Peters Cup Matches, 16.5 – 15.5
BRASELTON, Ga. - Trailing for most of the day, Team GSGA made a furious comeback but fell just short to the Georgia PGA professionals in the Billy Peters Cup Matches, 16.5-15.5. In an effort to win the competition for the first time since 2009, the GSGA finished day one leading 8.5 -7.5, but a day of singles matches saw the team of professionals prevail. The 41st playing of the … [Read more...]
Seth McCain Defeats Sonny Skinner, Tim Weinhart to Take Match Play Title
The four semifinalists in the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship represented a broad age range, with three of the four in their mid-60s, mid-50s and mid-40s. The fourth member of the quartet was 29-year-old Seth McCain, who stands out in a Georgia PGA Section where almost all the top players are in their 40s, 50s, or in the case of James Mason, his 60s. McCain was also … [Read more...]
Cressend, Sanders Knock out Seeds in Early Rounds of Match Play
After two rounds of the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship, only two players seeded higher than 14th had been eliminated, with 14 of the 16 remaining players seeded no lower than 18th. The two highest seeded players who failed to advance were2015 runner-up and No. 4 seed Matthew Evans of Rivermont and two-time champion and No. 9 seed Craig Stevens of Brookstone, a finalist … [Read more...]
Donn Perno Takes 4-way Playoff at Georgia PGA Rivermont Championship
Peachtree Golf Club head professional Donn Perno put a quick end to a long day of golf, holing a birdie putt of some 35 feet on the first extra hole to win a 4-man playoff in the Georgia PGA Rivermont Championship. The third-year tournament played all 36 holes in one day, and Perno’s lengthy birdie effort kept the playoff from continuing and possibly running out of … [Read more...]
Georgia PGA Championship Belongs to Section Veterans
The first four Georgia PGA individual tournaments of 2014 featured two first-time winners, a second-time winner and an amateur winner, Based on past history, that pattern is likely to change when the state’s top club professionals gather on St. Simons Island for the Georgia PGA Championship, which will be played August 25-27 on Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course. The … [Read more...]