With the U.S. Open and the USGA’s seemingly annual set-up snafu having come and gone, there are only two months and 11 tournaments left in the 2017-18 PGA Tour season before the FedExCup Playoffs begin in August. Currently there are six PGA Tour members with Georgia ties among the top 30 on the points list, with six more in the top 70 and a total of 21 in the top 125, the … [Read more...]
16 Georgians in Field for U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills
More than 10 percent of the 2018 U.S. Open field will have ties to Georgia, with 16 players who either live in the state, are from Georgia or attended college in the state will be among the 156-player field. Five of the players made it into the Open field in qualifying, including current Georgia Tech golfer Tyler Strafaci, recent Tech grads Ollie Schniederjans and Richy … [Read more...]
Atlanta Celebrates The Start of TOUR Championship Week
ATLANTA, GA – On September 18, 2017, the 3rd annual Atlanta Celebrates the TOUR Championship event took place tonight at the College Football Hall of Fame. The event brought together the Atlanta business community along with residents to kick-off TOUR Championship week, now in its 16th consecutive year in Atlanta. The evening featured a performance by hometown … [Read more...]
5 Former Georgian Collegians In Field For Tour Championship; Brian Harman Making First East Lake Start
Of the 30 players who qualified for this week’s Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, five played their college golf in Georgia, three of them in Athens. Two of the ex-Bulldogs are Georgia natives – Savannah’s Brian Harman and Macon’s Russell Henley. Kevin Kisner, the third former UGA golfer, is from just across the Savannah River from Augusta in Aiken, S.C. Matt … [Read more...]
Brian Harman Scores Second PGA Tour Win With Birdie-Birdie Finish
As the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship was nearing its conclusion, the CBS broadcast was anticipating a rematch of the Dustin Johnson-Jon Rahm battles from the two WGC events earlier this spring. Rahm appeared to be the only player capable of denying Johnson a fourth consecutive victory in his first start since suffering a back injury in a household fall just … [Read more...]
Rolex Tournament of Champions earns AJGA’s 2016 Invitational of the Year and Media Award
BRASELTON, GEORGIA. — On February 3, 2017, The Rolex Tournament of Champions, hosted for the first time at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Georgia, has earned two 2016 awards from the American Junior Golf Association: Invitational of the Year and the Media Award. Each year, the AJGA presents awards to the tournaments with the best individual hospitality, Junior-Am … [Read more...]
Former Bulldog Swafford Scores First PGA Tour Victory
MARIETTA, GA - Of the eight former University of Georgia golfers with status on the PGA Tour for the 2016-17 season, Hudson Swafford was the only without a victory on the tour. Swafford, who is in his fourth season as a PGA Tour member, joined the list of winners from UGA, taking the annual stop in the Southern California desert formerly known as the Bob Hope Classic. The … [Read more...]
Newcomer Colin Bowles Wins Georgia Amateur Over Spencer Ralston
When Bobby Jones won the inaugural Georgia Amateur in 1916, the legendary golfer was just 14 years old. When the Georgia State Golf Association celebrated the 100th anniversary of the playing of its championship event, the winner was the youngest player since Jones to capture the title. Colin Bowles, a 16-year-old from Albany who has lived in the state for only about a … [Read more...]
AJGA Names Rolex Junior Players of the Year
BRASELTON, Ga. – The American Junior Golf Association has announced its Rolex Junior All-America Teams, headlined by Rolex Junior Players of the Year Philip Barbaree of Shreveport, Louisiana, and Hannah O’Sullivan of Chandler, Arizona. For the second year in a row, the Rolex Junior Players of the Year also won the AJGA’s flagship event, the Rolex Tournament of … [Read more...]