SILVIS, Ill. -- Sepp Straka won the John Deere Classic on Sunday with a final-round 9-under 62 that could have been much better, making double bogey on the final hole but taking the title by two shots when Brendon Todd and Alex Smalley were unable to catch him. The 30-year-old Austrian who played in college at Georgia won for the second time on the PGA Tour, moved to No. 27 … [Read more...]
Jags Card Sixth At Augusta Haskins Award Invitational
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Augusta University men’s golf team finished in sixth place out of 15 teams on Sunday afternoon at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, hosted by the Jaguars, at Forest Hills Golf Club. Hosted by Augusta on the par-72, 7,005-yard course, the 41st edition of the tournament endured a 30 minute rain delay on Sunday. No. 3 Wake Forest held a two-shot lead … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Finishes 12th at Valspar Collegiate
Palm City, Fla. – Andy Ogletree fired a career-low round of 63 (8-under-par) in the closing round Monday afternoon, and No. 9 Georgia Tech posted a 2-under-par total of 282 in the afternoon round to finish 12th at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational. TECH LINEUP – Tech began the day in eighth place in a field stacked with top-25 teams, but slipped four positions after … [Read more...]
Georgia State Eighth at 3M Augusta Invitational
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Led by senior Max Herrmann’s season-best fifth-place finish, the Georgia State men’s golf team earned an eight-place finish on Sunday at the 3M Augusta Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Club. Herrmann shot a final round 3-under 69 that included seven birdies to finish the 54-hole event at 6-under par. The Panthers shot a final round 4-over 292 and finished the … [Read more...]
Georgia Southern: Men’s Golf Takes Fifth at Shoal Creek Invitational
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Steven Fisk and Archer Price each shot 71, and the Georgia Southern men’s golf team fired the third-lowest score of the day to move up another spot and finish fifth at the Shoal Creek Invitational Tuesday at Shoal Creek Country Club. Fisk (-4) finished sixth, one stroke behind Cameron Young (-5) of Wake Forest in fifth, and five away from Demon … [Read more...]
Three Jackets Named to ACC All-Academic Team
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s James Clark, Chris Petefish and Vincent Whaley have been named to the 2016-17 Atlantic Coast Conference All-Academic Golf Team, announced Monday by the conference office. Petefish, a junior from Danville, Calif., and Whaley, a senior from McKinney, Texas, made the All-Academic team for the third time each. Clark, a junior from Columbus, Ga., was … [Read more...]
Gordon’s 63 Sparks Vanderbilt to Schenkel Invitational Title
STATESBORO, Ga. – Will Gordon tied the tournament record with a 63, and Vanderbilt shot a 19-under-par 269 in the final round of the 37th Annual Schenkel Invitational to win the team title Sunday at Forest Heights Country Club. The Commodores’ team score tied the second-lowest for a round in Schenkel history, and their tournament score of 823 also tied for the second-lowest. … [Read more...]
Lench Wins the CB&I Boys Championship at Carlton Woods
THE WOODLANDS, T.X. —Gabriel Lench of Lake Mary, Florida, won his first AJGA career tournament wire-to-wire at the CB&I Boys Championship at Carlton Woods with a tournament total of 10-under-par 206. The high school senior shot a final-round even-par 72 on a day where only one other player shot par or better. The weather took a 30-degree swing to the low 40’s from the first … [Read more...]
Polo Golf Junior Classic Round One
PALM BEACH GARDENS, F.L. — Florida natives Jorge Garcia of Miami, and Sam Horsfield of Davenport, and defending champion Cameron Young of Scarborough, New York, are knotted atop the Boys Division leaderboard at 4-under-par 68 after the first round of play at the Polo Golf Junior Classic. Garcia leads the group in the Polo Golf Rankings at No. 2, while Horsfield follows closely … [Read more...]