Europe won the Ryder Cup away from home for the first time in 13 years after they survived a remarkable United States comeback on a dramatic Sunday in New York. The visitors had started the day with an 11½-4½ lead at Bethpage but were made to battle on a nerve-shredding afternoon before Shane Lowry retained the trophy and Tyrrell Hatton sealed a 15-13 victory. Needing ten … [Read more...]
FedExCup Playoffs Begin This Week
ATLANTA , Ga. – The PGA TOUR Regular Season ended on Sunday with Cameron Young securing his long-awaited maiden TOUR victory at the Wyndham Championship. Only the TOUR’s top 70 players move on to the FedExCup Playoffs, which begin this week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee. The top 50 will move on to the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in … [Read more...]
46th Augusta Haskins Award Invitational Is Ready to Start Play
AUGUSTA, Ga. — For over four decades the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational has showcased some of the top collegiate golf talent in the country here in Augusta. This year will be no different. The first round of the event scheduled for Saturday with 36 holes and will wrap up on Sunday with the final 18 holes. The top ranked team in the nation, the Texas Longhorns will be … [Read more...]
Sepp Straka Wins John Deer Classic
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...]