The Yamaha Georgia Senior Open has produced some memorable finishes in recent years, each of them featuring the state’s most prominent players over the age of 50. Three of the last four tournaments have been won by a final hole birdie, with James Mason winning at the UGA course last year by going eagle-birdie on his final two holes to get into a playoff before winning with … [Read more...]
Weinhart Player of the Year for eighth time; Breaks GPGA record he shared with Wolff
During his almost two decades of being a member of the Georgia PGA, Tim Weinhart has 13 career victories in points events, including all four of the Section’s majors and three wins in an event with near-major status. But the last of Weinhart’s Section victories came in 2012 when he won the Match Play Championship and the Section’s qualifier for the PGA Professional National … [Read more...]
Paolozzi makes history with PNC victory; Leads 7 Georgians into top club pro event
Karen Paolozzi made some history and two of the Georgia PGA’s top players survived a marathon playoff to highlight the recent Georgia PGA qualifying event for the 2016 PGA Professional National Championship. Seven Georgia PGA members qualified for next year’s national club professional championship, which will be played in late June at Turning Stone Resort in upstate New … [Read more...]
Stevens captures Georgia PGA Senior PNC title; Scores first big win of 2015 after earlier struggles
For almost the past two decades, Craig Stevens has been one of the most consistently successful players in the Georgia PGA Section. Stevens has earned Player of the Year honors three times (2001, 2012 and ’13), won 13 Section points events including three Georgia PGA Championships, two Match Play titles and the 2011 Atlanta Open. Since turning 50 in 2011, Stevens has won … [Read more...]
Stevens Captures Second Georgia Senior PGA Professional Title
Roswell, GA – Craig Stevens of Brookstone Golf Country Club won the Georgia Senior PGA Professional Championship today at Ansley Golf Club’s Settindown Creek Course and will lead 9 Section PGA Professionals to compete October 15-18, in the 27th Senior PGA Professional National Championship. The national Championship, presented by Mercedes-Benz USA, will be conducted at the … [Read more...]
Stevens shoots for fourth Ga. Senior Open title
Craig Stevens will shoot for his fourth Yamaha Georgia Senior Open title in the last five years when the tournament returns to the UGA course in Athens April 27-28. Stevens, an instructor at Brookstone Country Club, has won the tournament three of the last four years, finishing a close second the one time he did not win. Each of Stevens’ three victories in the tournament … [Read more...]
GSGA Falls Short at Billy Peters Cup Matches
EVANS, G.A. - The GSGA fell to the Georgia PGA professionals in the Billy Peters Cup Matches, 17-15. In an effort to win the competition for the first time since 2009, the GSGA finished day one tied, 8-8, but a day of singles matches saw the team of professionals prevail. The 40th playing of the biennial event took place at Champions Retreat Golf Club, October 19-20. On the … [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...]
Craig Stevens Tops Group in Match Play Semifinals
Greg Lee, Seth McCain, Brian Dixon round out foursome The semifinals and finals of the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship move to Atlanta’s Peachtree Golf Club this month, with the tournament concluding August 18. The event began in April with a 64-player field. The first four rounds were played at sites determined by the competing players, with the four survivors … [Read more...]