The Georgia PGA will not have any representatives in this year’s PGA Championship, but one player from the Section made a lot of news in the recent PGA Professional National Championship, played in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Karen Paolozzi, who recently moved into the Georgia Section as an assistant at Druid Hills Golf Club, became just the second female to make the cut in the … [Read more...]
8 Georgia club pros to compete in national event
Eight Georgia PGA members will be among 312 club professionals competing in this month’s PGA Professional National Championship in Myrtle Beach, S.C., with 20 spots in this year’s PGA Championship on the line. The top 20 finishers in the PNC qualify for the 2014 PGA Championship, which will be played in early August at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. The PGA PNC is … [Read more...]
Steady Stevens wins third Ga. Senior Open Amateur Royak falls back after opening 65
In his first three appearances in the Yamaha Georgia Senior Open, Craig Stevens finished the 36-hole tournament with totals of 9-under, 7-under and 8-under. Stevens’ outstanding play in the tournament produced a victory (2011) and a close runner-up finish (2012) at Newnan County Club and a second title (2013) at Chattahoochee Golf Club. The 2014 Georgia Senior Open moved … [Read more...]
Yamaha Georgia Senior Open: Results
The 32nd Yamaha Georgia Senior Open contested at the University of Georgia Golf Course saw the reigning Georgia PGA Player of the Year and defending champion, Craig Stevens, PGA of Dallas, post a 2-under par two-day total 140 to capture the championship. Stevens is a PGA teaching professional at Brookstone Golf & CC in Acworth. With the victory, he took home the $2,000 … [Read more...]
Georgia PGA Adds New Tournament
The Georgia PGA 2014 schedule features a new tournament for the state’s club professionals, along with an interesting mix of sites for several of the Section’s most prominent events. The new event on the 2014 calendar is the Rivermont Championship, which will be played March 31-April 1 at Rivermont Country Club and will be the first points event on the schedule. The … [Read more...]
Stevens Repeats, Claims Fourth Georgia PGA Player of the Year Title
Roswell, GA --- Craig Stevens, PGA teaching professional from Brookstone Country Club in Acworth, claimed his second straight and fourth overall Georgia PGA Player of the Year (POY) title presented by PGA National Resort and Spa and the highly coveted Billy Weir Trophy after a long stretch of outstanding play in 2013. Stevens previously won the Georgia PGA Player of the Year … [Read more...]
Stevens scores 3rd win in Section Championship
Since he turned 50 in 2011, Craig Stevens has won the Georgia Senior Open twice (2011 and ’13) and the Georgia PGA Senior Championship once (2012), placing a close 2nd in the Senior Open the one time he did not win. But it’s been Stevens’ play the last three years in Georgia PGA non-senior events that has attracted the most attention. Stevens captured the 2013 Georgia PGA … [Read more...]