The Champions Tour returns to TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth next month for the seventh Mitsubishi Electric Classic, and there’s little question who has been the tournament’s leading man in its relatively brief history. Germany’s Bernhard Langer won the first Champions Tour event at Sugarloaf in 2013, and has finished second in four of the five tournaments since, placing 11th in … [Read more...]
Kuchar Tops Large Field of Georgians in Players Championship
A large contingent of golfers with Georgia ties will compete in the Players Championship, which will be played March 14-17 at TPC Sawgrass outside Jacksonville, returning to its early Spring date after being held in May since 2007. Of the 144 players in the field, 22 have Georgia ties, led by Matt Kuchar (Georgia Tech/St. Simons resident), who won the Players in 2012 and … [Read more...]
Champions Tour Preview: Augusta’s Parel Looks for Another Big Season
The Champions begins its 2019 schedule this week, with three Georgians in the field for the Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Hawaii. The tournament features a limited field, consisting of winners from the 2018 Champions Tour and major champions from both the PGA and Champions Tours. The lone Georgian to win on the 2018 Champions TOUR was Augusta’s Scott Parel, who will be … [Read more...]
Kuchar Wins in Hawaii for Second Victory of Young Season
After eight consecutive outstanding seasons on the PGA Tour from 2010 to ’17, Matt Kuchar turned 40 in the summer of 2018 and did not have much to celebrate about on the golf course. Kuchar’s 2017-18 season was his least successful in almost a decade, and resulted in a lot more misses than hits on his annual to-do list. He failed to qualify for the Ryder Cup team, the … [Read more...]
PGA Tour Preview: Significant Changes Highlight 2019 Schedule
The 2019 portion of the PGA Tour schedule began with two events in Hawaii, and will be followed by four annual stops in California and one in Arizona, the same as it has for the past two decades. After that, the usually standard sequence of tournaments has been significantly shuffled, along with a number of rules changes that are slightly confusing but not overly impactful. … [Read more...]
New PGA Tour Season Tees off in California with Large Georgia Contingent
Ten days after the 2017-18 PGA Tour season ended, the 2018-19 season begins this week in Napa, Calif., with the first of eight Fall tournaments played over the next seven weeks. Three of the events will be played in Asia, including a WGC tournament in China. There will also be a tournament that week in Jackson, Miss., with the 2018 portion of the schedule wrapping up with … [Read more...]
Reed, Watson Part of U.S. Ryder Cup Team Looking to Break Losing Streak in Europe
It’s been 25 years since the United States team won the Ryder Cup in Europe, but the U.S. losing streak is not quite as bad it as appears. Or is it? There have been just six Ryder Cup matches played in Europe over the past quarter century, but the Americans’ record in the U.S. during that span is less than stellar, especially compared with the Europeans’ home … [Read more...]
Kizzire Joins Watson, Reed in Field for Tour Championship
A total of 21 golfers with Georgia ties qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs, but only one of the 21 improved his position in the standings, and by the slimmest of margins. Five of the 21 began the Playoffs inside the top 30 in the standings with a sixth barely outside the top 30. But only three golfers with Georgia ties will compete next week at East Lake in the Tour … [Read more...]
At Least 20 Georgians Set to Compete in FedExCup Playoffs
The 2018 FedExCup Playoffs begin August 23 at Ridgewood CC in New Jersey, and at least 20 golfers with Georgia Ties will be among the 125 players qualifying for the first of four Playoffs events. The top 100 on the points list after the Playoffs opener will compete the next week in Boston, with the top 70 after that tournament moving on to Aronimink in Philadelphia. The top … [Read more...]