For more than two decades from the mid-1990s to the mid-2010s, golf fans could count on seeing the names of Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson on the leader board at the Masters on an annual basis. From 1995 to 2013, either Woods or Mickelson (and frequently both) finished at least seventh in the Masters. After that streak ended when Woods did not play and Mickelson missed the … [Read more...]
Kirk Scores Fourth PGA Tour Victory at Colonial
BY: MIKE BLUM--May 26th, 2015 Chris Kirk has had an affinity for Colonial Country Club and the Ft. Worth, Tex., area since he was a junior at the University of Georgia. Kirk came to Ft. Worth after a stellar junior season on the Georgia golf team, hoping to win the Ben Hogan Award, which is presented to the top collegiate golfer. He intended to turn pro and forego … [Read more...]
Castro Closes Outstanding Season in Style Final Round 65 Earns Top 10 at East Lake
Roberto Castro put an appropriate finish to an outstanding sophomore season on the PGA Tour, tying for ninth in the Tour Championship before family and friends who came out to watch him at East Lake. Castro, who grew up in Alpharetta, starred on the golf teams at Milton High School and Georgia Tech and has settled in Atlanta, was playing in his home town for the first time … [Read more...]
2013 Tour Championship Preview: East Lake a Worthy Home for Tour Championship
By Mike Blum For the first 15 years of its existence, the PGA Tour Championship was a tournament without a permanent home. The season-ending event was played for the first time in 1987 at Oak Hills in San Antonio, and spent the next decade moving from Pebble Beach to Harbour Town to the Champions Club to Pinehurst to the Olympic Club to Southern … [Read more...]
Bo Andrews Shares Medalist Honors at Gary Koch Invitational
Bo Andrews fired a final-round 66 (6-under-par) Tuesday and surged into a tie for medalist honors at the Gary Koch Invitational, while 8th-ranked Georgia Tech finished second in the event for the second straight year. Andrews, a junior from Raleigh, N.C., earned his first collegiate victory by posting his best round of the year and matched his career low score set last year … [Read more...]