MARIETTA, Ga. - Dave Ballard of Roswell was re-elected president of the Georgia State Golf Association for a second one-year term, highlighting the Association's 2016 Annual Meeting held at Cherokee Town Club in Atlanta on Saturday, January 16. Ballard retired from IBM in 2001 after 30 years of service. He has served on many GSGA committees, including Rules and … [Read more...]
Margaret Shirley of Atlanta Wins 2014 GSGA Tommy Barnes Award
MARIETTA, G.A. - In a year that included many dominating performances, Margaret Shirley of Atlanta was selected as the Tommy Barnes Award winner, signifying the Georgia State Golf Association's overall player of the year for 2014. Shirley was honored at the GSGA's Player of the Year Luncheon, held at Cherokee Town Club in Atlanta on January 17, 2015. This past year, how … [Read more...]
Dave Ballard Elected President at GSGA Annual Meeting
MARIETTA, G.A. - Dave Ballard of Roswell was elected president of the Georgia State Golf Association for a two-year term, highlighting the Association's 2015 Annual Meeting held at Cherokee Town Club in Atlanta on Saturday, January 17, 2015. Ballard retired from IBM in 2001 after 30 years of service. He has served on many GSGA committees, including Rules and Competitions, … [Read more...]
Canton Pair Plays with Golf’s Legends at PNC Father/Son Challenge
ATLANTA,GA- Canton residents Michael and John Blanton played a memorable round of golf among the game’s most famous names at the recent PNC Father/Son Challenge, the unique, family-oriented tournament held in Orlando. The championship event was played Dec. 11-14, 20014 at The Ritz Carlton Golf Club at Grand Lakes Resort and won by Bernhard Langer and his son Jason. In … [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...]
Atlanta Athletic Club to host U.S. Amateur Championship
This will be a big year for amateur golf in Georgia, as the U.S. Amateur Championship will be played Aug. 11-17 at the Atlanta Athletic Club. The last time the U.S. Amateur was played in Georgia was 2001, when East Lake Golf Club hosted the event, which began the day after the 2001 PGA Championship concluded at the Athletic Club. Atlanta Athletic Club, which last hosted … [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...]
All six Jackets advance to Deutsche Bank Championship
All six Georgia Tech alumni who qualified for the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs made the cut and advanced to this week’s Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Mass., outside of Boston. Matt Kuchar, who held the lead at The Barclays last weekend after 36 and 54 holes, faltered with a 78 Sunday but still tied for 19th (279, -5) and stands fourth in FedEx Cup points, virtually … [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...]