The 2018 Georgia PGA Senior Championship provided a fair representation of the age range and varying experience at the national level of the Section's top senior club professionals. Paul Claxton, who turned 50 earlier this year, tied for first with James Mason, who shot his age of 67 in the final round at Ansley Golf Club's Settindown Creek to match his much younger opponent … [Read more...]
Sonny Skinner romps to victory in Georgia PGA Senior Championship
Since he turned 50 in 2010, Sonny Skinner has played some of his best golf in the Georgia PGA Senior Championship, the Section’s qualifier for the national senior club professional championship. Skinner collected his third victory in the event earlier this week, shooting 12-under 132 for 36 holes at Pinetree Country Club to score a decisive 6-stroke victory over James Mason … [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...]