ATLANTA - After earning the highest grade point average in program history, the Georgia State men’s golf team has been awarded the Academic National Championship as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America on Wednesday. Georgia State posted the highest overall team GPA for all divisions with a 3.85. A total of 187 teams submitted GPAs of 3.00 or higher to earn … [Read more...]
Justin Connelly wins Georgia Amateur with record-breaking score
When the Georgia Amateur was first played at Augusta’s West Lake CC in 1980, the winning 72-hole score was 1-under par 287. The next time the club hosted the Georgia State Golf Association’s championship event was 2000, and the winning score that time was 2-under 286. The Georgia Amateur returned to West Lake for a third time last week, with the course playing to a par … [Read more...]
Five Georgia State Women’s Golfers Named All-American Scholars by WGCA
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholars were announced earlier this week with five members of the Georgia State team earning recognition. Recent graduates Solene LeCoz and Jooeun Bae, along with rising juniors Jemima Gregson and Emily Royer and rising sophomore Harmanprit Kaur all received honors. A total of 952 … [Read more...]
Chad Wilson Named Georgia State Men’s Golf Coach
ATLANTA – Georgia State Director of Athletics Charlie Cobb and Director of Golf Joe Inman announced the hiring of Chad Wilson as the new men’s golf head coach on Tuesday following a nationwide search. Wilson served as the interim head coach at Coastal Carolina last year and has deep ties to Atlanta junior golf. Wilson spent the last two years at Coastal Carolina, the first … [Read more...]
Georgia State’s Inman Named Director of Golf; Head Coach Search Underway
ATLANTA – After nine successful years as the head coach for the Georgia State men’s golf team, Joe Inman has been named the Director of Golf as announced by Director of Athletics Charlie Cobb on Tuesday. A national search for a new head coach will begin immediately. Inman just led the Panthers to a fourth-straight NCAA Regional appearance and fifth during his tenure. He was … [Read more...]
Georgia State Golf Finishes Season At Baton Rouge Regional
BATON ROUGE – Led by junior Alex Herrmann who finished tied for 12th, Georgia State finished in ninth place at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional at the University Club on Wednesday. The Panthers, making their fourth-straight NCAA Regional appearance, shot a final round 303 to finish at 42-over par. Herrmann birdied his 16th and 17th holes and needed a birdie on his last hole to … [Read more...]
Georgia State Defeats Georgia Southern to Win Sun Belt Championship
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. – With a clutch 12-foot putt on the 18th hole, junior Alex Herrmann clinched his match to give Georgia State a 3-2 win over Georgia Southern and the Sun Belt Conference Men’s Golf Championship on Tuesday afternoon. The Panthers won their eighth conference championship overall and second Sun Belt title since 2014. Georgia State will now return to NCAA … [Read more...]
Georgia State Finishes Runner-up at Sun Belt Conference Women’s Golf Championship
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. – With four golfers finishing among the top 12, the Georgia State women’s golf team finished in second-place at the Sun Belt Conference Championship at the RTJ-Fighting Joe Course on Wednesday. The Panthers shot a final round 6-over 294 to finish at 19-over par and just five strokes behind champion Troy. Georgia State shot three of its six-lowest rounds … [Read more...]
Georgia State Golf: Max Herrmann Ties for Eighth, Panthers Finish Ninth 3M Augusta Invitational
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Led by junior Max Herrmann’s tie for eighth place, Georgia State finished ninth at the 3M Augusta Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Club on Sunday. Herrmann shot a third-straight 2-under 70 to lead the Panthers to a 2-under 286 in the final round of the 54-hole event. For Herrmann, it was this third-straight top 12 finish as he finished at 6-under par. … [Read more...]