Three former champions are among the four players who have advanced to the semifinals of the 2019 Georgia PGA Match Play Championship. The semifinals and championship match will be played Sept. 30 at Peachtree GC, with the four semifinalists having won four matches each to make it to Peachtree. The first four rounds were played at courses selected by the competitors, with … [Read more...]
Georgia PGA Championship Back at Sea Island’s Retreat for Third Straight Year
Over the years, the most predictable of the Georgia PGA tournaments has been the Section Championship, which has been played for more than the past two decades on St. Simons Island. The tournament has rotated between the three outstanding courses at Sea Island Golf Club, and will be played for a third straight year at the Retreat course, with the tournament scheduled for … [Read more...]
GSGA Takes Peters Cup 17-15 Behind Seniors, Trio of Rookies
The GSGA team took the lead after the first session of the Peters Cup and held on to defeat the Georgia PGA 17-15 at Harbor Club Sunday and Monday, snapping a 4-match losing streak. After winning four straight times from 2003-09, the GSGA lost the next four competitions against the Georgia PGA, but got some strong efforts from its seniors and several first-time participants … [Read more...]
Jones, Martin Join Ex-Champs Potts, Skinner in Match Play Semifinals
The semifinals of the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship will pit a pair of former champions against two players who are competing in the event for just the second time. Sonny Skinner and David Potts are both past champions of the event, although neither has won during the current format. Both won the tournament when it was played over three days at one site, with Skinner … [Read more...]
Top 3 Seeds Ousted in GPGA Match Play; 4 Ex-Champs Still In
The 2018 Georgia PGA Match Play Championship has reached the quarterfinal round, with the top three seeds all knocked out of the tournament while the number 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 seeds all remain. Shawn Koch and David Potts, both instructors at Country Club of the South and former Match Play champions, defeated the tournament’s top two seeds in the third round, while the No. 3 … [Read more...]
Stachler Survives Shaky Start to Take Berkeley Hills Event in Playoff Over Dixon
University of South Carolina golfer Ryan Stachler began the final round Tuesday in the Championship at Berkeley Hills with back-to-back bogeys, and his day ended after consecutive bogeys on his final two holes. But some bogeys are better than others, and the first and last bogeys Stachler scored in the final round of the Georgia PGA tournament helped produce his first … [Read more...]
GSGA Falls Short at Billy Peters Cup Matches, 16.5 – 15.5
BRASELTON, Ga. - Trailing for most of the day, Team GSGA made a furious comeback but fell just short to the Georgia PGA professionals in the Billy Peters Cup Matches, 16.5-15.5. In an effort to win the competition for the first time since 2009, the GSGA finished day one leading 8.5 -7.5, but a day of singles matches saw the team of professionals prevail. The 41st playing of the … [Read more...]
Amateur Jacob Bayer a winner at Berkeley Hills
Weinhart second, again finishes as low pro Things are becoming predictable in the Championship at Berkeley Hills. For the fourth straight year, an amateur won the Georgia PGA tournament. And for the third time in that span, Tim Weinhart came away with first place money and first place points among the Georgia PGA members in the field. Jacob Bayer, a junior member at … [Read more...]
Bayer wins Championship at Berkeley Hills
Duluth, GA --- Amateur Jacob Bayer of Lawrenceville won the seventh annual Championship at Berkeley Hills presented by Golf GameBook by two shots over eight-time Georgia PGA Player of the Year, Tim Weinhart of the Tim Weinhart Golf Academy at Heritage Golf Links. This is the fourth straight year that an amateur has captured the title. Bayer, who had carded a first round of … [Read more...]