ATLANTA, Ga. – With his victory at the PGA Championship for his first career major championship and first of the 2024 season, Xander Schauffele earned 750 FedExCup points to move to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings. Schauffele’s eighth career victory on the PGA TOUR puts him in position to qualify for his eighth consecutive FedExCup Playoffs finale at the TOUR Championship, … [Read more...]
Quality RSM Classic Field Features Strong Group of International Players
The RSM Classic will be played this week with likely the strongest field in its history, largely due to an influx of international players, (mostly from Europe), who are making the trip from Augusta to St. Simons Island after competing in the Masters last week. This is the 11thyear for the PGA Tour tournament, which is being held from Nov. 19-22 on the Seaside and Plantation … [Read more...]
Patrick Reed, Bubba Watson Top List of Golfers with Georgia Ties in Masters
Of the 90-plus players in the 2020 Masters field, 10 have ties to Georgia, including two former champions who played their college golf in the Peach State and are among the favorites for this week’s event. Heading the list of players with Georgia ties are 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed, who led Augusta State to back-to-back improbable NCAA Championships in 2010 and ’11, … [Read more...]
Strong Field of Georgians Competing for U.S. Open Title at Winged Foot
A total of 16 golfers with ties to Georgia will be among the 144 players competing in this week’s U.S. Open at Winged Foot in the suburbs of New York City. The group of Georgians includes three major champions, two former U.S Open runners-up, a top-10 finisher in the championship last year, two relatively unknown players who have won on the PGA Tour in the past 13 months, … [Read more...]
Brendon Todd, Harris English Off to Best Starts Among Georgians on PGA Tour
It’s barely February and the 2019-20 PGA Tour is already one-third over with 16 tournaments completed and 32 more on the schedule. Other than Brendon Todd and Harris English, this has not been a stellar season so far for most of Georgia’s PGA Tour contingent, but some of the state’s more prominent names are beginning to move up the FedExCup standings after either not playing … [Read more...]
Tyler Duncan Birdies Second Playoff Hole to Win RSM Classic Over Webb Simpson
The 10thRSM Classic was played last week at Sea Island Golf Club, and for the fifth time a player with modest professional credentials emerged with his first PGA Tour victory. Tyler Duncan, a mostly obscure third year PGA Tour member, defeated Webb Simpson, the highest-ranked player in the field, on the second playoff hole to collect his first professional victory after a … [Read more...]
Georgians in RSM Classic: Former champion Chris Kirk Returns After 6-Month Absence
In the first nine editions of the RSM Classic at Sea Island Golf Club, golfers with Georgia ties have won the PGA Tour event four times. Among the winners are two Georgia natives, two current residents and two ex-Georgia Bulldogs. Chris Kirk, who checks all three boxes, is making his PGA Tour return after an absence of more than six months to deal with some personal … [Read more...]
2019-20 PGA Tour Begins with Additions, Changes to Fall Schedule
Less than three weeks after the 2018-19 PGA Tour season ended, the 2019-20 season begins Sept. 12 with one of two tournaments that has moved to the newly expanded Fall schedule. The Greenbrier, which will be the season opener for 2019-20, and the Houston Open, which is set for mid-October, are the new additions to the Fall, along with an event in Japan, which replaces one in … [Read more...]
Players Near Bubble Have 2 Weeks to Qualify for FedExCup Playoffs
With only two weeks remaining in the regular season, some PGA Tour members are scrambling to qualify for the Playoffs, which begin August 8 at Liberty National in Jersey City, N.J., and conclude with the Tour Championship at East Lake August 22-25. The Playoffs events preceding the Tour Championship have been reduced from three to two, with the tournament in Boston … [Read more...]