Both Georgia Tech and Georgia begin the 2019-20 golf season with top-10 rankings, as the two teams aim for a national title with veteran rosters. Despite the loss of All-American Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern has hopes of a return to the NCAA Championship, while the state’s other Division 1 programs hope for better results this season. GEORGIA TECH was ranked fourth in … [Read more...]
Strong Field of Georgia College Golfers Highlights Dogwood Invitational
The annual Dogwood Invitational returns to Druid Hills GC with an earlier date this year, with the 2019 tournament scheduled for June 5-8, several weeks earlier than its usual pre July 4th dates. The change moves the Dogwood away from conflicts with other national amateur events, and sets it as the first major amateur tournament of the season following the conclusion of the … [Read more...]
College round-up: Tech Captures ACC; Southern Loses in Match Play
Georgia Tech won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship to earn a spot in the NCAA Regionals, which will be played May 14-15 at six sites around the country, one of them in Athens at the UGA course. Georgia Southern won the stroke play title of the Sun Belt Conference, but lost in the semifinals of match play and will hope for an at-large bid to Regionals. Georgia … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Begins Spring Schedule Ranked No. 2: Georgia Starts at 22
The Spring college golf schedule has already begin, with Georgia Tech, the state’s highest-ranked team after the Fall season, playing its first 2019 tournament this week in Hawaii. The Yellow Jackets ended the Fall ranked the second in the country in the Golfstat rankings, followed by Georgia at 22. Georgia Southern (43) and Kennesaw State (54) are both in position to earn … [Read more...]
Georgia Golf News: Jones Cup; New Event, Course Change for Augusta National
Golf news from tournaments around the state, including two items from Georgia’s most famous golf course in Augusta: BHATIA EDGES THOMPSOM IN JONES CUP PLAYOFF Akshay Bhatia, the 2018 American Junior Golf Association Player of the Year, won the Jones Cup at Sea Island’s Ocean Forest GC this past weekend, taking a playoff over St. Simons resident and UGA golfer Davis … [Read more...]
Kennesaw State Men’s Golf Finishes Sixth at the Intercollegiate at The Grove
COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. – The Kennesaw State men's golf team placed sixth at the Intercollegiate at The Grove that concluded Tuesday at The Grove Golf Club in College Grove, Tenn. The Owls carded a final round 12-over par 300 to finish the 54-hole event with a 7-over par 571. ASUN Conference rival Liberty captured the team title with a 15-under par 849 total to finish three … [Read more...]
Kennesaw State Men’s Golf Ties for Fifth at Shoal Creek Invitational
SHOAL CREEK, Ala. – The Kennesaw State men's golf team tied for fifth place at the Shoal Creek Invitational that concluded Tuesday at the par-72, 7,300-yard Shoal Creek Country Club in Shoal Creek, Alabama. The Owls concluded the 54-hole event with a 12-over par score of 876 after posting a final-round 7-over par 295. Texas A&M captured the team title with an 8-under par … [Read more...]
Kennesaw State Men’s Golf Finishes 12th at Carpet Capital Collegiate
ROCKY FACE, Ga. – The Kennesaw State men's golf team placed 12th at the 15-team Carpet Capital Collegiate that concluded Sunday at the par-72, 7,178-yard The Farm Golf Club in Rocky Face, Ga. The Owls carded a final-round 10-over par 298 to finish at 22-over par 886 in their 2018-19 season-opener. Tennessee, which tied No. 9 Georgia Tech at 21-under par 843, defeated the … [Read more...]
Mercer Golfer Ball Answers Cherokee’s Challenge to Capture Yamaha Atlanta Open Title
Spencer Ball, a rising junior at Mercer, became the third college golfer to win the Yamaha Atlanta Open in the past six years, holding onto the lead throughout almost the entire final round with a display of quality golf under challenging conditions at Cherokee Town & Country Club. Cherokee, one of the top private clubs in metro Atlanta, was in prime condition for the … [Read more...]