AUGUSTA, Ga. — The valiant comeback effort by Georgia’s Jenny Bae came up just short at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur on Saturday. Bae rallied from a six-shot deficit to force a sudden-death playoff before Rose Zhang, the world’s No. 1 ranked amateur, secured victory on the second extra hole. Bae and Zhang finished 54 holes tied at 9-under 207. Bae closed with a 2-under … [Read more...]
LPGA Tour Returns to Georgia This Week With Event at Great Waters
The LPGA Tour returns to Georgia this week for the first time since 2006, with an event at Reynolds Lake Oconee that that was thrown together at seemingly the last minute. The tournament, which will be known as the LPGA Drive On Championship –Lake Oconee, will be played Thursday through Sunday on the recently renovated Great Waters course. The event will feature a purse of … [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...]
Jags Wrap Season At NCAA Athens Regional
ATHENS, GEORGIA. – May 10, 2017, the Augusta University women’s golf team missed its first trip to the NCAA Championships by five strokes after finishing in ninth place at the NCAA Athens Regional on Wednesday afternoon at the University of Georgia Golf Course. No. 3 Alabama was the highest ranked team in the field and the only team to shoot under par. They won the … [Read more...]
Women’s Golf: Georgia State Finishes 14th at Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational in Hawai’i
O’AHU, Hawai’i – Georgia State shot a final round 310 to finish 14th at the 32nd annual Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational at the Kane’ohe Klipper Golf Course on O’ahu Wednesday. Redshirt-sophomore Emily Royer led the Panthers with a final round 1-over 73 to finish tied for 58th, making a pair of birdies in the final round. Georgia State finished 64-over for the 54-hole … [Read more...]