The 2020 LPGA season began with two tournaments in Florida in January without two native Georgians who have been LPGA Tour members since the early 2010s. Valdosta’s Dori Carter, who played on the LPGA Tour from 2011-19, left the tour after competing in 14 events last season to become an assistant women’s golf coach at Louisville. Brunswick’s Katie Burnett was an LPGA Tour … [Read more...]
Q school roundup: Tim O’Neal Reaches European Tour Finals
Savannah’s Tim O’Nealhas advanced to the finals of qualifying for the 2020 European Tour, making it through first and second stage qualifiers in Portugal and Spain. Atlanta resident Samuel Del Val, like O’Neal a former Georgia Open champion, advanced from a first stage qualifier in England, but missed by two shots of advancing from the same second stage qualifier as O’Neal … [Read more...]
Former UGA Golfers to Play in Symetra Tournament at Atlanta National
The Symetra Tour returns to Atlanta national in the suburbs of north Fulton County for the fourth year, with the 2019 event scheduled for May 9-11 and featuring some new faces in the field after playing their college careers in Athens. Among the players expected to tee it up on the intriguing Pete and P.B. Dye design are Bailey Tardy and Jillian Hollis, who would be closing … [Read more...]
Bulldogs Show Improvement In Arizona
Phoenix, Ariz. — The Georgia women’s golf team continued its steady improvement in the final round of the PING/ASU Invitational on Sunday. The Bulldogs posted a 298, their low score of the 54-hole event, to finish at 898 and in 12th place on the team leaderboard. Freshmen Harmie Constantino and Jo-Hua Hung led Georgia on Sunday with a pair of 2-over 74s. The Bulldogs also … [Read more...]
Kennesaw State Overtakes Georgia as State’s Highest Ranked Women’s Team
Earlier this week, Kennesaw State was the first women’s college golf team in the state to begin its Spring season, with the Owls closing the Fall as the highest ranked team among the state’s six Division 1 programs. Kennesaw was ranked 37th nationally by Golfstat at the end of 2018, with Georgia 41 and Augusta 47. Mercer enters the Spring at 73 and will need to move up to … [Read more...]
Women’s College Preview: Georgia Looks To Rebound After Tough Fall
Georgia has been the state’s dominant women’s college golf team for decades, but after a difficult fall season, the Bulldogs begin the spring ranked behind two teams from the state by Golfstat. After a fall in which they finished last or close to last in three of their four tournaments and placed fourth in their fall finale against a relatively weak field, the Bulldogs are … [Read more...]
Women’s Golf: Bulldogs’ Final Round Washed Out
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Sunday’s final round of the Ladies Fall Intercollegiate ended early as weather conditions forced play to be suspended and eventually abandoned at the Atlanta Athletic Club. Saturday’s second-round standings will serve as the event’s “final” results, with Georgia ending up fourth on the team leaderboard. The Bulldogs led following the first round but … [Read more...]
WGOLF: Bulldogs Finish 11th In ANNIKA
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. — Jillian Hollis finished ninth individually to lead the No. 9 Georgia women’s golf team at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate presented by 3M, which wrapped up on Tuesday. Hollis shot 2- under 214 over the 54 holes at Olympic Hills Golf Club, while the Bulldogs placed 11th in the team field. “It was a great tournament for Jillian,” head coach Josh Brewer said. … [Read more...]
Women’s Golf: Five Bulldogs Begin LPGA Q-School
ATHENS, Ga. — Five representatives of Georgia women’s golf program will open play in the first stage of LPGA Q-School on Thursday. The first of the three stages to earn LPGA status will be a 72-hole tournament in Rancho Mirage, Calif. “It’s the dream of all of our players to one day play professionally on the LPGA Tour,” head coach Josh Brewer said. “We’re here to help them … [Read more...]