The Fall schedule of the 2019-20 college golf season has concluded, with the state’s top team – GeorgiaTech– closing out its Fall campaign with its third victory in four starts. The Yellow Jackets won a match play event at Cypress Point in California, rolling to victories over Cal, UCLA and Duke to capture the 8-team tournament. Tech did not lose a match in the first two … [Read more...]
College roundup: Georgia Tech, Georgia Score Early Season Victories
Both Georgia Tech and Georgia won tournaments in September to get their 2019-20 seasons off to successful starts. Georgia Tech opened its season with a victory in the annual Carpet Capital Collegiate, a tournament hosted by the Yellows Jackets at The Farm outside Dalton. In their next start, Tech tied for first with Baylor in an event played at Olympia Fields in … [Read more...]
Bulldogs Fall To Ole Miss In SEC Semifinals
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Georgia’s run at the SEC Women’s Golf Championships ended with a 3-2 semifinal loss to Ole Miss on Sunday morning. Macy Somoskey made a 2-foot putt on the third extra hole – and 21st overall – of a sudden-death playoff with Rinko Mitsunaga to clinch the win for the Rebels. “It hurts because I think we’re good enough to win it all,” head coach Josh Brewer … [Read more...]
Bulldogs Beat Arkansas To Finish 3rd In LMCC
ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia women’s golf team defeated Arkansas, the defending SEC Champions, in the third-place match of the 47th annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic on Saturday. The Bulldogs bested the Razorbacks, 3-2, behind victories from their three freshmen. “It’s always good to get a win,” head coach Josh Brewer said. “To beat the defending SEC Champions is special. I … [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...]
Linger Longer, Schenkel Tournaments to be Played This Month
Two of the longest-running college tournaments in Georgia will be played March 15-17, with five of the state’s seven Division 1 golf programs competing. The 14th annual Linger Longer Invitational will be played at Reynolds Landing, with the Georgia Bulldogs in the field along with Augusta and co-hosts Mercer and Kennesaw State. The same weekend, Georgia Southern will host … [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...]
Bulldogs’ Future Bright With Five Signees
ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia women’s golf team has signed five prospects – three international standouts and two Georgia natives – to join the program in the future, head coach Josh Brewer announced on Friday. Celeste Dao from Canada, Caterina Don from Italy and Jo-Hua Hung from Taiwan have inked letters-of-intent with Georgia, as have Jenny Bae from Roswell and Caroline Craig … [Read more...]