Karen Paolozzi made some history and two of the Georgia PGA’s top players survived a marathon playoff to highlight the recent Georgia PGA qualifying event for the 2016 PGA Professional National Championship. Seven Georgia PGA members qualified for next year’s national club professional championship, which will be played in late June at Turning Stone Resort in upstate New … [Read more...]
Volvik Ga. Women’s Open back at Brookfield; Paolozzi, Shirley, Haigwood among field
The Volvik Georgia Women’s Open celebrates its 20th birthday this month, with the event back at Roswell’s Brookfield Country Club for the third straight year, with Volvik serving as host for the third time. The tournament will be played July 13-14, with Druid Hills assistant professional Karen Paolozzi returning to defend her title. Paolozzi is one of the country’s top … [Read more...]
Karen Paolozzi edges Jessica Haigwood to win Volvik Georgia Women’s Open
The final round of the Volvik Georgia Women’s Open began with one of the strongest final pairings in tournament history. Roswell’s Jessica Haigwood, coming off a runaway victory in the Judson Collegiate Invitational a few weeks earlier and last year’s Georgia Women’s Open runner-up, began the final round with a slim lead after an opening 68. Karen Paolozzi, who made … [Read more...]
Karen Paolozzi makes history in PGA PNC
The Georgia PGA will not have any representatives in this year’s PGA Championship, but one player from the Section made a lot of news in the recent PGA Professional National Championship, played in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Karen Paolozzi, who recently moved into the Georgia Section as an assistant at Druid Hills Golf Club, became just the second female to make the cut in the … [Read more...]
8 Georgia club pros to compete in national event
Eight Georgia PGA members will be among 312 club professionals competing in this month’s PGA Professional National Championship in Myrtle Beach, S.C., with 20 spots in this year’s PGA Championship on the line. The top 20 finishers in the PNC qualify for the 2014 PGA Championship, which will be played in early August at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. The PGA PNC is … [Read more...]