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...]
LPGA preview: Stackhouse Looks to Move Up After Solid Sophomore Season
For the first 55 or so years of the LPGA Tour, Georgia was a vital part of the tour’s history, both as the host of a number of tournaments as well being home to some of the top players in women’s professional golf. A tournament played at Sunset Hills in Carrollton was on the schedule of the first official LPGA Tour season in 1950, and Atlanta native Louise Suggs, one of the … [Read more...]
Tour Roundups: Charles Howell Earns Spot in U.S. Open; 4 Georgia PGA pros in PGA Senior
Updates on Georgia golfers from the four primary tours in the U.S.: PGA TOUR: Howell in U.S. Open; Mitchell on hot streak Augusta’s Charles Howell earned a spot in the upcoming U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, tying for ninth in last week’s Byron Nelson Classic to move up from 59th to 56th in the World Golf Rankings. Howell has not played in the U.S. Open since 2012 and … [Read more...]
Brunswick’s Globe-Trotting Katie Burnett Places Second in Australian Event
Since she turned pro in 2012 after completing her collegiate career at South Carolina, Brunswick’s Katie Burnett has held dual membership on the LPGA and Ladies European Tours. While the LPGA has been her primary tour since her rookie season in 2013, Burnett has played an average of seven tournaments a year on the wide-ranging LET, and has been successful enough on … [Read more...]
Katie Burnett ties for second in LPGA event in Hawaii; Almost becomes first Georgia winner in 20 years
The last time a Georgia native won a tournament on the LPGA Tour was 1995 when Tifton’s Nanci Bowen scored a stunning victory in the Nabisco Dinah Shore, one of the tour’s four major championships. The winless stretch of more than two decades almost came to an end last week when Brunswick’s Katie Burnett tied for second in the Lotte Championship in Hawaii, finishing just … [Read more...]
Georgia Native Katie Burnett Runner Up in LOTTE Championship
OAHU, HI, April 16, 2016 – Katie Burnett of Brunswick, Georgia finished runner up in the LOTTE Championship held at Ko Olina Golf Club in Oahu, Hawaii. This is Burnett’s greatest finish, surpassing her ninth place tie at the LOTTE Championship in 2014. Burnett finished the tournament at fifteen under, to tie for second place with In Gee Chun. The leader, Minjee … [Read more...]