ATLANTA, Ga. — Amateur Sara Im of Duluth claims the 30th playing of the Georgia Women’s Open Presented by Mizuno with a four-stroke victory over 2012 champion Kendall Wright of Berkeley Lake at Currahee Golf Club in Toccoa. Im, a rising sophomore on the Vanderbilt golf team fired a two-under par 70 on Saturday to put her in a three way tie going into Sunday’s final round with … [Read more...]
UGA Golfer Harmie Constantino Sets Record in Georgia Women’s Open Victory
After six holes in the final round of the Georgia Women’s Open, UGA freshman golfer Harmie Constantino was struggling to match her torrid opening round of 66. Constantino was one of three players to shoot 66 or better in the first round at Achasta GC, matching the score of recent Northwestern graduate Janet Mao, with both players trailing tour pro Emma Jandel, who opened … [Read more...]
Opening 66, Clutch Play Late Lifts Baik to Georgia Women’s Open Victory
After an almost mistake-free first 25 holes in the Georgia Women’s Open,. Ji Eun Baik was cruising with a 6-stroke lead when she suddenly started hitting tee shots on par 3s, 4s and 5s alike in the direction of out of bounds stakes rather than fairways or greens. In the span of seven holes, Baik hit three shots that came to rest within a few feet of being out of bounds and a … [Read more...]
Meagan Wallace Takes Women’s Open in Playoff Over Kaylin Yost
After losing a playoff in the Georgia Women’s Open at Brookfield Country Club, Kaylin Yost can identify with Jordan Spieth’s experience in the 2016 Masters. Like Spieth, Yost held a sizeable lead on the back nine when two ill-timed and poorly hit shots on a par-3 resulted in a quadruple bogey and the loss of her lead. Yost went from four shots ahead to tied after making … [Read more...]
Ashlan Ramsey aims for repeat in Georgia Women’s Open
Club Pro Paolozzi among primary challengers During its 21 years of competition, the Georgia Women’s Open has featured a number of winners in their teens or early 20s who used their victories as springboards to successful stints as college golfers or as part of a path to a future in professional golf. That applies to the tournament’s first winner – Caroline Peek Blaylock in … [Read more...]
Georgia Cards School-Record 13-Under
FRANKLIN, Tenn. --- Georgia women's golf coach Josh Brewer turned 40 on Thursday. On Saturday September 19th, his Bulldogs gave him a belated present – a school-record performance. Georgia fired a 13-under 275 in the second round of the Mason Rudolph Championship at Vanderbilt Legends Club. That bettered the Bulldogs' one-day all-time record of 11-under 277 established in … [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...]