The 10thRSM Classic was played last week at Sea Island Golf Club, and for the fifth time a player with modest professional credentials emerged with his first PGA Tour victory. Tyler Duncan, a mostly obscure third year PGA Tour member, defeated Webb Simpson, the highest-ranked player in the field, on the second playoff hole to collect his first professional victory after a … [Read more...]
Georgians in RSM Classic: Former champion Chris Kirk Returns After 6-Month Absence
In the first nine editions of the RSM Classic at Sea Island Golf Club, golfers with Georgia ties have won the PGA Tour event four times. Among the winners are two Georgia natives, two current residents and two ex-Georgia Bulldogs. Chris Kirk, who checks all three boxes, is making his PGA Tour return after an absence of more than six months to deal with some personal … [Read more...]
Matt Kuchar to Conclude Strong Comeback Season in President’s Cup
For former Georgia Tech All-American Matt Kuchar, the 2017-18 PGA Tour season was his least successful this decade, as he fell out of the top 20 in the FedExCup standings for the first time since 2009, sliding all the way to 76that the end of the season. Kuchar followed with perhaps his best ever season in 2018-19, and will close out 2019 with his fifth consecutive … [Read more...]
Brendon Todd Ends Long, Deep Slump with PGA Tour Victory in Bermuda
If you created a chart representing the career of tour pro Brendon Todd, it would resemble the wildest rollercoaster ride at Six Flags. Todd, who has lived in the Atlanta area since playing on the Georgia golf team from 2003 to ’07, ended a deep and lengthy slump Sunday with an impressive win in the inaugural Bermuda Championship. The victory was Todd’s second on the PGA … [Read more...]
2019-20 PGA Tour Begins with Additions, Changes to Fall Schedule
Less than three weeks after the 2018-19 PGA Tour season ended, the 2019-20 season begins Sept. 12 with one of two tournaments that has moved to the newly expanded Fall schedule. The Greenbrier, which will be the season opener for 2019-20, and the Houston Open, which is set for mid-October, are the new additions to the Fall, along with an event in Japan, which replaces one in … [Read more...]
Players Near Bubble Have 2 Weeks to Qualify for FedExCup Playoffs
With only two weeks remaining in the regular season, some PGA Tour members are scrambling to qualify for the Playoffs, which begin August 8 at Liberty National in Jersey City, N.J., and conclude with the Tour Championship at East Lake August 22-25. The Playoffs events preceding the Tour Championship have been reduced from three to two, with the tournament in Boston … [Read more...]
Georgians Hope To Contend as British Open Returns to Northern Ireland
The 2019 British Open enters uncharted territory in more ways than one, as Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland will serve as tournament host for the first time since 1951. The course was the first outside England or Scotland to host golf’s oldest championship, but the event has not returned to Northern Ireland for almost 70 years due to the internal strife within the country … [Read more...]
Matt Kuchar, Kevin Kisner Top Georgia Contenders in PGA Championship
Fewer than half of the approximately 30 players on the PGA Tour qualified for the 2019 PGA Championship, which is being played in May this year (16-19) at New York’s Bethpage Black, the site of two U.S. Opens in 2002 and ’09. After his comeback victory in last month’s Masters, 2002 U.S. Open champion Tiger Woods will draw the lion’s share of attention at the 2019 PGA, with … [Read more...]
Masters preview: McIlroy the Favorite, No Green Jacket for Tiger or Phil
The list of potential 2019 Masters champions is long, with a clear but not overwhelming favorite who comes into the tournament as the game’s hottest player, but who does not have the best relationship with Augusta National. Everything points to a Rory McIlroy victory in Augusta next week. He has finished sixth or better in each of his six starts in PGA Tour stroke play … [Read more...]