The Champions Tour returns to TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth next month for the seventh Mitsubishi Electric Classic, and there’s little question who has been the tournament’s leading man in its relatively brief history. Germany’s Bernhard Langer won the first Champions Tour event at Sugarloaf in 2013, and has finished second in four of the five tournaments since, placing 11th in … [Read more...]
Stackhouse on the Rise with Recent Stretch of Excellent Play
In just her second season on the LPGA Tour, Riverdale's Mariah Stackhouse is well on the way to establishing herself as one of the tour's top young American players. On the strength of a pair of top-10 finishes in June, one of them, Stackhouse has moved up to 55th on the LPGA money list with earnings of more than $205,000. After playing well enough in her rookie season last … [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...]
Volvik Inks Bubba Watson to Play Different Color Golf Balls on PGA TOUR
Volvik announced January 4, 2017 that Bubba Watson has officially signed a multi-year deal to play and endorse the company’s line of extreme performance golf balls. Watson is set to choose from three different color Volvik golf balls, starting with their pink, pearl blue/white and green versions of their S4 4-piece, 105-compression golf ball. "I was naturally intrigued by … [Read more...]
New Coaching Staff to Georgia Southern Women’s Golf
STATESBORO, G.A. – Georgia Southern women's golf coach Emily Kuhfeld announced today that Kortnie Maxoutopoulis and Elin Arvidsson have joined her first coaching staff. Maxoutopoulis will be a graduate assistant, and Arvidsson will serve as a volunteer assistant coach. Maxoutopoulis played three seasons at Texas Christian University after completing her freshman campaign at … [Read more...]
PING Junior Solheim Cup Team USA roster finalized
Braselton, GA—Team USA’s PING Junior Solheim Cup roster was finalized Tuesday (August 11th, 2015) as Kristen Gillman of Austin, Texas, and Haley Moore of Escondido, California, were selected by Team USA Captain JoAnne Carner and Assistant Captain Katie Tahara. Gillman and Moore join Sierra Brooks of Sorrento, Florida, Hailee Cooper of Montgomery, Texas, Mariel Galdiano of … [Read more...]
Minjee Lee Clinches First LPGA Tour Victory on Her ‘Journey to Better’
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – May 19, 2015 – XXIO®, Srixon® and Cleveland® Golf congratulate staffer Minjee Lee for her victory at the 2015 Kingsmill Championship held at the Kingsmill Resort’s River Course, in Williamsburg, Virginia. The 18-year-old Australian captured her first LPGA title in a Monday finish after making five birdies and an eagle for a four-stroke lead during … [Read more...]
Srixon Signs Women’s No. 1 World Amateur
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – December 15, 2014 – Srixon® is pleased to announce that amateur sensation Minjee Lee has agreed to terms on a multi-year contract. No additional details regarding the contract were made available. The eighteen-year-old Australian became the number one ranked amateur golfer in February of 2014 after winning the Oates Victorian Open on the ALPG Tour … [Read more...]
Women’s College Golf Preview Top Georgia Talent Leaving State
For more than three decades, women’s college golf in the state was pretty much confined to Athens, with the Lady Bulldogs a consistent contender at the national level. Georgia won the NCAA Championship in 2001 and made runs at the national title on several other occasions. But the Lady Bulldogs haven’t had a top-10 finish in the NCAA Championship since 2008, and haven’t been … [Read more...]