Since it was first played in 1995, the Georgia Women’s Open has spotlighted the state’s top female golfers, with many of the prominent women’s competitors in Georgia winning the event during that span. Caroline Blaylock, Diana Ramage, Mariah Stackhouse, Dori Carter and Ashlan Ramsey all made it to the LPGA Tour after winning the tournament, and top amateurs and college … [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...]
Laura Wearn takes Symetra Tour at Atlanta National
Edges tour’s top player with birdie on final hole The Symetra Tour returned to Georgia for the first time since 2012, and had the misfortune of inheriting the rainy weather usually reserved for the Champions Tour event at TPC Sugarloaf. Atlanta’s Champions Tour event enjoyed a rare precipitation-free week in April, but the Symetra tournament was impacted by May showers, … [Read more...]
Symetra Tour to play in May at Atlanta National; Shirley, Paolozzi join Reynolds, Phillips in field
Women’s professional golf has been missing from metro Atlanta for almost a decade, but that will change this month when the Symetra Tour makes a stop at Atlanta National in the North Fulton suburb of Milton. The Gosling’s Dark ‘n Stormy Classic will be played May 19-21 at the highly regarded Pete Dye layout, with the tournament field including a sizeable number of players … [Read more...]
Lightfritz, Meason, Shirley Share GSGA’s Tommy Barnes Award
MARIETTA, Ga. - In a year that included many dominating performances, the winning team at the USGA Women's State Team Championship - Lauren Lightfritz of Suwanee, Emilie Meason of Atlanta and Margaret Shirley of Roswell - was selected as the Tommy Barnes Award winner, signifying the Georgia State Golf Association's overall players of the year for 2015. The trio was was honored … [Read more...]
Georgia Wins Its Fourth USGA Women’s State Team Championship
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – After chasing Florida since the first round, Georgia rallied to win its fourth USGA Women’s State Team Championship, by three strokes, in the 11th edition of the biennial team championship conducted on the par-72, 6,203-yard Dalhousie Golf Club course. All three Georgia players – Lauren Lightfritz, Emilie Meason and Margaret Shirley – contributed to … [Read more...]
Margaret Shirley of Atlanta Wins 2014 GSGA Tommy Barnes Award
MARIETTA, G.A. - In a year that included many dominating performances, Margaret Shirley of Atlanta was selected as the Tommy Barnes Award winner, signifying the Georgia State Golf Association's overall player of the year for 2014. Shirley was honored at the GSGA's Player of the Year Luncheon, held at Cherokee Town Club in Atlanta on January 17, 2015. This past year, how … [Read more...]
Margaret Shirley captures U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur; Avenges Loss in 2013 Finals
Margaret Shirley reached the finals of the 2013 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship, losing in 19 holes in the championship match to Julia Potter, who was the qualifying medalist with Shirley placing 3rd. This year, Shirley was the qualifying medalist with Potter taking third. The two players again made it to the championship match, with Shirley reversing the 2013 … [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...]