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Georgia PGA Adds New Tournament

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The Georgia PGA 2014 schedule features a new tournament for the state’s club professionals, along with an interesting mix of sites for several of the Section’s most prominent events. The new event on the 2014 calendar is the Rivermont Championship, which will be played March 31-April 1 at Rivermont Country Club and will be the first points event on the schedule. The … [Read more...]

Hanzel and Ramsey Share GSGA Player of The Year Award

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Savannah’s Doug Hanzel and Milledgeville’s Ashlan Ramsey were named co-winners of the Tommy Barnes Award as the Georgia State Golf Association’s Players of the Year for 2013. Hanzel finished first in the Senior Men’s division points list, highlighted by his victory in the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship. Hanzel also was low amateur in the U.S. Open and won the Society of … [Read more...]

Margaret Shirley Takes Volvik Ga. Women’s Open

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Scores 3rd win in event with 5-stroke margin... Margaret Shirley’s third Georgia Women’s Open title came in significantly easier fashion than her first two. Shirley, who won the tournament in 2006 and ’08, claimed her third title with a decisive 5-stroke victory in the 2013 Volvik Georgia Women’s Open at Brookfield Country Club. Shirley finished with a 36-hole total of … [Read more...]

Shirley Defeated in Mid-Am Finals

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Three-time Georgia Women’s Open champion Margaret Shirley reached the finals of the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship, losing on the 19th hole in the title match. Shirley, a Cobb County native who is the Manager of Rules and Competition for Atlanta Junior Golf, led 1-up after 16 holes, but three-putted the 17th for bogey against Julia Potter, the medalist in stroke play … [Read more...]