BRASELTON, Georgia - The American Junior Golf Association named Chuck Strong, Tournament Chair of the Callaway Golf / Ollie Schniederjans Junior Classic, as the recipient of the 2018 J.R. “Digger” Smith Award, which honors longtime service and dedication to junior golf. Presented annually since 1991, the J.R. “Digger” Smith Award is given to a supporter who is devoted to the … [Read more...]
Georgians To Compete in Champions, LPGA, Web.com Tour Qualifying Finals
Final qualifying for the 2018 Champions, LPGA and Web.com Tours will be played over the next two weeks, and Georgia golfers are entered in the fields of all three events. The Champions Tour qualifying final is scheduled from Nov. 28-Dec.1, with the LPGA holding its final qualifier Nov. 29-Dec. 3. The Web.com will play its final Dec. 7-10. Four players with Georgia ties … [Read more...]
Dori Carter Regains Exempt Status On Lpga Tour; Mariah Stackhouse Ties For 21st In First Qualifying Effort
The final stage of qualifying for the 2017 LPGA Tour included four Georgians in the field, and the 90-hole event concluded with some decidedly mixed results for the four. Valdosta’s Dori Carter regained fully exempt status for the 2017 season, tying for 14th thanks to a 9-under 63 in the fourth round. Rookie pro Mariah Stackhouse of Riverdale tied for 21st, missing a … [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, Augusta women’s teams receive NCAA invitations
The Georgia Lady Bulldogs finished a distant sixth in the SEC Women’s Golf Championship at Greystone CC in Birmingham, ending the 54-hole event 30 strokes behind Alabama’s winning total of 859. The Lady Bulldogs posted scores of 296-296-297 for a 25-over 888 total. They trailed by 10 shots after the first round and by 14 after 36, with Alabama pulling away in the final … [Read more...]
Stackhouse Leads Stanford to NCAA Title
STACKHOUSE – NCAA By: Mike Blum Riverdale’s Mariah Stackhouse lifted Stanford to the NCAA Women’s Championship in Bradenton, F.L., winning the decisive match on the 19th hole to give the Cardinal a 3-2 victory over Baylor. The two teams were tied 2-2 with Stackhouse’s match against the only one left on thecourse. Stackhouse was 2-down with two holes to play after … [Read more...]
Mariah Stackhouse & Ashlan Ramsey Picked for U.S. Curtis Cup Team
Two Georgians are among eight players selected to compete on the 2014 U.S. Curtis Cup team, which will take on a team from Great Britain and Ireland in St. Louis June 6-8. Jonesboro’s Mariah Stackhouse, a sophomore at Stanford, and Milledgeville’s Ashlan Ramsey, a freshman at Clemson, are the two Georgia golfers selected to the team. All eight U.S. picks are current … [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...]