The LPGA Tour returns to Georgia this week for the first time since 2006, with an event at Reynolds Lake Oconee that that was thrown together at seemingly the last minute. The tournament, which will be known as the LPGA Drive On Championship –Lake Oconee, will be played Thursday through Sunday on the recently renovated Great Waters course. The event will feature a purse of … [Read more...]
2020 LPGA Preview: Mariah Stackhouse Lone Remaining Georgia Native on Tour
The 2020 LPGA season began with two tournaments in Florida in January without two native Georgians who have been LPGA Tour members since the early 2010s. Valdosta’s Dori Carter, who played on the LPGA Tour from 2011-19, left the tour after competing in 14 events last season to become an assistant women’s golf coach at Louisville. Brunswick’s Katie Burnett was an LPGA Tour … [Read more...]
Q school roundup: Tim O’Neal Reaches European Tour Finals
Savannah’s Tim O’Nealhas advanced to the finals of qualifying for the 2020 European Tour, making it through first and second stage qualifiers in Portugal and Spain. Atlanta resident Samuel Del Val, like O’Neal a former Georgia Open champion, advanced from a first stage qualifier in England, but missed by two shots of advancing from the same second stage qualifier as O’Neal … [Read more...]
Former UGA Golfers to Play in Symetra Tournament at Atlanta National
The Symetra Tour returns to Atlanta national in the suburbs of north Fulton County for the fourth year, with the 2019 event scheduled for May 9-11 and featuring some new faces in the field after playing their college careers in Athens. Among the players expected to tee it up on the intriguing Pete and P.B. Dye design are Bailey Tardy and Jillian Hollis, who would be closing … [Read more...]
U.S. Women’s Open Sectional Qualifying Results
Qualifiers: Score: Madelene Sagstrom, Sweden 136 Jackie Stoelting, Veto Beach, Fla. 140 * Alternates : Score: 1. Madeleine Sheils, Boise, Idaho 140 * 2. Min Seo Kwak, Republic of Korea 141 * * determined in playoff Madelene Sagstrom, a … [Read more...]