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...]
NCAA Men’s Golf: Augusta Primed For NCAA Championships
STILLWATER, Okla. – The last time the Augusta Jaguars played for the national championship at Karsten Creek Golf Club, they claimed their second consecutive NCAA Division I title. Augusta returns to Oklahoma State’s home course for the 2018 NCAA Championships May 25-30. Augusta is only the second 12th seed ever from a regional to advance to the NCAA Championships. The Jaguars … [Read more...]
Georgia State Men’s Golf Named Academic National Champions by GCAA
ATLANTA - After earning the highest grade point average in program history, the Georgia State men’s golf team has been awarded the Academic National Championship as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America on Wednesday. Georgia State posted the highest overall team GPA for all divisions with a 3.85. A total of 187 teams submitted GPAs of 3.00 or higher to earn … [Read more...]
Chad Wilson Named Georgia State Men’s Golf Coach
ATLANTA – Georgia State Director of Athletics Charlie Cobb and Director of Golf Joe Inman announced the hiring of Chad Wilson as the new men’s golf head coach on Tuesday following a nationwide search. Wilson served as the interim head coach at Coastal Carolina last year and has deep ties to Atlanta junior golf. Wilson spent the last two years at Coastal Carolina, the first … [Read more...]
Georgia State Golf Finishes Season At Baton Rouge Regional
BATON ROUGE – Led by junior Alex Herrmann who finished tied for 12th, Georgia State finished in ninth place at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional at the University Club on Wednesday. The Panthers, making their fourth-straight NCAA Regional appearance, shot a final round 303 to finish at 42-over par. Herrmann birdied his 16th and 17th holes and needed a birdie on his last hole to … [Read more...]
Jags Wrap Season At NCAA Athens Regional
ATHENS, GEORGIA. – May 10, 2017, the Augusta University women’s golf team missed its first trip to the NCAA Championships by five strokes after finishing in ninth place at the NCAA Athens Regional on Wednesday afternoon at the University of Georgia Golf Course. No. 3 Alabama was the highest ranked team in the field and the only team to shoot under par. They won the … [Read more...]
Bulldogs Come In Eighth In Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. --- The 20th-ranked Georgia men’s golf team finished eighth on Sunday in the 39th annual 3M Augusta Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Club. The Bulldogs closed with a 4-under 284 for a tournament total of 8-under 856. Team honors went to Central Florida at 28-under 836. Sophomore Tye Waller paced the Bulldogs on Sunday as he shot a … [Read more...]
Georgia State Head Coach Joe Inman Qualifies for U.S. Senior Open
ATLANTA, GA – Georgia State men’s golf coach Joe Inman shot his age on Monday, a 4-under 68, at White Columns Country Club to earn one of three qualifying spots for the U.S. Senior Open scheduled for Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 11-14. Inman, who was in the first group off in the morning, made five birdies and one bogey to finish in second place. His round … [Read more...]
Three GA Tech Players Qualify for U.S. Amateur Golf
THE FLATS, ATLANTA, G.A. – Two top Georgia Tech golf returnees – Vincent Whaley and Chris Petefish – and incoming freshman Tye Waller have qualified over the past two weeks for the 2015 U.S. Amateur Golf Championship, which will be played Aug, 17-23 in Olympia Fields, Il. Waller (Griffin, Ga.) became the latest to advance on Wednesday, firing rounds of 65-72 to tie for … [Read more...]