LAHAINA, MAUI, Hawaii — Buoyed by top-10 efforts from Lee McCoy and Nicholas Reach, the UGA men's golf team finished in third place on Sunday, November 9th, 2014, in the Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational.The Bulldogs shot a final-round 2-under 282 at the Royal Ka'anapali Course to wind up at 4-under 848. Oregon, on the strength of an NCAA-record 30-under 254 in the … [Read more...]
NCAA Women’s Golf: Georgia Regents Climb National Rankings After Team Victory
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Georgia Regents women's golf team is ranked 11th in the nation according to BirdieFire.com and 28th by Golfstat.com after the most recent official NCAA Division I rankings came out for the 2014-15 season. GRU Augusta just won their first tournament of the 2014-15 season on October 14th at the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate GRU Augusta and now they're eyeing … [Read more...]
Jim Owen Wins Second Dave Williams Award for Division III National Coach of the Year
The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) named Oglethorpe men's golf head coach Jim Owen as the winner of the Division III Dave Williams National Coach of the Year Award Friday, marking the second time Owen has won the award in the last three years. During the 2013-14 season, the Stormy Petrel men's golf squad came within just a few strokes of winning their third … [Read more...]
Tech, Georgia win Regional titles; Ga. State, Kennesaw also in NCAA
Four of Georgia’s college golf teams qualified for the NCAA Division I Championship, with Georgia Tech and Georgia both capturing Regional titles. Kennesaw State and Georgia State also earned spots in the NCAA Championship, finishing 2nd in their Regionals. The four Georgia squads will be among the 30 teams going for an NCAA Championship at Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kan., … [Read more...]
Four Georgia College Golf Teams Won Their Conference Tournaments in April to Earn Automatic Bids to the NCAA Tournament
The four conference champions – Georgia Tech, Georgia State, Georgia Southern and Mercer – will compete in the NCAA Regionals, which will be played at six sites May 15-17. Georgia and Kennesaw State will also receive invitations, with all six teams looking to qualify for the NCAA Championship, which is scheduled for May 23-28 in Kansas. Schniederjans leads Jackets to … [Read more...]
Georgia State Wins Sun Belt Men’s Golf Championship
SAUCIER, Miss. – Georgia State won the 2014 Sun Belt Men’s Golf Championship on Wednesday, holding on by one stroke with a pair of clutch putts on the final hole. The Panthers won their seventh conference title in program history and first as a member of the Sun Belt. Junior Damon Stephenson drained a birdie putt in the second to last group on the 18th-hole to shoot a … [Read more...]
Patrick Reed Latest Georgia Winner on PGA Tour
Since the 2013-14 PGA Tour season returned to the U.S. late last year following a brief swing through Asia, Georgia’s contingent of approximately 30 Tour members have enjoyed an unparalleled run of success. Patrick Reed’s wire-to-wire victory in the Humana Challenge made it four victories for golfers with strong ties to Georgia in the last five PGA Tour events. Add four … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Falls to Alabama in NCAA Golf Semifinals
Anders Albertson and Bo Andrews played all square with their opponents Saturday, but Georgia Tech was unable to carry the momentum of its thrilling quarterfinal victory over and fell, 3-0-2, to Alabama in the semifinals of the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship. The Crimson Tide seized momentum early in Saturday’s match and never let go, winning the first three matches … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech’s Albertson Claims Individual Title at ACC Golf Championship
Anders Albertson fired a 4-under-par 68 Sunday, the best score of the day in extremely difficult weather conditions, and held off all challengers to win the individual title at the 60th Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Championship. In earning his first collegiate title, the sophomore from Woodstock, Ga., broke the 54-hole scoring record of 202 set in 2008 by Wake … [Read more...]