The Savannah Golf Championship, originally set for early April, is one of a handful of Korn Ferry Tour tournaments to be re-scheduled, and will played this week at the Landings. The tournament is the next-to-last on the tour’s 2020 schedule, which is being combined with the 2021 schedule to determine the 25 players who will earn PGA Tour cards for the following season. The … [Read more...]
2020 Korn Ferry Tour Preview: Georgians Competing for Spots on PGA Tour
The 2020 Korn Ferry Tour began last month in the Bahamas with a number of Georgia golfers with histories on the tour among those competing for a shot at 25 PGA Tour cards for the 2020-21 season. Two Georgia residents – Augusta’s Henrik Norlander and Atlanta’s Vince Whaley – finished in the top 25 on the 2019 KF money list to qualify for this season’s PGA Tour. Two others - … [Read more...]
Henrik Norlander Wins 5-Way Playoff in Wichita; Earns Return to PGA Tour
Former Augusta State standout Henrik Norlander will get a third shot at the PGA Tour in 2019-20 after a playoff victory Monday in Wichita on the tour Norlander has called home for most of his professional career. Norlander scored his second victory on what was known until a week ago as the Web.com Tour, which is now playing under the name of a sixth corporate sponsor since … [Read more...]
Web.com Tour returns to Landings in Savannah for second time
The Web.com Tour returns to the Landings in Savannah for a second year, with the 2019 tournament set for March 28-31 on the Deer Creek course. Last year’s inaugural event produced plenty of final round fireworks, as first year pro Sam Burns out-dueled Alpharetta’s Roberto Castro in a Sunday birdie barrage to win by one shot. Both Burns and Castro are playing on the PGA … [Read more...]
Web.com Tour Begins 2019 Schedule with 2 Events in the Bahamas
The 2019 Web.com Tour begins this weekend in the Bahamas with 14 players with ties to Georgia competing in the first of two Sunday-to-Wednesday events in the Bahamas that are part of the 27-tournament schedule. The tour has new events in Florida, Texas and Colorado, replacing tournaments played last year in Mississippi, Cleveland and Jacksonville. He latter two were part of … [Read more...]
Weaver, McCoy Among Georgians to Qualify for Web.com Tour
Five golfers with ties to Georgia were among 49 players who earned full Web.com Tour status for the outset of the 2019 season with top-40 finishes in the tour’s qualifying tournament, which ended Sunday in Arizona. The Georgia qualifiers were former Georgia Tech golfers Paul Haley and Vince Whaley, recent UGA standout Lee McCoy, Atlanta resident Drew Weaver and St. Simons … [Read more...]
Beck, Whaley Among Georgians to Advance in Web.com Tour Qualifying
Two dozen golfers with ties to Georgia advanced from the first stage of qualifying for the 2019 Web.com Tour, with one of the qualifiers played at Callaway Gardens. The qualifier at Callaway Gardens was played as Hurricane Michael roared through south Georgia recently, but it ended on time, unlike a qualifier in North Carolina, which ended one day late and required 54 holes … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Golf Ties for 7th at ACC Championship
Clinton, S.C. – Senior Vincent Whaley shot a pair of 74s Saturday and completed the best finish of his career in the conference championship, but Georgia Tech was unable to gain any traction on the field and finished in a tie for seventh place at the 64thAtlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Championship at Musgrove Mill Golf Club. Because of inclement and possibly … [Read more...]
Augustans Parel & Taylor Among Georgians on Web.com Tour
The 2014 Web.com Tour begins in South America in February, and will make just one stop in Georgia for the first time since 2006. From 2007-13, the tour schedule included events in Valdosta and Athens, but the University of Georgia elected not to continue its tournament, which was played for four years at Jennings Mill just outside Athens before moving to the University … [Read more...]