EATONTON, Ga. --- Hannah Mae Deems of Taylorsville defeated Caroline Craig of Sautee Nacoochee (5 and 4) to win the Georgia Women's Match Play Championship, while Georgia Golf Hall of Famer Laura Coble of Augusta beat Betsy Butler of Atlanta (5 and 3) to win the Senior Women's Match Play title. The final match saw Deems take a 1-up lead after two holes before going all … [Read more...]
Meagan Wallace Takes Women’s Open in Playoff Over Kaylin Yost
After losing a playoff in the Georgia Women’s Open at Brookfield Country Club, Kaylin Yost can identify with Jordan Spieth’s experience in the 2016 Masters. Like Spieth, Yost held a sizeable lead on the back nine when two ill-timed and poorly hit shots on a par-3 resulted in a quadruple bogey and the loss of her lead. Yost went from four shots ahead to tied after making … [Read more...]
Wallace Wins Georgia Women’s Open
Roswell, GA --- Meagan Wallace, of Charlotte, NC playing in just her second tournament as a professional carded a final round of 2-under par 70 for a championship total of 6-under par 138 to win the Georgia Women’s Open in a playoff over professional Kaylin Yost of Kennesaw. Wallace birdied the first playoff hole for the victory. Wallace started the day two shots behind … [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...]
Lightfritz, Meason, Shirley Share GSGA’s Tommy Barnes Award
MARIETTA, Ga. - In a year that included many dominating performances, the winning team at the USGA Women's State Team Championship - Lauren Lightfritz of Suwanee, Emilie Meason of Atlanta and Margaret Shirley of Roswell - was selected as the Tommy Barnes Award winner, signifying the Georgia State Golf Association's overall players of the year for 2015. The trio was was honored … [Read more...]
Georgia Falls to South Carolina at GA-SC Girls’ Junior Challenge Match
AIKEN, S.C. - Georgia falls to South Carolina, 11 1/2 to 12 1/2, at the Georgia-South Carolina Girls' Junior Challenge Match. The 10th playing of this competition took place at Palmetto Golf Club, July 25-26, 2015. The first match of day two resulted in a point and a half being awarded to each team, as Georgia's Alissa Yang of Norcross split with South Carolina's Victoria … [Read more...]
Lauren Lightfritz Wins Georgia Girls’ Championship
ROME, G.A. --- Heading into the final round of the Georgia Girls' Championship, 36-hole leader Lauren Lightfritz of Suwanee was in new territory. A two-day total of 139 (5-under-par) was the lowest score she had ever posted in a tournament. But Lightfritz was rock solid for a third-straight day and took home the title after posting a final-round 73 for a total of 212 on June … [Read more...]
Mitsunaga Win Headlines Strong Day For Georgia Golfers
ATLANTA, G.A. --- Rinko Mitsunaga, who will be a freshman on the Georgia women's golf team this fall, defeated Payton Schanen, 3-and-2, to win the Georgia Women's Match Play Championship at the Piedmont Driving Club on Thursday (June 11th, 2015). Mitsunaga's performance highlighted a full day of results for past, present and future Bulldogs also competing in the GSGA Match … [Read more...]