Seven Georgia PGA members will be in the field for the 2018 PGA Professional Championship, the national championship for the country’s club professionals, with the tournament set for June 17-20 at the Bayonet and Black Horse courses in Seaside, Calif. Eight members of the Georgia PGA Section qualified for the championship, but Woodmont instructor Craig Stevens, who has … [Read more...]
Mercer Golfer Ball Answers Cherokee’s Challenge to Capture Yamaha Atlanta Open Title
Spencer Ball, a rising junior at Mercer, became the third college golfer to win the Yamaha Atlanta Open in the past six years, holding onto the lead throughout almost the entire final round with a display of quality golf under challenging conditions at Cherokee Town & Country Club. Cherokee, one of the top private clubs in metro Atlanta, was in prime condition for the … [Read more...]
Paul Claxton Edges Nathan Williams To Win Georgia PGA Event at Chattahoochee
After opening with a 7-under 65 to take the lead in the inaugural Milton Martin Honda Classic at Gainesville’s Chattahoochee GC earlier this week, Paul Claxton appeared to be in position to roll to a third straight victory in a Georgia PGA event. As it turned out, Claxton won his third consecutive Georgia PGA tournament, but the victory did not come easily, as Chattahoochee … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Golf Runner-up at Maui Jim Invitational
Carefree, Ariz. – Georgia Tech posted a 7-under-par 281 Sunday, its best round of the weekend, but came up a stroke shy of its second victory of the fall to finish second, and Tyler Strafaci and Noah Norton posted top-10 finishes at second annual Maui Jim Invitational, which begins Friday at Desert Forest Golf Club. TECH LINEUP – Sophomore Andy Ogletree (Little Rock, Miss.) … [Read more...]
Kyle Owen scores first Georgia PGA victory
Takes playoff over Skinner at Chicopee Woods After 7 ½ years playing on mini-tours throughout the Southeast, Kyle Owen made the decision to join the club professional ranks, and has been competing in Georgia PGA events since the mid-2000s. Owen, an assistant at Dunwoody Country Club since 2010, enjoyed some success as a tour pro, winning four times. Among his victories was … [Read more...]