Orlando, F.L. – Former Georgia Tech All-America golfers Kyle Scott and Richard Werenski have been named to the cast for the 23rd season of Golf Channel’s popular Big Break reality competition series, the television network announced Wednesday. Roommates with fellow competitor Richy Werenski at Georgia Tech, Scott (2009-11), 28, is originally from South Africa and was a late … [Read more...]
Patrick Reed Claims Fourth PGA Tour Title
KAPALUA, Hawaii – In the final round of the 2015 Hyundai Tournament of Champions, former Jaguar men's golfer Patrick Reed shot a 67 to claim his fourth win on the PGA Tour of his young career, joining Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, and Sergio Garcia as the only players in the last 25 years to win four PGA Tour titles before the age of 25. Reed won the 2015 … [Read more...]
Steady Skinner Claims Second Georgia PGA Player of the Year Title
Roswell, GA --- Sonny Skinner, PGA Life Member from Sylvester, claimed his second Georgia PGA Player of the Year title presented by PGA National Resort and Spa and the highly coveted Billy Weir Trophy after a long stretch of outstanding play in 2014. Skinner previously won the Georgia PGA Player of the Year title in 2006. Skinner has become one of the most decorated playing … [Read more...]
NCAA Men’s Golf: Patrick Reed Makes His Mark In Ryder Cup
AUGUSTA, Ga. - The most-watched international golf competition is filled with nerves, tension, nonstop competition, and the best from the United States and Europe battling it out. And in the most recent edition, Jaguar alumnus Patrick Reed made his Ryder Cup debut – and established himself as someone looking to stay awhile. The former All-American and two-time winner on the … [Read more...]
Georgia PGA Championship Belongs to Section Veterans
The first four Georgia PGA individual tournaments of 2014 featured two first-time winners, a second-time winner and an amateur winner, Based on past history, that pattern is likely to change when the state’s top club professionals gather on St. Simons Island for the Georgia PGA Championship, which will be played August 25-27 on Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course. The … [Read more...]
Bubba Watson Ends Winless Drought With Victory In Los Angeles
After winning four tournaments in an almost two-year span from 2010 to 2012, Bubba Watson went nearly two years before scoring his fifth PGA Tour victory. Watson, winless since the 2012 Masters, ended that skid with an impressive triumph in the Los Angeles Open, carding back-to-back 64s on the classic layout at Riviera County Club to edge Dustin Johnson by two … [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...]
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...]
Twenty-something Georgians Making Impact, Quintet First Made Mark as Juniors in Home State
Chris Kirk holding the 2013 McGladrey Classic Trophy, after his win on Sunday, Nov. 10. By Mike Blum Victories by Chris Kirk in the recent McGladrey Classic and Harris English in Mexico put the finishing touches on what was a very successful year for a handful of twenty-something Georgians on the PGA Tour, who first made their names as junior golfers in the … [Read more...]