Chris Kirk put his local knowledge to good use, winning the 2013 McGladrey Classic at Sea Island GC to earn his first ever Masters invitation. Kirk, a member of Georgia’s 2005 NCAA championship team, lived on St. Simons Island for most of his professional career before recently returning to the Atlanta area, where he resided in Woodstock from infancy through his college … [Read more...]
2013 Tour Championship Preview: East Lake a Worthy Home for Tour Championship
By Mike Blum For the first 15 years of its existence, the PGA Tour Championship was a tournament without a permanent home. The season-ending event was played for the first time in 1987 at Oak Hills in San Antonio, and spent the next decade moving from Pebble Beach to Harbour Town to the Champions Club to Pinehurst to the Olympic Club to Southern … [Read more...]
Three Players Qualified for U.S. Womens Mid-Amateur Championship
Qualifiers Name Total Margaret Shirley, Roswell, GA 73 Ashley Rose, North Augusta, S.C. 76 Mercedes Huarte, Suwanee, GA 77 Alternates 1st Brenda Pictor, Marietta, GA 78 * 2nd Lea Venable, Simpsonville, S.C. 78 * * determined in playoff Margaret Shirley of Roswell earned medalist honors and qualified … [Read more...]
All six Jackets advance to Deutsche Bank Championship
All six Georgia Tech alumni who qualified for the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs made the cut and advanced to this week’s Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Mass., outside of Boston. Matt Kuchar, who held the lead at The Barclays last weekend after 36 and 54 holes, faltered with a 78 Sunday but still tied for 19th (279, -5) and stands fourth in FedEx Cup points, virtually … [Read more...]
Woods Again A Heavy Masters Favorite, but Recent Augusta Record Looks Suspect
After winning three times in his first four stroke play starts on the PGA Tour this year, Tiger Woods is a heavy favorite entering the 2013 Masters. Woods is closing in on the all-time victory record held by Sam Snead, and his early success this season is being touted as a sign of things to come in Augusta this month. The case for a fifth green jacket for Tiger will be … [Read more...]
Simpson ‘Shifting Gears’ After Playing Career Ends
After a decade of diligent effort, Tim Simpson achieved the status as a top-10 player on the PGA Tour in 1989 and 1990. But after an ill-fated hunting trip in 1991, Simpson’s thriving professional career turned into an unending episode of the of recent TV series “House,” with Simpson playing the role of a patient with recurring medical problems that plague him for the rest … [Read more...]
Steve McGrath of UGA’s Stadion Classic Named 2012 Web.com Tour Volunteer of the Year
ATHENS, Ga. – The Web.com Tour has selected Steve McGrath of the Stadion Classic at UGA as the recipient of the Tour’s 2012 Volunteer of the Year Award, according to an announcement this week by the PGA TOUR. McGrath has served the past four years as the Co-Chairman of Volunteer Coordination for the Stadion Classic at UGA, a Web.com Tour event that has been played at the UGA … [Read more...]