ATLANTA, Ga. — Luke James, a PGA of America Director of Golf at Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club, won the 90th playing of the Yamaha Atlanta Open presented by Audi Atlanta and Mizuno USA on Tuesday at The Standard Club in Johns Creek. James shot rounds of 75-66 for a 3-under par total to claim his first Georgia PGA Section major championship. James teed off number 10 at … [Read more...]
COLLEGE GOLF PREVIEW: Tech, Georgia Won a Combined 5 Times in the Fall
The 2019-20 college golf season resumes in early February, with Georgia Tech the highest ranked of the state’s Division 1 teams at No. 3 in the Golfstat rankings entering the Spring schedule. Georgia ended the Fall ranked 19thand appears to be the only other state team in line for an at-large berth in the NCAA Championship. Augusta (82) and Georgia Southern (92) are the only … [Read more...]
College roundup: Tech Wins Match Play Event to Conclude Fall Season
The Fall schedule of the 2019-20 college golf season has concluded, with the state’s top team – GeorgiaTech– closing out its Fall campaign with its third victory in four starts. The Yellow Jackets won a match play event at Cypress Point in California, rolling to victories over Cal, UCLA and Duke to capture the 8-team tournament. Tech did not lose a match in the first two … [Read more...]
Owls Finish Tied for 10th at J.T. Poston Invitational
SAPPHIRE VALLEY, N.C. – The Kennesaw State men's golf team took home a tie for 10th place at the J.T. Poston Invitational on Tuesday at the Country Club of Sapphire Valley. "We played a lot of good golf this week and had a lot of par or better scores count," head coach Bryant Odom said. "I am really proud of some of the younger guys for stepping up and posting low scores. … [Read more...]
Tech, Georgia Shoot for NCAA Title with Veteran, Talented Squads
Both Georgia Tech and Georgia begin the 2019-20 golf season with top-10 rankings, as the two teams aim for a national title with veteran rosters. Despite the loss of All-American Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern has hopes of a return to the NCAA Championship, while the state’s other Division 1 programs hope for better results this season. GEORGIA TECH was ranked fourth in … [Read more...]
Hogan Ingram, Sara Im Capture Georgia PGA Junior Championship Titles
Both the Georgia PGA and Georgia State Golf Association held their junior championships recently, with the Georgia PGA playing its Junior Championship at the Legends at Chateau Elan and GSGA playing its Junior Championship at Augusta Country Club, with the girls playing at Harbor Club. Rome’s Hogan Ingram rallied with a pair of late birdies in the final round of the Georgia … [Read more...]
Georgia Southern’s Barron Captures GSGA Title at Athens Country Club
The last three times Athens Country Club hosted the GSGA Championship, the event was won by golfers who were either members of the golf team at UGA or had recently completed their college careers in Athens. That did not happen Sunday in the 2018 Georgia Amateur, as Georgia Southern golfer Brett Barron captured the title in relatively easy fashion, carding four rounds in the … [Read more...]
Suwanee Teen Wins Club Championship
JOHNS CREEK, G.A.--In a remarkable display of maturity and prowess, 14-year old Preston Topper won the golf Club Championship at The Standard Club in John’s Creek recently, besting a field of 17 players in the championship flight, many of them four to five times his young age. Topper fired a three-day total of 10-under par across the 7,000-yard course, including an opening … [Read more...]