Bubba Watson, Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar to Represent U.S. When golf makes its return to the Olympics this month, the four-man U.S. team will consist of three players with Georgia ties, two of whom made the squad thanks to the lengthy list of world class players who elected to skip the Games in Rio de Janeiro. The players not competing in Rio have largely overshadowed those … [Read more...]
Roberto Castro Comes Close to First PGA Tour Win
Loses late lead, playoff at Quail Hollow Since his outstanding PGA Tour season in 2013, Roberto Castro has been searching to re-locate the game that landed him in the Tour Championship at East Lake in just his second season in golf’s major leagues. Castro finished 21st in the FedExCup standings in 2013 and seemed headed for a prosperous PGA Tour career after a successful … [Read more...]
Twenty players named to AJGA Junior All-Star Team
BRASELTON, G.A. – The 14th AJGA Junior All-Star Team includes 20 players from 10 states who are recognized as some of the top 12- to 15-year-old golfers in the world during the 2015 season, the American Junior Golf Association announced Wednesday, August 26th, 2015. Specifically designed for boys and girls ages 12-15, AJGA Junior All-Star Series events present opportunities … [Read more...]
ACDS Becomes AJGA Official Partner
BRASELTON, G.A. —American College Development Services, an association that guides student-athletes through their junior careers and prepares them to make the transition to NCAA athletics, will partner with the American Junior Golf Association and support the ACDS Junior All-Star Series beginning in 2016. “At ACDS, we provide student-athletes with the tools necessary to … [Read more...]
Kirk Scores Fourth PGA Tour Victory at Colonial
BY: MIKE BLUM--May 26th, 2015 Chris Kirk has had an affinity for Colonial Country Club and the Ft. Worth, Tex., area since he was a junior at the University of Georgia. Kirk came to Ft. Worth after a stellar junior season on the Georgia golf team, hoping to win the Ben Hogan Award, which is presented to the top collegiate golfer. He intended to turn pro and forego … [Read more...]
Lench Wins the CB&I Boys Championship at Carlton Woods
THE WOODLANDS, T.X. —Gabriel Lench of Lake Mary, Florida, won his first AJGA career tournament wire-to-wire at the CB&I Boys Championship at Carlton Woods with a tournament total of 10-under-par 206. The high school senior shot a final-round even-par 72 on a day where only one other player shot par or better. The weather took a 30-degree swing to the low 40’s from the first … [Read more...]
AJGA: Lench Leads at CB&I Boys Championship
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Gabriel Lench of Lake Mary, Florida, fired a 9-under-par 63 to lead the CB&I Boys Championship at Carlton Woods and in the process, set the Fazio competitive course scoring record. The Lake Mary High School senior also tied an 18-hole tournament scoring record set by Rolex Junior Player of the Year Matthew Rosenfeld in 2001. The score is the … [Read more...]
NCAA Men’s Golf: Jake Marriott Qualifies For 2015 Jones Cup
AUGUSTA, G.A. – GRU Augusta men's golf sophomore Jake Marriott qualified for the Jones Cup Invitational at Ocean Forest Golf Club in Sea Island, Ga., from January 30th – February 1st, 2015, after he tied for the low round with a par-67 in the 2015 Jones Cup Invitational Qualifier on Monday, January 19th, 2015. Marriott tied with Keenan Huskey in the 18-hole stroke play … [Read more...]
Bubba Watson Much More Than One-Hit Wonder
When Bubba Watson won his first Masters in 2012, his victory was generally categorized in the golf media as a one-off triumph by a talented but unorthodox player whose future impact on the game was unlikely to be significant. For most of the next two years, Watson’s record indicated that the assessment of him was accurate, but not entirely complete. Watson was already an … [Read more...]