ROME, Ga. — Jenny Bae, a rising senior on the Georgia women’s golf team, turned in a dominant performance en route to winning the Georgia State Golf Association’s Women’s Amateur Championship on Thursday. Bae wrapped up the 54-hole tournament at Coosa Country Club shooting 11-under 205, five strokes clear of the field. Bae was in third place, one shot back of the co-leaders, … [Read more...]
Hung Earns Spot In U.S. Women’s Open Field
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia junior Jo Hua Hung shot 2-under 142 to finish third overall and, more importantly, earn a spot in the field for the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open on Wednesday. Hung birdied three of her last six holes to grab the third in final spot allotted at the Open qualifier contested over three days at Druid Hills Golf Club. It was a banner day for the Bulldogs. In … [Read more...]
GA’s Bae Wins GSGA Match Play Title
FORSYTH, Ga. — Georgia sophomore Jenny Bae defeated Madison Barnett, 5-amd-3, to win the 2020 Georgia State Golf Association (GSGA) Women’s Match Play Championship on Thursday at River Forest Club in Forsyth, Ga. Bae completed dominant run through the three-day event. All told, she covered 81 holes of competition at a combined 13-under. In the championship match, Bae … [Read more...]
Rinko Mitsunaga Wins Georgia Women’s Amateur Championship
Rinko Mitsunaga, who recently completed her collegiate golf career at Georgia, won the Georgia Women’s Amateur Championship on Friday at the Atlanta Athletic Club. She finished the 54-hole event at 4-over 220, two shots ahead of runner up Christyn Carr, and did so with Josh Brewer, her former Georgia coach, serving as her caddy. “I knew this was a course where people weren’t … [Read more...]
Bulldogs Fall To Ole Miss In SEC Semifinals
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Georgia’s run at the SEC Women’s Golf Championships ended with a 3-2 semifinal loss to Ole Miss on Sunday morning. Macy Somoskey made a 2-foot putt on the third extra hole – and 21st overall – of a sudden-death playoff with Rinko Mitsunaga to clinch the win for the Rebels. “It hurts because I think we’re good enough to win it all,” head coach Josh Brewer … [Read more...]
Bulldogs Show Improvement In Arizona
Phoenix, Ariz. — The Georgia women’s golf team continued its steady improvement in the final round of the PING/ASU Invitational on Sunday. The Bulldogs posted a 298, their low score of the 54-hole event, to finish at 898 and in 12th place on the team leaderboard. Freshmen Harmie Constantino and Jo-Hua Hung led Georgia on Sunday with a pair of 2-over 74s. The Bulldogs also … [Read more...]
Linger Longer, Schenkel Tournaments to be Played This Month
Two of the longest-running college tournaments in Georgia will be played March 15-17, with five of the state’s seven Division 1 golf programs competing. The 14th annual Linger Longer Invitational will be played at Reynolds Landing, with the Georgia Bulldogs in the field along with Augusta and co-hosts Mercer and Kennesaw State. The same weekend, Georgia Southern will host … [Read more...]
Three Bulldogs Post Top-20 Finishes In Puerto Rico
RIO MAR, P.R. — Three Georgia Bulldogs notched top-20 individual finishes at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic, which concluded on Tuesday at the Wyndham Rio Mar Golf and Country Club. Freshman Harmie Constantino tied for ninth, junior Gabriela Coello tied for 15th and freshman Jenny Bae tied for 18th to lead Georgia to an eighth-place finish in the team field. “First off, hats … [Read more...]
Kennesaw State Overtakes Georgia as State’s Highest Ranked Women’s Team
Earlier this week, Kennesaw State was the first women’s college golf team in the state to begin its Spring season, with the Owls closing the Fall as the highest ranked team among the state’s six Division 1 programs. Kennesaw was ranked 37th nationally by Golfstat at the end of 2018, with Georgia 41 and Augusta 47. Mercer enters the Spring at 73 and will need to move up to … [Read more...]