With only two weeks remaining in the regular season, some PGA Tour members are scrambling to qualify for the Playoffs, which begin August 8 at Liberty National in Jersey City, N.J., and conclude with the Tour Championship at East Lake August 22-25. The Playoffs events preceding the Tour Championship have been reduced from three to two, with the tournament in Boston … [Read more...]
Tour Roundups: Charles Howell Earns Spot in U.S. Open; 4 Georgia PGA pros in PGA Senior
Updates on Georgia golfers from the four primary tours in the U.S.: PGA TOUR: Howell in U.S. Open; Mitchell on hot streak Augusta’s Charles Howell earned a spot in the upcoming U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, tying for ninth in last week’s Byron Nelson Classic to move up from 59th to 56th in the World Golf Rankings. Howell has not played in the U.S. Open since 2012 and … [Read more...]
Brandt Snedeker reportedly working with Cuscowilla’s John Tillery
Multiple national golf news outlets have reported that PGA TOUR player Brandt Snedeker, currently ranked 26th in world, started working with swing coach John Tillery of the Cuscowilla Golf Academy. Snedeker was previously a long-time student of Butch Harmon. The move expands John Tillery’s incredible list of students to include four of the top 70 tour players in the world … [Read more...]