The 2018-19 PGA Tour season has not been a particularly successful one for either Roberto Castro or Ollie Schniederjans, but the two former Georgia Tech standouts flew from Atlanta to Canada on Tuesday with more optimistic outlooks for the next few months. Both players were among four qualifiers Monday at Hawks Ridge for the 2019 U.S. Open, which will be played June 13-16 at … [Read more...]
Strong Field of Georgia College Golfers Highlights Dogwood Invitational
The annual Dogwood Invitational returns to Druid Hills GC with an earlier date this year, with the 2019 tournament scheduled for June 5-8, several weeks earlier than its usual pre July 4th dates. The change moves the Dogwood away from conflicts with other national amateur events, and sets it as the first major amateur tournament of the season following the conclusion of the … [Read more...]
Hawk’s Ridge Hosts U.S. Open Qualifier with More Tour Players in Field
Hawk’s Ridge Golf Club in Ball Ground will host its seventh U.S Open Sectional qualifier Monday, with the 67-plasyer field among the largest and strongest in recent years for an Atlanta area Sectional qualifier. Since 2006, Ansley Golf Club’s Settindown Creek and Hawk’s Ridge have alternated hosting U.S. Open Sectional qualifiers with the exception of 2012, when the River … [Read more...]
Parel Loses Playoff in Biloxi, Andrade Takes Third After Late Bogeys
Augusta’s Scott Parel went seven holes and two days in a playoff to decide the Champions Tour tournament in Biloxi that was scheduled to end Sunday, but all it got him was a fourth runner-up finish over the past 12 months. Parel and eventual winner Kevin Sutherland went five extra holes late Sunday afternoon after tying at 7-under 209. The playoff was halted by darkness and … [Read more...]
Web.com Tour returns to Landings in Savannah for second time
The Web.com Tour returns to the Landings in Savannah for a second year, with the 2019 tournament set for March 28-31 on the Deer Creek course. Last year’s inaugural event produced plenty of final round fireworks, as first year pro Sam Burns out-dueled Alpharetta’s Roberto Castro in a Sunday birdie barrage to win by one shot. Both Burns and Castro are playing on the PGA … [Read more...]
Kuchar Tops Large Field of Georgians in Players Championship
A large contingent of golfers with Georgia ties will compete in the Players Championship, which will be played March 14-17 at TPC Sawgrass outside Jacksonville, returning to its early Spring date after being held in May since 2007. Of the 144 players in the field, 22 have Georgia ties, led by Matt Kuchar (Georgia Tech/St. Simons resident), who won the Players in 2012 and … [Read more...]
Web.com Tour Begins 2019 Schedule with 2 Events in the Bahamas
The 2019 Web.com Tour begins this weekend in the Bahamas with 14 players with ties to Georgia competing in the first of two Sunday-to-Wednesday events in the Bahamas that are part of the 27-tournament schedule. The tour has new events in Florida, Texas and Colorado, replacing tournaments played last year in Mississippi, Cleveland and Jacksonville. He latter two were part of … [Read more...]
PGA Tour Preview: Significant Changes Highlight 2019 Schedule
The 2019 portion of the PGA Tour schedule began with two events in Hawaii, and will be followed by four annual stops in California and one in Arizona, the same as it has for the past two decades. After that, the usually standard sequence of tournaments has been significantly shuffled, along with a number of rules changes that are slightly confusing but not overly impactful. … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Trio Enjoy Profitable Week in Mississippi
Three Georgia Tech golfers, including a pair of rookies, recorded finishes of seventh or better in the PGA Tour event that ended Sunday in Jackson, Miss. Roberto Castro, the veteran of the group, tied for fifth at 14-under 274 along with Anders Albertson, making just his third PGA Tour start. Seth Reeves, Albertson’s recent teammate at Georgia Tech, tied for seventh at 275 … [Read more...]