ATHENS, Ga. — Senior Buck Brumlow was named to the 2025 Second Team All-SEC. He was announced by the The Southeastern Conference in its annual Men's Golf Awards, which were recently voted on by the league's 14 head coaches. Brumlow boasts a stroke average of 705, which is the fourth lowest in program history. Throughout his time at Georgia, he has counted 32 of 33 rounds, 25 … [Read more...]
Russell Henley with late charge, big eagle wins Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard for biggest career win
ORLANDO, Fla. — Russell Henley delivered a late charge that would have made Arnold Palmer proud, capped off by chipping in for eagle on the 16th hole to rally with a 2-under 70 at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge on Sunday for the biggest victory of his career. Henley trailed Collin Morikawa by three shots with five holes to play in the Arnold Palmer … [Read more...]
Five UGA Alumni Stand Out at Sentry Tournament of Champions
ATHENS, Ga. — Five former Georgia Bulldog golfers rang in the new year on the Kapalua Resort's Plantation Course with The Sentry Tournament of Champions January 2nd-5th. An extremely exclusive event, The Sentry Tournament of Champions hosts a limited field of golfers who have won events on the PGA tour in the previous year. Among these noteworthy competitors were former … [Read more...]
Thompson Was Building Toward Breakthrough Win
SILVIS, Ill. – Davis Thompson's second year on the PGA Tour had been building up to a breakthrough. The former Georgia All-American and 2021 SEC Player of the Year was playing well in 2024, and playing himself into contention in numerous events, including a pair of runner-up finishes and a top 10 at last month's U.S. Open. Then came last week at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, … [Read more...]
Xander Schauffele Moves to No. 2 Spot with PGA Championship Title
ATLANTA, Ga. – With his victory at the PGA Championship for his first career major championship and first of the 2024 season, Xander Schauffele earned 750 FedExCup points to move to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings. Schauffele’s eighth career victory on the PGA TOUR puts him in position to qualify for his eighth consecutive FedExCup Playoffs finale at the TOUR Championship, … [Read more...]
Chris Kirk named recipient of the PGA TOUR Courage Award
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – The PGA TOUR announced today that Chris Kirk has been named the recipient of the PGA TOUR Courage Award. Kirk, 38, took a leave of absence from the TOUR in May of 2019 to address issues of alcohol abuse and depression. He returned to the TOUR later that year after a break of more than six months, regained exempt status in 2021 through a Major … [Read more...]
FedExCup Playoffs Begin This Week
ATLANTA – The PGA TOUR Regular Season came to a close on Sunday with Lucas Glover winning the Wyndham Championship for his fifth career victory. Only the TOUR’s top 70 players move on to the FedExCup Playoffs, which begin this week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee. The top 50 will move on to the BMW Championship in Chicago before the final 30 earn their … [Read more...]
Georgia alum Chris Kirk picks up huge PGA Tour win at Honda Classic
The last time Chris Kirk won a PGA Tour event, Mark Richt was still Georgia’s head coach. So what was one more playoff hole after waiting nearly eight years to win once again on the PGA Tour. Kirk defeated Eric Cole in a playoff to win The Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida with a winning score of 14-under. “I’m so grateful for my sobriety. I’m so grateful for … [Read more...]
Henley earns first win since 2017 at World Wide Technology
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Russell Henley finally made a bogey, and that's about all that went wrong for him Sunday as he closed with a 1-under 70 for a four-shot victory in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Henley, staked to a six-shot lead going into the final round at El Camaleon, had the lead reduced to three when he missed a 5-foot par putt on the … [Read more...]