Sonny Skinner, a former PGA Tour player and a veteran Georgia PGA member, was inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame recently, with the ceremony held at Atlanta Athletic Club. Skinner joins recent Georgia PGA inductees James Mason, Ray Cutright, Stephen Keppler, Lowell Fritz and Richard Crawford, who have joined the GGHOF since 2012. The 57-year-old Skinner was … [Read more...]
Sonny Skinner romps to victory in Georgia PGA Senior Championship
Since he turned 50 in 2010, Sonny Skinner has played some of his best golf in the Georgia PGA Senior Championship, the Section’s qualifier for the national senior club professional championship. Skinner collected his third victory in the event earlier this week, shooting 12-under 132 for 36 holes at Pinetree Country Club to score a decisive 6-stroke victory over James Mason … [Read more...]
Echelon Golf Club to host Yamaha Atlanta Open; Sonny Skinner Shoots for Third Straight Title
The Georgia PGA will hold one of the state’s longest-running tournaments – the Yamaha Atlanta Open - on one of the newer additions to the list of host courses for the state’s top golf events – Echelon Golf Club. The tournament will be played June 13-14 on a course that is a mystery to many in the Atlanta golf community but has developed a reputation as one of the most … [Read more...]
Sonny Skinner to join Georgia Golf Hall of Fame
ATHENS, GEORGIA -- Veteran Georgia PGA member Sonny Skinner of Sylvester will be among the Georgia State Golf Association's 2018 inductees into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame. After competing on the PGA Tour and what is now the Web.com Tour from 1990 to the mid 2000s, Skinner became a full-time member of the Georgia PGA in 2006, and has been one of the top players in the Georgia … [Read more...]
Hatcher and Wagoner Win Pro-Pro Championship
St. Simons Island, GA --- The team of Richard Hatcher and Gus Wagoner from Ansley Golf Club Settingdown Creek in Roswell made 18 birdies and an eagle over 36 holes to capture the Traynor Golf Collection/Mizuno/E-Z-GO Pro-Pro Championship presented by Ernest Sports and Global Golf Sales which was contested on the Sea Island Golf Club’s famed Seaside and Plantation … [Read more...]
PITTMAN CAPTURES GEORGIA SENIOR PGA PROFESSIONAL TITLE
Roswell, GA – Drew Pittman of Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro won the Georgia Senior PGA Professional Championship today at Glen Arven Country Club in Thomasville and will lead 7 Georgia Section PGA Professionals to compete November 17-20, 2016 in the 28th Senior PGA Professional National Championship. The national Championship, presented by Mercedes-Benz … [Read more...]
Seth McCain Defeats Sonny Skinner, Tim Weinhart to Take Match Play Title
The four semifinalists in the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship represented a broad age range, with three of the four in their mid-60s, mid-50s and mid-40s. The fourth member of the quartet was 29-year-old Seth McCain, who stands out in a Georgia PGA Section where almost all the top players are in their 40s, 50s, or in the case of James Mason, his 60s. McCain was also … [Read more...]
McCain Wins Georgia PGA Match Play Championship
Roswell, GA ---Assistant PGA professional, Seth McCain of Jennings Mill Country Club in Bogart won two matches to capture the title today in the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship, which was conducted at the Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta. McCain defeated PGA teaching professional Tim Weinhart 1-up in the first semifinal by making birdies on the final two holes. In the … [Read more...]
Shad Tuten Captures Georgia Open Title
Going to the final round of the Georgia Open at Ford Plantation outside Savannah, former Armstrong Atlantic golfer Shad Tuten had a specific game plan. Tuten, a pro for a little less than a year, began the round three shots off the lead, but was determined to concentrate on his game and pay as little attention as possible to how he stood in relation to the leader. That … [Read more...]