For almost the past two decades, Craig Stevens has been one of the most consistently successful players in the Georgia PGA Section. Stevens has earned Player of the Year honors three times (2001, 2012 and ’13), won 13 Section points events including three Georgia PGA Championships, two Match Play titles and the 2011 Atlanta Open. Since turning 50 in 2011, Stevens has won … [Read more...]
Stevens Captures Second Georgia Senior PGA Professional Title
Roswell, GA – Craig Stevens of Brookstone Golf Country Club won the Georgia Senior PGA Professional Championship today at Ansley Golf Club’s Settindown Creek Course and will lead 9 Section PGA Professionals to compete October 15-18, in the 27th Senior PGA Professional National Championship. The national Championship, presented by Mercedes-Benz USA, will be conducted at the … [Read more...]
Sonny Skinner scores victory in Yamaha Atlanta Open; Takes a liking to White Columns in initial visit
Until the Yamaha Atlanta Open Pro-Am, which was played the day before the tournament teed off, Sonny Skinner had never played a round of golf at White Columns Country Club, the tournament host. Skinner shot 65 in the Pro-Am to claim low pro honors, then followed with a 65 the next day to lead by two strokes after the opening round. After making 14 birdies in those two … [Read more...]
Yamaha Atlanta Open Final Results
Roswell, GA --- Sonny Skinner, PGA professional from Sylvester won his first Yamaha Atlanta Open presented by Bushnell, Bolle and Chase 54 played at White Columns Country Club in Alpharetta. Skinner shot a final round of two-under par 70 for a two-day total of nine-under par 135, and defeated Bradley Smith, PGA apprentice at Eagles Landing Country Club in Stockbridge by a … [Read more...]
Steady Skinner Claims Second Georgia PGA Player of the Year Title
Roswell, GA --- Sonny Skinner, PGA Life Member from Sylvester, claimed his second Georgia PGA Player of the Year title presented by PGA National Resort and Spa and the highly coveted Billy Weir Trophy after a long stretch of outstanding play in 2014. Skinner previously won the Georgia PGA Player of the Year title in 2006. Skinner has become one of the most decorated playing … [Read more...]
Georgia PGA Championship Belongs to Section Veterans
The first four Georgia PGA individual tournaments of 2014 featured two first-time winners, a second-time winner and an amateur winner, Based on past history, that pattern is likely to change when the state’s top club professionals gather on St. Simons Island for the Georgia PGA Championship, which will be played August 25-27 on Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course. The … [Read more...]
Karen Paolozzi makes history in PGA PNC
The Georgia PGA will not have any representatives in this year’s PGA Championship, but one player from the Section made a lot of news in the recent PGA Professional National Championship, played in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Karen Paolozzi, who recently moved into the Georgia Section as an assistant at Druid Hills Golf Club, became just the second female to make the cut in the … [Read more...]
8 Georgia club pros to compete in national event
Eight Georgia PGA members will be among 312 club professionals competing in this month’s PGA Professional National Championship in Myrtle Beach, S.C., with 20 spots in this year’s PGA Championship on the line. The top 20 finishers in the PNC qualify for the 2014 PGA Championship, which will be played in early August at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. The PGA PNC is … [Read more...]
Kyle Owen scores first Georgia PGA victory
Takes playoff over Skinner at Chicopee Woods After 7 ½ years playing on mini-tours throughout the Southeast, Kyle Owen made the decision to join the club professional ranks, and has been competing in Georgia PGA events since the mid-2000s. Owen, an assistant at Dunwoody Country Club since 2010, enjoyed some success as a tour pro, winning four times. Among his victories was … [Read more...]