EL PASO, Texas --- Georgia’s Spencer Ralston finished as the runner-up in the Sun Bowl Marathon All-America Golf Classic at El Paso Country Club on Tuesday. Ralston, a junior from Gainesville, Ga., fell to Oklahoma’s Quade Cummins in sudden death as Cummins made birdie on the par-4, 420-yard first hole. Tuesday’s result marks the third runner-up finish in Ralston’s … [Read more...]
Bulldogs Finish Sixth In Ka‘anapali Invitational
LAHAINA, Hawaii --- The No. 11-ranked Georgia men’s golf team completed the fall portion of its schedule on Sunday with a sixth-place finish in the Ka‘anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational. Playing the Royal Ka‘anapali Golf Course’s par-71, 6,700-yard layout on Maui, the Bulldogs posted a 7-under 277 in the final round to wind up at 25-under 827 for the tournament. Team … [Read more...]
Ralston Invited To Play In All-America Golf Classic
ATHENS, Ga. --- Georgia junior Spencer Ralston has been invited to participate in the 2018 Sun Bowl Marathon All-America Golf Classic Nov. 18-20 at the El Paso Country Club in Texas. The Sun Bowl Marathon All-America Golf Classic will open with the Titleist long drive and PING putting contests on Nov. 18. The first and second rounds of stroke play are slated for Nov. 19, … [Read more...]
Bulldogs, Phillips Second As Rain Wipes Out Final Round
CHOUDRANT, La. --- Heavy rain and poor course conditions forced the cancelation of the final round of the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate on Tuesday, leaving Georgia and freshman Trent Phillips second in the team and individual competitions, respectively. Georgia finished as the runner-up at 18-under 558 with rounds of 10-under 278 and 8-under 280 on Monday at Squire Creek Country … [Read more...]
Phillips Stays In The 60s For Georgia
FORT WORTH, Texas --- Georgia freshman Trent Phillips continued his streak of consecutive rounds in the 60s to start his career during the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational on Sunday. Phillips carded a 1-under 69 in the first round of the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational being played on the par-70, 7,204-yard layout at Colonial Country Club. Phillips stands fifth … [Read more...]
Georgia and Georgia Tech Open Fall Schedules with Runner-up Finishes
The Georgia and Georgia Tech golf teams opened their 2018 Fall schedules with runner-up finishes, with the Yellow Jackets losing in a playoff in an event they host annually at The Farm outside Dalton. Georgia opened its season with a second place finish in the Carmel Cup, which was played at Pebble Beach Golf Links with an 8-team field consisting of four schools from both … [Read more...]
Georgia Southern’s Barron Captures GSGA Title at Athens Country Club
The last three times Athens Country Club hosted the GSGA Championship, the event was won by golfers who were either members of the golf team at UGA or had recently completed their college careers in Athens. That did not happen Sunday in the 2018 Georgia Amateur, as Georgia Southern golfer Brett Barron captured the title in relatively easy fashion, carding four rounds in the … [Read more...]
Ralston, Phillips Pace Bulldogs In Mason Rudolph Championship
FRANKLIN, Tenn. --- Sophomores Spencer Ralston and Trevor Phillips registered top-7 individual finishes on Sunday to highlight Georgia’s showing in the Mason Rudolph Championship. Playing the Vanderbilt Legends Club’s South Course (par 71, 7,100 yards), Ralston came in fourth at even-par 213 and Phillips took seventh at 2-over 215. Ralston registered his fourth consecutive … [Read more...]
Bulldogs, Ralston Finish Second In LLI
GREENSBORO, Ga. --- The Georgia men’s golf team finished second for the third consecutive tournament on Tuesday as play concluded in the 13th annual Linger Longer Invitational. The Bulldogs landed at 22-under 842 at Reynolds Lake Oconee on the Great Waters course (par-72, 7,073 yards), just two shots behind Alabama’s 844. Georgia closed with a 4-under 284 on Tuesday. The … [Read more...]