ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia women’s golf team will tee off its 2023-24 season on Monday morning with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start at the College of Charleston’s Cougar Classic. The tournament at Yeamans Hall Club will feature 36 holes of play on Monday followed by the final round on Tuesday. Four Georgia’s six competing golfers will be making their debuts as Bulldogs. The lineup … [Read more...]
Jenny Bae Set To Make LPGA Debut
PORTLAND, Ore. — Jenny Bae’s professional career is off to about as good a start as she could have dreamed of, with two victories in her first six starts on the Epson Tour. This weekend, the former Georgia Bulldog will make her LPGA debut in the Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater County Club. “Just being able to have the opportunity to participate in this tournament is a … [Read more...]
Brewer Announces Bulldogs’ 2023-24 Slate
ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia women’s golf team will travel to many extremely familiar locales during its 2023-24 season. The Bulldogs’ schedule, which was released by head coach Josh Brewer on Friday, includes six of the same events as a year ago. The other three tournaments also have been part of Georgia’s slate during Brewer’s 11 seasons in Athens. “We pride ourselves on … [Read more...]
Jenny Bae Earns Second-Straight Epson Tour Win
GUILDERLAND, N.Y. — For the second time in as many weeks, former Georgia Bulldog Jenny Bae won on the Epson Tour event in a sudden-death playoff on Sunday. She earned her second victory as a professional at the Twin Bridges Championship at Pine Haven Golf club. Bae, who was the first- and second-round leader, was tied with Natasha Andrea Ton following Sunday’s final round. … [Read more...]
Jenny Bae Captures First Epson Tour Win
MILFORD, Conn. — In just her second tournament since turning professional, former Georgia Bulldog Jenny Bae won a seven-hole sudden-death playoff enroute to victory at the Epson Tour’s Hartford HealthCare Women’s Championship on Monday. Bae completed the 54-hole tournament, which was extended to Monday by weather delays, in a three-way tie with Ssu-Chia Cheng and Mini Kang … [Read more...]
Bae & Hung Tabbed All-America By Golfweek
ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia fifth-year seniors Jenny Bae and Jo Hua Hung both have been named All-Americans by Golfweek. The publication featured Bae as a first-team honoree and Hung as an honorable mention selection. Bae was named All-America by Golfweek for the third straight season. She finished the 2022-23 campaign ranked No. 5 individually by both Golfweek and GolfStat and … [Read more...]
Dao Earns Spot In U.S. Women’s Open Field
ATHENS, Ga. — Céleste Dao, a senior on the Georgia women’s golf team during the 2022-23 season, qualified for the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open on Wednesday. Dao secured the third and final spot in the qualifier at Duxbury Yacht Club South of Boston. A native of Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, Quebec, Dao shot 6-under 138 over two rounds to finish third among 70 golfers in the field … [Read more...]
Mia Kness Joins Women’s Golf Coaching Staff
STATESBORO – Women's golf coach Mimi Burke announced today that Mia Kness has joined the staff as an assistant coach. Kness helped lead the Eagles to the 2022 Sun Belt Championship by tying for second in the conference championship, her best finish as an Eagle. She was named the 2021-22 Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year and Sun Belt Championship All-Tournament after competing in … [Read more...]
Jenny Bae Wins Juli Inkster Award
DUBLIN, Ohio – Three-time All-American and University of Georgia senior Jenny Bae has been named the recipient of the 2023 Inkster Award Presented by Workday, recognizing the highest ranked women’s Division I (DI) collegiate golfer in her final year of eligibility for the 2022-23 college golf season. The award is named after Juli Inkster, a World Golf Hall-of-Fame member and … [Read more...]