The Georgia State Golf Association is dedicated to promoting and preserving the traditions and integrity of golf in Georgia and to enhance its enjoyment.
All of us at the GSGA are deeply saddened by the tragic events that occurred earlier today at Pinetree CC. Our thoughts and prayers are with Gene Siller’s family and friends. 🙏
It is with great sadness we share that longtime GSGA team member C. Layne Williams has passed away.
The Williams family and all who knew Layne are in our thoughts and prayers.🙏⛳
What an incredible day of golf at Planterra Ridge GC! Jack Larkin and Sonny Skinner tied for medalist honors and John Smoltz secured the third qualifying spot in a playoff! Good luck in the
#USSeniorOpen
!
Final Leaderboard ➡️
🏆 HISTORY MADE 🏆
Allow us to introduce the 100th
#GeorgiaAmateur
Champion - Harris Barth of Atlanta!
Barth is the first high school player to win the Robert H. Martin Trophy since Colin Bowles in 2016!
Congratulations Harris! 👏
𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣 🇺🇸 🏆
Rusty Strawn of McDonough is the 2022 U.S. Senior Amateur Champion!
Strawn is the 4th Georgian 🍑 to claim the
#USSeniorAm
joining Bill Ploeger (1999), Doug Hanzel (2013) and Bob Royak (2019)!
Congratulations Rusty 👏
📸
@USGA
🚨HOLE-IN-ONE🚨
Congrats to Will Kahlstorf of Watkinsville on his ace earlier today on the par-3 7th at Cherokee Town & CC (North) during Rd. 2 of the
#GeorgiaAmateur
!
👏
Y’all are going to the U.S. Open!⛳️💪🏽
🥇Gordon Sargent (a); Medalist, Birmingham, Ala. (-13)
🥈Kyle Mueller, Athens, Ga. (-11)
🥈JJ Grey, England (-11)
@usopengolf
#GolfsLongestDay
Final Results⬇️
The 🍑 State will be well represented at the 2019 NCAA Men's Golf Championship!
Congrats to
@UGAGolf
,
@GTGolf
and
@GaSouthernGolf
on advancing out of regionals and keeping their championship hopes alive!
Congrats to 4 out of our 5 qualifiers for the
@usopengolf
!
⛳ Davis Shore, Knoxville, TN
⛳ Hayden Buckley, Tupelo, MS
⛳ Greyson Sigg, Augusta, GA
⛳ Spencer Ralston (a), Gainesville, GA
Thanks to Piedmont Driving Club for hosting
#GolfsLongestDay
👏
What a ride for
@_bencarr
of Columbus at the
#USAmateur
!
It was fun watching you on the biggest stage in amateur golf and show that competitive fire! You certainly made all your family, friends and everyone in the Peach State proud 🍑
📸 via
@USGA
Congratulations to our fearless leader, Matt Vanderpool, on being elected president of the International Association of Golf Administrators yesterday at
#IAGA22
! He is the third GSGA Executive Director/CEO to be elected joining Steve Mona (1990) and Mike Waldron (2003)! 👏
𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🇺🇸🏆
Say hello to the newest
@USGA
champions from the 🍑 State 👋
Congratulations to Thienna Huynh and Sara Im on winning the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship!
#USWFourBall
Two great players and even better people! 👏
📸: USGA
In case you missed it, a big announcement was made yesterday...
Here is the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Class of 2020:
⛳ David Noll, Jr.
⛳ Brenda Pictor
⛳ Mike Waldron
⛳ Tim Weinhart
👏
We want to send a special thank you to
@Turf_Joe32
and his staff for all of their hard work the past few days!
They did an incredible job getting Druid Hills back in great shape for the
@uswomensopen
qualifier after heavy rains and a nearby 🌪!
👀
Wilson Andress and Colin Bowles roll in 6️⃣ birdies on the back nine to fire a 10-under-par 6️⃣0️⃣ to move into 2nd at -15 overall!
They tie
@GaSouthernGolf
teammates Ben Carr and Jake Maples for low round of the
#GSGA4BallC
so far!
Congrats to the six players who qualified for the
#USWomensAm
today at Woodmont G&CC! 🇺🇸
1️⃣. Jenny Bae (-5)
2️⃣. Auston Kim (-4)
Megan Schofill (-4)
4️⃣. Kimberly Shen (-3)
Mikayla Dubnik (-3)
6️⃣. Emerson Blair (-2)
Good luck in New York! 👏
🏆 CHAMPION 🏆
Congratulations to Justin Connelly on capturing the 32nd Georgia Public Links Championship at
@ChateauElanGolf
!
Justin joins Allen Doyle and Rick Cloninger as the only players to win both the
#GeorgiaAmateur
and
#GSGAPubLinks
!
👏
@udaman14
A wonderful evening at
@AtlantaAthClub
for the
#GeorgiaGolfHallofFame
Member's Dinner! We are excited to welcome the Class of 2018 tomorrow night which includes Stephen Hamblin, Martha Stacy Leach, Sonny Skinner, and Wright Waddell!
Congratulations to
@Chriscupit
on receiving the 2023 Bill Todd Award, which is the highest honor for a GSGA volunteer! 🎉
Thank you for your service to the GSGA and the game ⛳️
🏆 NATIONAL CHAMPION 🏆
Bob Royak of Alpharetta defeats Roger Newsom of Virginia Beach, Va. 1⃣-up to become the 2019 U.S. Senior Amateur Champion!
@USGA
#RoyakWatch
Happy First Day of Summer! Celebrating with a
#TBT
of David Denham winning the
#GeorgiaAmateur
at Athens Country Club in 2004! We'll be back 3 weeks from today for the 97th edition!
Congratulations to Bob Royak on becoming the 65th U.S. Senior Amateur Champion! 🏆💪⛳️
He is the third Georgian to win the championship since 1999 joining
#GGHOF
members Bill Ploeger (1999) and Doug Hanzel (2013)!
(📸 via
@USGA
)
Jack Boltja of Thomasville stays hot rolling in 6 birdies, 1 bogey to turn at 5-under. Pushes total to 12-under in rd. 2 of the
#GSGAJunior
at Kinderlou Forest GC.🔥⛳
Follow along⬇️
Say hello to Team Georgia! This crew will represent the 🍑State at the GA-SC Junior Challenge Match next month at The Farm!
Top Row (l-r): Luke Dasher, Jackson Buchanan, Parker Highsmith, Hogan Ingram
Bottom Row (l-r): Marcus Reynolds, Steve Kibare, Brantley Baker, Bo Blanchard
⛳️
We would like to give a big shoutout to Augusta Country Club superintendent Josh Dunaway and his crew for all their efforts before and during the
#GSGASenior
!
Thank you for your hard work! 👏💪
🏆 That Familiar Feeling 🏆
Laura Coble of Augusta comes from behind at
@SkyValleyClub
to capture her fourth
#GSGASeniorWomen
's Championship!
Final Results ➡️
Congrats to our co-medalists who qualified for the
#USOpen
!
🏅 Harry Hall, England (left)
🏅 Chase Seiffert, Panama City Beach, FL
Also qualifying were Erik Barnes of Indiana and Matt McCarty of Arizona.
Results ⬇️
👀
Wilson Andress and Colin Bowles roll in 6️⃣ birdies on the back nine to fire a 10-under-par 6️⃣0️⃣ to move into 2nd at -15 overall!
They tie
@GaSouthernGolf
teammates Ben Carr and Jake Maples for low round of the
#GSGA4BallC
so far!
Ben Carr of Columbus finishes at 69 (-3) to follow 68 (-4) in the first round to sit at -7 for the championship heading into the weekend three strokes back of Jonathan Keppler! He currently sits in solo third with a few groups still on the course.
@GaSouthernGolf
8-seed Dave Coleman of Marietta defeats top-seed Doug Hanzel of Savannah, 1 up, to advance to the semifinals of the
#GSGASeniorMP
at
@SavQtrs
!
⛳ Follow along!
And congratulations as well to our six girls who will represent the 🍑 State in the Georgia-South Carolina Girls' Junior Challenge Match this August!
Ainsley Cowart, Sara Im, Ava Merrill, Kimberly Shen, Mikayla Dubnik & Catie Craig!
That's quite the squad 👀💪
Ben Carr of Columbus rolls in a birdie on 16 to move to -4 for the day and -8 overall! He’s just two shots back of Keppler (-10) here in round two of the
#GeorgiaAmateur
!
@GaSouthernGolf
🏆🗣️
What an incredible performance by
@bencarr__
and
@jake_maples
at the 48th Georgia Four-Ball Championship at
@CCC1909
!
Hear from the champions and check out some of their highlights from today's final round!
@GaSouthernGolf
👇
Congrats to Davis Thompson of St. Simons Island on winning the
@Jones_Cup
! ⛳
Records broken:
✅ 65 - Course Record (final rd.)
✅ 203 - Tournament Record (-13)
👉🏻Three former captains reunited👈🏻
They led
#TeamGSGA
to a record 4
@USGA
Women’s State Team National Championships!
L-R: Sissi Gann, Pat Clarke, Belinda Marsh
And with this birdie putt on the 4th playoff hole (
#9
), Rick Lamb secures the 5th qualifying spot for the
@usopengolf
and wraps up
#GolfsLongestDay
!
🍑🍑🍑
Congrats to everyone who will represent the Peach State in the GA-SC Girls’ Junior Challenge Match this August at Sea Island Golf Club!
(Left to right): Loralie Cowart, Sara Im, Maggie Jackson, Iris Cao, Thienna Huynh & Mikayla Dubnik.
Team Georgia looking strong! 👀
👏
We want to extend a big thank you to
@KennyLeeGolf
,
@smay53
and their team at Cherokee Town and Country Club for all of their hard work before and during the 100th
#GeorgiaAmateur
giving players immaculate conditions during the week!
We're already missing the views 😍
It’s been a long time coming, but we are so excited to induct the Class of 2020 into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame! Well-deserved honor for (left to right) David Noll, Jr., Brenda Pictor, Mike Waldron and Tim Weinhart!
Happy
#NationalInternDay
!
Shoutout to our
@USGA
P.J. Boatwright interns, Laura Estefenn (
@LestefenD
) and Taylor Mottern (
@MotternDay
) for all the good times and great work they have given us this summer!