The event, which concludes Saturday, is currently being held at Le Golf Countrywide and Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Breteche in Paris.
Three advance to quarterfinals of U.S. Senior Am
3 Georgians innovative to the match-engage in portion of the 67th U.S. Senior Novice and 3 sophisticated to the quarterfinals of the championship, which concludes Thursday at The Kittansett Club in Marion, Mass.
Bob Royak of Alpharetta, the 2019 countrywide winner, led the group by placing fourth with rounds of 69-73. Some others who moved on ended up Rusty Strawn of McDonough, 2013 champion Doug Hanzel of Savannah, Danny Nelson of Savannah, Jack Larkin Sr. of Atlanta, Billy Mitchell of Roswell and Tom Lape of Atlanta, who survived a 14-for-5 playoff. Also advancing was 1999 Georgia Novice winner Rick Cloninger, who now life in South Carolina.
In the spherical of 16, Royak defeated Matt Sughrue of Virginia 3 and 2, Strawn removed Paul Simson of North Carolina in 19 holes, and Hanzel beat Sean Knapp of Pennsylvania 1 up. Mitchell and Larkin were eradicated in the next spherical. Nelson, Lape and Cloninger had been defeated in the very first round.
Previous Bulldog wins on Epson Tour
Former Ga All-American Jillian Hollis won the Epson Tour’s Circling Raven Championship in Worley, Idaho. She shot a closing-spherical 64, won by two pictures and set a event scoring document at 18-beneath 198.
Hollis was a two-time winner on the Epson Tour in 2019 and gained a advertising to the LPGA Tour, but was not able to keep her card. This 12 months she’s No. 8 on the funds list, with the prime 10 routinely earning their LPGA card for 2023.
“It’s been a large amount of challenging work,” Hollis stated. “I’d be lying if I stated it was not. I was not obtaining pleasurable on tour, so at the starting of this yr I mentioned I’m not going to do this any more. I’m changing my daily life a little bit and transforming my attitude. My goal this year was to be healthier and have fun. I place so much tension on myself the previous two decades and then had an personal injury for most of 2021. To arrive total circle, it is truly interesting.”
Stephan Jaeger to symbolize McLemore
The McLemore Club in Increasing Fawn has signed Stephan Jaeger to depict the club on the PGA Tour. The German-born Jaeger played superior university golfing at close by Baylor Faculty in Chattanooga, turned an All-American at Tennessee-Chattanooga, has six wins on the Korn Ferry Tour and was that tour’s Participant of the Year for 2020-21.
Jaeger experienced two solid finishes around the stop of the time – a T-6 at the Wells Fargo Championship and fifth at the Rocket Mortgage loan Typical – to transfer up to No. 94 in the FedEx Cup standings and keep his exemption for 2023.
Senior Golfers Association commences once-a-year tournament
The Senior Golfers Association of Atlanta will start out its annual championship event Sunday at Browns Mill Golfing Program. There are 9 dates by means of Sept. 22, and members must play a minimum amount of four rounds to qualify.
The SGAA has 230 energetic customers who are suitable to contend in several 18-gap situations just about every 7 days. The tournaments are held all through the Atlanta area.
Considering the fact that January 2021, customers of the firm have performed extra than 7,300 rounds. Structured in 1956, the group is a single of the country’s longest-operating senior golf corporations. Dave Mueller is the organization’s president.
The SGAA will maintain its member-visitor tournament Sept. 25-28 at the Sea Palm Resort on St. Simons Island.
