News and Notes about the Bulldogs

• Bubba Watson will be in action this week in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.

• Scott Parel is playing this week in the Champions Tour's Q School in Florida.

• Sepp Straka recently qualified for the Final Stage of the Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament next month in Florida, in hopes of securing strong status for the 2017 season. Players must finish inside the top 45 and ties at Final Stage in order to secure guaranteed starts for the first portion of the 2017 Web.com Tour season.

• The Coach Chris Haack Golf Camp will be held June 4-7 and June 8-11. A camp reservation makes a great Christmas present for golfers ages 10-18.

Sikes, Thompson Sign With Bulldogs

Bo Sikes and Davis Thompson have signed their national letters of intent to join the Georgia men’s golf team, according to an announcement Wednesday by Bulldogs coach Chris Haack.

Sikes attends The Marist School in Atlanta and will be playing on the golf team for the third time next spring. He averaged 77.5 last year, highlighted by a 71 at The Invite in Gainesville. Sikes had top-10 showings in the

Southeast Junior Golf Tour’s Doublegate Classic and The Georgia Club Junior Classic. He was chosen by students and faculty to serve on the Emmaus Board, the spiritual leaders of the student body. Sikes is the grandson of Billy Payne, the Georgia football standout who served as the CEO for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games in 1996 and currently holds the position of chairman of Augusta National Golf Club. Marist also produced current Bulldogs Will Chandler and Jack Larkin Jr.

Thompson attends Lee-Scott Academy in Auburn, Ala. After being named the 2015 SJGT Player of the Year, he won six straight SGJT tournaments in 2016, including the UGA Junior Classic in Athens. Thompson was the runner-up in the 2016 AISA State High School Championship and he claimed 16th in the Alabama State Amateur.  His father, Todd, played for the Bulldogs from 1985-88, winning twice and serving as team captain his junior and senior seasons.

“We expect Bo and Davis to bring a great deal to our program,” Haack said. “They are solid prospects who have bright days ahead of them. They’ve been on our radar for quite awhile, and we can’t wait to have them join us in Athens. With their family backgrounds, they know the history and the tradition of Georgia, and I can tell they’re excited about being Bulldogs.”

News & Notes About The Bulldogs

• The PGA Tour stop this week is The RSM Classic on Sea Island Golf Club's Seaside Course (the site of the SEC Championship). Scheduled to play this week are Harris English, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner and Hudson Swafford. Kisner won the event in 2016, while Kirk claimed medalist honors in 2014. Not surprisingly, the Bulldogs are well represented in the Power Rankings on PGATour.com.

• Joey Garber recently was featured as the Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament got under way. Meanwhile, Lee McCoy had to withdraw from the tournament after a car accident.

• Speaking of McCoy, he and his teammates were recognized at the Georgia-Auburn football game for winning the 2016 SEC Championship.

• The Coach Chris Haack Golf Camp will be held June 4-7 and June 8-11. A camp reservation makes a great Christmas present for golfers ages 10-18.

• Michael Cromie recently won the SwingThought Tour event at Dormie Club in North Carolina. Cromie was 3-under for two rounds and posted a 4-shot victory. The SwingThought Tour is the merger of the NGA Hooters and eGolf Tours from a year ago.