Georgia Am To Be Held In Macon This Week

The 93rd version of the Georgia Amateur begins on Thursday at Idle Hour Club in Macon. The field will be made up of 144 of the state's best amateurs, including several with connections to the Bulldogs: Mookie DeMoss, Bill Brown III, Greg Kennedy, Sepp Straka, Sam Straka, Jack Hall, Jack Larkin Jr. and Zach Healy.

• Speaking of the Georgia Am, Golf Georgia has an article on the excitement surrounding the 2008 event due to the play of Harris English and Russell Henley. Read it here.

• Congratulations are in order for Coastal Georgia, which claimed the program's first-ever national title at the recent NAIA Championships. The Mariners are the 30th different team in NAIA history to claim the red banner in the 63-year history of the event. Coastal Georgia is coached by Mike Cook, who was named the NAIA Coach of the Year. Cook lettered for the Bulldogs from 1979-82, earning All-America and All-SEC honors and helping Georgia win the league title his senior year.

• Joey Garber shot a final-round 68 to capture his first professional victory in the Hopkins Tour's Trophy Club Classic in Alpharetta. Garber finished 18-under, good enough for a 5-shot victory. He has had three starts as a professional: the Michigan Open where he finished second, the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship and the Hopkins Tour event.

Garber opened with a 6-under par 66 and followed that up with a sizzling second round of 64 which included an eagle on No. 18, six birdies and 11 pars without a bogey. In his closing round, Garber had five birdies, 12 pars and one bogey. Garber collected $12,000 with the win.

• Lee McCoy placed third at 3-over and Nicholas Reach came in 17th at 7-over in the 53rd Northeast Amateur Invitational at Wannamoisett Country Club in Rhode Island.

• This week at the PGA Tour's John Deere Classic, the field will include Brian Harman, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner, Hudson Swafford, Justin Bolli, English, Henley and Ryuji Imada.

• In this week's Utah Championship on the Web.com Tour, the field will include Paul Claxton and Scott Parel.