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| Chris Kirk watches his shot during the TOUR Championship last weekend. |
Kirk came in second and Watson placed fifth as the season wrapped up at the TOUR Championship at East Lake on Sunday. Kirk placed fourth and Watson 14th in the final event of the year.
Russell Henley finished 12th in the tournament and 19th in the FedExCup Standings, while Brendon Todd came in 17th and 27th, respectively.
• Following the tournament, Watson was chosen as one of the nominees for the Jack Nicklaus Award as the PGA TOUR Player of the Year. Watson had two wins — the Masters and the Northern Trust Open — in 21 events and finished second on the money list with $6.3 million. Watson also had a career-high eight Top-10 finishes.
• Hudson Swafford came in 22nd and Ryuji Imada missed the cut in the third of four Web.com Tour Finals, the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. Swafford stands 35th on the list of 50 players who make up the priority ranking order for 2014-15 on the PGA TOUR with one event remaining, the Web.com Tour Championship.
• Sophomore Jaime Lopez Rivarola helped Argentina finish fifth in the World Team Amateur Championship in Japan. Lopez Rivarola shot 9-under for the tournament as Argentina wound up five shots behind the Americans.
• The Bulldogs will return to action Friday through Sunday in the Dick's Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge Cup in Nashville, Tenn. Georgia won the inaugural event last year and helped the SEC claim conference honors over the ACC. The Bulldogs will use a lineup of seniors Mookie DeMoss and Nicholas Reach, junior Lee McCoy, sophomore Greyson Sigg and freshman Zach Healy. The teams will play 54 holes over the first two days, followed by SEC vs. ACC match play on Sunday.
• Georgia Golf is saddened by the passing of Hugh Royer, a Bulldog letterman from 1956-58 and team captain his senior year. He was 78. Royer was a 14-year PGA TOUR player, Georgia PGA past president and longtime head professional at Bull Creek Golf Course in Columbus. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to Columbus Hospice House, 7020 Moon Rd., Columbus, Ga. 31909.
• The 2014 Bulldog Open is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 26, at the UGA Golf Course.
• The Bulldogs will return to action Friday through Sunday in the Dick's Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge Cup in Nashville, Tenn. Georgia won the inaugural event last year and helped the SEC claim conference honors over the ACC. The Bulldogs will use a lineup of seniors Mookie DeMoss and Nicholas Reach, junior Lee McCoy, sophomore Greyson Sigg and freshman Zach Healy. The teams will play 54 holes over the first two days, followed by SEC vs. ACC match play on Sunday.
• Georgia Golf is saddened by the passing of Hugh Royer, a Bulldog letterman from 1956-58 and team captain his senior year. He was 78. Royer was a 14-year PGA TOUR player, Georgia PGA past president and longtime head professional at Bull Creek Golf Course in Columbus. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to Columbus Hospice House, 7020 Moon Rd., Columbus, Ga. 31909.
• The 2014 Bulldog Open is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 26, at the UGA Golf Course.
