The Bulldogs have added two tournaments to the 2015 portion of their schedule, including one in Athens.
The Southern Intercollegiate — a 36-hole stroke play event — will be held March 16 at the Athens Country Club. The Bulldogs will host GRU Augusta, Chattanooga, Georgia State, Furman, Charleston Southern, Lipscomb, Presbyterian, Youngstown State, Princeton, Francis Marion, Western Carolina, Stetson, Savannah State and Maryland Eastern Shore.
The Bulldogs also will play March 29-30 in the Seahawk Intercollegiate in Wilmington, N.C. The Bulldogs and host UNC-Wilmington will be joined by Campbell, Old Dominion, Virginia Commonwealth, Columbia, Harvard, George Washington, Loyola-Maryland, Richmond, South Dakota State, Elon, George Mason, Army and East Tennessee State.
• There were seven PGA Tour-sanctioned events in October and November, but the official start to the season will be this weekend.
The 2015 Hyundai Tournament of Champions will take place at The Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii. The event is for players who won PGA Tour events in 2014, including five Bulldogs: Bubba Watson (Masters, Northern Trust Open, World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions); Russell Henley (Honda Classic); Brendon Todd (AT&T Byron Nelson Championship); Brian Harman (John Deere Classic); and Chris Kirk (Deutsche Bank Championship).
Kirk and Watson will make up one of the first-round twosomes, while Henley and one-time Bulldog Patrick Reed will be in another.
• From the looks of this photo, Todd and his wife, Rachel, are starting off little Oliver the right way in terms of school allegiance.
• From the looks of this photo, Todd and his wife, Rachel, are starting off little Oliver the right way in terms of school allegiance.
• Bulldogs Gameweek, which airs on WSB Channel 2 in Atlanta, interviewed Lee McCoy this week about his experience in the informal Walker Cup practice session on St. Simons Island in December. Be sure to tune in on Saturday at 10 a.m.
• In case you missed it, Bryden Macpherson secured solid Web.com Tour status for 2015 by finishing the 108-hole Q-School inside the top 45. Macpherson came in 21st at 10-under. Scott Parel took 94th and Paul Claxton came in 114th.
