5 Bulldogs Vying For PGA Championship

Five Bulldogs will be in action this week in the 98th PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. -- Harris English, Russell Henley, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner and Bubba Watson. Click here to see how Watson prepared for the event.

• In case you missed it, lightning struck a tree near the Boyd Center last week. Check out the video here.

• Adam Mitchell, Keith Mitchell and Bryden Macpherson will be in action this week in the Web.com Tour's Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae in California.

• The Mackenzie Tour stop this week is the Oil Country Championship at Glendale Golf and Country Club in Alberta and will feature Nicholas Reach and Sepp Straka.

5 Bulldogs Vying For PGA Championship

Five Bulldogs will be in action this week in the 98th PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. -- Harris English, Russell Henley, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner and Bubba Watson.

• In case you missed it, lightning struck a tree near the Boyd Center last week. Check out the video here.

Watson: 'Thrill Of A Lifetime' To Go To The Olympics

Bubba Watson

Two-time Masters winner Bubba Watson leads the seven-person contingent selected to represent the United States at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The 37-year-old Watson, who claimed the coveted green jacket at the Masters in 2012 and 2014, is a nine-time PGA Tour winner and has represented the United States on three Ryder Cup teams (2010, 2012, 2014) and two Presidents Cup sides (2011, 2015).

"It is an honor and a privilege," Watson said. "You think about the United States and the flag and what it represents and how it gives us the freedoms to do all the things we want to do. You think about the men and women that are serving our country. For me just to have a part of that flag for a little bit, for one week out of the year, to give them something to watch, something to cheer for, no matter how I play or how I perform, just the honor to represent our country in the right way is the thrill of a lifetime."

The other American males are Matt Kuchar, Rickie Fowler and Patrick Reed. Stacy Lewis, Lexi Thompson and Gerina Piller will represent the U.S. for the women.

"We are extremely excited about the golf competition, and we are fortunate to have seven world class players representing the United States of America at the Olympic Games," USOC chief executive officer Scott Blackmun said. "I know they will make us proud. They already have."

• In case you missed it, Watson unveiled some pretty amazing plans for Rio on the Today Show.

• There will be seven Bulldogs in action this week in the PGA Tour's RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Club: Brendon Todd, Hudson Swafford, Chris Kirk, Brian Harman, Kevin Kisner, Erik Compton and Joey Garber. Garber plays on the MacKenzie Tour and was a Monday qualifier.

• Bryden Macpherson, Adam Mitchell and Keith Mitchell will tee it up in the Web.com Tour's Utah Championship at Thanksgiving Point.

• We'll have news soon on Georgia's 2016-17 schedule, but we can tell you now the Bulldogs will open the season Sept. 2-4 in Pebble Beach and will host the Southern Intercollegiate Championships March 13 at Athens Country Club.

9 Bulldogs To Play In Georgia Amateur

David Denham

Nine current, former and future Bulldogs will be in action in the 2016 Georgia Amateur Championship at Capital City Club in Atlanta.

The centennial version of the tournament will take place Tuesday through Sunday with 36 holes of stroke play on Crabapple Course, followed by the low 32 advancing to match play on Brookhaven Course (where 14-year-old Bobby Jones won the first event in 1916).

Schedule to participate are rising sophomore Jack Larkin Jr., incoming freshmen Will Chandler and Spencer Ralston, and former standouts Zan Banks, David Denham, Jack Hall, Greg Kennedy, Jeff Knox and Jack Larkin Sr.

Denham won the Georgia Amateur in 2004.

• Five Bulldogs will be playing in the Open Championship at Royal Troon: Kevin Kisner, Bubba Watson, Harris English, Chris Kirk and Russell Henley.

• Brendon Todd, Hudson Swafford, Erik Compton and Lee McCoy will be in action in the Barbasol Championship in Alabama.

• The Web.com Tour event is the Lincoln Land Charity Championship in Illinois featuring Bryden Macpherson, Keith Mitchell and Adam Mitchell.

• Nicholas Reach will tee it up in the Staal Foundation Open in Ontario on the MacKenzie Tour.