Haack Chosen For Hall Of Fame Induction

Coach Chris Haack has been chosen for induction into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.

Haack and the rest of the Class of 2018 will be inducted Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at the Macon City Auditorium. Tickets and sponsorships for the induction ceremony are available by calling (478) 752-1585.

Georgia women's golf standout Terri Moody Hancock also will be inducted. She is the daughter of Griffin Moody and sister of Griff Moody, each of whom played for and captained the Bulldogs. The other members of the Class of 2018 are Champ Bailey, Arthur Blank, Tom Cousins, Tracy Rocker, Angelo Taylor and Kenny "Sky" Walker.

Haack is in his 22nd season as the Bulldogs’ head coach for golf. He has guided Georgia to a school-record 60 tournament titles, including two national and eight SEC championships. Haack is a 2-time National and a 5-time SEC Coach of the Year. He has produced 60 All-Americans, many of whom currently are starring on the PGA Tour. Haack previously was inducted into the Golf Coaches Association of America and the Georgia State Golf Association halls of fame.

• Harris English, Chris Kirk and Keith Mitchell will be in action this week in the Safeway Open in California. Mitchell is making his first start as a member of the PGA Tour.

• The Bulldogs placed 14th in the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Oregon. Trevor Phillips paced the Bulldogs in the final round with a 5-under 66 to land in 14th at 5-under 208. The sophomore's place, third-round score and overall tally marked career bests. The Bulldogs will return to action Oct. 16-17 in the Crooked Stick Intercollegiate in Carmel, Ind.

Bulldogs Set To Play In Nike Invite

The Georgia men's golf team will continue the fall portion of its schedule as the Bulldogs play in the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational.

The 54-hole tournament will run Sunday through Tuesday at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Portland, Ore.

Georgia will use a lineup of sophomores Will Chandler, Spencer Ralston and Trevor Phillips, and freshmen John Hilliard Catanzaro and Davis Thompson. Thompson has the team's lowest scoring average at 70.67, followed by Ralston at 71.00.

The Bulldogs and host Oregon will be joined at Pumpkin Ridge by Stanford, Southern Cal, Arizona, Oklahoma, Duke, Clemson, Wake Forest, Florida, Texas, Vanderbilt, TCU and Ohio State.

"Our team has very high expectations this season, including challenging for SEC and national championships," Georgia head coach Chris Haack said. "We have not been pleased with our first two tournaments and we're hoping to turn things around in Oregon.  This field has 10 of the top 25 teams in the country, so we'll have to be at our best to be in the hunt."

News & Notes About The Bulldogs

• Kevin Kisner will represent the United States in the Presidents Cup this weekend at Liberty National in New Jersey. Thursday's action will feature five foursomes matches, with Kisner and Phil Mickelson battling Marc Leishman and Jason Day.

"Phil and I play a lot of golf together, and we have a good relationship on the trash-talking. So we thought it would be a good matchup with that," Kisner said. "I love the way he always grinds it out and gets it together, and he lives for these moments, so that brings out the best in him."

There will be five four-ball matches on Friday, followed by four foursomes and four four-ball matches Saturday, and 12 singles matches on Sunday.  All matches are worth one point each, for a total of 30 points. There are no playoffs, with each side receiving a half point if a match is tied after 18 holes.

• Keith Mitchell and Sepp Straka will be in action this week in the Web.com Tour Championship at Atlantic Beach Country Club in Florida. Mitchell already has secured his first PGA Tour card for next season as he enters the weekend No. 6 on the money list.

• Congratulations to Russell Henley, who was inducted into the Stratford Athletic Hall of Fame at his high school in Macon. Henley earned his third career win at the Houston Open in April and had five top-10 finishes with 22 cuts made in 27 events. He finished third in the Tour Championship on Sunday to end up 13th in the FedEx Cup standings. "I think in golf, you always want a little more, and that’s what has kept me improving," Henley told The Macon Telegraph. "I see a lot of areas in my game that I can keep getting better at and that I’m constantly getting better at, really believing in myself. This year was really good. It was a nice end to the season for me, and I think as a golfer you always want to be a little more consistent. So overall, if you’d asked me at the start of the year, 'Would you take a win, play all four majors, play well in the Masters, third in the Tour Championship and 13th in the FedEx?' I would have said, 'Sure.'”

News & Notes About The Bulldogs

• The season-ending TOUR Championship is set for this week at East Lake Country Club and will feature Russell Henley, Brian Harman and Kevin Kisner.

• The DAP Championship in the Web.com Tour Finals in Ohio will include Keith Mitchell and Sepp Straka.

• On the Mackenzie Tour, Lee McCoy earned an exemption into the final stage of Web.com Tour Q-School, while Greyson Sigg earned an exemption into the second stage.

• Scott Parel will be playing in the Champions Tour's PURE Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach.

•  The Bulldogs will return to action Oct. 1-3 in the Nike Invitational in Portland, Ore. Spencer Ralston posted the fourth top-10 finish of his career in the Golfweek Collegiate Challenge. As a squad, the No. 25 Bulldogs wound up 14th at 26-over 890.

• We are looking forward to the Lettermen Tournament Friday, followed by the Bulldog Open on Oct. 13.

News & Notes About The Bulldogs

The No. 25-ranked Georgia men’s golf team will continue the fall portion of its schedule next week in the Golfweek Conference Challenge.

Georgia will play Sunday through Tuesday at Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Country Club, which has been set up as a par-72 covering 7,212 yards.

The Bulldogs will use a lineup of senior Zach Healy, juniors Jack Larkin Jr. and David Mackey, sophomore Spencer Ralston and freshman John Hilliard Catanzaro. Larkin and Catanzaro will be making their season and collegiate debut, respectively. 

Georgia will be joined in the Golfweek Conference Challenge by Campbell, Eastern Michigan, Furman, Iowa, Lipscomb, Louisiana-Monroe, McNeese State, North Carolina State, Sacramento State, San Francisco, San Jose State, Southern Illinois, UNC-Wilmington and Washington State.

The Bulldogs will be paired with Iowa and Lipscomb on Sunday and they will tee off in 10-minute increments starting at 10:30 a.m.

The Bulldogs opened the 2017-18 season with a seventh-place finish in The Carmel Cup. Healy paced Georgia as he came in 15th individually.

• Russell Henley, Kevin Kisner, Brian Harman and Hudson Swafford will continue the FedExCup Playoffs this week in the BMW Championship at Conway Farms.

• The Web.com Tour Finals will continue this week with the Albertsons Boise Open at Hillcrest Country Club. Keith Mitchell and Sepp Straka are in the field.

• The Mackenzie Tour's Freedom 55 Financial Championship at Highland Country Club in Ontario will include Lee McCoy and Greyson Sigg.

• Scott Parel will be in action in the Champions Tour's Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship at Bear Mountain Resort.

• Important upcoming dates: The Lettermen Tournament will be held Sept. 22, followed by the
Bulldog Open on Oct. 13. Mail-outs are on the way, but for more information, contact Denise at dsaliba@sports.uga.edu.

News & Notes About The Bulldogs

• Lee McCoy and Greyson Sigg will be in action this week in the Mackenzie Tour's Ontario Championship.

• Scott Parel is playing in the Champions Tour's Japan Airlines Championship.

• Important upcoming dates: The Lettermen Tournament will be held Sept. 22, followed by the
Bulldog Open on Oct. 13. Mail-outs are on the way, but for more information, contact Denise at dsaliba@sports.uga.edu.

Bulldogs Opening Season In The Carmel Cup

The No. 25-ranked Georgia men’s golf team will open its 2017-18 season this week in The Carmel Cup in Pebble Beach, Calif.

The Bulldogs are slated to play 54 holes Friday through Sunday at Pebble Beach Golf Links. The course has been set up as a par-72 covering 6,828 yards. Georgia's players will tee off in 10-minute increments beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday.

The Bulldogs will use a lineup of senior Zach Healy, junior David Mackey, sophomores Will Chandler, Trevor Phillips and Spencer Ralston, and freshman Davis Thompson. Ralston has the lowest average among the returning players as he ranked second on the team a year ago at 71.56. The tournament format consists of six players with five counting (as opposed to the typical five players with four counting).

Joining the Bulldogs in The Carmel Cup will be Ohio State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Vanderbilt, Texas Tech, Arkansas and Oklahoma.  Georgia will be paired on Friday with Ohio State, TCU and Oklahoma State.

Georgia won The Carmel Cup in 2014 and finished second last season. Healy, Chandler and Ralston were in the lineup at Pebble Beach a year ago.

“It’s always exciting to get a new year under way,” said Coach Chris Haack, who is beginning his 22nd season. “The fall events give us a chance to knock off some rust and start learning our team’s identity. We’ve got some young guys in the lineup, so I’m looking forward to watching them compete and develop. It also doesn’t hurt that we’re opening at one of the most iconic and famous facilities in golf. Pebble Beach will definitely provide a real test.”

Haack's squad will have five fall tournaments. After The Carmel Cup, the Bulldogs will play in the Golfweek Challenge Sept. 17-19 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; the Nike Invitational Oct. 1-3 in Portland, Ore.; the Crooked Stick Intercollegiate Oct. 16-17 in Carmel, Ind.; and the Ka'anapali Collegiate Classic Nov. 3-5 in Maui, Hawaii.​

• Bubba Watson, Brian Harman, Hudson Swafford, Kevin Kisner, Russell Henley and Chris Kirk will continue the FedExCup Playoffs this week in the Dell Technologies Championship at TPC Boston.

• Scott Parel will be in action in the Shaw Charity Classic at Canyon Meadows on the Champions Tour.

• Keith Mitchell and Sepp Straka are playing in the Web.com Tour's Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship at Ohio State's Scarlet Course.

• On the Mackenzie Tour, Lee McCoy and Greyson Sigg are playing in the Cape Breton Open in Nova Scotia.