Georgia Open
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The Georgia Open is the Georgia
state open golf
tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Georgia section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1954 at a variety of courses around the state.
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
state open golf
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Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Georgia section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1954 at a variety of courses around the state.
Winners
- 2011 Jay McLuen
- 2010 Samuel Del Val
- 2009 Roberto CastroRoberto CastroRoberto Castro is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Castro was born in Alpharetta, Georgia. His father is Peruvian and his mother is Costa Rican.Castro played college golf at Georgia Tech...
- 2008 Bryant Odom
- 2007 Jeff Hull
- 2006 Jared Garrity
- 2005 Tim ConleyTim ConleyTim Conley is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and most recently the Champions Tour....
- 2004 Tim Weinhart
- 2003 Justin BolliJustin BolliJustin Bolli is an American professional golfer.Bolli was born in Portland, Oregon. He is currently a member of the Nationwide Tour. He started playing on the Nationwide Tour full-time in 2004 and moved up to the PGA Tour in 2005...
- 2002 Jody Bellflower
- 2001 Dave SchreyerDave SchreyerDave Schreyer is an American professional golfer.Schreyer was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Huntingdon College....
- 2000 Jody Bellflower
- 1999 Dicky ThompsonDicky ThompsonDicky Thompson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Thompson joined the Nationwide Tour in 1990. He won the Ben Hogan Baton Rouge Open and the Ben Hogan Elizabethtown Open en route to an 8th place finish on the money list which earned him his PGA...
- 1998 Dicky ThompsonDicky ThompsonDicky Thompson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Thompson joined the Nationwide Tour in 1990. He won the Ben Hogan Baton Rouge Open and the Ben Hogan Elizabethtown Open en route to an 8th place finish on the money list which earned him his PGA...
- 1997 Louis Brown
- 1996 Dave SchreyerDave SchreyerDave Schreyer is an American professional golfer.Schreyer was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Huntingdon College....
- 1995 Stephen Keppler
- 1994 Stephen Keppler
- 1993 Matt Peterson
- 1992 Frank Langham
- 1991 Gregg Wolff
- 1990 Mark Jordan
- 1989 Franklin LanghamFranklin LanghamFranklin Langham is an American professional golfer.Langham was born in Thomson, Georgia. He played golf at the University of Georgia from 1989 to 1991 and was named an All-American in 1991...
(amateur) - 1988 DeWitt Weaver III (amateur)
- 1987 Tim SimpsonTim SimpsonTimothy Jay Simpson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour, and currently plays on the Champions Tour....
- 1986 Gene SauersGene SauersGene Craig Sauers is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Sauers was born in Savannah, Georgia. His father started him playing golf at the age of 9. He attended Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia...
- 1985 Gene SauersGene SauersGene Craig Sauers is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Sauers was born in Savannah, Georgia. His father started him playing golf at the age of 9. He attended Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia...
- 1984 Tim SimpsonTim SimpsonTimothy Jay Simpson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour, and currently plays on the Champions Tour....
- 1983 Gene SauersGene SauersGene Craig Sauers is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Sauers was born in Savannah, Georgia. His father started him playing golf at the age of 9. He attended Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia...
- 1982 Barry Harwell
- 1981 Tim SimpsonTim SimpsonTimothy Jay Simpson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour, and currently plays on the Champions Tour....
- 1980 Tim SimpsonTim SimpsonTimothy Jay Simpson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour, and currently plays on the Champions Tour....
, Bob TwayBob TwayRobert Raymond Tway IV is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 1986-87....
(amateur) - 1979 DeWitt WeaverDeWitt Weaver (golfer)DeWitt Thompson Weaver, Jr. is an American golf consultant and former professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour....
- 1978 Larry NelsonLarry NelsonLarry Gene Nelson is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.Nelson was born in Fort Payne, Alabama and grew up in Acworth, Georgia, northwest of Atlanta...
- 1977 DeWitt WeaverDeWitt Weaver (golfer)DeWitt Thompson Weaver, Jr. is an American golf consultant and former professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour....
- 1976 Paul Moran
- 1975 Tommy AaronTommy AaronThomas Dean Aaron is a former American professional golfer who was a member of the PGA Tour during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Aaron is best known for winning the 1973 Masters Tournament.- Early years :...
- 1974 Joe Kunes (amateur), Paul Moran
- 1973 DeWitt WeaverDeWitt Weaver (golfer)DeWitt Thompson Weaver, Jr. is an American golf consultant and former professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour....
- 1972 DeWitt WeaverDeWitt Weaver (golfer)DeWitt Thompson Weaver, Jr. is an American golf consultant and former professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour....
- 1971 George Johnson
- 1970 Ted Hayes, Jr.
- 1969 Ted Hayes, Jr.
- 1968 Hugh Royer, Jr.Hugh Royer, Jr.Hugh Royer, Jr. is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.Royer was born in Eastman, Georgia. During his youth, his family moved to Columbus, Georgia, where he learned the game of golf from Fred Haskins and Charlie Harper at the Columbus Country Club...
- 1967 Lyn LottLyn LottLyn Lott is an American professional golfer.Lott was born in Douglas, Georgia. He won several amateur golf tournaments in Georgia including the Georgia State Junior Amateur, Georgia State Amateur, and Georgia Open, as a 17-year-old amateur. He played college golf at the University of Georgia where...
(amateur) - 1966 John Ferguson
- 1965 Steve MelnykSteve Melnyk (golfer)Steven N. Melnyk is a former American professional golfer and golf sportscaster best known for his success as an amateur golfer. Melnyk won both the U.S. Amateur and British Amateur.- Early years :...
- 1964 Dick Cannon
- 1963 Emory Lee
- 1962 Jim Stamps
- 1961 Dick Cline
- 1960 Tommy AaronTommy AaronThomas Dean Aaron is a former American professional golfer who was a member of the PGA Tour during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Aaron is best known for winning the 1973 Masters Tournament.- Early years :...
- 1959 R. L. Miller
- 1958 Jim Stamps
- 1957 Tommy AaronTommy AaronThomas Dean Aaron is a former American professional golfer who was a member of the PGA Tour during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Aaron is best known for winning the 1973 Masters Tournament.- Early years :...
(amateur) - 1956 Hugh Moore
- 1955 Dick Cline
- 1954 Charlie Harper