2009-10 men's golf media guide

Carpet Capital CollegiateSept. 11-13, 2009 Rocky Face, Ga.

Olympia Fields InvitationalSept. 18-20, 2009 Olympia Fields, Ill.

Brickyard Collegiate ChampionshipOct. 10-12, 2009 Macon, Ga.

Isleworth Collegiate InvitationalOct. 25-27, 2009 Orlando, Fla.

Puerto Rico ShootoutFeb. 21-23, 2010 Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

Southern Highlands CollegiateMarch 12-14, 2010 Las Vegas, Nev.

Linger Longer InvitationalMarch 26-28, 2010 Greensboro, Ga.

Morris Williams IntercollegiateApril 5-7, 2010 Austin, Texas

SEC ChampionshipApril 16-18, 2010 St. Simons Island, Ga.

NCAA RegionalMay 20-22, 2010 TBA

NCAA ChampionshipJune 1-5, 2010 Ooltewah, Tenn.

2009 -2010 Georgia Men’s Golf Schedule

Russell Henley

Harris English

Hudson Swafford

Lowery Thomas

T.J. Mitchell

Rob Bennett

Brian Carter

Will Kropp

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Team Photo, Roster .................................................................... IFC

Table Of Contents ........................................................................... 1

Media Information, Quick Facts .................................................... 2

2009-2010 Schedule ........................................................................ 3

2000-2010 Outlook ..................................................................... 4-5

Hudson Swafford .............................................................................. 6

Rob Bennett ...................................................................................... 7

Harris English .................................................................................... 8

Russell Henley ................................................................................... 9

Will Kropp, Lowery Thomas........................................................10

T.J. Mitchell, Brian Carter ..............................................................11

Head Coach Chris Haack ......................................................12-13

Assistant Coach Jason Payne .......................................................14

Graduate Assistant Bryant Odom ..............................................15

Administration, Support Staff ................................................16-17

Academic Excellence ...............................................................18-19

2008-2009 Review ...................................................................20-21

Georgia’s Golf History ...........................................................22-23

1999 National Champions ...........................................................24

2005 National Champions ...........................................................25

Year-By-Year Results ................................................................26-28

Georgia’s All-Americans ...............................................................29

Southeastern Conference ......................................................30-33

Georgia’s Lettermen ...............................................................34-36

Georgia’s School Records ............................................................37

Amateur Champions ...............................................................38-39

Bulldogs In International Play ................................................40-41

Boyd Golf Center ....................................................................42-43

Golf Courses .............................................................................44-45

Georgia’s Athletic Venues .......................................................46-47

Uga Mascot Legacy ........................................................................48

Georgia Traditions ..........................................................................49

University Of Georgia.............................................................50-51

Athens, The Home Of The Bulldogs ....................................52-53

Tee-Off Club .............................................................................54-55

Bulldogs In The Pros ......................................................................56

Television Spotters Chart ..........................................................IBC

On The Cover: Georgia’s quest for regular-season, con-

ference and national titles will be led by returning All-Ameri-

cans Hudson Swafford, Harris English and Russell Henley.

Cover Designs: Walton Media of Monroe, Ga.

Photography: Eric Cheek, Steven Colquitt, Ashley Con-

nell, Todd Drexler, Dan Evans, Phillip Faulkner, Katie Green,

Rebecca Hay, Amanda C. Melton, Parker Moore, Radi

Nabulsi, Lesley Onstott, Brian Tirpak, Turner Broadcasting,

University of Minnesota, Julianne Upchurch and Kelly Wegel.

Design And Content: Steven Colquitt, Katie Green,

Graham Shurley, Meredith Milligan, Marian Mozingo, Jennifer

Pham, Emily Chell and Meredith Cook.

Printing: EBSCO Media, Birmingham, Ala.

About This Guide: The 2005 edition was chosen No. 1

in the nation among men’s golf media guides by the College

Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The

1994 and 1995 editions were chosen third-best in the nation

by CoSIDA, and the 1993 cover was recognized as No. 1 in

the nation by CoSIDA.

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COVERING THE BULLDOGS: Coach Chris Haack, Assistant Coach Jason Payne and the Georgia student-athletes appreciate your interest in the men’s golf team and look forward to assisting you in any way possible.

Media covering Georgia in need of assistance beyond this brochure (interviews, credentials, photographs, etc.) should contact Steven Colquitt of the Sports Communications Department by mail at 1 Selig Circle, Athens, Ga., 30602, by phone at (706) 542-1621, or by e-mail at [email protected].

INTERVIEWS: To ensure interview requests are addressed expeditiously, please contact the Sports Commun ications Department at least 24 hours in advance. Generally, the best time to interview Coach Chris Haack or any of the players is immediately before practice early in the afternoon. Media desiring to conduct interviews by phone should make arrangements through the Sports Communica tions Department. Players’ phone numbers cannot be given out.

ON THE INTERNET: Information on Georgia men’s golf, as well as every other UGA athletic team, can be obtained through the Athletic Association’s official web site, georgiadogs.com. News releases and current statistics are updated weekly. Also available

are rosters, biographies of each player and coach, the season outlook, team/individual school records, results and other facts about one of the nation’s premier programs.

The site also features links to other web sites of interest, including the University of Georgia home page, the Southeastern Conference and the NCAA.

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE: SEC statistics, schedules and other information are available at secsports.com and secsportsmedia.com. At the end of the season, the SEC will announce First and Second Teams as well as Player, Coach, Freshman and Scholar-Athlete of the Year. For further information, contact the SEC by mail at 2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. North, Birmingham, Ala., 35203-1103 or by phone at (205) 458-3000.

MEDIA DAY: For the past few years, the Bulldogs have

hosted an outing with members of the media, giving players, coaches and reporters a chance to get to know each other better while enjoying a round of golf. The last few events have taken place at The Georgia Club and have been perhaps the best yet. The 2010 media day is tentatively scheduled to take place in April. If you are interested in participating, please contact Steven Colquitt at (706) 542-1621.

DIRECTIONS TO THE UGA GOLF COURSE: From the Athens Bypass (Georgia Highway 10), take the exit for Milledge Avenue. If traveling from the east side of Athens (i.e. Hartwell, Elberton, Commerce) take a left at the bottom of the ramp and proceed underneath the bypass. If traveling from the west side (i.e. Atlanta, Winder, Monroe) take a right at the bottom of the ramp. Travel approximately one-half mile on Milledge Avenue (if you reach the Georgia soccer/softball complex on your right, you’ve gone too far) and make the first available left onto Riverbend Parkway. Proceed one-half mile and make a right into the entrance to the UGA course. Follow the road into the large parking lot. The Boyd Golf Center is located closest to the front left corner of the parking lot, while the clubhouse for the University of Georgia Course is located closest to the front right corner of the lot.

School ........................................University of Georgia

Location .......................................................Athens, Ga.

Nickname ......................................................... Bulldogs

Mascot ..................................................................Uga VII

Colors ......................................................Red and Black

Conference ............................................. Southeastern

Founded ...................................................................1785

Enrollment ......................................................... 34,180

President ..........................................Michael F. Adams

Director Of Athletics ........................ Damon Evans

Faculty Athletics Rep .......................Jere Morehead

Head Coach .............................................Chris Haack

Assistant Coach ...................................... Jason Payne

Golf Phone/Fax .......................(706) 369-6066/5669

Golf SID ...............................................Steven Colquitt

SID Phone/Fax ........................(706) 542-1621/9339

SID E-Mail Address ...... [email protected]

Website ..............................................georgiadogs.com

Mailing Address .....................................1 Selig Circle

Athens, Ga. 30602

Facility ....................Boyd Center/UGA Golf Course

2009 SEC Finish ........................................... 1st of 12

2009 Regional Finish .................................2nd of 14

2009 NCAA Finish ......................................3rd of 30

Lettermen Returning ....................6 (Rob Bennett,

Harris English, Russell Henley,

Will Kropp, Hudson Swafford, Lowery Thomas)

Lettermen Lost ............................ 3 (Michael Green,

Brian Harman, Adam Mitchell)

2009 All-Americans ................. Brian Harman (2T),

Russell Henley (2T), Hudson Swafford (2T),

Harris English (3T), Adam Mitchell (HM)

2009 All-SEC ............................... Harris English (1T),

Brian Harman (1T), Russell Henley (1T),

Hudson Swafford (1T), Adam Mitchell (2T)

Georgia Quick Facts

Coach Chris Haack is interviewed at the NCAA

Championship.

Media infOrMatiOn


2009-2010 schedUle

Carpet Capital CollegiateDates ...............................................................Sept. 11-13, 2009Site ..................................................................... Rocky Face, Ga.Host ........................................................................Georgia TechCourse ..........................................................................The Farm

Field...................Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, Chattanooga, Clemson, East Tenn. State, Georgia Tech, Ole Miss,

South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Wake Forest2008 Team Winner .......................................... Chattanooga2008 Medalist ................................... Kyle Stanley, Clemson2008 UGA Finish ...................................................... 7th of 182008 UGA Individual .....................Russell Henley, T-20th

Olympia Fields InvitationalDates ...............................................................Sept. 18-20, 2009Site ................................................................. Olympia Fields, Ill.Host ............................................................ University of IllinoisCourse ......................................Olympia Fields Country ClubField..........................Georgia, Arizona State, Augusta State,

Florida, Florida State, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma State, Purdue, Northwestern, San Diego State,

Southern Cal, Stanford, Texas, Wake Forest2008 Team Winner ...................................................... Illinois2008 Medalist .........................................Alex Martin, Indiana2008 UGA Finish .......................................Did not compete2008 UGA Individual ...............................Did not compete

Brickyard Collegiate ChampionshipDates ............................................................... Oct. 10-12, 2009Site ..............................................................................Macon, Ga.Host ................................................................................... MercerCourse ...........................................The Brickyard at RiversideField................................ Georgia, Augusta State, Charlotte,

Chattanooga, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, LSU, Mercer, Michigan, Ole Miss, North Florida,

Penn State, Virginia Commonwealth, Virginia Tech 2008 Team Winner ...................................................Georgia2008 Medalist .................Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech2008 UGA Finish .......................................................1st of 152008 UGA Individual ........H. English, H. Swafford, T-3rd

Isleworth Collegiate InvitationalDates ............................................................... Oct. 25-27, 2009Site ...........................................................................Orlando, Fla.Host ............................................................................Texas TechCourse .................................. Isleworth Golf & Country ClubField ...................... Georgia, Alabama, Arizona State, Central

Florida, Clemson, East Tenn. State, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech,

South Carolina, Stanford, Washington2008 Team Winner ...................................................Georgia2008 Medalist ..................................Russell Henley, Georgia2008 UGA Finish .......................................................1st of 182008 UGA Individual ............................ Russell Henley, 1st

Puerto Rico ShootoutDates ................................................................ Feb. 21-23, 2010Site .....................................................Rio Grande, Puerto RicoHost ....................................................................................PurdueCourse ..................................................Rio Mar Country ClubField ............................................ Georgia, Alabama, Clemson,

East Tennessee State, Georgia Tech, Kent State, Michigan, Northwestern, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State,

Ohio State, Purdue, Texas, UNC-Greensboro, Va. Tech2009 Team Winner ...................................................Georgia2009 Medalist .........................................Dylan Fritelli, Texas2009 UGA Finish .......................................................1st of 152009 UGA Individual ................................H. Swafford, 2nd

Southern Highlands CollegiateDates ............................................................March 12-14, 2010Site ...................................................................... Las Vegas, Nev.Host .....................................................................................UNLVCourse .................................... Southern Highlands Golf ClubField ......................Georgia, Arizona, Arizona State, Florida,

GeorgiaTech, New Mexico, Oklahoma State, Southern Cal, TCU, Tennessee, Texas,

Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UCLA, UNLV2009 Team Winner ......................................................UNLV2009 Medalist .................Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech2009 UGA Finish ......................................................3rd of 152009 UGA Individual .............................Brian Harman, 8th

Linger Longer InvitationalDates ............................................................March 26-28, 2010Site ....................................................................Greensboro, Ga.Hosts ..............................Kennesaw State, Mercer UniversityCourse ............................................................Reynolds LandingField ..........Georgia, Alabama, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina,

Florida State, Furman, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State, Louisville, Mercer, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State,

San Jose State, South Alabama, Texas A&M, USC-Aiken2009 Team Winner ...................................................Georgia2009 Medalist ..................Trent Whitekiller, Oklahoma St.2009 UGA Finish .......................................................1st of 132009 UGA Individual .............................Harris English, 4th

Morris Williams IntercollegiateDates ...................................................................April 5-7, 2010Site ..........................................................................Austin, TexasHost ......................................................................................TexasCourse .....................................University of Texas Golf ClubField .......................Georgia, Arkansas, Baylor, Fresno State, Kansas St., LSU, New Mexico, Oklahoma St., Pepperdine, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas Tech, Tulsa, UTSA

2009 Team Winner .................................... Oklahoma State2009 Medalist .................................... Tom Glissmeyer, USC2009 UGA Finish .......................................Did not compete2009 UGA Individual ...............................Did not compete

SEC ChampionshipDates ...............................................................April 16-18, 2010Site ........................................................................ Sea Island, Ga.Host ................................................. Southeastern ConferenceCourse ....................................................... Frederica Golf ClubField ............................................Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas,

Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State,

South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt2009 Team Winner ...................................................Georgia2009 Medalist ..................................... Billy Horschel, Florida2009 UGA Finish .......................................................1st of 122009 UGA Individual ...................................B. Harman, 4th

NCAA RegionalDates ................................................................May 20-22, 2010Sites .................................Alpharetta, Ga.; Notre Dame, Ind.;

San Diego, Calif.; College Station, Texas; Bremerton, Wash.; New Haven, Conn.

Hosts .......................................... Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, San Diego State, Texas A&M, Washington, Yale

Courses .........................Capital City Club, Warren Course, Carlton Oaks Course, Traditions Club,

Gold Mountain Club, Yale University CourseField ...... 15 teams and 2 individuals not on selected teams2009 UGA Finish ..................................... T-2nd of 14 (East)2009 UGA Individual .................. Hudson Swafford, T-6th

NCAA ChampionshipDates .................................................................... June 1-5, 2010Site ....................................................................Ooltewah, Tenn.Host ......................................................................... ChattanoogaCourse ...................................................... The Honors CourseField ...........Thirty teams advancing from the regionals will

compete in stroke play for 36 holes to determine the individual champion, followed by match play for the top

eight teams to determine the team champion.2009 Team Winner ............................................ Texas A&M2009 Medalist ........................................ Matt Hill, N.C. State2009 UGA Finish ......................................................3rd of 302009 UGA Individual .......... B. Harman, R. Henley, T-9th


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The Georgia Bulldogs are hoping in 2009-10 that eight is enough.

The Bulldogs entered the season with eight on their ros-ter, one of the lowest numbers during Coach Chris Haack’s 14-year-tenure. Moreover, only three of those players have logged significant playing time at the collegiate level, combining for 77 events. Two more have played in seven tournaments, while the rest don’t have any college experience.

To add to Haack’s woes, the Bulldogs had to deal with injuries during their fall work-outs. Senior All-American Hudson Swafford was sidelined following labrum surgery and is not expected back in the lineup until the spring portion of the schedule. Sophomores Will Kropp (pinched nerve) and Lowery Thomas (wrist) also were not 100 percent dur-ing workouts.

“This is an unusual situation for our team,” Haack said. “We don’t normally have to deal with injuries or depth problems, but that’s where we are right now. We’ll go through the fall with an inexperienced lineup, but that’s a good opportunity for these young guys to show us what they’ve got. We’ll find out what we’re made of this fall, and that will help us out once we get to the spring.”

Even with the departures of All-Americans Brian Harman and Adam Mitchell as well as the venerable Michael Green and the transfer of another player, don’t count these Bulldogs out. With a lineup in place of Harman, Mitchell, Swafford, Harris English and Russell Henley last season, Haack had the foresight to redshirt Rob Bennett and T.J. Mitchell to protect a year of eligi-bility for them. And while Bennett, a junior, and Kropp, a sophomore, are the only Bulldogs behind Swafford, English and Henley with experience, they lead a group that is both talented and hungry.

“We have made it clear to our guys that we need them to step up and do the work they need to do to get themselves in the lineup and to be ready to play,” Haack said. “We don’t have a lot of margin for error. We lost some great players, but nobody in our conference

and nobody in the country is going to feel sorry for us. It’s up to our young guys to carry on the proud tradition of Geor-gia Golf. I have always felt that success comes at the 3, 4 and 5 spots in the lineup. We know these guys have the ability; they just need the experience.”

Last season, the Bulldogs claimed their fifth straight top-10 finish at the NCAAs, claiming the third spot. Un-der Haack, the Bulldogs have advanced to the NCAAs for 12 straight seasons, winning twice (1999 and 2005) and finishing in the top 10 seven times and in the top 20 11 times. Last year’s Bulldogs won five events, including the program’s 27th Southeastern Conference title.

Swafford, the Bulldogs’ lone senior, has been a steady com-petitor throughout his career.

In 2009, he posted a scoring average of 72.5, with seven top-20 finishes in 10 tournaments on his way to All-America and All-Southeastern Conference honors. He captured medalist honors for the first time in his career at the Puerto Rico Shootout and had three additional top-10 efforts.

“Hudson has been a great ambassador for our pro-gram, and I am glad he’s with us as a senior this year,” Haack said. “The shoulder surgery was disappointing to him, but he has handled it well and continued to be a leader for our program. He can still push our guys to get better. He can make our program stronger in a different way than he’s used to. And when he’s back playing for us, he will be a difference-maker.”

Bennett took a rare redshirt year in his third season in the program in 2009. That gave him an opportunity to continue to hone his skills and prepare for a greater role in 2010. He still made a splash, however, as he was named to the Southeastern Conference Community Service Team. Entering the season, Bennett had played in four tournaments for the Bulldogs, including a 21st-place finish in the 2007 Brickyard Championship.

English and Henley have been stalwarts in the lineup since their arrival in Athens.

A year ago, English had a scoring average of 72.53 and five top-20 finishes. He took third at the Brickyard

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Championship, fourth at the Linger Longer Invitational and fifth at the Southeastern Conference Championship – all of which the Bulldogs won.

Henley is Georgia’s scoring average leader among the returners. He posted a 72.08 last season (following only Harman’s 71.94). Henley also led Georgia with nine top-20 showings and extended his streak of playing in every tournament of his college career.

“We are relying on our juniors to show the way on

Name Class Height Weight Exp. Hometown High School

Rob Bennett Junior 5-9 155 2L Augusta, Ga. Richmond Academy

Brian Carter Freshman 6-3 180 HS Augusta, Ga. Lakeside-Evans

Harris English Junior 6-3 170 2L Thomasville, Ga. The Baylor School

Russell Henley Junior 6-0 170 2L Macon, Ga. Stratford Academy

Will Kropp Sophomore 6-2 160 1L Edmond, Okla. Edmond North

T.J. Mitchell R. Freshman 6-0 155 SQ Albany, Ga. Deerfield-Windsor

Hudson Swafford Senior 6-2 185 3L Tallahassee, Fla. Maclay School

Lowery Thomas Sophomore 5-10 150 1L Auburn, Ala. Auburn High

Head Coach: Chris Haack (14th Season) • Assistant Coach: Jason Payne (3rd Season)

GeorGia BulldoGs roster

and off the course,” Haack said. “These guys have been in the program for awhile, and they know exactly how things have to be done. We are counting on Rob, Harris and Russell to lead us in a variety of ways.”

Kropp and Thomas make up the Bulldogs’ sopho-more class. Kropp saw action in three tournaments last season, all as an individual. He finished with a scor-ing average of 75.0. Thomas, who is in his third year in the program, has yet to compete for the Bulldogs in a tournament.

T.J. Mitchell redshirted a year ago and will join Carter in the freshman class. Both Mitchell and Carter had exemplary junior careers, and they should be in the mix for playing time this season.

“Our young guys will have to hit the ground running for us,” Haack said. “We need to be able to pencil some of these guys in, so they will need to practice to be play-ing at the best of their ability when their time comes.”

Hudson Swafford

Russell Henley

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2009-10 (Senior Season):• Chosen as the recipient of the Jack and

Mary Dinos Endowed Scholarship.2008-09 (Junior Season):• Named Second-Team All-America by

PING and the GCAA.• Selected for the PING All-Southeast

Region Team by the GCAA.• Named First-Team All-Southeastern

Conference by the league’s coaches.• Selected to the Southeastern Conference

Spring Academic Honor Roll.• Claimed medalist honors at the Puerto

Rico Classic, leading Georgia to the team title.• Finished at 12-under 204 in Puerto Rico

for the seventh-best figure in school history.• Paced the Bulldogs at the NCAA South-

east Regional, finishing sixth.• Was red hot in the fall, finishing third,

fifth and first in three straight events.

Swafford’S Scorecard

Year rounds strokes average Low

2006-07 37 2728 73.73 692007-08 33 2392 72.48 652008-09 30 2175 72.50 67totaLs 100 7295 72.95 65

top-10 Finishes: 12 (3/5/4)top-20 Finishes: 17 (5/5/7)par or Better: 42 (11/18/13)Best Finish: 1st 2009 Puerto rico

Low round: 66 (-6) 2008 so. HigHlands

65 (-6) 2008 east regional Low tournament: 204 (-12) 2009 Puerto rico

2006-2007 rounds totaL pLace

inverness invitational 77-73-76 226 (+13) 14tH of 75carPet caPital 76-76-74 226 (+10) 71st of 90ncaa Preview 70-73-72 215 (+5) 31st of 75islewortH invitational 70-76-74 220 (+4) 8tH of 89Puerto rico classic 70-70-71 211 (-5) 5tH of 90soutHern HigHlands 76-79-77 232 (+16) 56tH of 79scHenkel invitational 75-75-76 226 (+10) 47tH of 89u.s. collegiate 74-72-72 218 (+2) 2nd of 78sec cHamPionsHiP 81-72-71 224 (+14) 33rd of 60linger longer inv. 70-74-69 213 (-3) 11tH of 80ncaa east regional 75-79-70 224 (+8) 50tH of 141ncaa cHamPionsHiP 69-75-75-74 293 (+13) 68tH of 1552007-2008 rounds totaL pLace

carPet caPital coll. 78-76-75 229 (+13) 60tH of 90Brickyard collegiate 71-68-71 210 (-6) 8tH of 74islewortH invitational 71-69-70 210 (-6) 3rd of 90Puerto rico classic 71-71-70 212 (-4) 6tH of 79soutHern HigHlands 70-66-77 213 (-3) 2nd of 79linger longer inv. 71-81-71 223 (+7) 30tH of 75u.s. collegiate 74-74-74 222 (+6) 28tH of 78augusta state inv. 74-71 145 (+1) 27tH of 90sec cHamPionsHiP 74-76-71 221 (+5) 25tH of 60ncaa east regional 65-68-77 210 (-3) 23rd of 141ncaa cHamPionsHiP 73-69-79-76 297 (+9) 9tH of 1552008-2009 rounds totaL pLace

Ping/golfweek Preview 73-72-71 216 (+3) 16tH of 75Brickyard collegiate 75-72-68 215 (+5) 3rd of 80islewortH invitational 73-68-75 216 (e) 5tH of 90Puerto rico classic 70-67-67 204 (-12) 1st of 75las vegas intercollegiate 76-82-70 228 (+12) 54tH of 80linger longer inv. 75-75-76 226 (+10) 27tH of 75u.s. collegiate 73-74-75 222 (+6) 19tH of 78sec cHamPionsHiP 71-69-76 216 (e) 12tH of 60ncaa se regional 71-67-68 206 (-7) 6tH of 75ncaa cHamPionsHiP 73-78-75 226 (+13) 96tH of 156

Hudson SwaffordSenior • Tallahassee, Fla.

• Moved onto Georgia’s list for career top-10 finishes with his 12th (which is tied for 15th all-time).

• Named to Golfweek’s Preseason All-America Second Team.

• Named to the watch list for the 2009 Ben Hogan Award.

2007-08 (Sophomore Season):• Named Second-Team All-America by

PING/GCAA and Golfweek.• Selected First-Team All-SEC.• Named to the watch list for the 2008

Jack Nicklaus Award.• Chosen for the PING All-Southeast

Region Team by the GCAA.• Chosen to Golfweek.com’s “Best of the

Rest” in its Top 50 Players To Watch List.• Named the recipient of the Jack and Mary

Dinos Endowed Scholarship.2006-07 (Freshman Season):• Named the SEC Freshman of the Year.• Twice earned SEC Player of the Week

honors.Amateur/Junior Highlights:• Won the SJGT’s UGA-AutoTrader.com

Junior Invitational in 2003, 2004 and 2005, becoming the first player to win three times.

• Won the 2004 AJGA’s Mooney Rome Classic.

• Won the 2004 Future Masters title.• Recorded eight top-10 AJGA finishes.• Named First-Team EASports All-Ameri-

can in 2005.• Named Second-Team Rolex All-Ameri-

can in 2004.• Won the 2006 Dogwood Invitational.• Represented the United States in the

World Junior Cup in Japan in 2006.• Qualified for the 2006 U.S. Amateur.High School:• Graduated from Maclay High School.• Named Maclay’s MVP in 2002, 2003,

2004 and 2005.• Finished as the individual runner-up at

the 2003 and 2005 state championships.• Named the Big Bend Player of the Year in

2003, 2004 and 2005, and was First-Team All-Big Bend in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Personal:• Born Sept. 9, 1987.• Son of David and Jean Swafford.• Majoring in Consumer Economics.

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Rob BennettJunior • Augusta, Ga.

stUdent-athletes

2009-10 (Junior Season):• Named a recipient of one of the Ramsey

Scholarships for Academic and Athletic Excel-lence.

2008-09 (Redshirt Season):• Redshirted and did not see any action for

the Bulldogs.• Selected to the Southeastern Conference

Community Service Team.• Named to the Fall Semester Athletic

Director’s Honor Roll.• Selected to the Southeastern Conference

Spring Academic Honor Roll.• Chosen as the recipient of the Robert E.

Dicks III Athletic Scholarship Endowment.2007-08 (Sophomore Season):• Played as an individual in the Brickyard

Collegiate, posting a score of 217 for an aver-age of 72.33.

• Selected to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

• Named to the Fall and Spring Semesters Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2006-07 (Freshman Season):• Appeared in three events for the Bull-

dogs, posting a scoring average of 78.00.• Made his collegiate debut in the NCAA

Preview.• Played in the Isleworth Invitational and

the Linger Longer Invitational (the latter as an individual).

• Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll as the Bulldogs had a team GPA of 3.23, which was the highest among Georgia’s men’s teams.

Amateur/Junior Highlights:• Recorded three top-10 finishes in Ameri-

can Junior Golf Association tournaments in 2005.

• Named the Southeastern Junior Golf Tour’s Sportsman of the Year in 2004.

• Finished fifth at the 2003 Future Masters.• Won the SJGT’s Grand Cypress Junior

in 2004.• Was ranked as the No. 1 junior golfer in

Georgia in 2005 by the AJGA. • Named to Georgia-Carolina Challenge

Cup Team in 2004, winning all his matches to lead the team to victory.

Bennett’S Scorecard


2006-07 9 702 78.00 732007-08 3 217 72.33 67totaLs 12 919 76.58 67

top-10 Finishes: 0 (0/0)top-20 Finishes: 0 (0/0)par or Better: 1 (0/1)Best Finish: 21st 2007 Brickyard

Low round: 67 (-5) 2007 Brickyard Low tournament: 217 (+1) 2007 Brickyard


ncaa Preview 85-73-74 232 (+22) 72nd of 75islewortH invitational 77-76-78 231 (+15) 61st of 89linger longer inv. 82-73-84 239 (+23) 78tH of 802007-2008 rounds totaL pLace

Brickyard collegiate 73-67-77 217 (+1) 21st of 74

• Placed third at the 2005 Georgia State Golf Association Junior.

• Placed third at the 2005 Golfweek Invi-tational.

• Tied for fifth at the 2005 North-South Junior.

High School:• Graduated from Richmond Academy.• Helped lead Richmond Academy to state

and region championships in 2006.• Named MVP at Richmond Academy for

2005 and 2006.• Led Augusta Preparatory Day School to

region and state championships as a freshman.• Was an Honor Graduate and UGA Cer-

tificate of Merit recipient.• Named an AJGA HP Scholastic All-

American.Personal:• Born Aug. 5, 1987.

• Son of Jim and Frann Bennett.• Majoring in Business.


Harris EnglishJunior • Thomasville, Ga.

stUdent-athletes

2009-10 (Junior Season):• Chosen as the recipient of the George P.

Swift Jr. Endowed Scholarship. 2008-09 (Sophomore Season):• Named Third-Team All-America by PING

and the Golf Coaches Association of America.• Selected for the PING All-Southeast

Region Team by the GCAA.• Named First-Team All-Southeastern

Conference by the league’s coaches.• Selected to the Southeastern Conference

Spring Academic Honor Roll.• Named to Golfweek’s Preseason All-

America Second Team.2007-08 (Freshman Season):• Named Third-Team All-America by PING

and the GCAA.• Chosen for the National All-Freshmen

Team by the GCAA.• Selected Third-Team All-American by

Golfweek.• Named the SEC Freshman of the Year

and Second-Team All-SEC and to the All-Freshmen Team in voting conducted by the league’s coaches.

• Chosen for the PING All-Southeast Region Team by the GCAA.

• Had a scintillating debut as a Bulldog, claiming medalist honors in the Brickyard Collegiate and the Isleworth Invitational in his second and third collegiate events.

• Set Isleworth records with a 6-under 66 in the third round and a total of 11-under 205.

• Became the third Bulldog in four years to

win the Isleworth, joining Chris Kirk and Brian Harman.

• Set the Brickyard scoring record at 12-under 204 (including a first-round 7-under 65) as it was the inaugural event.

• Chosen as the Golf World National Player of the Week following his victories.


• Named to the Golf World Mid-Season All-American Team and the Mid-Season All-Freshmen Team.

• Named the recipient of the George P. Swift Jr. Endowed Scholarship.

• Named to the Fall Semester Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

• Selected for the SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll.

Amateur/Junior Highlights:• Won the 2007 Georgia Amateur

Championship.• According to the GSGA, he was the third-

youngest player to win the event, following only Bobby Jones in 1916 and Charlie Yates in 1931.

• Finished 14th at the 2007 U.S. Amateur.• Placed eighth at the 2007 Southeastern

Amateur.• Won the 2004 Southern Junior.• Made it to the round of 32 in the 2006

U.S. Junior.• Placed fifth at the 2007 Georgia Junior.• Recorded 16 victories on the

Southeastern Junior Golf Tour, including two Tour Championships and two Tournaments of Champions.

• Had three top-5 finishes in American Junior Golf Association events.

• Was chosen as the 2001 Southeastern Junior Player of the Year.

• Won the Future Masters events in 2002 and 2004.

High School:• Graduated from

The Baylor School, the institution that produced former Georgia All-American Michael Morrison.

engliSh’S Scorecard


2007-08 33 2411 73.06 652008-09 30 2176 72.53 66totaLs 63 4587 72.81 65

top-10 Finishes: 7 (4/3)top-20 Finishes: 10 (5/5)par or Better: 26 (12/14)Best Finish: 1st 2007 Brickyard

2007 islewortH

Low round: 65 (-7) 2007 Brickyard Low tournament: 204 (-12) 2007 Brickyard


carPet caPital coll. 74-77-77 228 (+12) 56tH of 90Brickyard collegiate 65-71-68 204 (-12) 1st of 74islewortH invitational 72-67-66 205 (-11) 1st of 90Puerto rico classic 73-71-75 219 (+3) 25tH of 79soutHern HigHlands 74-75-73 222 (+6) 21st of 79linger longer inv. 73-71-73 217 (+1) 11tH of 75u.s. collegiate 76-79-73 228 (+12) 48tH of 78augusta state inv. 72-70 142 (-2) 10tH of 90sec cHamPionsHiP 77-73-73 223 (+7) 34tH of 60ncaa east regional 74-65-67 206 (-7) 6tH of 141ncaa cHamPionsHiP 86-77-79-75 317 (+29) 73rd of 1552008-2009 rounds totaL pLace

carPet caPital coll. 76-72-74 222 (+6) 40tH of 90Brickyard collegiate 73-72-70 215 (+5) 3rd of 80islewortH invitational 73-77-72 222 (+6) 18tH of 90Puerto rico classic 72-66-73 211 (-5) 12tH of 75las vegas intercollegiate 83-71-71 225 (+9) 39tH of 80linger longer inv. 69-70-71 210 (-6) 4tH of 75u.s. collegiate 73-76-75 224 (+8) 28tH of 78sec cHamPionsHiP 70-74-68 212 (-4) 5tH of 60ncaa se regional 74-69-69 212 (-1) 33rd of 75 ncaa cHamPionsHiP 73-74-76 223 (+10) 70tH of 156

• Led Baylor to four state titles.• Was the 2005 state medalist.• Was the McDonald’s Tournament of

Champions and the Palmetto National prep champion in 2005.

Personal:• Born July 23, 1989.• Son of Ben and Martha English.• His father played basketball for Georgia

in the 1980s.• Majoring in Pre-Business.


2009-10 (Junior Season):• Named the recipient of the Dick Copas-

Lloyd Liebler Endowed Scholarship. 2008-09 (Sophomore Season):• Named Second-Team All-America by

PING and the Golf Coaches Association of America.

• Selected for the PING All-Southeast Region Team by the GCAA.

• Named First-Team All-Southeastern Conference by the league’s coaches.


• Claimed medalist honors at the Isleworth Invitational, becoming the fourth Bulldog in five years to win the event.

• Chosen as the National Player of the

Week by Golfweek and the SEC Golfer of the Week after winning the Isleworth and coming in ninth at the Brickyard Collegiate.

• Named to Golfweek’s Preseason All-America Second Team.

2007-08 (Freshman Season):• Named Second-Team All-America by

PING and the GCAA.• Chosen for the National All-Freshmen

Team by the GCAA.

• Named Second-Team All-SEC and to the SEC All-Freshmen Team in voting conducted by the league’s coaches.

• Chosen for the PING All-Southeast Region Team by the GCAA.

• Claimed co-medalist honors at the NCAA East Regional for the first victory of his collegiate career.

• Fired a 13-under 200 at the East Regional, the second-best figure and the fourth-best under-par tally in school history.

• Earned the Team Effort Regional Champion Award as presented by the GCAA.

• Named to the watch list for the 2008 Jack Nicklaus Award.

Amateur/Junior Highlights:• Won the 2008 and 2009 Georgia

Amateur titles, lowering the scoring record to 10-under in 2008 and 16-under in 2009.

• Named the GSGA’s Junior Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006.

• In 2005, became the youngest Georgian ever to qualify for the U.S. Open Sectional.

• In 2005, was the youngest male in the 48-year history of the Macon-Middle Georgia Championship to win that event.

• Reached as high as No. 6 nationally in the Junior Golf Scoreboard poll.

• Placed ninth in the 2005 U.S. Junior.• Was the low medalist in the

Georgia-South Carolina Cup in 2006.• Won the 2006 GSGA Junior Golf

Championship after placing third in 2004 and fourth in 2005.

• Played in the Georgia-South Carolina Challenge Match in 2004, 2005 and 2006, compiling a match-play record of 5-0-1.

• Finished second in the Big I National Tournament in 2006.

• Was a member of the 2007 Junior World Cup Championship Team that played in Japan.

• Finished in the top 10 in the 2007 Dogwood Invitational.

• Placed second in the 2005 Idlehour Peach Blossom 2-Ball Championship in 2005.

High School:• Graduated from Stratford Academy.• Led the Eagles to Georgia Independent

Schools Association state championships in

henley’S Scorecard


2007-08 33 2382 72.18 662008-09 36 2595 72.08 67totaLs 69 4977 72.13 66

top-10 Finishes: 11 (6/5)top-20 Finishes: 15 (6/9)par or Better: 36 (17/19)Best Finish: 1st 2008 east regional

2008 islewortH

Low round: 66 (-6) 2007 Brickyard Low tournament: 200 (-13) 2008 east regional


carPet caPital coll. 73-71-71 215 (-1) 6tH of 90Brickyard collegiate 69-71-66 206 (-10) 3rd of 74islewortH invitational 77-68-73 218 (+2) 23rd of 90Puerto rico classic 73-72-67 212 (-4) 6tH of 79soutHern HigHlands 74-80-75 229 (+13) 53rd of 79linger longer inv. 67-77-70 214 (-2) 5tH of 75u.s. collegiate 82-71-72 225 (+9) 38tH of 78augusta state inv. 74-73 147 (+3) 47tH of 90sec cHamPionsHiP 73-70-71 214 (-2) 4tH of 60ncaa east regional 66-68-66 200 (-13) 1st of 141ncaa cHamPionsHiP 74-78-75-75 302 (+14) 22nd of 1552008-2009 rounds totaL pLace

carPet caPital coll. 73-71-74 218 (+2) 20tH of 90Ping/golfweek Preview 73-72-74 219 (+6) 24tH of 75Brickyard collegiate 74-68-74 216 (+6) 9tH of 80islewortH invitational 71-67-74 212 (-4) 1st of 90collegiate all-american 75-70-71 216 (+3) 16tH of 27Puerto rico classic 72-67-67 206 (-10) 3rd of 75las vegas intercollegiate 78-69-75 222 (+6) 24tH of 80linger longer inv. 72-72-73 217 (+1) 7tH of 75u.s. collegiate 77-77-76 230 (+14) 55tH of 78sec cHamPionsHiP 71-71-75 217 (+1) 15tH of 60ncaa se regional 71-71-67 209 (-4) 19tH of 75ncaa cHamPionsHiP 71-67-75 213 (e) 9tH of 156

Russell HenleyJunior • Macon, Ga.

2004 and 2005.• Was the state individual medalist in 2004,

2005 and 2006.• Was named to the GISA All-State Team

in 2004, 2005 and 2006.• Twice earned All-State honors in

basketball.Personal:• Born April 12, 1989.• Son of Chapin and Sally Henley.• Majoring in Housing.

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stUdent-athletes

Lowery Thomas

Will KroppSophomore • Edmond, Okla.

2009-10 (Sophomore Season):• Named the recipient of the DeVore-

Whitehead Endowed Scholarship.2008-09 (Freshman Season):• Saw action in three events for the Bull-

dogs, playing as an individual in the Brickyard Collegiate, the Las Vegas Intercollegiate and the Linger Longer Invitational.

• Named to Golfweek’s Preseason Notable

Kropp’S Scorecard


2008-09 9 675 75.0 71totaLs 9 675 75.0 71

top-10 Finishes: 0 (0)top-20 Finishes: 0 (0)par or Better: 1 (1)Best Finish: 27tH 2008 linger longer

Low round: 71 (+1) 2008 Brickyard

Low tournament: 226 (+10) 2008 linger longer

2008-2009Brickyard collegiate 75-76-71 222 (+12) 36tH of 80las vegas intercollegiate 79-72-76 227 (+11) 48tH of 80linger longer inv. 75-77-74 226 (+10) 27tH of 75

2009-10 (Sophomore Season)• Named the recipient of the James R.

Gabrielsen Endowed Scholarship.2008-09 (Freshman Season):• Did not see any action for the Bulldogs,

but was a valuable reserve.2007-08 (Redshirt Season):• Practiced with the Bulldogs each day but

did not see any action.Amateur/Junior Highlights:• Won the 2005 Future Masters Tourna-

ment, shooting a tournament- and course-record 62 in the final round.

• Placed eighth in the 2005 Bubba Conlee. • Won the 2005 Dixie Section Junior PGA

by a tournament-record 10 shots.

Personal:• Born March 12, 1990.• Son of Brad and Susan Kropp.• Majoring in Pre-Business.

Newcomers List.Amateur/Junior Highlights:• Finished first in the 2007 McDonald’s All-

American Tournament.• Came in first in the 2005 and 2007

AJGA’s OSSO Juniors.• Won the AJGA’s Wildcat Golf/Wichita

Junior Championship in 2006.• Placed second in the 2008 Thunderbird

International Junior.• Advanced to the semifinals of the 2007

Polo Junior Golf Classic to place third.• Came in fourth at the AJGA’s Rolex

Tournament of Champions in 2007.• Placed fourth at the 2006 PING Invitational.• Went 4-0 as a member of the West

Canon Cup Team in 2007.• Named a Rolex All-American three times. High School:• Graduated from Edmond North.• Led Edmond North to four state titles.

• Finished second in the SJGT’s UGA-Au-toTrader.com Junior Invitational in 2004.

• Took fourth at the 2005 Brad Willis Memorial. • Had 18 top-10 finishes on the SJGT. • Finished tied for third at the 2006 SJGT-

Four Ball Championship, partnering with 2005 U.S. Junior runner-up Bradley Johnson.

High School:• Graduated from Auburn High.• Named Auburn’s MVP in 2005 and 2006. • Led Auburn to the Alabama 6A state

championship in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. • Named First Team All-State in 2004,

2005 and 2006. • Was the 2005 6A state medalist and was

the 2006 and 2007 6A Section II medalist.

Personal:• Born March 30, 1988.• Son of Paul and Myra Thomas.• Majoring in Pre-Business.

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Sophomore • Auburn, Ala.


T.J. MitchellR-Freshman • Albany, Ga.

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Brian CarterFreshman • Augusta, Ga.

2009-10 Season (Freshman Season):• Named the recipient of the Jack Carlyle

Fraser Menorial Endowed Scholarship. 2008-09 Season (Redshirt Season):• Practiced but did not see any action.• Selected to the Southeastern Conference

Freshmen Academic Honor Roll.Amateur/Junior Highlights:• Recorded a top-10 finish in the 2006

American Junior Golf Association event in Rome and was 12th at the AJGA tournament in Ringgold.

• Played in the 2005 Georgia-South Caro-lina Challenge Match.

• Reached the top 100 in the national junior rankings.

• Won several Southern Junior Golf Tour and Georgia Junior PGA tournaments, includ-ing the 2006 SJGT First Four-Ball in Alabama.

• Qualified for the Georgia State Amateur in 2006.

• Won the Stonebridge Club Champion-ship.

High School:• Graduated from Deerfield-Windsor

Academy.• Led Deerfield-Windsor to two GISA

state championships, including an undefeated

season in 2008.• Named GISA All-State and All-Region

four straight years.Personal:• Born Sept. 28, 1989.• Son of Tom and Doris Mitchell.• Majoring in Pre-Business.

2009-10 Season (Freshman Season):• Named the recipient of the Georgia’s

Men’s Golf Endowed Scholarship. Amateur/Junior Highlights:• Came in second in the 2009 Southern Junior.• Finished 11th at the 2009 Georgia Amateur.• Placed 20th in the 2009 Dogwood Invitational.• Recorded five victories on the Southeast-

ern Junior Golf Tour, including a win in the Tournament of Champions in 2007.

• Competed in the United States Junior Amateur in 2007 and 2008.

• Participated in the Georgia Amateur.• Invited to the Canadian Junior Amateur

International.

• Was a 2006 qualifying medalist for the Georgia State Amateur.

High School:• Graduated from Lakeside-Evans.• Led Lakeside-Evans to state champion-

ships in 2006 and 2007.• Earned state medalist honors in 2007.• Named to the All-Region Team four

times and the All-State Team three times.• Selected as Lakeside-Evans’ Most Valu-

able Player for four straight seasons.Personal:• Born Jan. 18, 1991.• Son of David and Linda Carter.• Majoring in Finance.


cOaching staff

Chris HaackHead Coach • 14th Season

Chris Haack was named the Georgia men’s golf coach on July 18,1996 – and he not only has sustained the Bulldogs’ lofty standards but he has pushed them to a new level.

Haack has guided the Bulldogs to two na-tional championships (the first ones in school history), six Southeastern Conference crowns, 41 total team victories, and several team and individual records. The Bulldogs have seven top-10 showings at the NCAA Championship

in the last 11 years, including the 1999 and 2005 national titles. Many of his players have been honored nationally and by the SEC for their efforts on the course, in the classroom and in the community. In fact, Haack has devel-oped 45 All-Americans during his tenure, 10 more than the next-closest school in that span.

Since Haack took over in Athens, he has led Georgia to at least one win in 11 of the previous 13 seasons. With 41 victories, Haack will enter the 2009-10 season just three shy of the school record of 44 set by Haack’s prede-

cessor, Hall-of-Famer Dick Copas. In 2008-09, the Bulldogs won five tourna-

ments, including the 27th Southeastern Con-ference title in school history – and the sixth under Haack’s watch. His Bulldogs finished No. 1 in the final Golfstat poll and came in third at the NCAA Championship (their fifth straight top-10 finish). The five Bulldogs in the NCAAs lineup – Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Hudson Swafford, Harris English and Adam Mitchell

– earned All-America honors. Harman was chosen as a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar for his efforts in the classroom for the second straight year.

The 2007-08 Bulldogs finished the year with the No. 1 ranking as determined by the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. Haack’s team won three times, including the NCAA East Regional, and came in eighth at the NCAAs.

In 2006-07, the Bulldogs were the nation’s hottest team in the spring. Under Haack’s

guidance, Georgia won five out of seven tournaments. Though they finished second at the NCAA Championship (thanks to a spirited rally from 16th after the second round), the Bulldogs held the final No. 1 ranking in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index.

In 2005-06, Haack led the Bulldogs to a school-record-tying six tournament wins. Haack was chosen as the SEC Coach of the Year, his third such designation, and his

program also produced the SEC’s Player of the Year (Chris Kirk) and the Freshman of the Year (Harman). Haack was selected by the Golf Coaches Association of America as the 2006 head coach for the United Palmer Cup Team. He also coached the 2002 squad and is the only man to guide the Americans twice.

The Bulldogs won three tournaments in 2004-05 – includ-ing the most memorable one in the spring as Georgia capped the season with a wire-to-wire win at the NCAAs. Haack was chosen as the Eaton/Golf Pride National Coach of the Year as well as the Southeast Regional Coach of the Year.

Haack’s 2003-04 Bulldogs won the SEC title, with four golfers placing in the top 20 at the SECs, including medalist and SEC Fresh-man of the Year Brendon Todd.

Haack’s 2002-03 Bulldogs finished 16th at the NCAA Championship and third at the SECs, but cracked the win column at the Tennessee Tournament of

Champions.Though his 2001-02 Bulldogs did not win a

tournament, Haack still was recognized as one of the nation’s top coaches. He was chosen as coach for Team USA for the Palmer Cup.

Haack’s 2000-01 Bulldogs won six events, including a school-record four straight, and finished the season ranked No. 1 in the nation. At the Golf World Invitational, Georgia set school records for the lowest round (20-under 268) and the lowest tournament total (42-un-der 822) as well as the two lowest individual


• 1999, 2005 National Coach of the Year

• 1998, 2000, 2006 SEC Coach of the Year

• 2 National Championships (1999, 2005)

• 45 All-Americans: 7 1st Team, 14 2nd Team,

6 3rd Team, 18 Honorable Mention

• 48 All-SEC Selections: 29 1st Team, 19 2nd Team

• 1 Ben Hogan Award Winner

• 3 SEC Players of the Year

• 6 SEC Freshmen of the Year

• 6 SEC Team Championships

• 41 Team Championships

• 25 Individual Medalists

• 10 Scholar All-Americans

• 1 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient

• 6 Faculty Athletic Representative Awards (highest team GPA at Georgia)

• 6 Team and Individual School Records

• 2001, 2006 U.S. Palmer Cup Coach

Haack’s Highlightsscores in school history (Ryan Hybl at 15-un-der 201 and Erik Compton at 14-under 202).

Haack’s 1999-2000 Bulldogs won three tournaments and he earned SEC Coach of the Year honors.

Haack’s breakthrough season with the Bull-dogs came in 1998-99. No Georgia team had ever ascended to the No. 1 spot in the polls, but Haack’s team did so early in the spring campaign. The Bulldogs later validated their No. 1 ranking by winning the program’s first national championship. Haack was named Na-tional Coach of the Year by Golfweek/Sagarin.

In 1997-98, Haack’s second season, Georgia burst back onto the national scene, winning four tournaments, including its first SEC crown since 1988. Haack guided the Bulldogs to 11 straight top-5 finishes and their first NCAAs berth and top-5 ranking since 1991.

Haack’s first Georgia squad in 1996-97 showed glimpses of what lay ahead as the youthful Bulldogs finished fourth or better in seven of 11 events and advanced to the NCAA Regional.

Before being named Georgia’s coach, Haack was a driving force for the American Junior Golf Association. He joined the AJGA in 1981 as a tournament director before becoming director of operations in 1984 and director of development in 1985. He also served a seven-year stint as captain of the West Canon Cup Team, squads that included Tiger Woods and Chris Riley. In an initiative begun as founda-tion director from 1988-90, he also organized and established fund-raising programs to build surplus moneys for the AJGA’s perpetuity,

bringing in more than $750,000 for the founda-tion and other junior programs. Haack served as assistant executive director from 1990-96, helping manage a staff of 22 and an annual budget of $2.5 million. Additionally, he helped oversee the running of 38 events and 19 quali-fiers nationwide.

The recipient of the AJGA Sportsmanship Award, Haack graduated from Newnan High School in 1978. He attended West Georgia College, where he played on the golf team, and he received his degree from Mellen.

Haack and his wife, Tori, have a son, Charlie, and a daughter, Katie.

Georgia Coaches’ PledgeThese student-athletes are entrusted to my care. I will train them to the best of my ability. I will develop them into smartly disciplined,

physically fit, highly trained athletes thoroughly indoctrinated in love for the Georgia Bulldogs who represent the University of Georgia and the athletic program in the highest possible manner. I will encourage our athletes and insist that they perform to the best of their ability in the

classroom as well as in the arena of competitive athletics. I will require of them, and demonstrate by my own example, the highest standards of

integrity, personal conduct, morality, sportsmanship and professional skill.

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Jason PayneAssistant Coach • 3rd Season

Jason Payne, the former head coach at Mercer University, is entering his third season as the assistant coach for the Georgia men’s golf team.

“We knew Jason would be able to step right in and do a great job, and that’s exactly what he has done,” Georgia head coach Chris Haack said. “He’s a Georgia guy who is very fa-miliar with our program. He’s done a great job as a coach and as a recruiter. Jason has been a great addition to our program.”

In 2008-09, Payne helped the Bulldogs win five tournaments, including the 27th South-eastern Conference title in school history – and the first since Payne joined the staff. The Bulldogs finished No. 1 in the final Golfstat poll and came in third at the NCAA Champion-ship (their fifth straight top-10 finish). The five Bulldogs in the NCAAs lineup – Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Hudson Swafford, Harris English and Adam Mitchell – earned All-America hon-ors. Harman was chosen as a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar for his efforts in the classroom for the second straight year.

Payne helped the 2007-08 Bulldogs finish the year ranked No. 1 in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and win three tournaments. Payne was a driving force as Henley, Mitchell, Swafford and English garnered All-America and All-SEC recognition.

Before arriving in Athens, Payne spent four seasons as Mercer’s head coach, helping the program reach new heights and improve its

visibility on the national landscape.During his tenure at Mercer, Payne helped

the Bears to a program-best, fourth-place finish at the 2005 Atlantic Sun Championship. He also coached five Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars, 25 Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team honorees and one Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team selection. Under Payne’s guidance,

Mercer won the 2005 Wofford Invitational while three Bears claimed individual titles.

Away from com-petition, Payne put Mercer on the map nationally by hosting the Linger Longer Invitational, which now is recognized as one of the country’s top events. Mercer also hosted the Atlantic Sun Championship in April 2007 at The Golf Club of Sanctuary Cove in Waverly, the

first time the university hosted the event since 1995. Mercer also hosted the inaugural Brick-yard Collegiate Golf Championship in October 2007 at The Brickyard at Riverside in Macon.

Payne spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Georgia Southern before arriving at Mercer. While in Statesboro, Payne helped guide the Eagles to two Southern Conference titles and back-to-back trips to the NCAA Re-gionals in 2002 and 2003. He also coached one All-American, one Scholar All-American, one Southern Conference Player of the Year, two consecutive Southern Conference Freshman of the Year picks, five All-Southern Confer-ence selections and one Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Year.

Payne earned a bachelor’s degree in Con-sumer Economics from Georgia in 2001 and a master’s degree in Sport Management from Georgia Southern in 2003.

“It’s so good to be in Athens,” Payne said. “I am excited to be involved with a program that has such a history of success. Working with Coach Haack and the rest of the Athletic Association has been a great privilege.”

Payne is married to the former Angela Fortenberry.


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Bryant OdomGraduate Assistant • 1st Season

Former Georgia All-American Bryant Odom, who won the Southeastern Confer-ence individual title as a junior, will serve as the Bulldogs’ graduate assistant for the 2009-10 season.

“We are very excited to have Bryant back in the fold,” Georgia head coach Chris Haack said. “He is a guy who knows the ins and outs of our program and he will be a great addi-tion to our staff. His experience as a student-athlete, a professional player, a instructor and an administrator will be beneficial to the program.”

Odom, a native of Cartersville, lettered for the Bulldogs from 1999-2002. In 2001, he became the 13th golfer in Georgia history to claim conference medalist honors.

Odom garnered All-America honors in 2001 and 2002, and he was an All-SEC selec-tion in 2000, 2001 and 2002. During Odom’s playing career in Athens, the Bulldogs won 13 tournaments, including the 1999 national cham-pionship and the 2000 and 2001 SEC titles.

Odom also excelled in the classroom. He was named to SEC Academic Honor Roll four straight seasons. Odom graduated in 2002 with a degree in Sports Studies. In addition to his Director of Golf Operations duties, Odom will be working toward a master’s in Sports Management this year.

Odom played professionally from 2002 through 2005 and again in 2008 on the NGA Hooters, Tarheel and Nationwide tours. He competed in more than 30 Nationwide events

in five countries and more than 40 tourna-ments on the NGA Hooters and Tarheel tours. In 2003, Odom won the Alabama Classic on the NGA Hooters Tour.

From 2006 to 2007, Odom was the PGA Ap-prentice Professional at Ocean Forest Golf Club on Sea Island. Odom assisted the Head Profes-sional with the day-to-day operations, including staff scheduling, budget and projections, and oversee-ing club tournaments.

Odom also has been a regular at the Chris Haack Bulldog Camps, serving as a camp coun-selor and instructor from 1998 to 2005 and again in 2009.

In 2008, Odom claimed medalist honors at the Georgia State Open Championship. He also has victories in the 2001 Southeastern Amateur, the 2006 Georgia PGA East Chapter Championship and the 2007 Georgia PGA As-sistants’ Championship. He reached the match play portion of the 1999 U.S. Public Links and the 2001 U.S. Amateur.

“I am thrilled to be back in Athens and part of the golf program once again,” Odom said. “It’s a great opportunity to work with Coach Haack as well as study for my master’s degree. I couldn’t have asked for a better situation.”

Odom is married to the former Abbi Fran-cis, who was a two-year letterwinner for the Georgia women’s golf team.


Michael F. AdamsUGA President

Dr. Michael F. Adams was named the 21st president of the University of Georgia on June 11, 1997. He immediately focused on secur-ing UGA’s future as one of America’s premier public research universities.

Widely recognized as a leader in higher education administration, he also has held a number of significant leadership positions in intercollegiate athletics. He is currently the chairman of the NCAA Executive Committee, the highest governance body in the NCAA. He has been chair of the Southeastern Conference and is a member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. A college athlete himself – he lettered in track at Lipscomb University – he values athletics as an important part of the college experience for athletes and non-athletes alike.

Under Adams’ leadership, student quality

has risen steadily and the University of Georgia has been ranked as one of America’s top 20 public universities for eight of the past 10 years by U.S. News & World Report. External funding for research, public service and instruc-tion totals more than $200 million annually. Private giving to the university is at its highest level ever; UGA completed the Archway to Excellence campaign on June 30, 2008 with more than $630 million.

The total value of construction initi-ated during his tenure approaches $1 billion, financed through the innovative use of state, federal, internal and private funds, and includes the Student Learning Center; new residence halls and a dining commons on East Campus; the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center; and an expansion of Sanford Stadium and the Women’s Athletic Complex.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in speech and history from Lipscomb. He earned a master’s in political communications and a doctorate in political communications, with a cognate em-phasis in educational administration, from The Ohio State University. At OSU, he was named a University Fellow, the highest academic recognition given by the graduate school. He holds an academic appointment as a professor of speech communication at UGA.

Adams was born in Montgomery, Ala., and attended public schools in Georgia from first grade through ninth, graduating from high school in Chattanooga in 1966. He began his professional career on the communication fac-ulty at Ohio State, later serving as vice presi-dent for university affairs at Pepperdine. He was president of Centre College in Danville, Ky., for nine years before his arrival in Athens.

Damon EvansDirector Of Athletics

University of Georgia letter winner and double degree holder Damon Evans was selected as Director of Athletics in December 2003, and assumed the duties officially on July 1, 2004.

At the time he was just 34 years of age, and was one of the youngest athletic directors in the country. However, he had already es-tablished himself as an up-and-coming athletic administrator.

Evans has received several honors, includ-ing the Street and Smith’s Sports Business Journal “40 Under 40 Award” for 2004, 2005, and 2007, the UGA Terry College of Business Award as the “Outstanding Young Alumnus”, and Sports Illustrated’s “101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports.”

Today, Evans oversees a nationally recog-

nized program with 21 intercollegiate sports teams involving more than 600 student-ath-letes, an $84 million budget and a 260-person staff. He is a member of several Southeastern Conference and NCAA Committees, Chair-man of the NCAA Division I Leadership Coun-cil, and is involved in volunteer and community service roles across the state of Georgia.

Under Evans’ watch, Georgia has won 11 national championships, including one in men’s golf in 2005.

Evans was born in Nebraska, but spent much of his youth in Georgia where he graduated from Gainesville High School after a stellar career both athletically and academi-cally. During his football career at Georgia (1988-92), Evans earned a starting assignment four consecutive seasons, played in three bowl

games and was a member of the 1991 and 1992 teams that won 19 games. He earned two degrees from UGA, receiving a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1992 and a master’s of education in sports management in 1994.

Evans joined the staff at Missouri, serving as Director of Compliance and Operations in 1994-95. After holding the positions as a Director and Assistant Commissioner for Eligi-bility and Compliance Services at the South-eastern Conference from 1995-98, he returned to his alma mater. Before his appointment as UGA Director of Athletics, he held titles of As-sociate and Senior Associate Athletic Director for Internal Affairs.

He is married to the former Kerri Budd of Atlanta and they have two children, Cameron and Kennedy.

President and directOr Of athletics


Claude FeltonAssociate AD/Sports Communications

Matt BrachowskiAssistant AD/Event Management

Glada HorvatAssistant AD/Academics & Eligibility

Craig WhiteAssociate AD/Sports & Operations

* Sport Administrator

Eric BaumgartnerAssistant AD/Compliance

Charlie WhittemoreAssistant AD/Facilities

Dave MuiaSpecial Assistant To Director Of Athletics

Denise SalibaBoyd Center Administrative Assistant

Rhonda KilpatrickAcademic Counseling

Steve BryantAthletic Training

Joshua RucciStrength & Conditioning

Allison JacksonPromotions

Frank CrumleyExecutive Associate AD/Finance & Admin.

Carla WilliamsAssociate AD/Student Services & SWA

Arthur JohnsonAssociate AD/Internal Operations

Alan ThomasAssociate AD/External Operations

Jere MoreheadFaculty Athletics Representative

Steven ColquittSports Communications

adMinistratiOn, sUPPOrt staff


excellence in acadeMics

Opened in the fall of 2002, the Rankin M. Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center (pictured at right) provides the space and cutting-edge re-sources Georgia’s golfers and other student-athletes need to achieve their academic goals.

Adjacent to several athletic venues, the Smith Center is conve-nient for student-athlete access. Each of the computer workstations is equipped with multimedia capabilities and high-resolution monitors with graphics and network cards. The computer lab also has access to the highest-quality network printers and scanners.

The 31,000-square-foot center serves the needs of all student-athletes at Georgia with tutorial rooms, conference rooms, counsel-ors’ offices, computer labs and teaching space. There also is a lecture hall, student lounge and a large banquet area.

The University of Georgia enjoys a long and rich tradi-tion of academic achievement among its athletic programs. According to fig-ures released by the NCAA, Georgia has produced more com-bined scholar-athletes than any Southern college or university.

Scholarship Endowments Ensure Future Of Georgia Athletics

The Athletic Scholarship Endowment Program was instituted to allow supporters to invest in the educational opportunities of UGA student-athletes. A gift to establish a scholarship provides income toward funding a scholarship each year and permanently memorializes the donor or any individual in whose honor the scholarship is named. A full scholarship is endowed through a gift of $150,000. These and other commitments rep-resent the foundation of the Georgia athletic program’s future. For more information on the Scholarship Endowment Program or other giving opportunities, call (706) 542-9220.

Dick Copas-Lloyd Liebler Scholarship: This scholarship was established by Danny and Lois Yates in honor of former coach Dick Copas and Danny’s late teammate, Lloyd Liebler. The 2009-10 recipient is Russell Henley.

Jack and Mary Dinos Scholarship: Jack and Mary Dinos of Sea Island, Ga., endowed a scholarship to demonstrate their love and mutual devotion to Georgia Athletics. The 2009-10 recipient is Hudson Swafford.

Jack Carlyle Fraser Scholarship: This scholarship was established by Norma Fraser in honor of her late husband, Jack, who was a member of the Georgia golf team in 1942. The 2009-10 recipient is T.J. Mitchell.

James R. Gabrielsen Scholarship: This scholarship was established by the fam-ily of James R. (Jimmy) Gabrielsen, a three-year letterman and an All-American in 1963 for the Bulldogs. The 2009-10 recipient is Lowery Thomas.

George P. Swift Jr. Scholarship: This scholarship was established by the Swift family of Columbus in memory of George P. Swift Jr., a two-year letterman and the 1939 SEC medalist. The 2009-10 recipient is Harris English.

DeVore-Whitehead Scholarship: This scholarship was established by Robert C. and Kathy D. Whitehead in honor of their parents Virginia and Comer Whitehead and Carroll and Helen DeVore. The 2009-10 recipient is Hudson Swafford.

Georgia Men’s Golf Scholarship: This scholarship was endowed by the UGA Athletic Association in honor of the 1999 and 2005 national champions and the Bull-dogs’ 26 SEC titles. The 2009-10 recipient is Brian Carter.

Ramsey Scholarship For Academic/Athletic Excellence: The late Bernard Ramsey established the endowment of 10 scholarships which are awarded annually to Georgia’s top student-athletes. Among the 2009-10 recipients is Rob Bennett.

Built at a cost of $7 million, the center bears the name of the late Rankin M. Smith, a UGA alumnus and the longtime owner of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. The Smith family gave a generous gift of $3.5 million toward the center’s construction.


excellence in acadeMics

For eight straight years and nine years overall, the Bulldogs have earned the Faculty Athletics Representative Award for the Geor-gia men’s team with the highest team grade point average. In 2008 and 2009, Brian Har-

Pete Abernathy ......................... 1998, 1999, 2000Zan Banks ........................................................1995Rob Bennett .............................. 2007, 2008, 2009Shaw Blackmon ......................... 1994, 1995, 1996Louis Brown ....................................................1985Nick Cassini.......................................... 1999, 2001Andrew Crowley ............................................2003David Denham ................................................2005Mitch Donald ..................................................2005Tom Duffy ........................................................1995Harris English ..................................................2009Russ Dunaway ...................................... 1996, 1997Brad Garner ................... 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003Will Garner .....................................................1997Michael Green........................... 2007, 2008, 2009Brian Harman ............................ 2007, 2008, 2009Neal Hendee .................. 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993Jason Hodges ...................................................2005Ryan Hybl .............................................. 2003, 2004Greg Kennedy .................................................1991Chris Kirk ............................................. 2004, 2007Kevin Kisner ......................................... 2005, 2006Jefferson Knox ................................................2007Ryan Landowski ................................... 1995, 1996Butler Melnyk ..................................................2004Adam Mitchell ...................................... 2008, 2009T.J. Mitchell .......................................................2009Mark Northey ...................................... 1998, 1999Bryant Odom ................. 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003Jeremy Parrott ................................................1999Peter Persons ..................................................1986Matt Peterson ........................... 1987, 1988, 1989David Potts ......................................................1996William Rambo ...............................................1995Trip Reynolds ....................................... 1997, 1998Richard Scott ............................. 2004, 2005, 2006Hudson Swafford ............................................2009Brendon Todd ............................ 2005, 2006, 2007Wright Waddell ..............................................1984Bob Wolcott ....................................................1984Donny Wysoczynski ......................................2003

SEC Academic Honor Roll

Cleveland GolfScholar All-Americans

Bob Wolcott1984

Louis Brown1985

Mark Northey1999

Ryan Hybl2003

Matt Peterson1988, 1989

Neal Hendee1990, 1991, 1992

David Denham2004, 2005

Kevin Kisner2005, 2006

Brendon Todd2006, 2007

Ten Bulldogs have produced 17 Cleveland Golf Scholar All-American citations, including three-time

selection Neal Hendee, 2006 and 2007 pick Brendon Todd, and 2008 and 2009 selection Brian

Harman. In addition, 2003 honoree Ryan Hybl received one of the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate

Scholarships in 2004.

Last season, Mi-chael Green won the Joel Eaves Award and the Dick Bestwick Scholar-Athlete Award as the Georgia senior student-athlete with the highest grade point average. He is pictured with Director of Athletics Damon Evans.

Brian Harman2008, 2009

man was named a Cleveland Golf Scholar All-American and was chosen for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III At-Large Second Team. Harman was joined on the SEC Academic Honor Roll by Rob Bennett, Harris English, Michael Green, Adam Mitchell, and Hudson Swafford. T.J. Mitchell made the SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll.

Recent graduation rates released by the NCAA show that Georgia’s student-athletes generally meet or exceed that of the univer-sity population at UGA.

Throughout the years, the Athletic As-sociation’s academic staff has developed programs to address all aspects of a student-athlete’s college experience, including aca-demic achievement, personal development and career planning/placement. Rhonda Kilpatrick (pictured opposite page with Rob Bennett) serves as the team’s academic counselor.

The primary emphasis of the Student Ser-vices staff is to assist UGA student-athletes in achieving their personal goals by ensuring that they earn a degree, by providing opportunities for personal growth and by offering guidance in making career and employment decisions.

The response to the career planning ser-vice has been especially positive. Southeastern employers seek student-athletes as employees because of good work habits acquired through athletics and their ability to manage time wisely.

Georgia’s golfers also have access to the Student Learning Center located at the heart of the UGA campus. It is a facility like no other, housing both classroom space and library space in such close proximity. Within its walls lie two dozen classrooms capable of seating 2,400 students and equipped with the very best technology of teaching.


Unable to recapture its magic from earlier in the day, Georgia was eliminated from the NCAA Championship in the match play semifinals at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.

The eighth-seeded Bulldogs dropped a 3-1-1 decision to fourth-seeded Arkansas, which fell to seventh-seeded Texas A&M on the final day for the national championship.

In the quarterfinals, the Bulldogs defeated the No. 1 seed, Okla-homa State, as the match came down to the last hole. Senior Brian Harman’s 4-foot putt lifted the Bulldogs to a dramatic 3-2 win over the Cowboys in a match that pitted the teams that finished the year ranked Nos. 1 and 2.

“It was such an emotional day for us,” Georgia coach Chris Haack said. “That first match really took a lot out of us, but that’s the way it goes. Arkansas played great and deserved to win. We might not have the trophy, but we won the national championship in our minds in the morning. That match will be etched in our memory forever. I’m not taking anything away from Arkansas or Texas A&M, but that was ‘the match’ right there.”

Harman and the Cowboys’ Rickie Fowler put on an exhibition that will join the lore of the historic Inverness Club. Harman birdied the last three holes, including No. 17 to square the match and No. 18 to win it. That was his only lead of the day. Afterward, Inverness officials asked if they could have the golf ball so that they could add it to a display that includes items from the likes of Bob Tway and Paul Azinger.

“That was unbelievable theater,” Haack said. “That was two of the best players in college golf; that was a clash of the titans. On the 18th tee box, Brian turned to me and said, ‘I’m not ready to go home yet.’ That was one of the gutsiest performances I’ve ever seen.”

The Bulldogs also got victories from Adam Mitchell (5 & 3) and Russell Henley (2 up) to top Oklahoma State.

In the semifinals, however, the Bulldogs were unable to knock off their SEC counterparts. Henley won his match 2 & 1, and Har-man squared his in the 3-1-1 loss.

The Bulldogs wound up No. 1 in the final Golfstat Head-To-Head Standings as well as No. 2 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and No. 3 in the Golf World/NIKE Golf Coaches Poll.

FIVE BULLDOGS NAMED ALL-AMERICANSFive Georgia players were selected for All-America honors by

PING and the Golf Coaches Association of America.Senior Brian Harman, junior Hudson Swafford and sophomore

Russell Henley were named Second Team, sophomore Harris Eng-lish was chosen for the Third Team, and senior Adam Mitchell was selected as Honorable Mention.

This is just the fourth time in school history that five Bulldogs earned All-America honors. Georgia did so in 2001 with Nick Cassini, Bryant Odom, Erik Compton, Ryan Hybl and David Miller; in 2005 (a national championship year) with Chris Kirk, Brendon Todd, David Denham, Kevin Kisner and Richard Scott; and in 2006 with Kirk, Harman, Todd, Kisner and Scott.

Harman and Mitchell ended their Georgia careers as three-time All-Americans.

English, Harman, Henley, Mitchell and Swafford also were named to the PING All-Southeast Region Team.

CONFERENCE CALLS FOR BULLDOGSBrian Harman, Hudson Swafford, Harris English and Russell

Henley were named First-Team All-Southeastern Conference by the league’s coaches.

Adam Mitchell earned Second-Team All-SEC honors, meaning the five members of the lineup picked up conference recognition. In addition, Rob Bennett was selected for the SEC Community Service Team.

HAACk CLOSING IN ON RECORDThe SEC Championship was the 41st team title for Georgia un-

der Coach Chris Haack’s watch. Haack’s predecessor, Hall-of-Famer Dick Copas, guided the Bulldogs to a school-record 44 victories from 1971-96.

Since Haack took over for the 1996-97 campaign, he has led Georgia to at least one win in 11 of the 13 seasons. His 2001 and 2006 teams set the school record for single-season wins with six, while he also guided the 2007 and 2009 Bulldogs to five victories. Haack has piloted the Bulldogs to six conference titles among his 41 wins.

HENLEY EARNS NATIONAL, SEC HONORSRussell Henley was selected as the National Player of the Week

by Golfweek and the Southeastern Conference Golfer of the Week on Nov. 13, 2009.

Henley led the Bulldogs to the team title at the Isleworth Invitational in Windermere, Fla., as he claimed medalist honors for the second time in his career. The sophomore posted a score of 4-under-par 212 – including a second-round 5-under 67 – to notch a two-shot victory. He paced the Bulldogs as they wound up 17 shots ahead of Alabama.

Henley recorded a ninth-place finish at the Brickyard Collegiate Championship in his hometown of Macon to lead the Bulldogs to that team title as well.

HARMAN NAMED ALL-AMERICA SCHOLARBrian Harman was among the 108 players named Cleveland

Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

Harman was honored for the second straight year. Georgia now has produced 10 student-athletes with 17 All-America Scholar cer-tificates. Georgia has had at least one honoree for each of the past six years and has produced six student-athletes with 10 citations under Coach Chris Haack.

Harman was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III At-Large Second Team and was selected for the SEC Academic Honor Roll with a 3.6 GPA in Finance.

Brian Harman celebrates his winning putt against

Oklahoma State at the NCAA Championship.

2009 year in review


Name RouNds stRokes aveRage Low PaR/BetteR toP 10 toP 20

Brian Harman 33 2374 71.94 66 20 5 7

russell Henley 36 2595 72.08 67 19 5 9

Hudson swafford 30 2175 72.50 67 13 4 7

Harris englisH 30 2176 72.53 66 14 3 5

adam mitcHell 30 2193 73.10 68 13 3 6

micHael green 6 434 72.33 70 3 1 1

Patrick reed 9 671 74.55 70 2 0 0

will kroPP 9 675 75.00 71 1 0 0

team 33 9456 286.55 270 15 11 11

eveNt

carPet caPital coll.sePt. 12-14, 2008rocky face, ga.

Ping/g’week Preview

sePt. 28-30, 2008toledo. oHio

Brickyard cHamP.oct. 11-13, 2008macon, ga.

islewortH invitational

oct. 26-28, 2008orlando, fla.

coll. all-american

nov. 23-24, 2008el Paso, tex.

Puerto rico sHootout

feB. 27- mar. 1, 2009san Juan, Puerto rico

las vegas intercollegiate

mar. 13-15, 2009las vegas, nev.

linger longer inv.mar. 14-16, 2009greensBoro, ga.

u.s. collegiate

aPr. 5-7, 2009alPHaretta, ga.

sec cHamPionsHiP

aPr. 17-19, 2009sea island, ga.ncaa regional

may 14-16, 2009sorrento, fla.ncaa cHamPionsHiP

may 27-30, 2009toledo, oHio

Reed

77-72-75= 224 (+8)

49tH

72-77-79= 228 (+15)

52nd

76-73-70= 219 (+9)

21st

kRoPP

75-76-71= 222 (+12)

36tH

79-72-76= 227 (+11)

48tH

75-77-74= 226 (+10)

27tH

mitcheLL

74-71-76= 221 (+5)

33rd

72-70-71= 213 (e)

10tH

81-74-78= 233 (+17)

64tH

71-77-72= 220 (+7)

25tH

77-70-73= 220 (+4)

17tH

75-71-70= 216 (e)

5tH

74-71-75= 220 (+4)

11tH

72-69-74= 215 (-1)

10tH

68-71-69= 208 (-5)

14tH

79-73-75= 227 (+14)

104tH

1-1-0

haRmaN

76-75-68= 219 (+3)

26rd

77-71-70= 218 (+5)

21st

70-75-75= 220 (+10)

28tH

77-68-75= 220 (+4)

14tH

69-71-66= 206 (-10)

3rd

72-74-69= 215 (-1)

8tH

78-75-74= 227 (+11)

30tH

75-71-71= 217 (+1)

6tH

70-72-69= 211 (-5)

4tH

72-68-68= 208 (-5)

14tH

71-71-71= 213 (e)

9tH

1-0-1

swaffoRd

73-72-71= 216 (+3)

16tH

75-72-68= 215 (+5)

3rd

73-68-75= 216 (e)

5tH

70-67-67= 204 (-12)

1st

76-82-70= 228 (+12)

54tH

75-75-76= 226 (+10)

27tH

73-74-75= 222 (+6)

19tH

71-69-76= 216 (e)

12tH

71-67-68= 206 (-7)

6tH

73-78-75= 226 (+13)

96tH

0-2-0

heNLey

73-71-74= 218 (+2)

20tH

73-72-74= 219 (+6)

24tH

74-68-74= 216 (+6)

9tH

71-67-74= 212 (-4)

1st

75-70-71= 216 (+3)

16tH

72-67-67= 206 (-10)

3rd

78-69-75= 222 (+6)

24tH

72-72-73= 217 (+1)

7tH

77-77-76= 230 (+14)

55tH

71-71-75= 217 (+1)

15tH

71-71-67= 209 (-4)

19tH

71-67-75= 213 (e)

9tH

2-0-0

team

299-286-291= 876 (+12)7tH of 18

290-285-286= 861 (+21)3rd of 15

292-285-282= 859 (+19)1st of 15

294-277-296= 867 (+3)1st of 18

283-270-273= 826 (-38)1st of 15

303-284-283= 870 (+6)3rd of 15

291-288-288= 867 (+3)1st of 13

295-292-296= 883 (+19)4tH of 15

282-281-286= 849 (-15)1st of 12

282-275-272= 829 (-23)2nd of 14

288-285-296= 869 (+17)

1-1-03rd of 30

eNgLish

76-72-74= 222 (+6)

40tH

73-72-70= 215 (+5)

3rd

73-77-72= 222 (+6)

18tH

72-66-73= 211 (-5)

12tH

83-71-71= 225 (+9)

39tH

69-70-71= 210 (-6)

4tH

73-76-75= 224 (+8)

28tH

70-74-68= 212 (-4)

5tH

74-69-69= 212 (-1)

33rd

73-74-76= 223 (+10)

70tH

0-2-0

gReeN

73-70-74= 217 (+1)

27tH

71-71-75= 217 (+1)

7tH

2009 year in review


In the spring of 1924, a handful of Georgia students formed what was the university’s first-ever golf team. In those days, the team did not have coaches; rath-er, one of the players served as captain and made the decisions that guided the squad. Some of the first captains for the Bulldogs were Harris Jones, John Grant, Billy Oliver and Hugh Nunnally.

The Bulldogs’ first coach came on board in 1930 as Murray Soule took the

position. He was succeeded by J.M. Mc-Fadden (1933-35), who passed the torch to R.L. Keener (1935-42). Keener led the Bulldogs to their first-ever SEC champi-onship in 1941. Because of World War II, the Bulldogs disbanded for the next few years.

Howell Hollis was named coach in 1946 and began to lay the foundation for the program. Serving from 1946 through 1970, Hollis took 13 of his 25 teams

to the NCAA Championships, including eight top-10 finishes. Hollis’ Bulldogs claimed 13 Southeastern Conference titles and he had 10 individual confer-ence champions. One of those, George Hamer in 1946, went on to win the national champi-onship. During Hollis’ tenure, the Bulldogs also played primarily dual matches, posting a mark of 268-57-8.

NCAA Results

Current Georgia coach Chris Haack created the Dick Copas Award in 1997 to honor the Hall-of-Fame coach. The Copas Award is given to the team’s leader in scoring average.

Year Winner Average1997 Mark Northey 72.201998 Jeremy Parrott 71.201999 Ryuji Imada 72.102000 Nick Cassini 71.822001 Nick Cassini 71.052002 Ryan Hybl 71.572003 Kevin Kisner 71.892004 Kevin Kisner 72.212005 Chris Kirk 72.132006 Chris Kirk 70.902007 Chris Kirk 71.142008 Russell Henley 72.182009 Brian Harman 71.94

Current Georgia coach Chris Haack created the Howell Hollis Award in 1997 to honor the Hall-of-Fame coach. The Hollis Award is given to the Bulldog with the highest GPA.

Year Winner GPA1997 Mark Northey 3.081998 Mark Northey 3.521999 Jeremy Parrott 3.332000 Bryant Odom 3.312001 Ryan Hybl 3.792002 Ryan Hybl 3.482003 Ryan Hybl 3.782004 Brendon Todd 3.332005 David Denham 3.682006 Brian Harman 3.782007 Brendon Todd 3.642008 Brian Harman 3.682009 Brian Harman 3.48

Year Team Finish Top Individual1946 ............T-12th .....................George Hamer, 1st

1951 ............14th ...................................................N/A

1955 ............13th ...................................................N/A

1956 ............13th ...................................................N/A

1958 ............9th .................Hugh Royer, 2nd Round

1959 ............N/A ....................Bob Moser, Semifinals

1961 ............10th ...................................................N/A

1962 ............5th ............ Charles Layton, 1st Round

Jimmy Gabrielsen, 1st Round

1963 ............5th ................. Jimmy Allen, 2nd Round

David Boyd, 2nd Round

1964 ............21st .............Vinny Giles, Quarterfinals

1965 ............T-7th ......................Tommy Barnes, 300

1966 ............N/A .............................. Vinny Giles, 2nd

1969 ............T-5th ......................... Terry Diehl, T-2nd

1970 ............8th .................Tommy Valentine, T-16th

Gary Holloman, T-16th

1971 ............T-9th ........................Terry Diehl, T-11th

1972 ............T-6th .....................David Canipe, T-21st

1973 ............8th ......................... Bill Kratzert, T-11th

1974 ............N/A ............................. Bill Kratzert, 4th

1975 ............N/A ....................... Tim Simpson, T-21st

1976 ............14th ......................Tim Simpson, T-14th

1977 ............T-3rd .................... Gus Holbrook, T-5th

1978 ............2nd ..............................Griff Moody, 2nd

1979 ............19th ...................................................N/A

1981 ............6th ................. Madden Hatcher, T-18th

1982 ............18th .................Wright Waddell, T-58th

1983 ............6th ........................... Peter Persons, 5th

1984 ............T-12th ................... Bob Wolcott, T-14th

1985 ............7th ........................ Peter Persons, T-4th

1986 ............N/A ....................... Peter Persons, T-3th

1987 ............24th .................... Tommy Tolles, T-22nd

1988 ............T-8th ...................Greg Kennedy, T-39th

Todd Satterfield, T-39th

1989 ............10th .........................Matt Peterson, 7th

1990 ............15th ..............Franklin Langham, T-28th

1991 ............22nd ..................Franklin Langham, 3rd

1993 ............N/A ................................Rob Butler, 150

1998 ............17th ...................Jeremy Parrott, T-11th

1999 ............1st ............................. Ryuji Imada, T-2nd

2000 ............16th ........................Bubba Watson, 146

2001 ............5th ..................... Erik Compton, T-16th

2002 ............T-21st .....................David Miller, T-27th

2003 ............16th .................. David Denham, T-12th

2004 ............T-11th ....................Kevin Kisner, T-24th

2005 ............1st ......................... Brendon Todd, T-7th

2006 ............6th ..............................Chris Kirk, T-2nd

2007 ............2nd ...............................Chris Kirk, T-9th

Adam Mitchell, T-9th

2008 ............8th .....................Hudson Swafford, 9th

2009 ............3rd ....................... Brian Harman, T-9th

Russell Henley, T-9th

George Hamer, who was nicknamed “The

Georgia Pine” because of his height, is still the

only Bulldog to win the NCAA title (then

known as the National Intercollegiates). He also won the

Southeastern Amateur three times and the Georgia State Open

and the Southern Amateur titles once

apiece.

Copas Award Hollis Award

geOrgia gOlf histOry


Georgia’s All-Time MedalistsNCAA Championship

George Hamer ......................................1946

SEC Championship

Sonny Swift .............................................1939

Arnold Blum ...........................................1942

George Hamer ......................................1946

Harold Spears ........................................1949

Griffin Moody ........................................1951

Lester Kelly .............................................1955

Bob Moser ..............................................1959

Cobby Ware ...........................................1960

David Boyd .............................................1962

Jack Oliver ..............................................1963

Tommy Valentine ....................................1970

Peter Persons .........................................1985

Bryant Odom .........................................2001

Brendon Todd .........................................2004

Additional Tournaments

Chip Beck..............................1976 Southern1976 All-American

1977 Southern1978 Southern

1978 Dixie

Jim Becker ...............1976 Spirit of America 1977 Chris Schenkel

Louis Brown ...................... 1984 Miss. State

Nick Cassini............... 2001 Chris Schenkel

Paul Claxton .............1990 Tennessee TOC1990 Southern

1990 Hitchcock1991 Hitchcock

1991 Gator

Erik Compton ..................1999 Golf World

Harris English ......................2007 Brickyard 2007 Isleworth

John Gibbs ...............1976 Governor’s Cup

Vinny Giles ............................1966 Southern

Brian Harman ...........2005 NCAA Preview2006 Isleworth

Russell Henley .............. 2008 East Regional2008 Isleworth

Gus Holbrook ...............1978 Junior-Senior

Ryuji Imada .............. 1999 Morris Williams

Lester Kelly ...........................1955 Southern

Chris Kirk ............................ 2004 Isleworth2005 Augusta State

2006 Puerto Rico2006 Carpet Capital

2006 All-American2007 Schenkel

2007 Linger Longer

Bill Kratzert ............................ 1974 Dothan

Franklin Langham ................1991 Southern

Rosser Little .........................1937 Southern

Lyn Lott ................. 1971 Tennessee Classic1971 Junior-Senior

Griff Moody ............................... 1978 Gator1978 Palmetto

1979 Pan American

Michael Morrison ..............1998 Hitchcock 2000 East Regional

Bob Moser ............................1959 Southern

John Oliver ...........................1928 Southern

Jeremy Parrott .............................1997 CCL 1998 Alabama Spring

Peter Persons ............. 1984 Rafael Alarcon 1986 ImperiaLakes

1986 Jackson Collegiate

Matt Peterson .............. 1988 Southeastern1988 Furman

Tim Simpson.........................1975 Palmetto

Brian Slevin ................... 1993 Southeastern1993 Music City

Hudson Swafford ........... 2009 Puerto Rico

Todd Thompson ...................1986 Clemson1987 Gator

Brendon Todd ........................ 2005 Maxwell2007 East Regional

Wright Waddell ..........................1981 Dixie

Bubba Watson ........... 2000 Chris Schenkel

Chris Kirk won a school-record seven tournaments

during his career as a

Bulldog.

Hamer, who was nicknamed “The Georgia Pine” because of his height, is still the only Bulldog to win the NCAA title (then known as the National Intercol-legiates). He also won the Southeastern Amateur three times and the Georgia State Open and the Southern Amateur titles once apiece.

Hollis was able to attract some of the game’s best players to Athens during his tenure, including David Boyd, Jimmy Ga-brielsen, Vinny Giles and Danny Yates.

Hollis stepped down following the 1970 season and he was succeeded by Dick Copas, a member of the UGA staff as an academic counselor and dorm director. Copas maintained the level of success that Hollis had begun as he guided the Bulldogs from 1971-96 to 17 NCAAs, including 10 top-10s, and seven SEC titles. Sixty-one of his protégés won All-SEC honors, while 31 were tabbed as All-Americans. Copas himself was named National Coach of the Year in 1978 and the SEC Coach of the Year seven times.

Copas coached some of the most decorated players in Georgia history, including Peter Persons, Chip Beck, Griff Moody, Matt Peterson, Paul Claxton and Franklin Langham.

Chris Haack stepped from the ranks of the American Junior Golf Association to assume the reins of the Georgia program after Copas. In just his third year on the job, Haack guided the 1999 Bulldogs to the program’s first national championship and he was named the National Coach of the Year. He then guided the 2005 Bulldogs to the national championship and again was chosen as the National Coach of the Year.

To date, Haack also has guided the Bulldogs to six more SEC titles – giving Georgia a league-high 27 crowns. Under Haack, Georgia has set school marks for lowest team total in a tournament and a round as well as lowest mark by an indi-vidual. Forty-five of his players have been tabbed as All-Americans, including two-time First-Team selection Chris Kirk and four-time picks Kevin Kisner and Brendon Todd. Forty-eight of Haack’s players have been chosen All-SEC, including 1998 Player of the Year Jeremy Parrott, 2001 Player of the Year Nick Cassini and 2006 Player of the Year Kirk.

geOrgia gOlf histOry


Following the 1999 NCAA Championship in Chaska, Minn.:

• The announcer called out the wrong school as the win-ner of the national title.

• A torrential rain-storm hit the suburb of Minneapolis.

• And a courtesy van provided to the actual champion was vandalized, presumably by a not-so-gracious loser.

But guess what? The players and coaches from the Geor-gia men’s golf team couldn’t have cared less. All of that was a small price to pay for the program’s first na-tional championship.

“It’s an indescribable feeling,” said Coach Chris Haack, whose Georgia (not Washing-ton, as the announcer said) squad secured the trophy. “All the hard work, all the sacrifice, all the time spent hit-ting balls, it’s worth it. I always wondered what it felt like when teams like UNLV and Okla-homa State won the national title. Now I know — and it’s a great feeling. I am so proud of our guys. A four-day tour-nament is a real grind, but they stayed focused and played good, steady golf all week. They really played like champions.”

Especially on the last day of the tournament. The Bulldogs en-tered the fourth and final round trailing perennial power Oklahoma State by five shots at Ha-zeltine National Golf Club. Going in, the players and coaches to a man said making up five shots was

not a difficult proposition — and they were right. Georgia actually pulled ahead after just two holes and extended its lead throughout the rest of the front nine before holding on down the stretch to win by three.

“We knew that we had to patient on this course because so much can change so quickly,” Michael Morrison said. “You can’t take anything for granted. You have to play every shot as hard as the last one. You’ve got to play every hole to the best of your ability. I think we all did that.”

Particularly Ryuji Imada. He paced the comeback effort with a 5-under par 67, one off the course record for Hazeltine. Imada finished the tourna-ment at one-under 287, good enough for second place behind Northwestern’s Luke Donald, the National Player of the Year who fired a 284.

“It was one of the best 18 holes of golf I’ve ever seen,” said Haack,

who sported a newly shaved bald head after the NCAAs as he made good on a pre-tournament promise. “Ryuji was spectacular. He certainly picked the right time to turn it on. That could go down in history as one of the best final rounds at the NCAAs. The little man just put us on his back and took us to the title.”

Imada, who garnered First-Team All-America honors two days after the NCAAs, had a chance at winning the medalist title down the stretch, but he said he focused more on the team crown.

“The last thing I wanted to do was mess up and cost us the national championship,” Imada said. “I had a couple of chances to go at the flag, but I didn’t because it meant more for us as a team to win the national championship. I wanted to be aggressive, but I didn’t want to let the team down.”

Imada finished the year as the nation’s third-ranked golf-er, trailing only Donald and Georgia Tech’s Bryce Molder.

“It’s the best feeling I’ve ever had. It’s unbelievable,” Nick Cassini said. “No matter what any of us do the rest of our lives in golf, we’ll be the 1999 national champions. It’s like a dream come true.”

Front row: Nick Cassini, Coach Chris Haack and Ryuji Imada. Back row Mark Northey, Michael Morrison, Jeremy Parrott and Assistant Coach Jim Douglas.

Ryuji Imada celebrates with his Georgia teammates

after clinching the national championship in 1999.

Imada finished second in the individual standings.

1999 natiOnal chaMPiOns


With Coach Chris Haack rubbing the lucky coin in his pocket, the Georgia men’s golf team cashed in at the NCAA Championship.

The Bulldogs went wire-to-wire as the tournament leader at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md., finishing with an 11-shot advantage over instate rival Georgia Tech. Geor-gia fired an even-par 280 in the final round to wind up at 15-over 1,135.

Afterward, Haack was chosen as the recipient of the Golf Coaches Association of America’s Dave Williams Award as the National Coach of the Year.

“I could not be prouder of this group of guys,” said Haack, who carried a coin given to him by his daughter, Katie, that had the inscription, “Dad, I Love You.”

“I knew that we had the talent, the confidence and the demeanor to challenge for the championship this year,” Haack continued. “It’s been a good year, but we only had two wins coming in. I knew if they all put it togeth-er, it would be special. They just happened to do it this week when it meant the most.”

The national championship is the second in Georgia histo-ry. The 1999 Bulldogs claimed the national title in Minnesota. It was also the Bulldogs’ third tournament title of the year.

“It’s awesome to go out like this,” said David Denham, the only senior in the Bulldogs’ lineup. “You live for moments like this. Every team strives to win the national championship, but not too many of them do it.”

“This is what you play for,” Richard Scott said. “This is what this team was put together for. It’s great to go out and win other tournaments, but this is the one we all play for.”

“This is the biggest one,” team captain Kevin Kisner said. “This is what you set your goals for. This is why we all came to Georgia. We’ve got too solid of a team not to win tourna-ments. When we all play well, it’s hard for us to lose.”

The Bulldogs entered the final round with a 9-shot lead over the Yellow Jackets, and they knew it would hard to give that kind of lead away. Still, when Brendon Todd’s putt rolled in on No. 18, the players and coaches were all at once

relieved and ecstatic.“This is the ulti-

mate feeling,” Chris Kirk said. “It’s awe-some. It’s a great group of guys, and I have loved playing with them the last two years.”

“It feels great,” Todd said. “It’s probably the biggest accomplishment any of us have in golf. It’s just incredible to win the national championship. And I’m excited about the next couple of years. I think we might have some more in us.”

Todd wound up as the Bulldogs’ top indi-vidual at 3-over 283, followed by Kirk and Kisner at 5-over 285, Scott at 6-over 286 and Denham at 8-over 288. Todd finished

tied for seventh, and Kirk and Kisner were in

the group that tied for 13th. Scott had a top-20 finish as he wound up tied for 16th.

Following the NCAAs, all five golfers earned All-America honors. In addition, assistant coach Jim Douglas announced he was stepping down to pursue other business opportuni-ties and he was succeeded on the staff by former Bulldog All-American Ryan Hybl.

Front row: Kevin Kisner and David Denham. Back row Assistant Coach Jim Douglas, Brendon Todd, Richard Scott, Chris Kirk and Coach Chris Haack.

Brendon Todd, right, is congratulated by Chris

Kirk, left, and David Denham after closing out the 2005 NCAA

Championship.

2005 natiOnal chaMPiOns


year-By-year resUlts

1970-1971Dixie Intercollegiate ..................... 5th of 15 (1152)LSU Invitational ...........................T-3rd of 25 (1461)Palmetto Intercollegiate ............... 5th of 24 (1158)Tennessee Classic ............................ 3rd of 7 (1158)Southern Junior-Senior ..........1st of 6 (756)Schenkel Invitational ...........1st of 15 (867)SEC Championship ............1st of 10 (1099)NCAA Championship ..............T-9th of 36 (1176)

1971-1972Dixie Intercollegiate ........................4th of 24 (907)Seminole Invitational ...........1st of 22 (874)Furman Invitational ...................... 2nd of 21 (1131)Southern Junior-Senior ..........1st of 9 (745)Schenkel Invitational ......................2nd of 22 (858)SEC Championship ............1st of 10 (1117)NCAA Championship ...............T-6th of 36 (1185)

1972-1973Dixie Intercollegiate ........................7th of 24 (934)Seminole Invitational .................10th of 22 (1113)Palmetto Invitational .................. 2nd of 15 (1144)Furman Intercollegiate ....................4th of 21 (754)All-American Tour. .........................3rd of 25 (1180)Schenkel Invitational .......................2nd of 22 (867)SEC Championship .......................3rd of 10 (1121)NCAA Championship ................. 8th of 36 (1177)

1973-1974Dixie Intercollegiate .......................2nd of 20 (873)Seminole Invitational .......................6th of 22 (882)Southern Junior-Senior ................3rd of 13 (1144)Furman Invitational ..........................9th of 22 (762)All-American Tour. ......................T-8th of 25 (1185)Schenkel Invitational ..................... 4th of 20 (1089)SEC Championship ....................T-4th of 10 (1133)

1974-1975Buckeye Classic ............................. 9th of 17 (1182)Dixie Intercollegiate .......................2nd of 24 (878)Seminole Invitational ...................... 3rd of 24 (893)Palmetto Intercollegiate .............. 2nd of 19 (1126)Furman Invitational ..........................4th of 24 (900)All-American Tour. ......................... 4th of 25 (1186)Schenkel Invitational ..................... 7th of 20 (1084)Southern Intercollegiate ................2nd of 20 (873)SEC Championship ....................... 5th of 10 (1146)

1975-1976Dixie Intercollegiate .......................2nd of 24 (894)River City Intercollegiate .............. 3rd of 21 (738)Seminole Invitational ...................... 3rd of 26 (887)Palmetto Intercollegiate ............T-7th of 18 (1113)Furman Invitational ......................... 3rd of 32 (889)All-American Tour. .........................3rd of 25 (1163)Schenkel Invitational ..................... 4th of 18 (1073)Governor’s Cup .................................. 1st of 4 (289)SEC Championship ....................... 4th of 10 (1105)Southern Intercollegiate .....1st of 15 (848)NCAA Championship ................14th of 29 (1198)

1976-1977River City Invitational..................... 3rd of 24 (875)Crosby Collegiate ........................ 2nd of 36 (1185)

Furman Invitational ..........................5th of 27 (888)All-American Tour. ......................... 6th of 25 (1191)Schenkel Invitational ............1st of 18 (847)Governor’s Cup .................................2nd of 4 (295)SEC Championship ............1st of 10 (1073)Southern Intercollegiate .....1st of 24 (864)NCAA Championship ...............T-3rd of 29 (1211)

1977-1978River City Invitational......................8th of 24 (889)Dixie Intercollegiate ............1st of 19 (869)Gator Invitational .................1st of 15 (862)Palmetto Intercollegiate .............. 2nd of 18 (1119)Furman Invitational .........................2nd of 24 (594)Southern Junior-Senior ........1st of 14 (835)All-American Tour. ........................ 2nd of 25 (1145)Schenkel Invitational .......................2nd of 21 (874)Southern Intercollegiate .....1st of 24 (862)SEC Championship ............1st of 10 (1142)NCAA Championship ................. 2nd of 28 (1157)

1978-1979Dixie Intercollegiate .......................2nd of 33 (870)Pan Am Invitational ......................... 3rd of 26 (883)Gator Invitational .............................6th of 21 (867)Seminole Invitational .......................5th of 24 (889)Palmetto Intercollegiate ............... 6th of 20 (1121)Furman Invitational ......................... 3rd of 24 (588)Southern Junior-Senior ..................2nd of 13 (858)All-American Tour. .........................3rd of 18 (1170)Southern Intercollegiate .....1st of 24 (874)SEC Championship ..........................6th of 10 (902)NCAA Championship .................. 19th of 28 (926)

1979-1980Grandfather Invitational............... 10th of 14 (638)Dixie Intercollegiate .......................2nd of 15 (883)Pan American Invitational ...............9th of 20 (901)Gator Invitational .............................5th of 22 (854)Palmetto Intercollegiate .....1st of 20 (720)Furman Invitational ..........................6th of 21 (894)Southern Junior-Senior .................. 3rd of 16 (568)Southeastern Invitational ................7th of 21 (907)Schenkel Invitational ..................... 14th of 22 (890)Southern Intercollegiate .................8th of 14 (881)SEC Championship ..........................4th of 10 (895)

1980-1981Grandfather Invitational ......1st of 16 (908)Augusta Invitational ........................2nd of 15 (893)Dixie Intercollegiate ........................5th of 28 (870)Gator Invitational .......................... 16th of 23 (884) Palmetto Intercollegiate ................1st of 18 (1080)Guadalajara Intercollegiate ............ 3rd of 15 (884)Furman Invitational ..........................5th of 27 (872)Southern Junior-Senior ...................4th of 15 (883)Southeastern Inv, ..............................6th of 25 (889)Schenkel Invitational ........................6th of 22 (883)Southern Intercollegiate ................ 3rd of 24 (880)SEC Championship ......................... 3rd of 10 (887)NCAA Championship .................. 6th of 30 (1176)

1981-1982ETSU Invitational ......................... T-2nd of 18 (880)Augusta Invitational .............1st of 18 (879)

LSU Invitational .................................5th of 15 (851)Dixie Intercollegiate ............1st of 18 (886)Gator Invitational .................1st of 18 (834)ImperiaLakes Classic........................5th of 21 (288)Alarcon Intercollegiate ................. 11th of 18 (876)Furman Invitational ..........................9th of 25 (887)Southern Junior-Senior ..................2nd of 18 (894)Southeastern Invitational ...............2nd of 25 (902)Schenkel Invitational ........................5th of 18 (880)Southern Intercollegiate .....1st of 18 (870)SEC Championship ..............1st of 10 (873)NCAA Championship .................. 18th of 31 (886)

1982-1983ETSU Invitational .................1st of 18 (866)Augusta Invitational .........................4th of 18 (875)Gator Invitational ............................ 3rd of 19 (846)ImperiaLakes Classic....................... 3rd of 21 (867)Southern Junior-Senior ...................4th of 14 (584)Southeastern Invitational ............... 3rd of 24 (878)Miss. State Invitational .........1st of 15 (860)Schenkel Invitational ........................4th of 18 (869)SEC Championship ..............1st of 10 (875)Southern Intercollegiate .................4th of 15 (871)NCAA Championship .................. 6th of 32 (1179)

1983-1984Augusta Invitational .........................8th of 18 (897)

Gator Invitational .............................6th of 21 (857)ImperiaLakes Classic........................6th of 18 (860)Alarcon Intercollegiate ....................4th of 15 (857)S. Florida Invitational.......................2nd of 14 (865)Southeastern Invitational ....1st of 18 (874)MSU Invitational .............................. 3rd of 15 (869)Schenkel Invitational ....................... 3rd of 18 (862)SEC Championship ......................... 3rd of 10 (886)Southern Intercollegiate .....1st of 15 (829)NCAA Championship .............T-12th of 15 (1170)

1984-1985Augusta Invitational ........................2nd of 14 (886)MacGregor Intercollegiate ..1st of 18 (875)Gator Invitational ...........................2nd of 19 (851)ImperiaLakes Classic........................7th of 21 (858)S. Florida Invitational.......................2nd of 14 (883)Southeastern Invitational ............. 11th of 18 (894)Furman Invitational ..........................6th of 23 (895)MSU Invitational ...............................8th of 15 (888)Schenkel Invitational ....................... 3rd of 18 (848)Southern Intercollegiate ................2nd of 15 (860)SEC Championship .........................2nd of 10 (878)NCAA Championship .................. 7th of 30 (1502)

1985-1986Honda Fall Classic ......................... 14th of 18 (901)Grandfather Invitational............... 8th of 16 (1170)

Madden Hatcher (left) and Coach Dick Copas



MacGregor Intercollegiate .......... 15th of 20 (612)Gator Invitational .............................8th of 20 (869)ImperiaLakes Classic........................8th of 21 (884)Guadalajara Invitational ................ 14th of 14 (876)Southeastern Invitational ....1st of 18 (868)Furman Invitational ..........................8th of 23 (881)MSU Invitational ..............................2nd of 14 (867)Schenkel Invitational ....................... 3rd of 18 (847)SEC Championship ..........................7th of 10 (907)

1986-1987Elk River Collegiate ........................2nd of 10 (909)MacGregor Intercollegiate ..1st of 18 (578)Buckeye Invitational ...................... 12th of 23 (938)Doral Invitational .........................T-7th of 18 (912)Gator Invitational ............................ 3rd of 19 (844)ImperiaLakes Classic..................T-18th of 22 (614)Southeastern Invitational ................5th of 18 (889)Furman Invitational ..........................6th of 21 (607)MSU Invitational ...............................4th of 15 (878)Schenkel Invitational ....................T-6th of 18 (868)SEC Championship .........................2nd of 10 (873)NCAA Championship .................. 24th of 33 (918)

1987-1988Dixie Intercollegiate ............1st of 18 (850)Southern Intercollegiate .....1st of 10 (862)Doral Invitational .......................... 10th of 18 (917)Gator Invitational ............................2nd of 19 (858)ImperiaLakes Classic....................... 3rd of 21 (854)Southeastern Invitational ...............2nd of 15 (594)Furman Invitational .............1st of 19 (869)Pate Intercollegiate ......................T-7th of 19 (906)Schenkel Invitational ....................T-6th of 18 (867)Hitchcock Invitational ....................2nd of 12 (863)SEC Championship ..............1st of 10 (854)NCAA Championship ...............T-8th of 32 (1186)

1988-1989Tennessee TOC.................................6th of 12 (892)Southern Intercollegiate ................2nd of 10 (881)Gator Invitational .............................9th of 18 (874)Doral Invitational .............................9th of 18 (888)ImperiaLakes Classic..................... 10th of 24 (867)Southeastern Invitational ............T-3rd of 18 (873)Furman Invitational .............1st of 22 (874)Schenkel Invitational ........................4th of 18 (864)Hitchcock Invitational .....................4th of 12 (863)SEC Championship ......................... 3rd of 10 (891)NCAA East Regional ...................T-5th of 23 (894)NCAA Championship ................10th of 30 (1174)

1989-1990Tennessee TOC .....................1st of 12 (887)Carpet Capital Collegiate .......... 6th of 15 (1147)Southern Intercollegiate .................5th of 18 (876)Gator Invitational ............................ 3rd of 18 (848)Doral Invitational .............................4th of 18 (906)ImperiaLakes Classic........................9th of 24 (868)Southeastern Invitational ............... 3rd of 15 (855)Furman Invitational ..........................4th of 22 (865)Eagle Invitational ...............................5th of 15 (864)Hitchcock Invitational ..........1st of 12 (849)SEC Championship ..........................4th of 10 (874)NCAA East Regional .......................6th of 23 (864)

NCAA Championship ................15th of 30 (1183)

1990-1991Carpet Capital Collegiate ...........T-8th of 18 (895)Preview Invitational ..........................6th of 15 (877)Tennessee TOC.................................5th of 15 (865)Southern Intercollegiate ................2nd of 15 (881)Gator Invitational ............................ 3rd of 18 (859)Doral Invitational .......................... 14th of 18 (899)ImperiaLakes Classic........................6th of 21 (574)Furman Invitational ..........................4th of 24 (581)Eagle Invitational ..................1st of 13 (850)Hitchcock Invitational ..........1st of 12 (851)SEC Championship ......................... 3rd of 10 (869)NCAA East Regional ......................2nd of 23 (865)NCAA Championship ............... 22nd of 30 (1210)

1991-1992Carpet Capital Collegiate ............ 10th of 18 (868)Tennessee TOC................................2nd of 15 (880)Dixie Intercollegiate ........................6th of 18 (868)Gator Invitational ............................ 3rd of 15 (863)Doral Invitational ............................2nd of 18 (869)ImperiaLakes Classic....................T-4th of 21 (859)Southeastern Invitational ................9th of 18 (896)Augusta Invitational .....................T-8th of 18 (911)Eagle Invitational ...........................T-5th of 12 (865)Hitchcock Invitational .....................6th of 12 (870)SEC Championship ..........................6th of 12 (883)NCAA East Regional .................T-14th of 22 (902)

1992-1993Tennessee TOC.............................. 11th of 15 (300)Dixie Intercollegiate ........................4th of 18 (882)Jerry Pate National ....................... 12th of 12 (918)Gator Invitational ............................2nd of 14 (855)

S. Florida Invitational ...........1st of 18 (886)ImperiaLakes Classic........................5th of 21 (871)Southeastern Invitational ................7th of 18 (879)Carpet Capital Collegiate .......T-15th of 16 (615)Music City Invitational .........1st of 18 (870)Hitchcock Invitational .................... 3rd of 12 (874)SEC Championship ......................... 3rd of 12 (879)NCAA East Regional .................... 15th of 22 (893)

1993-1994Tennessee TOC.............................. 11th of 15 (899)Dixie Intercollegiate ..................... 10th of 18 (592)Gator Invitational .......................... 14th of 15 (899)S. Florida Invitational........................5th of 18 (897)ImperiaLakes Classic..................T-16th of 21 (887)Southeastern Invitational ............T-7th of 18 (888)Carpet Capital Collegiate ...............9th of 16 (901)Music City Invitational .........1st of 18 (572)Hitchcock Invitational .................... 3rd of 12 (874)SEC Championship ....................... 10th of 12 (906)NCAA East Regional .................... 13th of 23 (912)

1994-1995Tennessee TOC.............................. 12th of 15 (883)CCL Intercollegiate .....................T-8th of 12 (900)Ping/Ariz. Intercollegiate ...........T-10th of 16 (880)Gator Invitational .......................... 11th of 15 (873)Mercedes-Benz Collegiate .........T-9th of 15 (905)ImperiaLakes Classic........................6th of 21 (859)Southeastern Invitational ................9th of 18 (879)Carpet Capital Collegiate ...........T-8th of 15 (912)Hitchcock Invitational .....................7th of 12 (880)SEC Championship ..........................6th of 12 (873)

1995-1996Tennessee TOC.................................7th of 15 (875)

Ping/Tulsa Invitational ......................4th of 12 (913)CCL Intercollegiate..............1st of 11 (881)Gator Invitational ............................ 3rd of 15 (848)Mercedes-Benz Collegiate .........T-6th of 18 (890)Matlock Classic .............................T-4th of 21 (574)Blue-Gray Intercollegiate ................7th of 18 (884)Carpet Capital Collegiate ...........T-7th of 15 (893)Hitchcock Invitational .....................5th of 12 (868)SEC Championship ..........................5th of 12 (875)NCAA East Regional .................T-13th of 23 (913)

1996-1997Tennessee TOC.............................T-8th of 15 (867)Kroger Intercollegiate .................... 3rd of 18 (875)CCL Intercollegiate ........................ 3rd of 12 (867)Gator Invitational .............................4th of 15 (851)Mercedes-Benz .............................T-7th of 19 (903)Matlock Classic .............................T-4th of 18 (860)Alabama Spring Invitational ........... 3rd of 18 (853)Carpet Capital Collegiate .........T-11th of 18 (904)Hitchcock Invitational .....................4th of 12 (877)SEC Championship ......................T-4th of 12 (900)NCAA East Regional .................... 16th of 23 (910)

1997-1998Tucker Intercollegiate ................. T-16th of 23 (597Tennessee TOC................................2nd of 15 (855)Red River Classic ........................ T-2nd of 14 (879)CCL Intercollegiate..............1st of 13 (857)Gator Invitational ............................ 3rd of 15 (860)Taylor Made Big Island ....................5th of 25 (871)Alabama Spring Invite .........1st of 18 (870)Carpet Capital Collegiate ...............5th of 18 (881)Hitchcock Invitational ..........1st of 12 (844)SEC Championship ..............1st of 12 (567)The Maxwell .................................T-3rd of 14 (864)

Clockwise from top left: Todd Satterfield,

Matt Peterson, Paul Claxton

and Greg Kennedy.



NCAA East Regional .......................4th of 23 (853)NCAA Championship .................. 17th of 30 (575)

1998-1999NCAA Preview ................................2nd of 15 (888)Red River Classic ...............................4th of 5 (844)Jerry Pate Invitational ......................7th of 12 (857)Rolex Match Play ....................1st of 8 (3-0)Palmetto Dunes ................................2nd of 8 (862)San Juan Shootout ........................... 3rd of 18 (888)Golf Digest Invitational ..................2nd of 18 (859)Williams Intercollegiate ......1st of 12 (876)Schenkel Invitational .......................2nd of 15 (869)Carpet Capital Collegiate ...1st of 18 (858)SEC Championship .........................2nd of 12 (908)The Maxwell ......................................4th of 15 (879)NCAA East Regional .......................4th of 23 (863)NCAA Championship ........1st of 30 (1180)

1999-2000NCAA Preview .............................T-5th of 18 (868)Carpet Capital Collegiate ...............9th of 15 (884)Jerry Pate Invitational ..................... 3rd of 12 (838)Golf World Invitational ........1st of 18 (837)Puerto Rico Shootout .....................5th of 15 (866)Las Vegas Intercollegiate .................7th of 14 (860)Schenkel Invitational ............1st of 15 (829)U.S. Intercollegiate ...........................5th of 12 (862)SEC Championship ..............1st of 12 (852)The Maxwell ..................................T-4th of 15 (874)NCAA East Regional ...................T-5th of 27 (889)NCAA Championship .................. 16th of 30 (582)

2000-2001NCAA Preview .....................1st of 16 (583)Carpet Capital Collegiate .............. 3rd of 15 (874)Jerry Pate Invitational .....................2nd of 12 (827)Golf World Invitational ........1st of 18 (822)CGF Match-Play ...............................3rd of 8 (2-1-0)Puerto Rico Classic .........................4th of 15 (869)Las Vegas Intercollegiate ................2nd of 15 (868)Schenkel Invitational ............1st of 15 (854)U.S. Intercollegiate ...............1st of 12 (835)SEC Championship ..............1st of 12 (841)Atlanta Intercollegiate...........1st of 9 (833)NCAA East Regional ...................T-5th of 27 (843)NCAA Championship .................. 5th of 30 (1152)

2001-2002NCAA Preview .............................T-6th of 15 (872)Carpet Capital Collegiate ...............6th of 14 (891)Jerry Pate Invitational ..................T-7th of 12 (876)Long Cove Invitational ................. 10th of 15 (886)Puerto Rico Classic ...................... 11th of 15 (893)Las Vegas Intercollegiate .................5th of 16 (872)Schenkel Invitational ........................5th of 15 (874)ASU Invitational ............................ 12th of 18 (870)SEC Championship ......................... 3rd of 12 (866)Atlanta Intercollegiate .................... 3rd of 13 (864)NCAA East Regional .......................8th of 27 (896)NCAA Championship .............T-21st of 30 (1162)

2002-2003Inverness Invitational .......................6th of 15 (893)Carpet Capital Collegiate ...........T-8th of 18 (870)

Adams Cup ....................................T-3rd of 17 (879)Tennessee TOC .....................1st of 14 (840)Mercedes-Benz ..........................T-12th of 15 (887)Puerto Rico Classic ...................T-11th of 18 (897)Toyota Championship .....................8th of 15 (870)Schenkel Invitational ....................... 3rd of 15 (854)ASU Invitational ...............................5th of 17 (841)SEC Championship ......................... 3rd of 12 (866)Atlanta Intercollegiate .....................6th of 12 (864)NCAA West Regional .................T-3rd of 27 (871)NCAA Championship ................16th of 30 (1226)

2003-2004Bank of Tennessee .............................6th of 18(874)NCAA Preview ..................................5th of 15(577)Carpet Capital Collegiate ...............4th of 18 (863)Puerto Rico Classic .........................4th of 18 (865)Southern Highlands .........................4th of 15(863)Schenkel Invitational .......................2nd of 15 (869)Jerry Pate Invitational .....................2nd of 12 (822)Mercedes-Benz .............................. 10th of 18 (902)Atlanta Intercollegiate .................T-5th of 12 (862)ASU Invitational ...............................5th of 18 (874)SEC Championship ..............1st of 12 (843)NCAA East Regional ...................T-3rd of 27 (864)NCAA Championship .............T-11th of 30 (1161)

2004-2005NCAA Preview ................................ 3rd of 15 (861)Jerry Pate Intercollegiate ................4th of 12 (833)Isleworth Invtiational ...........1st of 16 (863)Carpet Capital Collegiate ...1st of 15 (879)Puerto Rico Classic .........................5th of 18 (865)

Southern Highlands ........................2nd of 15 (870)Schenkel Invitational ....................T-3rd of 15 (883)Hootie At Bulls Bay ..........................4th of 15 (873)ASU Invitational ...............................2nd of 18 (897)SEC Championship ......................... 3rd of 12 (883)The Maxwell ..................................... 3rd of 11 (823)NCAA East Regional ...................... 3rd of 27 (843)NCAA Championship ........1st of 30 (1135)

2005-2006Ping/Golfweek Preview ........1st of 15 (845)Pate Invitational ...............................2nd of 12 (834)Isleworth Invitational ...........1st of 18 (872)Carpet Capital Collegiate .............. 3rd of 18 (863)Hooters Match Play ............. 1st of 16 (4-0)Puerto Rico Classic ..............1st of 18 (843)Southern Highlands ........................2nd of 18 (889)Hall Of Fame .................................T-8th of 17 (908)U.S. Collegiate ...............................T-4th of 13 (876)SEC Championship ..............1st of 12 (827)Linger Longer Invitational ...1st of 12 (855)NCAA East Regional ......................2nd of 20 (865)NCAA Championship .................. 6th of 30 (1156)

2006-2007Inverness Invitational .......................5th of 15 (904)Carpet Capital Collegiate .............. 3rd of 18 (854)Ping/Golfweek Preview ...................5th of 15 (848)Isleworth Invitational .......................5th of 18 (893)Callaway Golf Match Play ............... 6th of 16 (2-2)Puerto Rico Classic ..............1st of 18 (850)Southern Highlands ........................2nd of 15 (877)Schenkel Invitational ............1st of 18 (854)

U.S. Collegiate ......................1st of 15 (884)SEC Championship ..........................6th of 12 (883)Linger Longer Invitational ...1st of 15 (835)NCAA East Regional ............1st of 27 (835)NCAA Championship ................. 2nd of 30 (1121)

2007-2008Carpet Capital Collegiate ...............6th of 18 (882)Brickyard Collegiate ............1st of 13 (831)Isleworth Invitational ...........1st of 18 (841)Callaway Golf Match Play ............... 6th of 16 (2-2)Puerto Rico Classic ........................ 3rd of 15 (861)Southern Highlands ........................ 3rd of 15 (872)Linger Longer Invitational .............2nd of 14 (862)U.S. Collegiate ...................................9th of 15 (886)ASU Invitational ...............................2nd of 18 (568)SEC Championship ......................... 3rd of 12 (862)NCAA East Regional ............1st of 27 (811)NCAA Championship .................. 8th of 30 (1210)

2008-2009Carpet Capital Collegiate ...............7th of 18 (876)PING/Golfweek Preview ............... 3rd of 15 (861)Brickyard Collegiate ............1st of 15 (859)Isleworth Invitational ...........1st of 18 (867)Puerto Rico Classic ..............1st of 15 (826)Las Vegas Intercollegiate ................ 3rd of 15 (870)Linger Longer Invitational ...1st of 13 (867)U.S. Collegiate ...................................4th of 15 (883)SEC Championship ..............1st of 12 (849)NCAA SE Regional .........................2nd of 14 (829)NCAA Championship .........3rd of 30 (869, 1-1-0)

The 2007 Bulldogs came in second at the NCAA Championship.


FIRST TEAM George Hamer ................ 1946John Carson ..................... 1951David Boyd ....................... 1962Jimmy Gabrielsen ............ 1963Vinny Giles ........................ 1966Tommy Valentine ............ 1970Bill Kratzert ...................... 1974Chip Beck...............1977, 1978Griff Moody ...................... 1979 Bob Wolcott .................... 1984Peter Persons ................... 1986Matt Peterson .................. 1989Franklin Langham ............ 1991 Jeremy Parrott ................. 1998Ryuji Imada ....................... 1999Nick Cassini .................... 2001Ryan Hybl .......................... 2002Chris Kirk ..............2006, 2007Brendon Todd ................. 2007

SECOND TEAM Cobby Ware .................... 1960David Boyd ....................... 1961 Vinny Giles ........................ 1965 Allen Miller ............1968, 1969

Bill Kratzert ...................... 1973Chip Beck.......................... 1976 Griff Moody ...................... 1978 Peter Persons ................... 1985Matt Peterson .................. 1988Paul Claxton ..................... 1990Nick Cassini...................... 2000Erik Compton .................. 2001 Bryant Odom ................... 2001David Denham ................. 2005Chris Kirk ......................... 2005Brendon Todd ................. 2005 Brian Harman ..2006, 2007, 2009Russell Henley.......2008, 2009Adam Mitchell .................. 2008Hudson Swafford..2008, 2009

THIRD TEAM Bob Moser ........................ 1959Vinny Giles ........................ 1964Tommy Barnes ................ 1967 Tim Simpson..................... 1976Jim Becker ......................... 1977 Lyn Lott ............................. 1972 Robert Donald ................. 1978 Mike Cook ........................ 1982

Wright Waddell .............. 1983Paul Claxton ..................... 1991 Michael Morrison ............ 1999Erik Compton .................. 2000Ryan Hybl .......................... 2001 David Miller ...................... 2001Harris English ........2008, 2009

HONORABLE MENTION

Terry Diehl ....................... 1969 Lloyd Liebler .................... 1971Lyn Lott ............................. 1971 Danny Yates ..................... 1971 Tim Simpson..................... 1975Gus Holbrook .................. 1977 Joe Walter ........................ 1977Wayne Smith .........1982, 1983 Louis Brown ..................... 1984 Matt Peterson .................. 1987Franklin Langham ............ 1990Mark Northey .................. 1997 Michael Morrison ..1998, 2000Jeremy Parrott ................. 1999 Bubba Watson ................. 2000David Miller ...................... 2002

In 2001, the Bulldogs made school and NCAA history as Nick Cassini (First Team), Erik Compton (Second Team), Bryant Odom (Second Team), David Miller (Third Team) and Ryan Hybl (Third Team) earned All-America honors.

No other team has ever had five All-Americans without at least one being named Honorable Mention.

Everybody’s All-AmericansCoach

Howell Hollis presents an All-America plaque to

Allen Miller in the late 1960s.

Duplicate copies of

the plaques, like the ones

featured in this

photograph, are on

display in the Bulldogs’ locker room at the Boyd

Center, illustrating

the success of the Georgia

program throughout the years.

Four-time All-American Kevin Kisner

Bryant Odom ................... 2002David Denham ................. 2003Kevin Kisner ... 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Brendon Todd ......2004, 2006Richard Scott ........2005, 2006Adam Mitchell .......2007, 2009

geOrgia’s all-aMericans


FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC Allen Miller ................................................... 1970Tommy Valentine ............................... 1970, 1971Lyn Lott .............................................. 1971, 1972Bill Kratzert ....................................... 1972, 1973Tim Simpson...................................... 1975, 1976Jim Becker ..................................................... 1977Joe Walter ..................................................... 1977Chip Beck...................................................... 1978Robert Donald ............................................. 1978Griff Moody ............................ 1978, 1979, 1980Bob Wolcott ...................................... 1981, 1984Mike Cook .................................................... 1982Wayne Smith ................................................ 1982Wright Waddell ........................................... 1983Peter Persons .................................... 1985, 1986Matt Peterson ................................... 1988, 1989Paul Claxton ...................................... 1990, 1991Franklin Langham ........................................ 1991Bill Brown ..................................................... 1992Brian Slevin ................................................... 1993Marc Spencer ............................................... 1993Mark Northey .............................................. 1997Ryuji Imada ........................................ 1998, 1999Jeremy Parrott ............................................. 1998Michael Morrison ........................................ 1999Nick Cassini....................................... 2000, 2001Erik Compton ................................... 2000, 2001 Bryant Odom .................................... 2000, 2001Ryan Hybl ...................................................... 2002Kevin Kisner ...................................... 2003, 2004Brendon Todd ......................... 2004, 2006, 2007David Denham ............................................. 2005Chris Kirk ............................... 2005, 2006, 2007Brian Harman ......................... 2006, 2007, 2009Adam Mitchell .............................................. 2008Hudson Swafford .............................. 2008, 2009Harris English ............................................... 2009Russell Henley .............................................. 2009

SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC Gary Holloman ............................................ 1970Terry Diehl ................................................... 1971Mike Fambrough ............................... 1972, 1973David Canipe ................................................ 1973Bill Kratzert ................................................. 1974Bob Young ..................................................... 1974Chip Beck........................................... 1976, 1977Jim Becker ..................................................... 1976Beaver Hall.................................................... 1978Gus Holbrook .............................................. 1978Madden Hatcher .......................................... 1982Wright Waddell ................................ 1982, 1984Louis Brown ...................................... 1983, 1985Wayne Smith ................................................ 1983Bob Wolcott ................................................. 1983Todd Thompson ................................ 1987, 1988

Tommy Tolles ................................................ 1987Paul Claxton ................................................. 1988Todd Satterfield ........................................... 1989Franklin Langham ........................................ 1990Bill Brown ..................................................... 1991Rob Butler .................................................... 1993Marc Spencer ............................................... 1994Mark Northey .............................................. 1996David Potts ................................................... 1996David Miller ............................ 1998, 2001, 2002Michael Morrison ........................................ 1998Nick Cassini.................................................. 1999Jeremy Parrott ............................................. 1999Bubba Watson .............................................. 2000Ryan Hybl ...................................................... 2001Bryant Odom ............................................... 2002David Denham .................................. 2003, 2004Richard Scott ................................................ 2004Brendon Todd ............................................... 2005Kevin Kisner ................................................. 2006Harris English ............................................... 2008Russell Henley .............................................. 2008Adam Mitchell .............................................. 2009

COACH OF THE YEARDick Copas ............................1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1987, 1988Chris Haack ............................ 1998, 2000, 2006

PLAYER OF THE YEARPeter Persons ............................................... 1986

Jeremy Parrott ............................................. 1998Nick Cassini.................................................. 2001Chris Kirk ..................................................... 2006

FRESHMAN OF THE YEARMark Northey .............................................. 1996Kevin Kisner ................................................. 2003Brendon Todd ............................................... 2004Brian Harman ............................................... 2006Hudson Swafford ......................................... 2007Harris English ............................................... 2008

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEE Peter Persons ............................................... 1986Matt Peterson .............................................. 1988

Brendon Todd was a four-time All-SEC choice and was the 2004 SEC Freshman

of the Year.

David Denham was a three-time All-SEC

performer.

sOUtheastern cOnference hOnOrs


sOUtheastern cOnference schOOls

University of AlabamaLocation ............................................................Tuscaloosa, Ala.Nickname ............................................................Crimson TideColors ......................................................Crimson and WhitePresident ....................................................Dr. Robert E. WittAthletic Director .................................................Mal MooreHead Coach .............................................................Jay SeawellOffice Phone ................................................ (205) 348-6084Top Returnees ................ Bud Cauley, Hunter Hamrick Top Newcomers ................................... Scott Strohmeyer Home Course .......................Ol’ Colony Golf ComplexGolf SID ................................................................. Josh MaxsonSID Phone/Fax ............................... (205) 348-7496/8841Web site .................................................................. rolltide.com

University of ArkansasLocation .......................................................... Fayetteville, Ark.Nickname .................................................................RazorbacksColors ...................................................... Cardinal and WhiteChancellor .......................................Dr. G. David GearhartAthletic Director ...................................................... Jeff LongHead Coach .....................................................Brad McMakinOffice Phone ................................................ (479) 575-3803Top Returnees................David Lingmerth, Ethan TracyTop Newcomers ........................Austin Cook, Josh Eure Home Course .....................................................Pinnacle GCGolf SID ..................................................................... Jeri ThorpeSID Phone/Fax ............................... (479) 575-2751/7481Web site ........................................arkansasrazorbacks.com

Auburn UniversityLocation ...................................................................Auburn, Ala.Nickname ............................................................................TigersColors .................................Burnt Orange and Navy BluePresident ..................................................................... Jay GogueAthletic Director .................................................... Jay JacobsHead Coach .........................................................Nick ClinardOffice Phone ................................................ (334) 844-9759Top Returnees ...................Cole Moreland, Kyle KopsickTop Newcomers ........................................Dominic BozzelliHome Course ............................Auburn University ClubGolf SID ...............................................................Chuck GallinaSID Phone/Fax .....................(334) 844-9800/826-9151Web site ......................................................auburntigers.com

University of FloridaLocation .............................................................Gainesville, Fla.Nickname ................................................ ..........................Gators Colors ............................................................Orange and BluePresident .................................................. Dr. Bernie MachenAthletic Director ............................................. Jeremy FoleyHead Coach .............................................. Buddy AlexanderOffice Phone ..........................(352) 375-4683 ext. 4710Top Returnees ........ Tyson Alexander, Tim McKenneyTop Newcomers .................Tyler McCumber, Phillip ChoiHome Course ............................ Mark Bostick GC @ UFGolf SID .....................................................................Kate ManlySID Phone/Fax ......... (352) 375-4683 ext. 6131/4809Web site ........................................................... gatorzone.com

University of KentuckyLocation ................................................................ Lexington, Ky.Nickname ......................................................................WildcatsColors ...............................................................Blue and WhitePresident .......................................................Dr. Lee T. Todd Jr.Athletic Director ........................................Mitch BarnhartHead Coach ............................................................Brian CraigOffice Phone ................................................ (859) 257-8437Top Returnees .......................... Jordan Blann, Ben FuquaTop Newcomers ..............Cody Martin, Michael KaniaHome Course ....................................The University Club Golf SID ....................................................................Evan CraneSID Phone/Fax ............................... (859) 257-3838/4310Web site ...........................................................ukathletics.com

Louisiana State UniversityLocation .........................................................Baton Rouge, La.Nickname .......................................................... Fighting TigersColors .............................................................Purple and GoldPresident ...............................................Dr. John V. LombardiAthletic Director ....................................................Joe AllevaHead Coach ................................................Chuck WinsteadOffice Phone ................................................ (225) 578-0494 Top Returnees ...............Andrew Loupe, Clayton RotzTop Newcomers ..............................................................NoneHome Course ....................................The University ClubGolf SID ..................................................................Will StaffordSID Phone/Fax ............................... (225) 578-8226/1861Web site ................................................................ lsusports.net

Mississippi State UniversityLocation ..............................................................Starkville, Miss.Nickname .......................................................................BulldogsColors .......................................................Maroon and WhiteInterim President ...................................Dr. Mark KeenumAthletic Director ................................................Greg ByrneHead Coach .........................................................Clay HomanOffice Phone ................................................ (662) 325-2722 Top Returnees............Artem Ilyushin, Daniel SanchezTop Newcomer ........................................Hrehan HakeemHome Course ...........................................Old Waverly GCGolf SID ........................................................................ Jan BlaineSID Phone/Fax ............................... (662) 325-0968/2563Web site .................................................mstateathletics.com

Ole Miss UniversityLocation .................................................................Oxford, Miss.Nickname ...........................................................................RebelsColors ....................................................................Red and BlueChancellor ......................................... Dr. Robert C. KhayatAthletic Director ................................................Pete BooneHead Coach ...........................................................Ernest RossOffice Phone ................................................ (662) 234-8368 Top Returnees............Jonathan Randolph, Joe DavidTop Newcomer.........Pete Kellermann, Chad BoundsHome Course .............................University Golf CourseGolf SID ...........................................................................Kim LingSID Phone/Fax ............................... (662) 915-7522/7006Web site ................................................... olemisssports.com

University of South Carolina Location ..............................................................Columbia, S.C.Nickname ................................................................GamecocksColors ...........................................................Garnet and BlackPresident ...................................................Dr. Harris PastidesAthletic Director ................................................Eric HymanHead Coach ......................................................Bill McDonaldOffice Phone ................................................ (803) 777-5204 Top Returnees .........Wesley Bryan, George Bryan IVTop Newcomers ..............Dean Hester, Dykes Harbin Home Course ...............................Cobblestone Park GCGolf SID .......................................................................Wes ToddSID Phone/Fax ............................... (803) 777-7872/2967Web site ............................................gamecocksonline.com

University of TennesseeLocation .............................................................Knoxville, Tenn.Nickname ..................................................................VolunteersColors ........................................................Orange and WhiteInterim President .............................................Dr. Jan SimekAthletic Director .........................................Mike HamiltonHead Coach ..............................................................Jim KelsonOffice Phone ................................................ (865) 974-3834Top Returnees..........David Holmes, Robin WingardhTop Newcomers ..............Adam Myers, Jay VandeventerHome Course ................... Holston Hills Country ClubGolf SID ...................................................................John PainterSID Phone/Fax ............................... (865) 974-1212/1269Web site ............................................................... utsports.com

Vanderbilt UniversityLocation .............................................................Nashville, Tenn.Nickname ..........................................................CommodoresColors ................................................................Black and GoldChancellor ..................................................Nicholas ZepposVice Chancellor ............................................David WilliamsHead Coach ............................................................. Tom ShawOffice Phone ................................................ (615) 343-5342Top Returnees ........Hudson Johnson, Ryan HaseldenTop Newcomers ............ Will Snipes, Ryan ThorntonHome Course ..........................Vanderbilt Legends ClubGolf SID ...........................................................Chris WeinmanSID Phone/Fax ............................... (615) 343-0019/7064Web site ...............................................vucommodores.com

Southeastern ConferenceAddress .........................2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. N Birmingham, AL 35203Telephone/Fax ................................ (205) 458-3000/3031Commissioner ...................................................Michael SliveSEC Staff .....................Charles Bloom, Assoc. Comm.

Tammy Wilson, Associate Director; Chuck Dunlap, Assistant Director;

Ayanna Wakefield, Assistant Director; Craig Pinkerton, Media Relations Director

Members ...............................Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss,

Miss. State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt Web site .............................................................secsports.com


The Georgia men’s golf program has pro-duced 27 Southeastern Conference champion-ships. That is more than any other league school and the most of any athletic team at Georgia. As the accompanying chart shows, the Bulldogs

have had success in several decades, including the 1950s and the 1960s when they won six in each. Under Chris Haack, Georgia’s current coach, the Bulldogs have won six titles, including five in the 2000s.

Year Location Score

1941 Athens, Ga. 616

1950 Athens, Ga. 1200







1962 Athens, Ga. 1170




1969 Athens, Ga. 1099

1970 Callaway Gardens, Ga. 1105



1977 Decatur, Ala. 1073

1978 Birmingham, Ala. 1142

1982 Augusta, Ga. 873

1983 Augusta, Ga. 881

1988 Florence, Ala. 854


2000 Killen, Ala. 852

2001 St. Simons Island, Ga. 841




SEC-ond To None

Clockwise from top left:

Georgia’s Southeastern Conference

championship teams from 1958, 1963,

1983, 2006 and 2009.

sOUtheastern cOnference titles


Griffin Moody1951

Harold Spears1949

George Hamer1946

Arnold Blum1942

Sonny Swift1939

Brendon Todd2004

Bryant Odom2001

Peter Persons1985

Tommy Valentine1970

Jack Oliver1963

David Boyd1962

Cobby Ware1960

Bob Moser1959

Lester Kelly1955

sOUtheastern cOnference Medalists


AAbernathy, Pete ................1997, 1998, 1999, 2000Adams, James ..........................................1958, 1959Adams, Rob ........................................................1990Adams, William .................................................1960Adham, Richard................1973, 1974, 1975, 1976Allen, Jimmy .................................1962, 1963, 1964Atkinson, Billy ............................1934, 1935, 1936Atkinson, Tide ...................................................1937

BBanks, Zan ....................................1993, 1994, 1995Barcellos, Antonio ...........1986, 1987, 1989, 1990Barnes, Tommy ............................1965, 1966, 1967Beasley, Maury ..................1994, 1995, 1996, 1997Beck, Chip .........................1975, 1976, 1977, 1978Becker, Jim .........................1974, 1975, 1976, 1977Bell, Al ......................................................1960, 1962Bennett, Rob ...........................................2007, 2008Benson, Edsel .....................................................1946Black, Dave ..............................................1928, 1929Blackmon, Shaw ...............1993, 1994, 1995, 1996Blair, Billy ......................................1952, 1953, 1955Blanchard, Jimmy ....................................1961, 1962Blanchard, Mercer ............................................1938Blanton, Bucky ...................................................1979Blum, Arnold ...........................................1941, 1942Bolli, Justin ....................................1997, 1998, 1999Bowden, Earl ................................1955, 1956, 1957Bowen, Calhoun ...............................................1938Bower, Byron ...............................1937, 1938, 1939Boyd, David ..................................1961, 1962, 1963Brantley, George ...............................................1929Brim, John ................................................1959, 1960Brown, Bill .........................1989, 1990, 1991, 1992Brown, Clem .....................................................1942Brown, Louis .....................1982, 1983, 1984, 1985Brumby, Frank ...................................................1956Butler, Rob ........................1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

CCalhoun, Murray ....................................1963, 1964Campbell, Morton .................................1935, 1936Canipe, David ..............................1972, 1973, 1974Carson, John ...........................................1951, 1953Cartledge, Sam ..................................................1925Casey, Kevin .......................................................1976Cassini, Nick ................................1999, 2000, 2001Clarke, Walton ..................................................1963Claxton, Paul ....................1988, 1989, 1990, 1991Cofer, Richard ...................................................1951Cole, Donald .....................................................1958Cole, Greg .........................................................1986Cole, Robby ......................1984, 1985, 1986, 1987Compton, Erik ........................................2000, 2001Cook, Harvey .........................................1965, 1966Cook, Mike .......................1979, 1980, 1981, 1982Covington, Dean ..............1935, 1936, 1937, 1938Crosby, Taylor .........................................2003, 2004Crowley, Andrew ..............................................2002Crowe, Harold .......................................1946, 1947

DDavison, Pete ...............................1967, 1968, 1969Denham, David............................2003, 2004, 2005Diehl, Terry .......................1968, 1969, 1970, 1971Doetsch, Richard ..............................................1956Donald, Robert ................1975, 1976, 1977, 1978Donald, Mitch ..............................2003, 2004, 2005Drury, Chip .......................1982, 1983, 1984, 1985

Drury, Mark ......................1982, 1983, 1984, 1986Dudley, Frank .....................................................1930Dudley, Jimmy ....................................................1940Dunaway, Russ .............................1994, 1996, 1997

EEldridge, Franklin ...................................1958, 1959English, Harris .........................................2008, 2009 Eskedor, Dick .....................................................1963Evelyn, Jay ................................................1977, 1978Ewing, Jimmy ................................1964, 1965, 1966

FFahy, Albert ..................................1935, 1936, 1937Fambrough, Mike .............1972, 1973, 1974, 1975Fowler, Hall .......................1979, 1980, 1982, 1983Fraser, Jack .........................................................1942

GGabrielsen, Jimmy .......................1961, 1962, 1963Garner, Brad ................................2000, 2001, 2002Garbers, Grant .......................................1984, 1985Gibbs, John ........................1974, 1975, 1976, 1977Gibson, Billy .................................1960, 1961, 1962Giles, Vinny ...................................1964, 1965, 1966Goalby, Kevin ....................1990, 1991, 1992, 1993Grant, John ..............................................1922, 1924Gray, Jack ............................................................1950Green, Michael .................2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Greyling, Christo .............2002, 2003, 2004, 2005Griffin, Archie ..............................1953, 1954, 1955Gunter, Arthur ..................................................1951

HHall, Beaver .......................1976, 1977, 1978, 1979Hamer, George .................................................1946Hamilton, Newell..............................................1925

Hammond, Johnny ...........................................1980Hampton, Allen .................................................1982Harman, Brian ..................2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Harris, Ralph ................................1973, 1974, 1975Hatcher, Madden..............1979, 1980, 1981, 1982Hawver, Brian ....................................................2002Hay, Gene ...........................................................1952Heeney, Stephen ...............................................1993Hendee, Neal ...................1990, 1991, 1992, 1993Henley, Russell .......................................2008, 2009Hester, Marvin ...................................................1951Hester, Minton .......................................1981, 1982Hill, Charles .................................1962, 1963, 1964Hill, Harvey .............................................1928, 1929Hill, Rhode ..............................................1966, 1967Hodges, Jason ..............................2003, 2004, 2005Hodgson, Morton .............................................1931Hodgson, Paul ...................................................1934Holbrook, Gus .................1975, 1976, 1977, 1978Holbrook, Joe ...................1976, 1977, 1978, 1979Holloman, Gary ...............1966, 1967, 1968, 1970Horn, Bill ............................................................1978Howard, Jake ....................1954, 1955, 1956, 1957Hoyt, Wade ..................................1934, 1935, 1936Huddleston, Robert .........................................1942Huggins, Bill ..................................1966, 1967, 1969Hybl, Ryan .........................2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

IImada, Ryuji .............................................1998, 1999

JJackson, Derek .................1994, 1995, 1996, 1997Jenkins, Campbell..............................................1959Jerrell, Jeff ................................................1971, 1972

geOrgia’s letterMen

Derek Jackson lettered for four seasons for the Bulldogs, including in 1997 in Coach Chris Haack’s first year.


Johnson, Billup ...................................................1932Jones, Foute .......................................................1934Jones, Harris ......................................................1923

kKeeton, Ronnie ......................................1968, 1969Kelly, Lester.......................1952, 1953, 1954, 1955Kennedy, Greg ..................1988, 1989, 1990, 1991Kennedy, Tom .....................................................1938Kirby, Wilkins ...............................1949, 1950, 1951Kirk, Chris .........................2004, 2005, 2006, 2007Kisner, Kevin .....................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Knight, Seth ..................................1980, 1981, 1982Knox, Jefferson ..................................................2007Kratzert, Bill .....................1971, 1972, 1973, 1974Kropp, Will .........................................................2009Kunes, Joe .....................................1967, 1968, 1969Kyle, George ...........................................1940, 1941

LLangham, Franklin .......................1989, 1990, 1991Larkin, Jack ........................1980, 1981, 1982, 1983Latimer, Carroll ......................................1931, 1932Layton, Charles ...........................1961, 1962, 1963Lee, Buz ..............................................................1950Legwen, Bill ........................................................1929Liebler, Lloyd .....................................................1969Lilliston, Howard ..............................................1930Little, Bill .............................................................1938Little, Rosser ..............................1935, 1936, 1937Logan, Brother ..................................................1948Lott, Lyn .............................1969, 1970, 1971, 1972Lumpkin, Jack ....................1954, 1955, 1956, 1957Lumpkin, Jay ......................1976, 1977, 1978, 1979Lyemance, Meredith ...................1973, 1974, 1975

MMalone, Tom .................................1963, 1964, 1965Marble, Tom ............................................1977, 1978Martue, George ................................................1981Mason, Jimmy ..........................................1940, 1941

Mays, Sam ................................................1958, 1959McClearen, Robert ..........................................1971McDonald, James ...................................1972, 1973McIntire, Pope ...................................................1948McKenzie, Earl ........................................1930, 1931McKey, John ........................................................1965McQuillan, Matt ................................................2003McWilliams, Billy ....................................1932, 1933Mell, Bill ...................................................1929, 1930Melnyk, Butler .............................2004, 2005, 2006Miller, Allen ........................1967, 1968, 1969, 1970Miller, David ......................1998, 2000, 2001, 2002Minnich, Fred .....................................................1926Mitchell, Adam ..................2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Moody, Griff .................................1978, 1979, 1980Moody, Griffin .............................1950, 1951, 1952Morrison, Michael.......................1998, 1999, 2000Moser, Bob ..............................................1958, 1959

NNapoleon, Nick ......................................1996, 1997Northey, Mark ..................1996, 1997, 1998, 1999Nunnally, Charles ..............................................1928Nunnally, Hugh ..................................................1926

OOdom, Bryant ..................1999, 2000, 2001, 2002Oliver, Billy .............................................1926, 1928 Oliver, Gary .......................................................1971Oliver, Jack ...................................1963, 1964, 1965Oliver, John ..................................1928, 1929, 1930Oliver, Max ...................................1926, 1928, 1928

PParrott, Jeremy ............................1997, 1998, 1999Parrott, Michael ...............1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Patterson, Donald .................................1960, 1961Persons, Peter ..................1983, 1984, 1985, 1986Pervarnik, Jim..........................................1985, 1986Peterson, Matt ..................1986, 1987, 1988, 1989Pleger, Gary ............................................1952, 1953Potts, David .......................1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

RReynolds, Trip .........................................1995, 1996Richardson, Haynes ....................1962, 1963, 1964Richardson, Nolen ......................1951, 1952, 1953Roddenbery, Eddie ................................1971, 1972Royer, Hugh .................................1956, 1957, 1958Rumph, Stuart ........................................1978, 1979

SSage, Dan ................................................1935, 1936Sams, Eddie ..................................1960, 1961, 1962Satterfield, Todd ...............1986, 1987, 1988, 1989Schladensky, Fred ........................1984, 1985, 1986Scott, Richard ...................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Searcy, Geoff ......................................................1970Sezna, Davis ............................................1972, 1973Simpson, Tim ...........................................1975, 1976Slaughter, N.G. .............................1931, 1932, 1933Slevin, Brian .............................................1992, 1993Smith, Bill ............................................................1938Smith, Carter ....................1993, 1994, 1995, 1996Smith, Wayne ..........................................1982, 1983Spears, Harold .............................1948, 1949, 1950Spencer, Marc ...................1992, 1993, 1994, 1995Stevenson, Frank .........................1952, 1953, 1954Stimart, Richard ................................................1980Street, Matt .......................1990, 1991, 1992, 1993Strickler, Cy ............................................1926, 1928

geOrgia’s letterMen

Bill Kratzert (left) lettered at Georgia from 1971-74. Kratzert and fellow Georgia alum Ernie Johnson anchor TNT’s professional golf coverage.

Matt Street earned four letters for the Bulldogs.


Swafford, Hudson .......................2007, 2008, 2009Swift, George ..........................................1939, 1940Sylvan, Gus ........................1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

TTatum, Richard ..................................................1961Taylor, Tim ...............................................1968, 1969Thomas, Lowery ...............................................2009Thompson, Dicky ..................................1979, 1980Thompson, Todd ..............1985, 1986, 1987, 1988Todd, Brendon ..................2004, 2005, 2006, 2007Tolles, Tommy ...................1985, 1986, 1987, 1988Towns, Joe ..........................................................1934Trotter, Bo ....................................1968, 1969, 1970Twitty, Bill ...........................................................1942Twitty, Frank ......................................................1956Tyre, Al ..........................................1966, 1967, 1968

VValentine, Tommy .............1968, 1969, 1970, 1971

WWaddell, Elliot ........................................1939, 1941Waddell, Wright ...............1981, 1982, 1983, 1984Walker, Warren .................................................1928Walter, Joe ........................1976, 1977, 1978, 1979Ware, Cobby ...............................1958, 1959, 1960Warner, Charlie ..........................1932, 1933, 1934Watson, Bubba .......................................2000, 2001Weaver, Brad ....................1982, 1984, 1985, 1986Wells, W.G. .........................................................1931Williams, Richard ...................................1964, 1965Witcher, Gus .....................................................1928

geOrgia’s letterMen & caPtains

1946 ..................................................... George Hamer1947 .......................................................Pope McIntire1948 ......................................................Brother Logan1949 ...................................................... Harold Spears1950 ...................................................... Harold Spears1951 ...................................................Wilkins Kirby Jr. 1952 ...................................................... Griffin Moody1953 ...........................................Nolen Richardson Jr. 1954 ...............................................Frank Stevenson Jr. 1955 ......................................................... Lester Kelley1956 ................................Jack Lumpkin, Jake Howard1957 ................................Jack Lumpkin, Jake Howard1958 ........................................................... Hugh Royer1959 .............................................................Bob Moser1960 ..........................................................Cobby Ware1961 ......................................................Don Patterson1962 ............................................................ David Boyd1963 ................................................. Jimmy Gabrielsen1964 ............................................................ Jimmy Allen1965 .............................................................Vinny Giles1966 .............................................................Vinny Giles1967 ......................................................Tommy Barnes1968 ............................................................Allen Miller1969 ............................................................Allen Miller1970 ............................................................Allen Miller1971 ............................Terry Diehl, Tommy Valentine1972 .......................................... Lyn Lott, Danny Yates1973 ...........................................................Bill Kratzert1974 ...........................................................Bill Kratzert1975 .............................................................. Bob Young1976 .............................................................. Chip Beck1977 .............................................................. Chip Beck

1978 .............................................................. Chip Beck1979 ...........................................................Griff Moody1980 ...........................................................Griff Moody1981 .................................................. Madden Hatcher1982 ..........................................................Bob Wolcott1983 .......... Jack Larkin, Wayne Smith, Bob Wolcott1984 ....................................................Wright Waddell1985 ..........................................................Louis Brown1986 ........................................................Peter Persons1987 ..........................Todd Thompson, Tommy Tolles1988 ....................................................Todd Thompson 1989 .......................................................Matt Peterson1990 ................................................ Antonio Barcellos1991 ..........................................................Paul Claxton1992 .............................................................. Bill Brown1993 ............................................................. Rob Butler1994 ........................................................Marc Spencer1995 ........................................................Marc Spencer1996 .........................................................Carter Smith1997 .......................................................Derek Jackson1998 .......................................................Mark Northey1999 .......................... Mark Northey, Jeremy Parrott2000 ................... Pete Abernathy, Michael Morrison2001 .......................................................... Nick Cassini2002 ................................David Miller, Bryant Odom2003 ...............................................................Ryan Hybl2004 ...............................................................Ryan Hybl2005 ..........................................................Kevin Kisner2006 ........................................................ Richard Scott2007 .................................. Chris Kirk, Brendon Todd2008 ...........................Brian Harman, Michael Green2009 .......................................................Adam Mitchell

Georgia’s All-Time Captains

Ryan Hybl was a two-time captain for the Bulldogs.

Woerner, Fred .............................1964, 1965, 1966Wolcott, Bob ....................1981, 1982, 1983, 1984Womack, Billy .........................................1962, 1963Worrell, Jon .................................1988, 1989, 1990Wysoczynski, Donny ............................2002, 2003

YYates, Danny .....................1969, 1970, 1971, 1972Yerger, John ........................................................1979Yoder, Steve .......................................................1966Young, Bob ........................1972, 1973, 1974, 1975

Brad Weaver was a four-year letterman for the Bulldogs.


INDIVIDUAL RECORDSBest Round (in relation to par)

1. 63 (-9) .................... Peter Persons, 1984 Alarcon2. 64 (-8) ....................Matt Peterson, 1988 Furman 63 (-8) ................Brendon Todd, 2003 Jerry Pate 63 (-8) .................Chris Kirk, 2005 All-American5. 65 (-7) .........Gus Holbrook, 1978 Junior-Senior 65 (-7) ..................... Tommy Tolles, 1987 Jackson 65 (-7) ........................Greg Kennedy, 1988 Dixie 65 (-7) ...................... Todd Thompson, 1988 SEC 65 (-7) ......... Matt Peterson, 1989 ImperiaLakes 65 (-7) ............................... Bill Brown, 1991 Eagle 65 (-7) ................................Justin Bolli, 1997 CCL 65 (-7) ..........Nick Cassini, 2000 Carpet Capital 65 (-7) .........................Kevin Kisner, 2003 Toyota 65 (-7) ......................Richard Scott, 2003 Atlanta 64 (-7) ...................Kevin Kisner, 2004 Jerry Pate 64 (-7) .................Chris Kirk, 2007 All-American 65 (-7) ...............Chris Kirk, 2007 Linger Longer 65 (-7) .................Harris English, 2007 Brickyard19. 65 (-6) ........................ Jim Becker, 1977 Schenkel 66 (-6) ...............................Chip Beck, 1978 Dixie 66 (-6) ...................... Bob Wolcott, 1981 Furman 66 (-6) .............Antonio Barcellos, 1986 Furman 66 (-6) .............Todd Thompson, 1988 Southern 66 (-6) ......................Bill Brown, 1992 Hitchcock 66 (-6) ...........Michael Morrison, 1998 Palmetto 66 (-6) .............Erik Compton, 1999 Golf World 66 (-6) ................. Bubba Watson, 2000 Schenkel 66 (-6) .....................Nick Cassini, 2000 Schenkel 66 (-6) .............Erik Compton, 2000 Golf World 66 (-6) ..................... Bryant Odom, 2001 Atlanta 66 (-6) ........................Nick Cassini, 2001 Atlanta 65 (-6) .................Chris Kirk, 2007 All-American 66 (-6) ................Russell Henley, 2007 Brickyard 66 (-6) .................Brian Harman, 2007 Brickyard 66 (-6) .................Harris English, 2007 Isleworth 66 (-6) ............ Hudson Swafford, 2008 So. High. 65 (-6) ..........Harris English, 2008 East Regional 65 (-6) ............Hudson Swafford, 2008 East Reg. 66 (-6) ............Brian Harman, 2009 Puerto Rico

Best Tournament Total (in relation to par)

1. 195 (-18) ...............Chris Kirk, 2007 All-American2. 201 (-15) .................. Ryan Hybl, 2000 Golf World 3. 202 (-14) ...........Erik Compton, 2000 Golf World4. 203 (-13) ...........Erik Compton, 1999 Golf World 203 (-13) ............... Bubba Watson, 2000 Schenkel 200 (-13) .......Russell Henley, 2008 East Regional7. 204 (-12) .................. Peter Persons, 1984 Alarcon 204 (-12) ..........Nick Cassini, 2001 United States 201 (-12) ...............Chris Kirk, 2005 All-American 204 (-12) ...............Harris English, 2007 Brickyard 204 (-12) ........Hudson Swafford, 2009 Puerto Rico12. 205 (-11) ..................Matt Peterson, 1988 Furman 205 (-11) .......Michael Morrison, 1998 Hitchcock 205 (-11) ..............Nick Cassini, 1999 Golf World 205 (-11) ..................Brian Harman, 2005 Preview 205 (-11) ................Chris Kirk, 2006 Puerto Rico 205 (-11) ...............Brian Harman, 2007 Brickyard 205 (-11) ...............Harris English, 2007 Isleworth 19. 206 (-10) ............ Jim Becker, 1976 Spirit of Amer. 206 (-10) ......................Griff Moody, 1979 Pan Am 206 (-10) ............... Paul Claxton, 1990 Hitchcock 206 (-10) .................. Ryuji Imada, 1998 Red River 206 (-10) ......................Nick Cassini, 2001 Atlanta 203 (-10) ..............Brendon Todd, 2003 Jerry Pate 203 (-10) .............Chris Kirk, 2007 Linger Longer 206 (-10) ..............Russell Henley, 2007 Brickyard 206 (-10) ..........Brian Harman, 2009 Puerto Rico 206 (-10) .........Russell Henley, 2009 Puerto Rico

Lowest Season Average1. 70.90 .............................................Chris Kirk, 2005-062. 70.97 .......................................Peter Persons, 1985-86 3. 71.05 ......................................... Nick Cassini, 2000-014. 71.11 .......................................Peter Persons, 1984-855. 71.14 .............................................Chris Kirk, 2006-07

6. 71.20 .........................................Bob Wolcott, 1983-84 7. 71.21 ..................................... Jeremy Parrott, 1997-988. 71.33 ......................................Erik Compton, 2000-019. 71.48 ..........................................Griff Moody, 1978-7910. 71.57 ............................................. Ryan Hybl, 2001-0211. 71.61 ............................................. Chip Beck, 1977-78 12. 71.67 .......................................Bryant Odom, 2000-0113. 71.71 ................................ Franklin Langham, 1990-9114. 71.80 ...................................... Brendon Todd, 2006-0715. 71.82 ......................................... Nick Cassini, 1999-0016. 71.83 .......................................... David Miller, 2000-0117. 71.85 ..........................................Griff Moody, 1977-78 18. 71.89 ......................................Matt Peterson, 1988-89 19. 71.92 ............................................. Ryan Hybl, 2000-0120. 71.94 .......................................Brian Harman, 2008-0921. 71.96 ............................................. Chip Beck, 1976-7722. 72.07 ......................................... Kevin Kisner, 2002-0323. 72.08 ......................................Russell Henley, 2008-0924. 72.13 .............................................Chris Kirk, 2004-0525. 72.18 ...........................................Ryuji Imada, 1998-99 72.18 ......................................Russell Henley, 2007-0827. 72.19 ......................................Erik Compton, 1999-0028. 72.20 .......................................Peter Persons, 1983-84

Lowest Career Average1. 71.79 .................................... Peter Persons, 1983-86 71.79 ....................................Erik Compton, 1999-013. 71.89 ...........................................Chris Kirk, 2006-074. 72.08 ........................................Griff Moody, 1978-80 5. 72.11 .......................................Nick Cassini, 1998-016. 72.19 .........................................Ryuji Imada, 1998-997. 72.31 .................................... Brendon Todd, 2006-078. 72.50 .................................... Bryant Odom, 1999-02 72.50 ...................................David Denham, 2003-0510. 72.51 ...........................................Chip Beck, 1975-7811. 72.60 .................................... Brian Harman, 2006-0912. 72.64 .......................................Bob Wolcott, 1981-8413. 72.70 ........................................... Ryan Hybl, 2000-0414. 72.75 ........................................David Miller, 1997-0215. 72.85 ..............................Franklin Langham, 1989-9116. 72.94 ......................................Wayne Smith, 1982-8317. 72.97 .......................................Kevin Kisner, 2003-0618. 73.25 .....................................Richard Scott, 2003-0619. 73.33 ....................................Matt Peterson, 1986-89 20. 73.38 ................................... Jeremy Parrott, 1997-9921. 73.40 ...................................... Paul Claxton, 1988-91 22. 73.59 ....................................Mark Northey, 1996-99

Top-10 Finishes In A Season1. 10 ..................................... Franklin Langham, 1990-91 10 ..................................................Chris Kirk, 2005-063. 9..............................................Matt Peterson, 1988-894. 8..................................................... Chip Beck, 1975-76 8..................................................... Chip Beck, 1976-77 8..................................................... Chip Beck, 1977-78 8...............................................Peter Persons, 1985-86 8...................................................Ryuji Imada, 1998-99 8..................................................... Ryan Hybl, 2001-02 8.....................................................Chris Kirk, 2006-0711. 7..................................................Griff Moody, 1977-78 7..................................................Griff Moody, 1978-79 7............................................. Jeremy Parrott, 1997-98 7............................................. Jeremy Parrott, 1998-99 7.............................................. Brendon Todd, 2004-05 7.............................................. Brendon Todd, 2006-0717. 6..................................................... Jim Becker, 1975-76 6..................................................Griff Moody, 1979-80 6................................................Wayne Smith, 1981-82 6...............................................Peter Persons, 1984-85 6.................................................Paul Claxton, 1990-91 6..............................................Erik Compton, 2000-01 6................................................. Nick Cassini, 2000-01 6................................................. Kevin Kisner, 2002-03 6.............................................David Denham, 2004-05 6.....................................................Chris Kirk, 2006-07 6.............................................. Brendon Todd, 2006-07 6..............................................Russell Henley, 2007-08 6..............................................Adam Mitchell, 2007-08

Top-10 Finishes In A Career1. 27 .................................................. Chip Beck, 1975-782. 24 ..................................................Chris Kirk, 2004-073. 20 ...............................................Griff Moody, 1977-80 20 ............................................Peter Persons, 1983-865. 19 ........................................... Brendon Todd, 2004-07 6. 18 ............................................Brian Harman, 2006-097. 17 ..............................................Paul Claxton, 1988-918. 16 ...........................................Matt Peterson, 1986-899. 15 ..............................................Bob Wolcott, 1981-8410. 14 .............................................. Nick Cassini, 1998-01 14 .............................................. Kevin Kisner, 2003-0612. 13 .......................................... Jeremy Parrott, 1997-99 13 .................................................. Ryan Hybl, 2000-0414. 12 .................................................. Jim Becker, 1974-77 12 ..................................... Franklin Langham, 1989-91 12 ................................................Ryuji Imada, 1998-99 12 ..........................................David Denham, 2003-05 12 ...........................................Adam Mitchell, 2006-09 12 ............................Hudson Swafford, 2007-present

TEAM RECORDSBest Round (in relation to par)

1. 268 (-20) ........................................ 2000 Golf World2. 265 (-19) .................................... 2008 East Regional 3. 270 (-18) .............................................2000 Schenkel 270 (-18) .......................................2009 Puerto Rico 5. 272 (-16) ................................................2001 Atlanta 272 (-16) ....................................2001 United States 268 (-16) ...........................................2004 Jerry Pate8. 273 (-15) ........................................... 2007 Brickyard 273 (-15) .......................................2009 Puerto Rico10. 274 (-14) .............................................2000 Schenkel11. 275 (-13) .....................................1978 Junior-Senior 275 (-13) ........................................ 1999 Golf World 275 (-13) ..................................1999 Carpet Capital 275 (-13) .................................... 2001 East Regional 271 (-13) .................................... 2008 East Regional16. 276 (-12) .....................................1978 Junior-Senior 276 (-12) ...................................................1987 Dixie 276 (-12) .................................................. 1991 Eagle 276 (-12) ..........................................1998 Red River 272 (-12) ...........................................2000 Jerry Pate 272 (-12) ..........................2009 Southeast Regional

Best Tournament (in relation to par)

1. 822 (-42) ....................................... 2000 Golf World2. 811 (-41) .................................... 2008 East Regional3. 826 (-38) .......................................2009 Puerto Rico 4. 829 (-35) ............................................2000 Schenkel5. 831 (-33) ........................................... 2007 Brickyard 6. 833 (-31) ...............................................2001 Atlanta 7. 835 (-29) ....................................1978 Junior-Senior 835 (-29) ...................................2001 United States 835 (-29) ................................... 2007 Linger Longer10. 837 (-27) ....................................... 1999 Golf World 11. 827 (-25) ..........................................2000 Jerry Pate 12. 840 (-24) ............................... 2002 Tennessee TOC13. 829 (-23) ...........................................1984 Southern 841 (-23) ........................................... 2007 Isleworth 829 (-23) ..........................2009 Southeast Regional16. 843 (-21) ................................... 2001 East Regional 843 (-21) ......................................2006 Puerto Rico

Tournaments Won In A Season1. 6........................ 2000-01 6........................ 2005-063. 5........................ 1977-78 5........................ 1981-82 5........................ 2006-07 5........................ 2008-09

Consecutive Tournaments Won1. 4........................ 2000-012. 3........................ 1970-71 3........................ 2008-09

geOrgia’s recOrd BOOk


aMateUr chaMPiOns

U.S. AMATEURVinny Giles .......................................... 1972

AMATEUR AT BRICK LANDINGBill Brown ............................................ 1990

AMERICAN AMATEURButler Melnyk .................................... 2003

BRAZILIAN AMATEUR Antonio Barcellos ........................... 1984

1985, 1986, 1987, 1989

BRITISH AMATEURVinny Giles .......................................... 1975

CANADIAN AMATEURRichard Scott .....................................2003,

2005, 2006

PLAYERS AMATEURBrian Harman .................................... 2005

CAROLINAS AMATEURDavid Canipe..................................... 1972Chip Beck ...............................1976, 1977Matt Peterson ......................1987, 1988

CONNECTICUT OPENJim Becker ........................................... 1975

GEORGIA AMATEURJohn Oliver.......................................... 1929Arnold Blum ............1946, 1950,1951,

1952, 1956George Hamer ................................. 1947Jimmy Gabrielsen ............................ 1970

1974, 1976Lyn Lott ............................................... 1972Danny Yates .............1977 ,1989, 1996Griff Moody ...................................... 1980Peter Persons ................................... 1984Louis Brown ..................................... 1985Neal Hendee ................................... 1991Paul Claxton ..................................... 1992David Denham ............................... 2004Brian Harman .................................... 2005Bill Brown ............................................ 2006Harris English ..................................... 2007Russell Henley .....................2008, 2009

GEORGIA OPENLyn Lott ............................................... 1967Peter Persons .................................... 1985Franklin Langham ............................ 1989Louis Brown ....................................... 1997Bryant Odom .................................... 2008

INDIANA AMATEURBill Kratzert ......................................... 1968

INDIANA OPENBill Kratzert ......................................... 1969

PALMER CUPMichael Morrison ............................ 1999Nick Cassini ...........................2000, 2001Erik Compton ................................... 2001

Ryan Hybl ............................................ 2002Chris Haack (coach) ........2002, 2006Brian Harman .......................2006, 2007Chris Kirk ................................2006, 2007Adam Mitchell .................................. 2008

LAKEWOOD INVITERyuji Imada ......................................... 1996

MARYLAND AMATEURPete Hiskey ......................................... 1979

MOBILE INVITATIONAL Nick Cassini ........................................ 1998

NEW YORK AMATEURTerry Diehl ......................................... 1969

PALATKA AZALEARyuji Imada ........................................ 1997

U.S. JUNIORMadden Hatcher ............................. 1976Jack Larkin .......................................... 1979Brian Harman .................................... 2003

S. CAROLINA AMATEURBill Womack ..........................1961, 1962Gus Sylvan .......................................... 1971

TENNESSEE AMATEURBrad Weaver ...................................... 1980Bob Wolcott .........................1981, 1983

TENNESSEE OPENBob Wolcott ...................................... 1983

TRANSMISSISSIPPI Allen Miller ...............1969, 1970, 1971

GEORGIA JUNIORBrian Harman .......................2004, 2005

U.S. LEFTHANDERSHall Fowler ......................................... 1982

USA VS. JA PANBryant Odom .................................... 2001

VIRGINIA AMATEURVinny Giles ................1962, 1964 1966,

1968,1969, 1971, 1987

VIRGINIA OPENVinny Giles .................1969,1974, 1993

AUSTRALIAN AMATEURWayne Smith ..................................... 1983

U.S. MID-AMATEURDanny Yates ........................................ 1992

NORTHEAST AMATEURAllen Miller ......................................... 1970Vinny Giles .......................................... 1971

WALKER CUPGeorge Hamer ................................. 1947

Arnold Blum ...................................... 1957Vinny Giles .................1969,1971, 1973

1975, 1993Allen Miller ............................1969, 1971Jimmy Gabrielsen ...... 1971,1981, 1991Griff Moody ...................................... 1979Danny Yates ...........................1989, 1993

1999, 2001Franklin Langham ............................ 1991Nick Cassini ........................................ 2001Erik Compton ................................... 2001Brian Harman .......................2005, 2009Chris Kirk ............................................. 2007Adam Mitchell .................................. 2009

SUNNEHANNA AMATEURPaul Claxton ...................................... 1971

DIXIE AMATEURJoe Walter ........................................... 1977Louis Brown ....................................... 1985Ryuji Imada ......................................... 1996Erik Compton ................................... 2000

AZALEA AMATEURWayne Smith ..................................... 1983

DOGWOOD INVITEArnold Blum ...................................... 1950Frank Stevenson .............................. 1954Vinny Giles .............................1963, 1965Allen Miller ......................................... 1970Hudson Swafford ............................ 2006Brian Harman .................................... 2009

PORTER CUPVinny Giles .......................................... 1973Ryuji Imada ......................................... 1995Nick Cassini ........................................ 2001Brian Harman .................................... 2007Adam Mitchell .................................. 2008

SOUTHERN AMATEURGeorge Hamer ................................. 1946Arnold Blum .........................1951, 1956Vinny Giles .............................1967, 1975

Danny Yates ........................................ 1974Tim Simpson...................................... 1976Bill Brown ............................................ 1991Ryan Hybl ............................................ 2000

COPAS DE LAS AMERICASRichard Scott ..................................... 2005

WORLD AMATEUR TEAMVinny Giles .............................1968, 1970

1972, 1992Allen Miller ......................................... 1970Danny Yates ........................................ 1988Richard Scott ........................2004, 2006Chris Kirk ............................................. 2006

MONROE INVITEMichael Morrison ............................ 1999Erik Compton ................................... 2001

CARDINAL AMATEURPaul Claxton ...................................... 1990

RICE PLANTERS David Canipe..................................... 1973Franklin Langham ............................ 1991

EASTERN AMATEURVinny Giles .......................................... 1973

SOUTHEASTERN AMArnold Blum .............1939,1941, 1947George Hamer ........1946,1951, 1952Sonny Swift ...............1956, 1957, 1963Frank Eldridge ................................... 1959Earl Bowden ...................................... 1966Allen Miller ............................1970, 1971Bo Trotter ............................................ 1974Wright Waddell ................... 1989, 1994

1996, 2000Ryuji Imada ......................................... 1997Bryant Odom .................................... 2001

WEST VIRGINIA OPENTodd Satterfield ............................... 1989

Ex-Bulldog Richard Scott had an exemplary amateur career.


geOrgia aMateUr chaMPiOnshiP

The Georgia men’s golf program has had unparalleled success in the Georgia Amateur Championship, which is presented annually by the Georgia State Golf Association. Sixteen men who were current, past or future Bulldogs have

won the Georgia Amateur, including five-time winner Arnold Blum (the complete list appears on the opposite page). Current Bulldogs Harris English (2007) and Russell Henley (2008, 2009) have won the last three Georgia Amateurs.

Arnold BlumGeorge Hamer

Jimmy Gabrielsen

Lyn Lott

Danny YatesGriff Moody

PeterPersons

Louis Brown

Paul Claxton, Neal Hendee

DavidDenham

BrianHarman

Bill BrownHarris English

RussellHenley

Not Pictured: John Oliver


internatiOnal cOMPetitiOn

Walker Cup

George Hamer ............1947

Arnold Blum .................1957

Vinny Giles ................... 1969,

1971, 1973,1975,

1993 (captain)

Allen Miller ........1969, 1971

Jimmy Gabrielsen ....... 1971,

1981 (captain),

1991 (captain)

Griff Moody ..................1979

Danny Yates ................. 1989,

1993, 1999 (captain),

2001 (captain)

Franklin Langham ........1991

Nick Cassini..................2001

Erik Compton ..............2001

Brian Harman ....2005, 2009

Chris Kirk .....................2007

Adam Mitchell ..............2009

The 1999 Walker Cup team captained by Danny Yates (seated on the front row in the center).

The 1971 Walker Cup team included Vinny Giles (third from the left on the second row), Allen Miller (second from the left on the second row)

and Jimmy Gabrielsen (third from the left on the first row).

The 1993 Walker Cup team captained

by Vinny Giles (in the back row in the

middle) and including Danny Yates (standing

to Giles’ left).

The 2001 Walker Cup team captained by

Danny Yates (seated in the front row in the middle) and including Erik Compton (front row at left) and Nick

Cassini (back row, second from the left).

The 1981 Walker Cup team captained by Jimmy Gabrielsen (seated in the

front row in the center).

Brian Harman (third from right) visited President George W. Bush at the White House with the 2005 Walker Cup Team.

Franklin Langham with President George H. W. Bush.

George Hamer (right)

Brian Harman and Adam

Mitchell with the Walker

Cup in 2009.


internatiOnal cOMPetitiOn

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Palmer CupMichael Morrison ...........1999Nick Cassini...............2000-01Erik Compton .................2001Chris Haack ..........2002, 2006

(captain)Ryan Hybl .........................2002Brian Harman ..................2006Chris Kirk ........................2006Brian Harman ..................2007Chris Kirk ........................2007Adam Mitchell ......2008, 2009

Ryder CupChip Beck........................ 1989,

1991, 1993

World AmateurChris Kirk ........................2006

Junior British OpenPatrick Reed ....................2006

Canon CupWill Garner ..................... 1992, 1993Derek Jackson ............................ 1993Ryuji Imada ...................... 1994, 1995Mark Northey ............................ 1995Nick Cassini................................ 1996Michael Morrison ...................... 1996Bubba Watson ................. 1996, 1997Ryan Hybl ....................................1997,

1998, 1999Erik Compton ............................ 1998Christo Greyling ........................1999,

2000Brendon Todd .............................2001,

2002, 2003Kevin Kisner ............................... 2002Chris Kirk ........................ 2002, 2003Brian Harman .................. 2003, 2004Michael Green............................ 2005Patrick Reed ............................... 2006Will Kropp .................................. 2007

Copas De Las AmericasRichard Scott .............................. 2005

World Junior CupMichael Green............................ 2005Hudson Swafford ....................... 2006Russell Henley ............................ 2007

Ryan Hybl

Chris Haack

Adam Mitchell

Brian Harman

Hudson Swafford

Erik Compton

Nick Cassini

Chris Kirk

Chip Beck

Danny Yates


Perhaps no one is prouder of Georgia’s golfing renaissance than one of its favorite sons, David Boyd.

Boyd, a native of Atlanta and a former Georgia All-American, has personified the notion of giving back to the program that invested so much in him as a collegian.

In the summer of 1996, Boyd spearheaded a major fund-raising drive — launching it with a major gift of his own — and Geor-gia’s golfers have been reaping the rewards. In the fall of 1998, the Bulldogs and the Lady Bulldogs started honing their games on a

private, state-of-the-art practice facility adjacent to the University of Georgia Golf Course. A few months later, both teams moved into the $600,000 Boyd Center, which includes posh locker rooms, spacious coaches offices, a lounge with a panoramic view of the UGA Golf Course’s 18th green, club storage and repair areas, computer work stations and a kitchen.

Since the opening of the Boyd Center, both the Bulldogs (1999 and 2005) and the Lady Bulldogs (2001) have won national cham-pionships while combining for several SEC championships.

At top, the impressive look at the outside of the Boyd Golf Center. Clockwise from right: Russell Henley re-grips a club in the Bulldogs’

“tinker room;” the lobby of the Boyd Center houses many of the trophies won by Georgia’s golf teams; and T.J. Mitchell loads his golf

clubs in the locker room before a team practice.

BOyd gOlf center


Adjacent to the Boyd Center are the practice facility and the UGA Golf Course. The $1.2 million practice area was christened in 1997 and features multiple tee boxes overlooking a range with numerous target greens, putting and wedge play areas and three prac-tice bunkers. In the fall of 2003, Geor-gia broke ground on the Jack Lumpkin Indoor Prac-tice Facil-ity. Located on the players’ range, the center allows the players to work on their games away from the elements. The facility also features video capabilities to help the players and coaches analyze swings, plus it provides plenty of storage space. The center was officially dedicated in September 2007.

David Boyd enjoyed a stellar career as a colle-giate golfer. He originally accepted a scholarship offer to play football at Georgia but decided instead to concentrate on golf. In his three seasons he won the SEC individual title (1962) and garnered All-America honors in both 1961 and 1962. The Bulldogs captured the SEC team crown in each of Boyd’s three years.

“I realized that nearly all of my closest friends are people I grew up playing golf with,” Boyd said. “My teammates at Georgia are still some of my best friends, and we had always maintained an interest in the program. We all wanted to see the program reach the status that it once had, and a world-class practice facility was one big thing it needed. I truly believe that we have the best facility in the country right now.”

Boyd earned his BBA degree and began a suc-cessful career that has covered all aspects of the insurance industry. He has served a number of special appointments, including as a Trustee for the Westminster Schools in Atlanta; chairmanship of the Committee of 100 at the Candler School of Theol-ogy at Emory; the UGA Insurance Department Ad-visory Board; and as director for the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Washington, Ga.

In 2005, Boyd was inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in Augusta. Boyd was the runner-up in both the Southern Amateur and the Georgia State Amateur in 1963. He served as a member of the USGA Executive Committee from 1994-97, he was a member of the USGA Nominating Committee in 1990, and he was a Director of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame. He also is a Past President of the Peachtree Golf Club. In 2004, the Tee-Off Club presented Boyd with the Eddie Sams Award in honor of his contribu-tions to the Georgia golf program. He is a frequent visitor to tournaments in which Georgia plays.

The Bulldogs relax in their lounge in the Boyd Center.

Vince Dooley, David Boyd and Chris Haack at the Boyd Center

ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Will Kropp hits out of the Jack Lumpkin

Indoor Practice Facility as Jason Payne

looks on.

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University of GeorgiaThe newly renovated University of Georgia Golf Course is as beautiful to look at as it is challenging to play. This

Robert Trent Jones layout is physically demanding, not only because of the hilly terrain, but also because of its typical Jones design — strategically placed bunkers which guard the landing areas and large, undulating greens. The excit-ing layout requires forced carry approach shots on five

holes and the challenging greens provide a variety of hole locations and a certain test on every putt.

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Athens Country ClubFounded in 1926, the Athens Country Club offers numer-ous benefits to its members, including a championship 27-hole golf course. The

6,814-yard layout designed by Donald Ross in 1926 is noted

for its tight fairways and small undulating bent greens.

It also requires strategic course management and a

variety of shots. Others think so as well since the course is

annually rated among the top 20 in Georgia.

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Jennings Mill Country Club

The Georgia State Golf Asso-ciation rated the 13th hole as the best in the state, and the course was rated 16th by the same association. This course was built on hilly terrain and

features narrow fairways. Water hazards (lakes, ponds,

streams and creeks) come into play on over half the holes. In 2006 and 2007, Jennings Mill hosted the Nationwide Tour’s

inaugural Athens Regional Foundation Classic, which

featured several ex-Bulldogs.

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The Georgia ClubThe Georgia Club, with the addition of new nine holes,

is now a 27-hole experience. As with the original 18 holes which opened in 2001, this new nine holes of golf was designed and built by architect Denis Griffiths. The

Club has also recently opened a new practice area adjacent to the driving range with a bunker and green

designed for practicing chipping and pitching. This addi-tion makes the practice area almost nine acres and in-cludes the driving range, new bunker play practice area,

and second green for putting practice. The Georgia Club annually hosts the Bulldog Open sponsored by the

Tee-Off Club and the Georgia golf teams’ media day.

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The OconeeThis Rees Jones-designed course at Reynolds Plantation uses the combination of stunning terrain and an excellent routing plan to create an abundance of exciting golf — from breath-

taking downhill tee shots to par-threes with up to 50-foot drops from tee to green. This idyllic Georgia sanctuary pro-

vides a pure, undisturbed setting for an authentic golf experi-ence. According to Travel & Leisure Golf, “This new layout may

actually be the resort’s crown jewel.”

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CuscowillaThe highly acclaimed, Coore/Cren-

shaw designed golf course is the centerpiece for the 700-acre resort/residential community of Cuscowilla.

The course winds through rolling meadows and valleys of pines, play-

ing across several interior ponds.

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Great WatersDesigned by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 1992, Great Waters at Reynolds Plantation offers

players some of the most dramatic golf scenery in the

Southeast. The 7,048-yard, par- 72 layout has nine holes lining

the shores of Lake Oconee.

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Chateau ElanChateau Elan’s 18-hole cham-pionship Chateau and Wood-lands courses are considered among the finest in Georgia. The Legends is a private club that winds through the heart of Chateau Elan. Golf ameni-ties include two clubhouses, two professional golf shops,

two restaurants and two climate-controlled pavilions.

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Beaver Dam FarmsBeaver Dam Farms’ golf course, built by its original owner,

entertainer Kenny Rogers, plays 6,700 yards from the profes-sional tees. The par-72 course meanders among trees and

lakes. What started as one golf hole to entertain friends grew into a full-length world-class course.

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Brickyard At RiversideDesigned by former PGA Tour pro Mark McCumber, the

course features 7,128 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. Established in 1961, it was completely remodeled in 2005 for a challenging golf experience. This championship

quality golf course was made to test the skills of the best players in a fair and traditional setting.

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Sanford StadiumOn Saturdays in the fall, more than

93,000 fans watch the Bulldogs play “between the hedges.” Sanford

Stadium also played host to the Olympic soccer finals in 1996.

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Equestrian ComplexGeorgia’s equestrian program was founded in 2002 and moved into its new 109-acre

facility in 2009 in nearby Bishop. The Bulldogs have won three Varsity National Championships in their short existence.

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Dan Magill Tennis ComplexGeorgia’s men’s and women’s teams have combined for eight national championships, and the site also

includes the ITA Tennis Hall Of Fame.

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Stegeman ColiseumGeorgia’s basketball and

gymnastics teams compete in Stegeman Coliseum. The Training Facility adjacent to Stegeman Coliseum houses the teams’ practice facilities

and coaches’ offices as well as a weight room utilized by the

Georgia golfers.

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GeorgiaSoftballStadium

A renovation before the 2004 season boosted the capacity to nearly 1,300,

and included such amenities as a new press box and a

plaza for the fans under the stands.

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Butts-Mehre Heritage HallThe building includes the headquarters for the Georgia football team as well as the administrative offices of the

Athletic Association and a museum of great Georgia players, coaches and teams.

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Ramsey CenterGeorgia’s volleyball and

swimming and diving teams compete at the Ramsey Student

Center For Physical Activities, which Sports Illustrated called the best recreational facility in

the nation in 1997.s

Turner Soccer ComplexSince the NCAA began to track attendance

statistics for women’s soccer in 1998, Georgia has been among the top 10 teams in average home attendance each season.

sSpec Towns Track

At the 1990 SEC Championship, the facility was renamed in honor

of the former Georgia athlete/coach and 1936 Olympic gold

medalist.

Foley FieldThe area beyond the right

field wall is known as Kudzu Hill and it is a popular place to watch the Diamond Dogs on their annual quest for the

College World Series.

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In the last 100 years of intercollegiate football, Georgia’s Uga has established himself as the nation’s most well-known mascot. The line of pure white English bulldogs, which epitomizes ev-erything Georgia, has been owned by the Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler family of Savannah since Uga I first graced the campus in 1956.

Through the years, Uga has been defined by his spiked collar, a symbol of the position which he holds. Each of the Uga mascots is awarded a varsi-ty letter in the form of a plaque, identical to those presented to all Bulldog athletes who letter in their respective sports.

The seventh in the Uga line of Georgia mascots was introduced to the Georgia fans on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, during pre-game ceremonies of the Bulldogs’ football season opener against Georgia Southern.

“Loran’s Best” officially became “Uga VII” when he was escorted onto the field by members of the Seiler family.

Uga VII completed the 2008 football season with a 24-12 win at the Capital One Bowl in Orlando and ended his first season with a record of 10-3.

He also oversaw two national championships (gymnastics and equestrian) and the Bulldogs’ SEC title in men’s golf.

Uga IThe Uga line began with Uga I, born Hood’s Ole Dan. Uga I was given to Cecelia Seiler by a friend, Frank Heard of Columbus. The practice of having Uga wear a red jersey on the sideline at games began during his reign, which lasted from 1956-67.

Uga VBorn Uga IV’s Magillicuddy II and reigning from 1990-99, Uga V appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, which proclaimed him the nation’s best college mascot. Uga V also appeared in Clint Eastwood’s “Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil.”

Uga IIUga II, born Ole Dan’s Uga, took over at Homecom-ing, 1966. As he was led to midfield at Sanford Stadium, the student body erupted in a cheer that was picked up by the entire stadium, ‘‘Damn Good Dog!’’ His reign lasted until 1972.

Uga IVUga IV, born Seiler’s Uga Four, appeared at the Heisman Trophy banquet with Herschel Walker in 1982, the first mascot ever invited to the ceremony. Fol-lowing his reign from 1981-89, Uga IV was declared “Dog of the Decade” by then-AD Vince Dooley in 1991.

Uga IIIUga III, born Seiler’s Uga Three, was present for Georgia football’s finest moment as Herschel Walker guided the Bulldogs to the 1980 national championship. Uga III reigned from 1973-80, retiring on the 100th football game of his career.

Uga VIBorn Uga V’s Watchagot Lo-ran, Uga VI began his tenure in 1999. Uga VI went 87-27 with the football team be-fore passing away in June of 2008. He reigned over two SEC Championship football teams and 19 of Georgia’s 35 all-time national titles.

the Uga MascOt legacy


The Chapel BellThe ringing of the chapel bell after a Georgia victory is a tradition that continues even though fresh-men are no longer ordered to do the chore. In the 1890s, the playing field was located only yards from the Cha-pel and first-year students were com-pelled to ring the bell until midnight in celebration of a Bull dog victory. Today, students, alumni, and townspeople still rush to the Chapel to ring the bell after a win on the gridiron.

The ArchThe historic Arch which sits on the edge of North campus was in-stalled in 1864. For years, freshmen were forbidden to walk under the Arch. Violators risked punishment from upperclassmen. Once rigidly enforced, the tradition of hazing of fresh men became passe’. However, many freshmen, learning of the tradition during orientation or from other sources, still choose to honor the century-old tradition.

Between The HedgesA reference to Sanford Stadium that dates back to the early 1930s. The famous English privet hedges that surround San ford

Stadium’s playing field were only one foot high when the stadium was dedi cated in 1929 and were protected by a wooden fence. It was natural for a clever sports writer, referring to an upcoming home game, to observe ‘‘that the Bulldogs will have their oppo-

nent ‘between the hedges.’’’ At least one old-timer says the phrase was first coined by legendary Atlanta sportswriter Grantland Rice.

How ’Bout Them Dogs!This is a slogan of recent vintage, but one that has become a battle cry of Bull dog fans probably because of its obvious grammatical slur.

It first surfaced during the 1970s, espe-cially during the 1978 season when the Bull-dogs posted several come-from-behind victories. It gained national attention and exposure when Geor-

gia won the national champion ship in 1980. A major wire-service used the phrase in its story of Georgia’s victory over Notre Dame.

Glory, GloryAmong the University’s oldest and most lasting traditions is the school fight song, ‘‘Glory, Glory,’’ which is sung to the tune of ‘‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic.’’ It was sung at games in the 1890s, but arranged in its present form by Georgia’s immortal musician-composer Hugh Hodgson in 1915.

BulldogsMany oldtimers say Geor-gia acquired the nickname, ‘‘Bulldogs,’’ because of the strong ties with Yale. Geor-gia’s first president, Abraham Bald win, was a Yale man and the early buildings on campus were designed from blueprints of the same building at Yale. But on Nov. 3, 1920, Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal wrote about school nicknames and said,

‘‘The Georgia Bulldogs would sound good because there is a certain dignity about a bulldog, as well as ferocity.’’ After a 0-0 tie with Virginia in Charlottesville on Nov. 6, 1920, Atlanta Constitution writer Cliff Wheatley used the name ‘‘Bulldogs’’ in his story five times. The name has been used ever since.

Silver BritchesSilver Britches were an inno-vation of Coach Wally Butts, who took over as head coach in 1939. The handsome pants, complimented by a bright red jersey, made for a striking uniform. Through the years, fans referred to the Bulldogs’ silver britches in their chants and on banners, but the phrase really caught on in the early 1950s with a cheer, banners and colorful vests that proclaimed ‘‘Go You Silver Britches.’’ Coach Vince Dooley redesigned the uniform when he came in 1964 and used white pants; however, he re-instituted the silver britches in 1980 just prior to Georgia’s national championship season.

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University Of geOrgia

The University of Georgia’s reputation as a leader in higher education is well documented and growing every day. Programs in business, education, journalism, law and public administration are ranked in the Top 20 nationally just like many of Georgia’s teams.

Academic Rankings1. North Carolina2. Virginia3. William & Mary4. GEORGIA5. Florida

(Kiplinger’s Nation’s Best Public Universities that combine academics and affordable tuition)

“One of 16 HOT Schools” —Wall Street Journal

U.S. News & World Report’s 2008 “Best Colleges” edition ranked UGA 20th

among public universities.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked UGA 22nd or better for nine years in a row.

The historic Arch is the cornerstone of North Campus and a popular landmark that students pass on their way to class.

The Zell B. Miller Learning Center opened in the fall of 2003. The 43-million-dollar facility is a 267,000-square-foot building

complete with classrooms, computer labs and a coffee shop.

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University Of geOrgia

Chartered by the Georgia General Assembly Jan. 27, 1785, in Savannah, the University of Georgia is America’s first state-chartered university and

the birthplace of the American system of public higher education.

UGA offers 22 Baccalaureate degrees in more than 140 fields, 33 Master’s degrees in 123 fields, 19 Educational Specialist degrees and four Doctoral degrees in 89 areas.

UGA is among the top schools in three different rankings of American universi-ties for educational value.

UGA’s impressive academic stan-dards are reflected in the quality of students it attracts. The 2008 fresh-men comprised a 1253 SAT average and a 3.80 GPA.

Students at UGA are afforded the opportu-nity to join more than 500 student organi-zations, including 34 social fraternities and 24 social sororities.

Founded ......................... 1785Location ..............Athens, Ga.Enrollment .................34,180Size .........................615 acresNickname ................Bulldogs Fight Song ...........“Glory, Glory”

UGA Quick Facts

UGA students have ac-cess to the facilities at the Ramsey Student Center. The mammoth $40-mil-lion facility was cited by Sports Illustrated as the best student recreational facility in the country.

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UGA features three libraries facilities on the Athens campus: the Main Library, the Science Library and the Student Learning Center. Together, the libraries own more than 4.5 million volumes and one of the nation’s largest map collections.


athens, ga. – hOMe Of the BUlldOgs

From Harry Bissetts New Orleans Cafe and Oyster Bar to hamburgers and milkshakes at The Grill, Athens offers a wide array of food in a historic downtown setting.

Independent eateries offer patrons a unique dining experience.

Shopping in Athens offers individuals the opportunity to

purchase name brand clothing along with

popular local fashion items.

“One of Five Greatest Unsung

Shopping Locales”- Lucky Magazine

Restaurants and coffeehouses such as Starbucks serve as popular hangouts for students throughout the day. With free Wi-Fi internet access downtown, Athens was recently ranked fourth among U.S.

cities for “Wireless Hot Spots.”

Athens is home to the University of Georgia, which sponsors 21 varsity sports, making the Classic City one of the nation’s “Best College

Sports Towns.”

“Best College Sports Towns”

1. Madison, Wis. 2. ATHENS, Ga. 3. Austin, Texas 4. Gainesville, Fla. 5. Boulder, Colo. - Sports Illustrated

On Campus

DowntownAthens

Harry Bissetts The Grill Porterhouse Grill

East-West Bistro Five-Star Day Cafe Wild Wing Cafe

Sanford Stadium

Starbucks


athens, ga. – hOMe Of the BUlldOgs

Labeled as “Live Music Central” by the New York Times, Athens does little to disappoint by blending an unique mixture of recording artists and local

musicians at endless venues.

Held every summer in Athens, AthFest attracts headliners and more than 175 bands. Complete with more than 17 venues and outdoor stages,

AthFest is a musical highlight for the Classic City.

Held every summer in Athens, AthFest attracts

R.E.M., one of the world’s most popular rock bands of the 20th century has its

roots in Athens. Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Bill Berry performed their first concert in Athens on April 19, 1980.

Country star Kenny Chesney visited Athens in February of 2004 and

2006 to perform in front of sold-out crowds at the historic 40 Watt Club.

Athens’ landmark Georgia Theatre has played the likes of the Dave Matthews Band, R.E.M., John Mayer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Widespread Panic, Maroon 5,

Dierks Bentley, Gary Allan, Pat Green, Sugarland and Bubba Sparxx. The Theatre is in a rebuilding effort following a fire in the summer of 2009.

“Campus Scenes That Rock”

1. ATHENS, Ga. 2. Austin, Texas 3. Cambridge, Mass. 4. Chapel Hill, N.C. 5. Madison, Wis.

- Rolling Stone

Sugarland Dierks Bentley Pat Green John Mayer

Maroon 5


tee-Off clUB

Ace $5,000 and upFoster, Brad

Goodwin, MikeKahn, MichaelLeebern, Don

Spears, Harold T.

Double Eagle$2,500-$4,999

Cheek, Michael V.Devore, Mike T.Fitzgerald, MikeLeebern, DonaldSams, Alfred Jr.Sams, Kenneth

Birdie $500-$999

Bennett, Jim, Jr.Blaesing, Mike

Blanchard, James H.Brandon, Hal

Carter, David B.Case, TimCook, DanCook, Mike

Courts, R. W.Crymes, Brent

Dinos, JackDukes, David W.

Evans, JamesFowler, Hall

Garbers, GrantGarges, DouglasHill, Andrew J.

Holmes, Samuel D.Johnson, Tom C.Jordan, ChuckLastinger, BradMace, Arnett

Maxey, VicMcIntosh, Danny

Mobley, MarkMobley, Patrick

Newsome, RobertScudder, Mark A.

Shuman, BillySosebee, Richard

Stribling, J. Y. Jr.Tindol, Bubba

Weathington, PaulWest, Alan

Yates, DannyYoung, William Jr.

The Tee-Off Club was founded in 1998 as the booster club for the Georgia men’s golf team.

For the past several years, the Tee-Off Club has sponsored the Bulldog Open golf tournament, and the past winners are pictured on the opposite page.

The Tee-Off Club recently launched the creation of the

Golf Team Endowment with a pledge of $500,000. Through the efforts of the UGA Development Office, the Tee-Off Club hopes to reach a goal of $8 million to fully endow the golf program and insure its stability and growth in perpetuity.

For more information on the Tee-Off Club or the Bulldog Open, call (706) 369-6066.

Par $100 - $499Abernathy, PeteAdams, J. DavisAlbany Bulldog ClubAllen, TomAlston, John G.Ashmore, Randan Dr.Avant, JeffBailey, MartinBarnett, Hall F.Beasley, MauryBeckum, MikeBenson, LarryBenson, P. GeorgeBlanton, C. DewittBlanton, Michael R.Blum, ArnoldBoswell, JayBoyd, David E.Boyd, EmoryBrady, JasonBridges, JoeyBridges, RikBridges, WalterBrim, John Jr.Brown, DennisBrown, LouisBrown, ParksBruckner, JoeBryan, TommyBryant, ClayBurch, David

Burgess, SteveButler, MarshallCain, Ernest M.Castellaw, SteveChandler, MarkChannell, CliffChapman, TimClarke, G. ClisbyClarke, W. WaltonClaussen, JimClemence, William J.Clifton, ButchColbert, BrianCole, E. DarganCompton, ErikCostantino, MarkCourson, ByronCousart, DaveCrenshaw, Archie B.Dahmer, ForrestDarby, Charles IIIDavison, Peter S.Dekle, MikeDenham, LeeDeVore, DarrenDicks, Robert E.Dobbs, Willis P.Doherty, JudDonald, RobertDowd, John L.Drew, William E.Drury, Mark

Dudley, TomDunn, RobertDurden, StanEasterlin, J. B.Eldridge, Frank J.Ferguson, JohnFesperman, JohnField, DavidFields, WoodyFisher, HoltFleming, GarrettFord, CharlesForte, GeneFrancis, MarvinGarner, WillGarrett, AlGayle, JohnGayle, WoodyGibson, BillyGilbert, ClayGlover, John T.Green, MichaelGreene, PhilGreenhaw, StevenGriffin, ArchieHaack, NeilHannon, DanHardy, KenHarman, EricHarper, J. KelHatcher, J MaddenHatcher, J, Madden, Jr.

Heath, Bobby D.Heery, RustyHenley, Adam C.Henley, ChapinHenson, TomHickey, JamesHill, Bert J.Hobbs, ClarenceHopper, Bill IIIHorton, Charles D.Irvin, GregJackson, DerekJackson, J. DonJenkins, BusterJohnson, BobJones, OtisKearns, RaymondKenerly, RobertKirk, GaryKnight, JackKnight, Seth L. IIIKratzert, BillyKreyenbuhl, JamesLaBoon, JimboLarkin, Jack T.Lastinger, John A.Lastinger, John B.Layton, Charles IIILeavy, Vance & CheriLester, BillLewis, W. LonLindsay, Duke

Little, MattLogan, HankLong, DavidManzi, ChrisMartin, Paul T.McClarin, William Dr.McFalls, DouglasMcGarity, LindseyMcGoogan, JohnMcKey, John D.McMullen, Charles W.Means, BoMeeks, CraigMelnyk, ButlerMiller, JeffMitchell, BillMobley, JohnMobley, TomMoore, CraigMorrison, BobNail, OwenNalley, JimNeighbors, JoeNichols, DouglasNoell, John S.Nunnally, C. TalbotOdom, TreyOlnick, HelenPease, Bob IIIPendergrast, Thomas Sr.Perno, JohnPerno, Louis

Persons, Bryan B.Persons, Henry P.Persons, Peter T.Persons, PinkPeters, James B.Peterson, John B.Pevy, RobertPittard, CharlesPlatek, ZacharyPledger, CharlesPopper, StevePowell, TomQuirk, NealRichardson, Charles & LucyRoberts, OwenRooker, JackRooker, JohnSams, Eddie B.Scott, RichardScruggs, Ferrell Jr.Short, William H.Sims, FredSink, ScottSligh, GordonSloan, SteveSmith, JamesSpalding, John P.Spencer, Marc F.Straughan, JohnSwafford, DavidSylvan, Gus

Talley, GeorgeTalley, GregTatum, RichardTerrell, John IIIThomas, Stuart Dr.Thompson, ToddTidwell, JoelTidwell, SamTravis, CharlesTrotter, James P.Tyre, AlValentine, TommyVance, AndyVance, TommyWaddell, WrightWalter, JoeWarms, WayneWarner, WilburWarren, CarlWatts, TonyWeston, WillWhigham, DanWicker, JonWilfong, Robert A.Williams, Claude Jr.Winslette, BrandtWoodall, OranWright, GaryYates, DanielYoung, BobYoung, DarrellYoungerman, David

Eagle $1,000-$2,499 Barrett, John H.Brotherton, Jim

Ferguson, Dick, III.Knox, Boone

Knox, JeffMaddox, ChrisMagnus, DougMajor, Barry

Storey, Barry L.


BUlldOg OPen

The winning team from the Eighth Annual Bulldog Open, L to R, Patrick McShane, Jason Kadum, Brian Albertson and Joe Holbrook.

The winning team from the Sixth Annual Bulldog Open (with Coach Chris Haack, center), L to R, Bubba Highsmith, Mike Cavan, John Straughan and Chris Cawthon.

The winning team from the Fourth Annual Bulldog Open, L to R, Freddy Garner, Bryan Persons, Steve Popper and John Peterson.

The winning team from the Second Annual Bulldog Open, L to R, Joe Starr, Peter Persons, Pink Persons and Andy Anderson.

The winning team from the Seventh Annual Bulldog Open, L to R, Dave Bogan, Charles Darby IV, Buddy Darby, Dino Corontzes.

The winning team from the Fifth Annual Bulldog Open, L to R, Pink Persons, Todd Thompson, Peter Persons and Jody Judd.

The winning team from the Third Annual Bulldog Open, L to R, Ollie Kennon, Robert Duncan, Keith Wood and Robert Shuford.

The winning team from the Inaugural Bulldog Open (with Coach Chris Haack, center), L to R, Brad Weaver, Louis Brown, Bob Sargent and Hall Fowler.

The winning team from the Tenth Annual Bulldog Open, L to R, Josh Broadaway, Drew Broadaway, Jim Langdale and Brian Wooten.

The winning team from the Ninth Annual Bulldog Open, L to R, Michael Cavan, Kevin Butler, Scott Bleazard and Kevin Young.


BUlldOgs in the PrOs

PGA Victories Chip Beck1998 Los Angeles Open1998 USF&G Classic1990 Buick Open1992 Freeport-McMoRan Classic

Ryuji Imada2008 AT&T Classic

Bill kratzert1976 Walt Disney World National Team Championship1977 Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open1980 Greater Milwaukee Open1984 Pensacola Open

Tim Simpson1985 Southern Open1989 USF&G Classic1990 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic

Nationwide Tour VictoriesJustin Bolli2004 Chattanooga Classic2007 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic

Paul Claxton2001 BUY.COM Louisiana Open2007 Melwood Prince George’s County Open

Ryuji Imada2000 BUY.COM Virginia Beach Open2004 BMW Charity Pro-Am at the Cliffs

Franklin Langham1993 NIKE Permian Basin Open2004 Rheem Classic

Peter Persons1990 Chattanooga Classic

Matt Peterson1995 NIKE Central Georgia Open

Dicky Thompson1990 Hogan Baton Rouge Open1990 Hogan Elizabethtown Open

Brendon Todd2008 Utah Championship

Tommy Tolles1993 NIKE Ozarks Open1994 NIKE Alabama Classic

Canadian Tour VictoriesErik Compton2003 Michelin Guadalajara Classic2004 E-Loan Central Valley Classic2005 MTS Classic

Chip BeckJustin BolliNick CassiniPaul Claxton*Erik ComptonDavid DenhamBrian HarmanRyuji ImadaChris Kirk

Kevin KisnerFranklin LanghamDavid MillerAdam MitchellMichael Parrott Tim SimpsonBrendon ToddTommy TollesBubba Watson

Active Professionals

* In 2007, Claxton became the Nationwide Tour’s all-time money leader. Claxton has earned more than

$1.2 million in his career on the Nationwide Tour.

Chip Beck Justin

Bolli

Franklin Langham

Ryuji Imada Erik Compton

Bubba Watson

2009-2010 RoSteR

Rob Bennett Brian Carter Harris English Russell Henley

Will Kropp T.J. Mitchell Hudson Swafford Lowery Thomas

Jason Payne

Name Cl. Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown / High School

Rob Bennett Junior 5-9 155 2L Augusta, Ga. / Richmond Academy

Brian Carter Freshman 6-3 180 HS Augusta, Ga. / Lakeside-Evans

Harris English Junior 6-3 170 2L Thomasville, Ga. / The Baylor School

Russell Henley Junior 6-0 170 2L Macon, Ga. / Stratford Academy

Will Kropp Sophomore 6-2 160 1L Edmond, Okla. / Edmond North

T.J. Mitchell R. Freshman 6-0 155 SQ Albany, Ga. / Deerfield-Windsor

Hudson Swafford Senior 6-2 185 3L Tallahassee, Fla. / Maclay School

Lowery Thomas Sophomore 5-10 150 1L Auburn, Ala. / Auburn High

Head Coach: Chris Haack (14th Season) Assistant Coach: Jason Payne (3rd Season)

Chris Haack

Back row (L to R): Will Kropp, Hudson Swafford, Harris English, Brian Carter and Russell Henley.Front row (L to R): Rob Bennett, T.J. Mitchell and Lowery Thomas.

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