The Georgia and Georgia Tech golf teams will have three players on the Walker Cup team, which competes Sept. 12-13 at Merion GC outside Philadelphia. Savannah’s Brian Harman and Adam Mitchell recently completed their college careers at Georgia, with Cameron Tringale a 2009 Georgia Tech grad.
U.S. AMATEUR: Harman and Tringale both reached match play in the recent U.S. Amateur at Southern Hills in Tulsa. Harman lost his first round match on the 19th hole, while Tringale advanced to the third round.
James White of Acworth, a member of the Georgia Tech golf team, and Michael Green of Augusta, who has completed his college career at Georgia, were both involved in a 27-man playoff for the final four spots in match play, along with Cameron Hooper of Greensboro. None were among the four players who earned spots in the match play field.
U.S. WOMEN’S AMATEUR: Two Georgians advanced to match play in the U.S. Women’s Amateur in St. Louis. Both Dori Carter of Valdosta, who has wrapped her college career at Mississippi, and Emilie Burger of Hoschton, a freshman on the Georgia golf team, both lost in the first round. Also qualifying but failing to reach match play were Augusta’s Laura Coble and Anna Leigh Keith of Moultrie.
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