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Golf insider: Love rejoicing after neck surgery

Sea Island’s Davis Love III looked pretty good last week in his first start since having neck surgery. Love wound up finishing tied for 48th at The Players Championship in his first tournament since February. Love had fusion surgery similar to NFL star Peyton Manning’s procedure. Love said he’s been ...

Smoltz, a future Hall of Famer who won 210 games with the Braves and saved 154, also tried to qualify for the national golf open in 2010 and 2011.

Smoltz feeling more senior than senior tour-like

Between the $140 million he made in his baseball career, two broadcasting jobs, the frequent speaking engagements and the three geezer basketball leagues he plays in, there is little reason to feel sorry for John Smoltz if this professional golf thing doesn’t quite work out.“It’s pie in the sky,” the ...

Former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz prepares to hit from Atlanta National Golf Club's 10th tee in his bid to qualify for the U.S. Open on Tuesday.

Smoltz the golfer bids for U.S. Open spot

Former Atlanta Braves ace John Smoltz makes his third bid to qualify for the U.S. Open on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, playing at the Atlanta National Golf Club in Milton.

Silvers finds no big break at U.S. Open qualifier

Mark Silvers made his way around Monday’s U.S. Open qualifying tournament at Marietta Country Club with just two interested people tracking him: his playing partner and one curious spectator. It was slightly different than five months ago, when more than 300,000 TV viewers watched him win “Big Break Greenbrier,” the ...

Mark Silvers watches his shot from the No. 9 tee at the first of two local U.S. Open golf sectional qualifiers May 13, 2013, at Marietta Country Club in Kennesaw. Silvers is a former South Carolina golfer who won the Golf Channel's Big Break competition. His goal has been to make the PGA Tour, but for now he's hustling around the Web.com and other mini-tours and taking his chance at the U.S. Open.

U.S. Open golf sectional qualifier

Photos: Coverage of the first of two local U.S. Open golf sectional qualifiers, May 13, 2013, at Marietta Country Club.

Golf insider: Kuchar addresses Tour Players Championship curse

Matt Kuchar will be trying to beat a curse as well as the world’s best field when he attempts to defend his title this week at The Players Championship. Kuchar is trying to become the first player in the event’s 40-year history to win it in consecutive years. As curses ...

Georgia golfer Nicholas Reach helped the Bulldogs to a fourth place finish at the SEC championships.

Georgia college golf well represented at NCAAs

Four teams from Georgia and five other individual players were invited to regionals in the NCAA men’s golf championship, which will be played May 28-June 2 at the Capital City Club’s Crabapple Course in Milton. Eighty-one teams and 45 individuals were selected on Monday night to compete in the six ...

Georgia head coach Chris Haack and golfer Brendon Todd hold a trophy following the conclusion of The Stadion Classic in Athens, Ga.,on Sunday, May 5, 2013.

Brendon Todd becomes 3rd Bulldog to win Stadion Classic

Heading into Saturday’s third-round of the Stadion Classic at UGA, Brendon Todd was asked how he rated himself as a “mudder.” That is golf terminology for a player who plays well in wet conditions. “Pretty good,” Todd said. “I like conditions like this. Usually the tougher the weather the better ...

Weather makes for miserable day at Stadion

Miserable weather conditions continued into the third round of the Stadion Classic at UGA on Saturday with steady rain, cold temperatures and wind that at times exceeded 20 mph. But the UGA Golf Course held up well enough for leader Brendon Todd — a former UGA golfer — and the ...

John Daly withdraws from Stadion

John Daly talked a lot about getting his life together, both inside and outside the ropes, as he prepared for this week’s Stadion Classic at UGA golf tournament. In the end, though, he still has some work to do with the golf part of the equation. Daly withdrew from the ...

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