Golf notes: PGA honors two from Georgia

Mongell, 50, has been at Cherokee since 1998 and has twice been named the Georgia PGA’s merchandiser of the year. Mongell has worked with many top instructors, conducted multiple exhibitions with his trick-shot program and has placed 19 PGA head professionals into quality positions.

They will receive their awards at the annual PGA of America Awards on Jan. 27 in Orlando.

PGA Tour

Four players pushed their way into next week's Tour Championship at East Lake via their performance at the BMW Championship. That also means four others were shown the door and get an unwelcomed week off. Coming in: 2008 champion Camilo Villegas, Kevin Na, K.J. Choi and Ryan Moore. Going out: J.B. Holmes, Rickie Fowler, Bill Haas and Rory McIlroy.

Fowler and McIlroy were trying to qualify as rookies, which means the event will have none for the first time since 2003. There are nine first-time participants: Matt Kuchar, Charley Hoffman, Paul Casey, Martin Laird, Ryan Palmer, Jeff Overton, Ryan Moore, Kevin Streelman and Bo Van Pelt.

Tiger Woods failed to make it. He landed at No. 42 and appears destined to complete his first winless season on the PGA Tour. He is not expected to compete in a Fall Series event in an effort to avoid that stigma.

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Oliver Schniederjans of Powder Springs has been chosen to play on the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team. Schneiderjans is one of six boys and six girls who will compete in a series of foursome, mixed four-ball and singles matches against a European team on Sept. 27-28 at Gleneagles Resort's PGA Centenary Course in Perthshire, Scotland. They will compete in a friendship match on Sept. 29 at Celtic Manor Resort in Wales, which will host the Ryder Cup in October. ...

Brian Harman of Sea Island won his first tournament as a professional, taking the eGolf Tour's Manor Classic in Farmville, Va. Harman closed with a 68 and won by three shots over Jason Kokrak and Drew Weaver, his roommate. Harman remained third on the circuit's money list with earnings of $80,954. Hank Kim of Jonesboro and former Georgia Tech star Chesson Hadley were among five players who tied for 10th. ...

Waterfall County Club, a private club in Clayton, has been acquired by the Reynolds Companies and renamed the Lake Burton Club. The club is one of the rare facilities that has bent grass on its tees, fairways and greens. ... Eagle’s Brook Country Club in Locust Grove has been purchased by Crystal Lake Country Club in Hampton.