BIRMINGHAM, AL (April 30, 2020) - The Southern Golf Association (SGA) hopes this note finds you and your loved ones well during these unprecedented times. The SGA along with our partners at Maridoe Golf Club and Blessings Golf Club continue to rely on the most current information from the CDC, WHO, along with monitoring rapidly changing health, travel protocols and operational circumstances throughout the country....
Birmingham, AL (March 19, 2020) - The Southern Golf Association encourages everyone to heed the recommended safety protocols and precautions announced by local, state and federal government officials. Together, we can help stop the spread of the virus by adhering to the social distancing and personal sanitizing recommendations. We are closely monitoring the latest CDC recommendations and will quickly announce any...
Pepperdine’s Sahith Theegala Named Southern Golf Association’s Amateur of the Month for January 2020
BIRMINGHAM, AL (February 19, 2020) – Pepperdine University redshirt senior Sahith Theegala has been named the SGA Amateur of the Month Presented by Global Golf Post for January 2020 by the Southern Golf Association (SGA). Theegala, a native of Chino Hills, CA, claimed two victories to begin the new year. He won the Australian Master of the Amateurs played at Victoria Golf Club by four strokes over Jang Hyun...
BIRMINGHAM, AL (January 27, 2020) – North Carolina State University senior Ben Shipp has been named SGA Amateur of the Month Presented by Global Golf Post for December 2019 by the Southern Golf Association (SGA). Shipp, a native of Duluth, GA, won the South Beach International Amateur after a two-hole playoff with Oklahoma University senior Garett Reband. Both finished the championship with a two-under-par...
BIRMINGHAM, AL (December 20, 2019) – Takumi Kanaya of Japan has been named SGA Amateur of the Month Presented by Global Golf Post for November 2019 by the Southern Golf Association (SGA). He won the Japan Tour’s Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters with a 13-under-par 267 (73-66-63-65). Earlier this year, Kanaya competed in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship via his 2018 Asia-Pacific...
