BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Global Golf Post, the world’s leading weekly digital golf news magazine, and the Southern Golf Association (SGA) announce a partnership to promote the SGA’s Amateur of the Month Award. Global Golf Post will serve as the “Presenting Sponsor of the SGA Amateur of the Month Award” and run a full screen ad highlighting each month’s winner. Now in its 14th season,...
BIRMINGHAM, AL (September 19, 2018) – Cole Hammer, a freshman at the University of Texas, has been named Amateur of the Month for August 2018 by the Southern Golf Association (SGA). Hammer, a native of Houston, TX, played an incredible stretch of golf during the month. He won the Western Amateur at Sunset Ridge Country Club in Northfield, IL with a 1 up victory over Davis Riley of Hattiesburg, MS. Hammer was...
BIRMINGHAM, AL (January 21, 2019) – Pierceson Coody, a freshman at the University of Texas, has been named SGA Amateur of the Month Presented by Global Golf Post for December 2018 by the Southern Golf Association (SGA). The Plano, TX native defeated a strong field to win the South Beach International Amateur held at Miami Beach Golf Club by one stroke over Manuel Torres of Venezuela. Coody posted rounds of...
BIRMINGHAM, AL (August 22, 2018) – John Augenstein, a junior at Vanderbilt, has been named Amateur of the Month for July 2018 by the Southern Golf Association (SGA). Augenstein, a native of Owensboro, KY, posted a 16-under 268 score to win The Players Amateur at Berkeley Hall Club in Bluffton, SC by four strokes over Andy Zhang. The following week he placed in a tie for fourth at the Southern Amateur Championship...
BIRMINGHAM, AL (July 27, 2018) – Jovan Rebula, a junior at Auburn University, has been named Amateur of the Month for June by the Southern Golf Association (SGA). Rebula, a native of George, South Africa, won the 2018 British Amateur Championship at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Scotland by a 3&2 score over Robin Dawson of Ireland. With the win, Rebula earned exemptions into the 2018 British Open (missed...
