Mexican Pro is Second-Day Leader at Greater Gwinnett Championship

Estaban Toledo is one stroke ahead of four golfers at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth.

Click here for third-round pairings The leaderboard for the Greater Gwinnett Championship had an international flavor after the second round Saturday (April 20) at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth. Mexican Estaban Toledo held a one-stroke lead over a group of four golfers that included Bernhard Langer of Germany and Roger Chapman of England. Toledo is 6-under par after 36 holes. Langer, Chapman and Americans Tom Pernice, Jr. and Mark Calcavecchia are at 5-under. Langer and Jeff Sluman each shot 6-under 66 for Saturday's low round. CLICK HERE FOR SECOND ROUND LEADERBOARD FROM THE GREATER GWINNETT CHAMPIONSHIP  Friday's play was suspended until Saturday, when more than half of the field completed the first round before moving on to the second round. …

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Junior Golf League in Suwanee

Olde Atlanta club is hosting registration through Sunday, May 6.

Canongate Golf, which owns 23 golf clubs in the Atlanta area, is signing up for a PGA Junior Golf League for children 13-under. Canongate is hosting teams at its Olde Atlanta Golf Club in Suwanee (Forsyth County), according to a news release. Registration is open through Sunday, May 6. Designed to better socialize the game for boys and girls, the league features a scramble format against other area golf clubs in a structured league that provides a popular, less stressful format than medal-play competition. During the five-week season, teams will compete in 4-6, nine-hole scrambles. All players will receive team jerseys, golf balls and bag tags. Pricing for the Canongate teams is $165 for Canongate members and $200 for non-members. For …

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Suwanee Golf Course To Host Benefit Tournament

Annual Kiwanis event at Bear's Best has raised money for children and family organizations in Gwinnett County for nearly 20 years.

Golf enthusiasts who want to enjoy a challenging round of golf at one of metro Atlanta's finest courses -- Bear's Best in Suwanee -- and help support children and family organizations in Gwinnett County still have time to register for the annual tournament sponsored by the Kiwanis Clubs of Suwanee and Duluth on Tuesday, Aug. 16. The tournament, which has been a staple among fundraisers in the county for nearly 20 years, will be played on the Jack Nicklaus-designed course in the upscale gated community of Edinburgh. The cost to enter is $150, half of which is tax-deductible. Tourney coordinators Jim Johnson and Deric Governale announced the format for the event will be Four Person Lauderdale, and registration will continue through the start…

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Suwanee Golf Event Has International Appeal

Brazil resident has a personal reason to be at Laurel Springs this week.

They came to Suwanee from Arizona, Tennessee, Texas and other places Monday to participate in the Collegiate Players Tour tournament and fund-raiser. And from Brazil. "I came to watch my baby," Carol Haynie said along the No. 9 fairway at Laurel Springs Golf Club on Monday as daughter Kelsey Haynie hit her approach shot during a fund-raising event preceding the tournament. Carol Haynie lives in Brazil, where husband Jack is a manager for Pride International. Kelsey Haynie is one of 20 players who are scheduled to take part in the two-day, 54-hole CPT event beginning Tuesday at Laurel Springs. Like the other 11 events on the tour, it's designed to give college golfers a chance to keep their games in shape when classes are out. The players …

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College Golf Tour Event Heads for Suwanee

Laurel Springs will be the site of the Collegiate Players Tour event.

Some college golfers from the Atlanta area will be among those teeing it up at Laurel Springs Golf Club in Suwanee next Monday-Wednesday (June 20-22) for a Collegiate Players Tour event. Harrison Florence of Roswell (U.S. Military Academy) and Eric Hodgson of Marietta (Cumberland University) are among those who are scheduled to play in Suwanee. The CPT, in its 18th year, provides summer competition for college-age men and women. It is sanctioned by the U.S. Golf Association and both college golf associations. State Farm is the main sponsor of the tour. A fund-raiser will be Monday beginning at 9 a.m. to benefit United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia. Admission to view is free. The two-day competition for players will be Tuesday-Wednesday. The …

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Golf's 4th Major Coming to Suwanee Area

The PGA Championship will be played at the Atlanta Athletic Club in August.

For golf enthusiasts it doesn't get any better -- in just two months, 156 of the top professional players will be teeing it up near Suwanee to compete in the PGA Championship, golf's fourth and final major of the year. It will be the third time that the Atlanta Athletic Club, now in the Johns Creek area, will hosts the professional tournament, set for Aug. 11-14. The club is one of only five to host the PGA Championship three or more times. The defending champion, Martin Kaymer from Germany, played the Highlands course for the first time on Monday. And as expected, he found the championship course has been set up to test the best golfers in the world. Winning on this course, said Kaymer, will require precision and sometimes keeping the …

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PGA History Exhibit To Come Near Suwanee

Johns Creek seeks volunteers to staff the welcome center and greet exhibit visitors.

The PGA Championship returns to the Atlanta Athletic Club in 2011 for the third time in its now 93 years running. It brings with it to Johns Creek some of golf’s most legendary memorabilia, including Tiger Woods’ shoes, Walter Hagen’s walking stick and a straw hat worn by Sam Snead—and acclaimed artifacts—like Jack Nicklaus’ putter that helped him capture the 1980 PGA Championship and Phil Mickelson’s wedge that clinched his victory on the 18th hole in 2005.  Recognized as "A History of the Season's Final Major,” the traveling PGA Championship History Exhibit reveals the origin, tradition and history of the PGA Championship and traces its past 92 champions from Jim Barnes capturing the Wanamaker Trophy in 1916, through Martin Kaymer’s …

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Patch Picks

Feb. 17: Yoga, Golf and Candles

Highlights for the weekend.

Yoga In Suwanee – Novo Total Wellness; Yoga style: Hatha, Vinyasa, Pre-Natal, Gentle Restor;  1300 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Suite 2203, Suwanee, 30024; (770) 988-2779; www.novototalwellness.com The Hooch Golf Club - This is 18 hole, par 61 golf course with seven par 4s, 11 par 3’s, Crenshaw Bent Grass greens, several ponds and lakes, and three holes that play along the Chattahoochee River. Designed by David Johnson, a protégé of Bob Cupp, The Hooch was built by Medalist Golf, a company with extensive experience building Tom Fazio golf courses. Rates: $20 & up, discounted rates after 3 pm; 2705 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Duluth, 30097; (770) 476-2525; www.thehoochgolfclub.com Tannery Row Artist Colony – A visual arts center housing over…

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