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2024
Kye Meeks opens the 2024 Dogwood Invitational with a 63
Ole Miss Rebels' Kye Meeks opened the 2024 Dogwood Invitational with a nine-under 63, the lowest score of the day. Ten birdies, including six in a row, were accompanied by only one bogey. The senior is two clear of the pack, including Patrick McCann (Florida State), Hans Risvaer (Central Florida), and Buck Brumlow (Georgia) at -7.
2023
Hunter Logan of Mississippi State Wins the 2023 Dogwood Invitational
Hunter Logan finished off what he called his biggest-ever victory Saturday afternoon as he won the prestigious Dogwood Invitational at Druid Hills Golf Club in suburban Atlanta. Logan, a senior at Mississippi State who also led after the previous two rounds, closed with a 5-under-par 67 to end the 72-hole tournament at 20-under for a five-shot win.
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Hunter Logan Cools Off but Still Carries the Lead Into Final Round
Hunter Logan will remain the leader going into the final round Saturday at the Dogwood Invitational at Druid Hills Golf Club. The Mississippi State golfer kept his position atop the leaderboard at the tournament on the hilly course in the Atlanta suburbs as he shot a 1-under 71 in the third round Friday afternoon to maintain the same three-stroke advantage he had going into the day.
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Hunter Logan Fires 61 at Druid Hills to Vault to a Three Shot Lead
Hunter Logan turned the second round of the Dogwood Invitational on Thursday into a personal highlight reel. The Mississippi State golfer blistered the par-72 course at Druid Hills Golf Club as he fired an 11-under-par 61 to bolt to the top of the leaderboard halfway through the 72-hole tournament in suburban Atlanta.
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Alex Goff and Buck Brumlow Post 6-under to Share Round One Lead
Alex Goff and Buck Brumlow grabbed the first-round lead Wednesday as the Dogwood Invitational got underway at the Druid Hills Golf Club in suburban Atlanta. Goff, a senior this past season at Kentucky, and Brumlow, a sophomore at Georgia, both shot 6-under-par 66 in the first of the four rounds scheduled for this week on the par-72 layout.
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The Dogwood Invitational partners with PGA Tour Australasia
The 2023 Dogwood winner will receive two invites to compete on tour and advance top five golfers through to the 2024 Q School Final Stage
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War (Double) Eagle: Carson Bacha Wins Dogwood Invitational
Carson Bacha fired a 6-under-par 66, the lowest score of the final round on Saturday, to win the Dogwood Invitational at Druid Hills Golf Club in suburban Atlanta.
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Dogwood Invitational: Bacha Takes Two-Shot Lead Into Final Round
Auburn’s Carson Bacha shot a 7-under-par 65 Friday in the Dogwood Invitational at Druid Hills Golf Club to become the new leader at 16-under going into the final round scheduled for Saturday.
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Buchanan Tops Tight Leaderboard Halfway Through The Dogwood
Jackson Buchanan, who recently completed his freshman season at Illinois, remains the leader halfway through the Dogwood Invitational after a second-round 68 on Thursday at Druid Hills Golf Club left him at 10-under for the tournament.
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Jackson is the Word After Day One at the Dogwood
There are three players with the first name Jackson in the 117-person field this week at the 55th Dogwood Invitational. After round one, all three of them are in the top-10, including Wednesday's co-leaders Jackson Buchanan and Jackson Klutznick.
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By The Numbers: Previewing the 55th Dogwood Invitational
Wednesday at Druid Hills. There is no doubt that the first tee shot, which will be taken this year by New Zealand mid-amateur Samuel Jones, rings in the start of the summer amateur season. The Dogwood's 55th running marks the fourth event since the Invitational moved from its traditional late June date, strategically positioning itself to be the first major amateur tournament following the NCAA Men's Golf Championship.
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Dobbelaar survives long final day to win the Dogwood Invitational
The 54th Dogwood Invitational champion has been crowned, with Louis Dobbelaar of Australia holding off the field to win by two strokes with an 18-under total score. It’s the second major win for Dobbelaar in 2021, having won the Australian Amateur earlier this year in comeback fashion. Before that, he served notice of his potential by winning the New Zealand Amateur as a 15-year-old in 2016.
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Channeling Bobby Jones, Georgia amateurs shine at the Dogwood
The 2021 Dogwood Invitational included a pair of thunderstorms the last two days that caused long weather delays at Druid Hills Golf Club. But the prestigious tournament, which is known to produce low scores from those contending for the big winner's trophy, saw a golfer transferring to Georgia Tech and a current University of Georgia player start and finish this edition of the event with rounds that legendary amateur Bobby Jones, who has ties to this storied private course in suburban Atlanta, would have enjoyed witnessing with his own eyes.
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Manuel Lozada’s long journey to the Dogwood
Manuel Lozada’s second experience at the Dogwood Invitational this week is going way better than his first one two years ago. The 19-year-old from Argentina who just completed a stellar freshman season at Arkansas is near the top of the leaderboard going into Saturday at Druid Hills Golf Club in suburban Atlanta with 29 holes still to play.
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Summer Major Amateur Season Begins At The Dogwood Invitational
Perhaps it only makes sense that the major amateur summer schedule begins in the state of Georgia, since the professional major season traditionally opens in the Peach State as well.
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Worth the wait: Mancheno stays cool for Dogwood title
ATLANTA – Before Brandon Mancheno could claim his Dogwood trophy, he had to stand around and think about it for half an hour. Some players may not do very well with that, but to Mancheno, that’s what teammates are for. Including Mancheno, there were four Auburn players in the Dogwood Invitational field. When the horn blew Friday afternoon to call players in for lightning, Mancheno had just hit his tee shot on the par-3 17th. He was playing in the final group, and he was tied for the lead with Isaiah Jackson, who had just signed for a final-round 63 when the storm hit.
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Poole Gets Biggest Win, Validation
Ashton Poole might not have been in the position to win the 52nd Dogwood Invitational if it hadn’t been for an old friend back in Charlottesville, Va. Poole got a little nudge to get in the field a year ago from former U.S. Amateur and British Amateur champion Vinny Giles, who had been a two-time winner of the Dogwood. “When a former champion calls, you listen to what they have to say,” said Dogwood Tournament Chairman Edward Toledano.
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Lloyd Jefferson Go Breaks Through at The Dogwood Invitational
After weeks of threatening leaderboards, Seton Hall’s Lloyd Jefferson Go from the Philippines was able to put the pieces together and break through with a win on Saturday in Atlanta. The newest Dogwood Champion fell behind early but made a furious charge that would be just enough to edge ahead of the field, winning by one shot over Georgia Tech golfer Luke Schniederjans. Go would begin the day in a three-way tie for the lead, shared with former champion Dawson Armstrong, who has had plenty of experience at Druid Hills, winning The Dogwood in 2015 and finishing in a tie for second in last year’s championship; and Campbell’s Gaston Bertinotti from Argentina who was hoping to cap off an impressive 66-68-67 performance with a big win.
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