Twice as nice: Jack Larkin Sr. defends Georgia Senior Championship title
Jack Larkin Sr. (Georgia State Golf Association Photo)
For the third time in four years,
Jack Larkin Sr. of Atlanta, Ga., wins the Georgia Senior Championship at the Landings Club, Palmetto Course, in Savannah, Ga.
Backed by a final round 6-under 66, Larkin ran away from the field to win by six shots at 7-under. Larkin carded rounds of 71-66. He bogeyed the first hole in the final round, then rattled off seven birdies in the next 17 holes to blitz the field.
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Scotty Scott of Hoschton, Ga., finished in solo second place at 1-under, while Danny Nelson finished in solo third place at 1-over.
Larkin has been on a tear of late, winning the 2021 and 2023 Georgia Senior Championships, the 2024 Reynolds Senior, and the 2024 Jones Cup Senior. He is ranked No. 10 in the AmateurGolf.com Senior Rankings.
Bob Royak of Alpharetta, Ga., Doug Hanzel of Savannah, Ga., Rusty Strawn of Eatonton, Ga., Robert Sheets of Atlanta, Ga., and Donald Miller of Alpharetta, Ga., all finished T4 at 6-over to round out the top five.
Hanzel has won the championship four times (2012, 2014, 2015, and 2022), and Royak has won it twice (2017 and 2019). Larkin is the fourth golfer to win the GSGA Senior Championship three or more times.
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Georgia Senior
Entries: Open to male amateur golfers age
55 or
older as of the first day of the
tournament.
Field: 144 players with the lowest USGA
Handicap
indexes
Format: 54 holes of stroke play; field cut
to the
low 70 and ties after 36 holes
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