Area aces
Lee Stroupe scored a hole-in-one on Feb. 28 at Eagle Bluff. He aced No. 12 from 180 yards with a 4-hybrid and had John Rose as a witness.
Brandon Merritt had a hole-in-one Sunday at the Champions Club at Hampton Creek. He aced No. 9 from 136 yards with an 8-iron with Lee Lacy as a witness.
Publinks for Nob North
Nob North Golf Club at Cohutta will be the site of the 2014 Georgia State Golf Association Amateur Public Links championship Sept. 13-14.
The field will consist of 144 Georgia residents who do not belong to a private club in the state.
“We’ve been working on them for a while, and they came up here, looked at the course and they liked it,” Nob North head professional Eric Hester said. “We’ve spent three years working on this, and we’re very excited to host a GSGA championship.