Gene Sauers at last week's U.S. Senior Open (Photo courtesy of Scott Halleran/Getty Images).
Golf Alum Gene Sauers Has Week to Remember
7/15/2014 11:40:00 AM | Men's Golf
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Georgia Southern men's golf alum and Hall of Fame inductee Gene Sauers finished second at the U.S. Senior Open Championship Sunday, falling to Colin Montgomerie in a 3-hole playoff.
A Savannah resident, Sauers was inducted into the Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991. As an Eagle student-athlete, he was Trans America Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 1983 and led the Eagles to a second consecutive TAAC golf title as a junior. He recorded seven top-10 finishes in 10 tournaments in 1983. He was inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in 2012.
Below are some headlines from Sauers' weeklong run at the Open.
Headlines:
Georgia Southern men's golf alum and Hall of Fame inductee Gene Sauers finished second at the U.S. Senior Open Championship Sunday, falling to Colin Montgomerie in a 3-hole playoff.
A Savannah resident, Sauers was inducted into the Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991. As an Eagle student-athlete, he was Trans America Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 1983 and led the Eagles to a second consecutive TAAC golf title as a junior. He recorded seven top-10 finishes in 10 tournaments in 1983. He was inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in 2012.
Below are some headlines from Sauers' weeklong run at the Open.
Headlines:
- U.S. Senior Open Leader Gene Sauers and the disease that threatened his career and his life
- U.S. Senior Open Q&A: Gene Sauers couldn't get the win but held his own with golf's hall of famers
- US Senior Open: Gene Sauers lucky to be playing
- John Klein: Gene Sauers leading at US Senior Open is 'phenomenal'
- Savannah center of golf world for a day
- Colin Montgomerie defeats Gene Sauers in a three-hole playoff to capture the U.S. Senior Open title
- Sauers Pleased Despite Missing Chance for Major Title
- Sauers leads pack after long road back
- Sauers runs gamut of emotions
- GSEagles.com exclusive Q&A with Gene Sauers from fall of 2013
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