Ware County’s Lady Gators and Pierce County’s Lady Bears and Bears will play for golf state championship beginning Monday, May 18.
The Lady Gators, who won state titles in 2015 and 2022, will tee it up at Crosswinds Golf Club in Savannah at the Class 4A two-day, 36-hole tournament. Asher Dean will represent the Gators as an individual in the boys’s tournament at the Savannah Country Club.
Joining the Lady Gator, who shot 274 in the Area 1 tournament, is champion Marist (274). Area 2 champion Starrs Mill (263) will be joined by Harris County (279).
Area 3 champion Pace Academy (294) is joined by Allatoona (296). Area 4 is represented by co-champs Centennial (251) and Madison County (251).
Qualifying through the Sectional were Cambridge (248), five-time champion North Oconee (251), Druid Hills (276) and Cartersville (285).
Pierce County is hosting the two-day, Class AA state golf at the Okefenokee Country Club.
Both the Lady Bears and Bears will be joined by 11 other programs in the 36-hole event, which concludes Tuesday, May 19.
The Lady Bears, the Area 2 champions, are attempting to reach rarified air with a fifth consecutive state title and eighth overall (2000, 2005, 2019, 2022-25). Only four schools have won five or more consecutive titles.
The Lady Bears, who shot the second-lowest score in the Area tournaments with a 158, will be joined by Area 1 teams Columbus (171), Morgan County (178) and Pike County (194). Burke County (172) and Appling County (187) qualified out of Area 2.
The Area 3 representatives are Coahulla Creek (192), Sonoraville (197) and Union County (198). Area 4 champions Hart County (153) posted the lowest score in Area competition. The Lady Bulldogs will be joined by Stephens County (182) and Drew Charter (195).
The Bears are seeking their first title since 2017 and fifth overall (1988-89, 2009). PCHS (320) finished third at the Area 2 tournament behind Thomson (316, lowest in Area tournaments) and Burke County (319).
Area 1 will be represented by Pike County (332), Morgan County (334) and defending champion Columbus (343). Schools from Area 3 are Sonoraville (327), Coahulla Creek (335) and Ringgold (335).
Hart County (332), Drew Charter (340) and Stephens County (346) will represent Area 4.
