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The Administaff Augusta State Invitational has established itself as one of the finest intercollegiate golf tournaments in the nation.
Steeped in the rich golf tradition that is found in Augusta, Ga., the Administaff ASU Invitational has steadily grown since its beginning in 1979.
The Augusta Golf Association (established in 1949), a group dedicated to the promotion of golf in the Augusta area with a special emphasis on junior golf development,
has served as the long-time host of the Administaff ASU Invitational. Today, the AGA boasts a membership of nearly 200 business and civic leaders.
In 2006, the Administaff ASU Invitational entered a new era with the relocation of the tournament to Champions Retreat Golf Club in Evans, Ga.
For the fourth consecutive year, the tournament boasted one of the top fields in the nation, with five of the top 20, 11 of the top 31 and 15 of the NCAA’s top 62 teams in the field. Coastal Carolina captured the team title and USC Aiken senior Scott Brown claimed medalist honors.
With three distinct nines designed by golf icons and major champions Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player, Champions Retreat Golf Club offers three unique golf settings.
Player’s nine features the low country marshes of Euchee Creek while the surrounding
bluffs are enhanced with Nicklaus’s nine. The experience of Palmer’s nine includes a 280-acre island with miles of shoreline along the Savannah River.
Forest Hills Golf Club, home to the Augusta State University men’s and women’s golf programs and host of the tournament from 1979-2005, is very much a rich part of the rich golf history of the area. The course, built in 1926 by famed architect Donald Ross, served for many years as home to the Southeastern Open.
It was at Forest Hills that Bobby Jones began his brilliant play in 1930. Jones himself credited his victory at the Southeastern as the spark for his amazing stretch that saw him claim both the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open and both the British Amateur and British Open, becoming the first player in history to capture the Grand Slam.
Over the years, the likes of future PGA Tour professionals who graced the fairways of Forest Hills Golf Club include Jodie Mudd, Gene Sauers, Davis Love III, Jerry Haas, Nolan Henke, Phil Mickelson, Steve Lowery, Blaine McCallister, John Inman, Tim Herron, Justin Leonard, Harrison Frazar, Tom Scherrer, Dickey Pride, Brad Faxon, Woody Austin, Richard Johnson, Vaughn Taylor, Lucas Glover, Jonathan Byrd, Hunter Mahan, D.J. Trahan, Troy Matteson, Bill Haas, Nick Watney, Oliver Wilson, Charles Howell III, Camilo Villegas, Graeme McDowell, Garrett Willis, Darron Stiles, John Rollins and Paul Casey.
The Administaff ASU Invitational ... -
For the fourth consecutive year, featured 10 of the nation’s top 25 teams in 2006, including five of the top 20 and 11 of the top 31 -- in fact, all 15 teams in
the field were ranked in the top 62
- Featured 10 of the nation’s top 25 teams in 2005, including eight of the top 20
- Featured 10 of the nation’s top 25 teams in the field in 2004, including four
of the top 10
- Featured 10 of the nation’s top 25 teams in the field in 2003
- Featured eight of the nation’s top 20 teams in the field in 2002
- Featured nine of the nation’s top 30 teams in the field in 2001
Past Team Winners
2006 Coastal Carolina
2005 Augusta State
2004
Minnesota
2003 Augusta State
2002 Tennessee
2001
Augusta State
2000 Augusta State
1999 Augusta State
1998
Augusta State
1997 Mississippi
State
1996 Nevada
1995
Florida State
1994 Augusta College
1993 Columbus College
1992
North Carolina
1991 Florida State
1990 Central Florida
1989
Oklahoma
1988 Augusta College
1987 Augusta College
1986
Augusta College
1985 Jacksonville
1984 Clemson
1983
North Carolina
1982 North Carolina
1981 Georgia
1980
Georgia Southern
1979 Augusta
College
Past Individual Winners
2006 Scott Brown, USC Aiken
2005 Chris Kirk, Georgia
2004
Matt Hendrix, Clemson
2003 Oliver Wilson,
Augusta State
2002 David Skinns,
Tennessee
2001 Oliver Wilson, Augusta
State
2000 William McGirt, Wofford
1999 Jamie Elson, Augusta State
1998
Vaughn Taylor, Augusta State
1997 Michael
Connell, Mississippi
1996 Heath Slocum,
South Alabama
1995 Christian Raynor,
Florida State
1994 Jonathan Shiflet,
Augusta
1993 Tim Herron, New Mexico
1992 Justin Leonard, Texas
1991
Sean Halloran, SE Louisiana
1990 Andrew
Rice, Central Florida
1989 Phil
Mickelson, Arizona State
1988 Roger
Rowland, Augusta
1987 Tom Kies, Marshall
1986 Roger Rowland, Augusta
1985
Nolan Henke, Florida State
1984 Jim
Macfie, Clemson
1983 John Inman, North
Carolina
1982 John Inman, North Carolina
1981 Stuart Smith, Tennessee
1980
Jim Volpenhein, Kentucky
1979 Mark Sapp,
Augusta
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