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Georgia women’s golfers earn SEC honors

Three Georgia women’s golfers were awarded for their spring performances on Friday. The league office announced that Emilie Burger, Rocio Sanchez Lobato and Marta Silva Zamora all received SEC accolades. Sanchez Lobato, in her first season with the Bulldogs, was a part of the starting-five in every spring tournament and made her presence known on [...]

Lady Bulldog a ‘mother hen’ to peers

Emilie Burger seemed destined to attend Georgia. Born and raised in Georgia, and the daughter of a UGA alum, Burger has developed into a trusted and respected member of the women’sgolf team in her junior season. “[My parents] both value education. They said ‘Wherever you go, you got to get your education,’” Burger said. She said [...]

Linking up with part of her past

Serbia will have a lot to look forward to in the coming months. The country will have a national women’s golf team for the first time, which brings with it a brand new type of excitement. And Milena Savich as a lot to do with it. A senior on Georgia’s women’s golf team and a native of [...]

Marta Silva Zamora rebounds to finish in top 10, Bulldogs take fifth place at SEC Championships

The No. 9 Georgia women’s golfers had to deal with some rough weather on the final day of SEC Championship play in Fayetteville, Ark. There were high scores across the board, but Bulldogs Marta Silva Zamora and Rocio Sanchez Lobato made the best of the weather on Sunday, shooting a 3-over 75 and a 76, [...]

Rocio Sanchez Lobato jumps 16 spots on individual leaderboard, Bulldogs fall to fifth at SEC Championships

On a day in which Marta Silva Zamora, who was tied for first after day one, posted the highest score among the Georgia women’s golf team’s lineup, freshman Rocio Sanchez Lobato took the reins and finished with a team best 1-over 73 on Saturday at the SEC Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Her round bumped her [...]

Silva Zamora tied for first, Georgia in fourth after first day at SEC Championships

Senior Marta Silva Zamora shot a 3-under 69 — which included the first hole in one of her career — to pace the Georgia women’s golf team on the first day of the Southeastern Conference Championship in Fayetteville, Ark., which put her in a tie for first place individually. As a team, No. 9 Georgia [...]

Georgia finishes second, Silva Zamora takes third at Liz Murphey Classic

Ninth-ranked Georgia lost second place only to regain it with a strong push on the last holes on the final day at the 40th annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic on Sunday. Bulldog senior and reigning Liz Murphey champion Marta Silva Zamora dropped one spot on the individual leaderboard and finished third at this year’s tournament. [...]

Georgia, Silva Zamora second on respective leaderboards after second day of Liz Murphey Classic

The weather was hot and humid and Friday’s rain left the course damp, but Georgia and three other teams in the top three seemed unaffected as they pulled even further ahead of the 17-team field at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic on Saturday. Georgia senior Marta Silva Zamora and the reigning individual champion of the [...]

Georgia in second on team leaderboard after first day of Liz Murphey, Georgia senior in third individually

The Georgia women’s golf team shook off the nerves and excitement and finished the first day of the 40th annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in second place out of the 17-team field. Georgia shot a 4-under 248, six strokes behind No. 2 Alabama. The No. 9 Bulldogs seemed to be on, with low scores all [...]

Women’s golf team reflects on program’s origins prior to 40th Liz Murphey Classic, Zamora looking for second consecutive victory in event

A women’s golf program had never been attempted at the University of Georgia until 1967, when Liz Murphey joined the Bulldog staff as assistant professor of physical education and women’s golf coach. She immediately took the reins of the club program, and by the fall of 1978, Georgia was playing intercollegiate women’s golf. “She [Liz [...]

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