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Ga. teens heading to Drive, Chip & Putt finals in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Dozens of junior golfers have received their invitations to play the Drive, Chip and Putt finals at Augusta National Golf Club, including a local boy who is no stranger to the course.
Kipp Madison from Evans won back in 2024 in the boys 12 to 13 age group. Now he has moved up to the 14-15 division.
Another Georgia teen is competing in the finals as well. Her name is Moa Kim and she is from Duluth.
The 13-year-old Kim is one of 80 finalists competing at the start of Masters week in the annual Drive, Chip and Putt Championships after dominating regionals at TPC Sawgrass.

“I think I did really good,” Kim said.
Kim finished first by 10 points for all national qualifiers in the women’s age 12-to-13 competition.
“Most people can’t just go and play at Augusta,” Kim said.
Kim said she wants to play in high school, then in college. But for now, she is focused on the competition.
“I just want to have fun,” Kim said. “Maybe if I win my parents will do something really nice for me.”
Here’s the full list on invitees to the finals:
The Drive, Chip & Putt finals will be played April 5. Masters week is April 6-12.
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Georgia governor candidate Olu Brown campaigns in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Olu Brown visited Augusta on Friday evening, stopping near the Sand Hills Community Center as early voting continues.
Brown is one of six candidates in the Democratic primary.
Campaign priorities
Brown said his vision as governor would focus on three main areas.
“One, it’s affordability around health care and making sure we expand Medicaid and expand Peach Care and make sure we continue to make our rural health care systems healthy and vital,” Brown said. “Number two, we’ve got to address education in all of Georgia, making sure every kid in Georgia gets an excellent education, and we’re paying our teachers more. And number 3, we’re protecting the rights of all women. Folks in the Gold Dome shouldn’t be making decisions about their bodies or the choices that they make.”
Brown is running against Amanda Duffy, Derrick Jackson, Geoff Duncan, Jason Esteves, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mike Thurmond.
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Augusta Prep student arrested over picture of LEGO gun, threat he called a joke
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – An Augusta Prep student was arrested on a charge of terroristic threats over a picture of a LEGO gun he posted on social media.
It happened Wednesday, according to an incident report from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
Eric Hedinger, the principal of Augusta Preparatory Day School, told deputies a student had uploaded a picture to Snapchat of a “pistol” with the caption “shooting up the school so I don`t have to take the stats exam tomorrow. Don`t come yall!”
The principal said he spoke to the student and his father about the photo.
The principal also provided deputies with the student’s address in Grovetown.
A deputy went there and was told by the student that the “pistol” was a LEGO set that he had built.

He also said the comment he made was supposed to be a joke because he was not looking forward to taking his Advanced Placement statistics test this week.
The student showed the deputy the box that the LEGO set came in, and how the set was already disassembled.
The deputy also looked in the boy’s room to make sure he was not in possession of any weapons.
The mother advised that there was one firearm in the residence but it was locked up.

The deputy contacted Judge Leslie Morgan and she issued a warrant for terroristic threats.
The student, age 18, was taken into custody and transported to the Columbia County Detention Center.
News 12 is not reporting his name or publishing his photo since the LEGO gun could not have actually harmed anyone.
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