Mississippi
Which golfers at 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship have ties to Mississippi? Here’s the list
For most of the PGA Tour, the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson is a trip away from familiar territory. However, that isn’t the case for four golfers with Mississippi ties who are in the field for the 2023 tournament which starts Thursday.
Chad Ramey, Davis Riley, Hayden Buckley and Ford Clegg are familiar with the Magnolia State, whether it be the place they were born or where they attended college.
Here’s what you need to know about those four as they each look for their first PGA title at the Country Club of Jackson.
Chad Ramey
Thursday tee time: 12:39 p.m.
Friday tee time: 7:44 a.m.
Ramey comes from Fulton, Mississippi, and is a product of Mississippi State. He has one career win and sits at No. 113 in the FedEx Cup Fall standings.
Last year, Ramey missed the cut at the Sanderson Farms Championship. However, he’s coming off a tied for 19th performance at the Fortinet Championship two weeks ago where he shot below 70 in each of his first three rounds.
His best finish in Jackson came in 2018 when he was tied for 26th and took home nearly $30,000.
Davis Riley
Thursday tee time: 12:39 p.m.
Friday tee time: 7:44 a.m.
For the first time in his career, Riley enters the tournament in his home state with a PGA Tour win to his name. At No. 62 in the FedEx Cup Fall standings, Riley has a pair or top 10 finishes this season and five top 25 finishes. In April, he won the Zurich Classic with partner Nick Hardy.
Riley, a native Hattiesburg, Mississippi, who attended Alabama, finished in the top 20 of the Sanderson last year. However, since his win in New Orleans, he hasn’t had a top 20 finish.
Hayden Buckley
Thursday tee time: 7:20 a.m.
Friday tee time: 12:17 p.m.
Buckley was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and played his collegiate golf at Missouri. However, he spent much of his life living in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Buckley was among those tied with Riley at 19th last year. That came after his best finish at the event in 2021 where he finished tied for fourth after shooting three rounds of 67 or lower. He earned $280,000 in that tournament.
Entering his fourth start at the Sanderson, Buckley sits at No. 64 in the FedEx Cup Fall standings.
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Ford Clegg
Thursday tee time: 9:01 a.m.
Friday tee time: 1:56 p.m.
Clegg is from Birmingham, Alabama, but he played his collegiate golf at Mississippi State. He graduated in the spring of 2023.
He started in all 12 events for the Bulldogs last season where he became the program leader in career rounds of par or better. In the NCAA Morgan Hill Regional Clegg, he finished tied for seventh after shooting, helping lead the team to its first regional championship in program history. He had the second-most birdies in the individual field for the tournament.