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2024 PGA Championship prize money payouts for each player at Valhalla in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — AUGUSTA, Ga. — It pays to play well in major championships, just ask this week’s winner, Xander Schauffele. The 30-year-old won the 2024 PGA Championship on Sunday at 21 under by one shot over Bryson DeChambeau to claim his long-awaited first major title at Valhalla Golf Club. Schauffele shot rounds of 62-68-68-65 to set a major championship scoring record in relation to par.
Meriwether monument sees new upgrades with educational panels
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A controversial monument in North Augusta now has some new changes. The Meriwether monument was built in 1916 to honor the only white man killed in the Hamburg Massacre, where seven African Americans were also brutally killed. Some updates to the monument aim to better...
Memorial Day is May 27. Here is some Augusta-area fun for the long weekend
May 27 is Memorial Day, a time for celebrating and honoring service members both past and present. For many families, it also offers a rare long, three-day-long weekend for having fun and getting some much needed rest and relaxation. However you're choosing to spend the weekend, the Augusta area has...
Volunteers help clean up Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Organizers of a Magnolia Cemetery cleanup say hundreds of people showed up all ages to help clean up the historic site. From 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, volunteers showed up with brooms, shovels and other supplies to help. The land houses five Jewish cemeteries and a Greek cemetery along with a Masonic lodge and several church sections.
Daily forecast | From First Alert Meteorologist Emily Acton
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) -A few afternoon showers expected Saturday. Mostly cloudy conditions are expected throughout the evening and overnight. A small chance of showers and a stray thunderstorm possible through the evening and overnight. A few showers and storms look to linger into Sunday. Temperatures look similar with lows in...
Augusta deputies featured in another episode of new CW show. Here's what we saw.
Law enforcement in Augusta is continuing to get some national TV coverage. The second episode of CW's new series "Police 24/7" aired Tuesday night, and it once again featured scenes of Richmond County sheriff's deputies. This time, there were two incidents covered. The episode opened with a pretty exciting chase...
Incumbent District Attorney Jared Williams shares plans if re-elected
AUGUSTA, G.A. (WJBF)- Georgia’s Statewide General Primary is next Tuesday. One of the big local races we’ve been following is for District Attorney of the Augusta Judicial Circuit. Incumbent Jared Williams is facing a challenge from Columbia Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Amber Brantley “Community safety is all of our responsibility, let’s work together, let’s […]
N. Augusta softball faces elimination after loss in state semifinals
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - At Riverview Park, the North Augusta Lady Jackets had home-field advantage in game one of the class 4A upper state championship, known as the state semifinals. Catawba Ridge got out to an early lead and North Augusta wasn’t able to capitalize on the handful of...
Many gather in Evans for ‘gathering of the people pow wow’
EVANS, GA (WJBF)- The ‘gathering of the people pow wow’ brings many people together to dance with a purpose. ” to the native people the pow wow was always a way of gathering to get together when you’ve been away from family for so long and you’re coming back together we run this as a […]
Game players come together to have fun, help Downtown Soul City
EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Downtown Soul City presented the Soul City Game Fest on Saturday. Tabletop games were on display for people to come out and play together or against each other. Downtown Soul City partnered with Cardboard Castle Games for the event with part of the sales benefiting downtown...
Local Results for May 17
North Augusta defeated York for the second straight time Thursday night, eliminating the Cougars from the playoffs to reach the Class AAAA Upper State finals. The Jackets trailed 4-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth. Sarah Henry doubled and eventually scored on a passed ball, and LeAnn Gilbert hit an RBI single to pull North Augusta within one. Lia Allen drove in Savannah Allen with a single in the bottom of the seventh, and an Emily Geddes single with the bases loaded brought in Lia Allen to give the Jackets a walk-off win.
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