Gene Sauers - 1992

Gene was born in Savannah, Georgia, August 22, 1962.  He came to Alexander City State Junior College in the fall of 1980.  Gene was a 1980 State of Georgia high school golf champion. 

As an ACJC freshman, Gene established himself as a first line member of the college golf team.  In his freshman year he won three collegiate tournaments, and was named to the All-AJCC golf team, and was named a member of the 1981NJCAA All-American team. 

Gene Sauers’ honors as a sophomore on the 1982 CJC golf team earned him the position of the team’s number one man.  In 1982 he won five collegiate tournaments.  He was named the 1982 Alabama Collegiate Champion and the 1982 AJCC “Player of the Year”.  Gene’s college team (A.C.J.C.) finished national runner-up in the NJCAA with Gene being named NJCAA first team All-American. 

In 1983 Gene Sauers signed with Georgia Southern university.  His team played in the 1983 NCAA Championship. 

In 1984, Gene Sauers was the youngest player on the P.G.A. Tour.  Since starting as the youngest player in 1984, Gene has won three Georgia State Open titles; three P.G.A.  Tour events which included: 1986 Bank of Boston, 1989 Hawaiian Open, and the 1990 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic.  His P.G.A. tour winning is over 1.5 million. 

In 1989 Gene Sauers was named to the Georgia Southern Hall of Fame.  June of 1991 in Odessa, Texas, Sauers was named to the NJCAA Hall of Fame. 

Today, Gene Sauers resides in Savannah, Georgia with his wife, Tammy.