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Three of the best boys’ high school golfers in the state of Georgia reside in LaGrange, and now the proof is in the pudding. A trio of LaGrange High rising seniors — Saxon Chastain, Hugh Kersey and Charlie Pitts — earned a spot on the All-State team, which consists of 10 golfers voted on by a panel of coaches. 

What makes this honor even sweeter for the three is the fact that they have been playing golf together since they were tykes.

“These are legit two of my best friends and we’ve been golfing together since we could walk,” Chastain told the LaGrange Daily News earlier in May. “We were probably five years old, maybe younger, when we first started playing.”

“I don’t remember meeting these guys; they’ve just always been there,” Pitts added. 

This was the third straight appearance on the team for Chastain, who burst onto the scene as a freshman in 2023. For Kersey and Pitts, this was their very first appearance on the All-State team. 

Pitts finished with the second most votes behind individual state champion Braceton Beasley, who was named the AAA Player of the Year.

Pitts had been a reliable golfer in his first two years with the Grangers, but upped his game this season. The junior averaged a score of just under 80 a round and really turned it on during the home stretch of the season. Pitts won the Area 1-3A low medalist on a dramatic playoff before finishing third as an individual at state.

“I was so nervous,” Pitts said of the playoff experience. “It’s honestly the most nervous I’ve ever been in my life, but once I hit the tee shot down the fairway, I settled in.”

Pitts, along with Chastain and Kersey, helped the Grangers as a team finish third in the state. The trio kept LaGrange in the hunt going into the final day as the Grangers finished just five strokes behind the leader after round one.

These three will make a return for the Grangers in 2026 as they play out their final season in blue and white and try to help their beloved team win its first state championship since 1950. 

“It’s weird that we have just one season left and then it’s over,” Chastain said earlier this year. “Time flies.”