| Paul Simson, 24-time CGA Champion, to be Inducted into SGA Hall of Fame |
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West End, NC (5/16/12) - Paul Simson of Raleigh, NC, who has won more than 200 amateur golf titles, has been chosen for induction into the Southern Golf Association Hall of Fame. Simson is only the 23rd inductee selected in the 40 years since the Hall of Fame was established.
The induction will take place in mid-July prior to the Southern Amateur Championship in Little Rock, Ark.
Simson, a 24-time CGA Champion, is defending his 2011 title at the North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship this week at Oak Valley Golf Club in Advance, NC. Click HERE to follow his progress.
Congratulations on a great accomplishment!
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| Support the CGA with a Colorful NC Logo License Plate |
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West End, NC (5/10/12) - The Carolinas Golf Association is pleased to offer our own North Carolina Special License plate. The plate style is shown to the right. Optionally, it can also be personalized with 4 characters of your own choosing.
The price of the CGA Special License plate is $30.00 and the personalized version is $60.00.
Your purchase of a CGA License plate will help the CGA continue to financially support the Carolinas Golf Foundation and many other worthwhile Carolinas initiatives and will show your support of amateur golf every time
you drive your vehicle.
300 plate orders are needed to kick off this very worthwhile program. Click on the link below for more details.
CGA License Plates
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| Katelyn Dambaugh Wins the 7th Vicki DiSantis Junior Girls Championship |
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Charlotte, NC (5/6/12) -- Katelyn Dambaugh of Goose Creek, SC won her first Carolinas Golf Association championship winning the 7th Vicki DiSantis Junior Girls Championship at Pine Island CC in Charlotte, NC. Dambaugh, a high school junior, finished with a two day total of even par 144 on the 6,048 yard golf course. After nine holes on Sunday afternoon, defending champion Chelsey Couch of Ware Shoals, SC and Sarah Bae of Cary, NC were tied for the lead, but Dambaugh birdied holes 10 and eleven to take a one shot lead. A birdie on the par four 16th
hole gave Dambaugh a two shot cushion heading into the last two holes. A routine par on 17 and then a bogey on 18 were good enough for a one shot victory over Couch.
Complete Results
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Kate Dambaugh
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| Matt Crenshaw and Blair Bowland Win Carolinas Four-Ball Championship |
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Camden
, SC (5/6/12) - They grew up playing golf together in Burlington, NC and now 30 year old Matt Crenshaw, a car salesman and 28 year old Blair Bowland, a restaurant manager, are the 2012 Carolinas Golf Association's Four-Ball Champions. Their 2 & 1 victory over Paul Tucker and Brent Roof is their first CGA win. Matt played professional golf from 2005 to 2009 and regained his amateur status in 2011.
Final Results |
Blair Bowland(l) and
Matt Crenshaw
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| Webb Simpson Designates Funds from the Presidents Cup to CGA |
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West
End, NC
(5/3/12) -- Webb Simpson, a two-time PGA TOUR event winner, recently designated a
check in the amount of $5,000 to the Carolinas Golf Association for its "Setting
the Course" campaign. This contribution is a portion of the charitable proceeds
generated form The Presidents Cup 2011 at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in which Simpson participated as a member of the
victorious U.S. Team for the first time in his career.
The "Setting the Course" campaign was
created to raise funds for the CGA's Golf House, Museum and Foundation to
better preserve and promote golf in the Carolinas.
Press Release
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Webb Simpson
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| Simson and Detweiler Card a 59 En Route to Winning Their Third Carolinas Senior Four-Ball Title |
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CHAPEL HILL, NC (4/19/12) - Paul Simson & Don Detweiler of
Raleigh,
NC carded 13 birdies en route to a 13-under par 59 to win the Carolinas Senior Four-Ball Championship by seven strokes over Jim Grainger of
Charlotte,
NC & James Pearson of
Charlotte,
NC. Simson shot a 10-under par 62 on his own ball.
Simson & Detweiler finished the championship at 26-under par 190 total to set a new championship record score.
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| Pat Brogden Wins Third North Carolina Women's Senior Championship |
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West End, NC (4/19/12) - Pat Brogden of Garner, NC shot a two under par round of 71--147 in cold and windy conditions to win her third North Carolina Women's Senior Amateur Championship title by one shot over Patty Moore of Charlotte, NC. This victory gives Brogden her seventh CGA win.
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Pat Brogden
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