Preview: 4th Carolinas Super Sr. 4-Ball

4^th Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball Championship Release

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- The 4th Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball Championship will be contested at Hendersonville Country Club in Hendersonville, N.C. from October 14-15, 2015. A field of 53 teams is expected at this year's championship. Full list of participants >>>

The only players to ever win the Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball, partners Jim Pridgen of Jamestown, N.C., and Ernie Newton of Wallburg, N.C., return for a chance at their fourth consecutive title. In last year's championship held at River Hills Country Club, Pridgen-Newton came from behind in the final round to complete the three-peat and win the 2014 Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball Championship. Pridgen-Newton were one shot behind Roger Taylor of Conover, N.C., and Bob Yow of Clinton, N.C. but a second round score of four-under par 68 helped them to victory and a two-day total of six under par 138.

This is the second CGA championship hosted by Hendersonville Country Club. Earlier this year, the club hosted the Carolinas Women's Senior Championship. One of Donald Ross' signature jewels, Hendersonville Country Club is home to a par 70, 18-hole course. Nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Hendersonville Country Club is one of the best private clubs, not only in the mountains of Western North Carolina, but also throughout the entire Southeast.

The Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball Championship format is 36 holes of four-ball stroke play. Entry is open to any male golfer who has reached his 65th birthday by October 14, 2015, is a legal resident of North or South Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) and has a current USGA handicap index at a member club.

 

The CGA will post any tournament delays or cancellations via our Twitter account. Follow @cgagolf1909.

 

About the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA)

The CGA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization that was founded in 1909 to promote and to protect the game of golf in the Carolinas by providing competitions, education, support and benefits to golf clubs and golfers. The CGA is the second largest golf association in the country with over 700 member clubs represented by nearly 150,000 individuals.

Now in its 106th year, the CGA annually conducts 43 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 140 One-Day (net and gross) events and qualifying for USGA national championships. The CGA serves golf in the Carolinas with numerous programs such as: the USGA Handicap System; tournament management software and support; course measuring and course/slope ratings; agronomy consultation; answers about the Rules of Golf, Rules of Amateur Status, and Handicapping; Carolinas Golf Magazine; Interclub series; Tarheel Youth Golf Association; Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame; expense assistance for USGA Junior and Girls' Junior qualifiers from the Carolinas; and the Carolinas Golf Foundation (CGF). The CGF has distributed more than $1,500,000 since 1977 to benefit Carolinas' golf initiatives including junior and women's programs.    

For more information about the CGA, visit www.carolinasgolf.org.

 

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