1st Carolinas Women's Club Team Championship

Rock Barn Golf & Spa in Conover, N.C. hosts the inaugural Carolinas Women's Club Team Championship

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (November 3, 2017) -- The inaugural Carolinas Women's Club Team Championship will be played on the Jackson Course at Rock Barn Golf & Spa in Conover, N.C. on Tuesday, November 7th to Thursday, November 9th. The Carolinas Women's Club Team Championship is brand new in 2017. The championship will determine the Club Champion of the Carolinas. Any CGA member club may enter a team of four female golfers who belong to that club.
 

Related: Championship Website | Full Field of Teams | Pairings

The Jackson Course at Rock Barn opened in 1969. Undulating fairways and changes in elevation throughout the course puts ball position at a premium. Rock Barn has two four-person teams competing on their home course. Other teams representing Cowan's Ford Country Club, Carmel Country Club, Pinehurst Country Club, Pinewild Country Club, and Pinewood Country Club are in the inaugural field. Each club team will be comprised of two four-ball sides. Each side will play an 18-hole qualifying round in a four-ball stroke play format on the first day of competition.

Following Tuesday's round of four-ball stroke play qualifying, the Championship Flight will be comprised of the four club teams with the lowest aggregate team score (i.e. the two four-ball sides on each team added together). The First Flight will be made up of the remaining three teams. In the Championship Flight, the first and fourth-seeded club teams will play against each other while the second and third-seeded club teams play against each other on Wednesday. The club team with the most total points advances. The losing team is placed in a consolation flight. On Thursday, the winning club teams will play against each other while the losing club teams will play against each other. Point totals are not carried over – each club team starts with a fresh slate. The club team with the most total points at the end of their matches in each flight will win their flight and receive a prize. Each four-ball match is worth 18 points (one point per hole). At the end of both matches, the points from each side’s match will be added together for the club team point total.

Any CGA member club may enter a team of four female golfers who belong to that club into the Carolinas Women's Club Team Championship. Every member of the team must hold an active GHIN® USGA Handicap Index® at the CGA member club they are representing. Members of the team must also meet the following eligibility policies: entry is open to any female amateur golfer who has reached her 13th birthday by November 7, 2017, is a legal resident of North Carolina or South Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association and has an active GHIN® USGA Handicap Index®.

Competition Schedule:
November 7
Round 1 – 18 holes four-ball stroke play
(shotgun start 10:00 a.m.)
Player’s Dinner and Pairings Party – 6:30 p.m. at Rock Barn CC

November 8
Round 2 – 18 holes four-ball match play
(shotgun start at 10:00 a.m.)

November 9
Round 3 – 18 holes four-ball match play
(shotgun start at 10:00 a.m.)
Lunch and awards immediately following play

 

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.

The CGA annually conducts 48 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 150 One-Day (net and gross) events as well as 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 nearly $2,000,000 since 1977 to benefit Carolinas' golf initiatives including junior and women's programs.    

For more information about the CGA, visit

our website.

 

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