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Spicer Sisters Atop of 44th Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Leaderboard
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (June 29, 2021) -- First round results of the 44th Carolinas Women’s Four-Ball Championship at Orangeburg Country Club in Orangeburg, S.C. from June 29 - June 30, 2021. The championship division will compete from the championship tees that play 6,262 yards, par 72, and the senior’s division will compete from the senior tees that play 5,369 yards, par 72.
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Sarah Spicer and Jessica Spicer of Bahama, N.C. signed a birdie-studded scorecard to place them atop the leaderboard of the 44th Carolinas Women’s Four-Ball Championship, hosted by Orangeburg Country Club in Orangeburg, S.C. Jayne Pardus of Daniel Island, S.C. and her partner Kerry Rutan of Mount Pleasant, S.C. have a two-stroke advantage over the senior division field.
”It was one of those rounds, everything sort of fell into place,” the Spicer twins concurred after their 8-under-par, 64.
The Spicer duo battled their way back from a less than ideal start in their opening round. The pair had parred the first three holes of the Championship and then would drop a stroke on the par-4, No. 4. The fourth hole at Orangeburg Country Club is a short par-4 that was the toughest hole all day, allowing only three birdies but it was accountable for 16 double-bogeys.
“I don't think either one of us hit bad shots into the green, it was just a tough back left pin. We were left with really tricky chip shots and could not get an up-and-down.” Sarah Spicer said following their round.
After the tough fourth hole was completed for the recent Virginia Tech graduates, they would not sniff another bogey for the rest of their round. In fact, beginning on the following hole, No. 5, they would go on a sub-par streak, carding birdies on 7 of the 14 holes that remained and eagle on another.
“On No.11, Sarah played a safe shot, short of the water in the fairway, so I decided to hit three-wood trying to get it close. I pulled it.” Jessica Spicer said about the pair's lone eagle. “I was left with 83 yards left to the hole and played a flighted wedge shot that I thought was perfect.My dad was up there near the green and he told us it went in.”
The defending champions, Rachel Kuehn of Asheville, N.C. and Jensen Castle of West Columbia, S.C. trail the lead by one-stroke, sitting in second at 7-under-par, 65. They had a bogey-free round on Tuesday and carded an eagle and five birdies. One of the birdies came from Kuehn’s chip-in from the back of the eighteenth green.
In the senior division, Pardus and Rutan pleasantly rolled in four birdies and only one bogey on their opening round. Their round showed the field the true benefit of a four-ball format, Rutan would contribute low scores when Pardus could not, and vice versa. The palmetto state duo fired off a 3-under-par, 69 to grasp the senior division lead.
Within striking distance behind them sits Natalie Huff of Elgin, S.C. partnered with Suzann Bartley of Columbia, S.C. in second with a score of 1-under-par, 71. There is a two-way tie for third at even-par, 72; Carol Ackerson of New Bern, N.C. partnered with Janis Romeo of Charlotte, N.C. and the team of past senior division champion Kim Briele of New Bern, N.C. and five-time champion Patty Moore of Pinehurst, N.C.
The 44th Carolinas Women’s Four-Ball Championship will conclude on Wednesday, starting with tee times at 8:00 a.m.
Round 1 Results
Championship Division
| Pos. | Team | City, State | Total | R1 |
| 1 | Jessica Spicer + Sarah Spicer | Bahama, NC | -8 | 64 |
| 2 | Jensen Castle + Rachel Kuehn | Asheville, NC, West Columbia, SC | -7 | 65 |
| T3 | Emily Dunlap + Jodee Tindal | Greenville, SC, Rock Hill, SC | -6 | 66 |
| T3 | Gracyn Burgess + Smith Knaffle | Lexington, SC, Murrells Inlet, SC | -6 | 66 |
| 5 | Caroline Crumrine + Savannah Hylton | Wilmington, NC, Hilton Head Island, SC | -5 | 67 |
| T6 | Callista Rice + Kathryn Carson | Mars Hill, NC, Mooresville, NC | -4 | 68 |
| T6 | Lydia Randell + Mallory Fobes | East Bend, NC, Winston-Salem, NC | -4 | 68 |
| 8 | Ava Lucas + Ella Perna | Durham, NC, Raleigh, NC | -3 | 69 |
| 9 | Lotte Fox + Mogie Adamchik | Raleigh, NC | -2 | 70 |
| T10 | Hailey Joy + Victoria Cook | Reidsville, NC | -1 | 71 |
| T10 | Ashley Sloup + CC Buford | Winterville, NC, Fuquay Varina, NC | -1 | 71 |
| T12 | Emma Charles + Victoria Hall | Hartsville, SC, Moore, SC | E | 72 |
| T12 | Gillian O'Brien + Peyton O'Brien | Clemson, SC | E | 72 |
| T12 | Lextyn Petz + Sofia Carles | Clinton, SC, Columbia, SC | E | 72 |
| T12 | Hailey Pendleton + Phoebe Carles | Waxhaw, NC, Clinton, SC | E | 72 |
| 16 | Bridget Wilkie + Olivia Wilkie | Bluffton, SC | +1 | 73 |
| T17 | Anna McDonald + Venecia Zaia | Hickory, NC, Asheville, NC | +3 | 75 |
| T17 | Lea Venable + Stephanie Johnson | Simpsonville, SC, Simpsonville, SC | +3 | 75 |
| 19 | Emily Rapp + Victoria Tsurutis | Greenville, SC, Charleston, SC | +4 | 76 |
| 20 | Anna Freeman + Kerington Lamb | Aiken, SC, Easley, SC | +5 | 77 |
Senior Division
| Pos. | Players | City, State | Total | R1 |
| 1 | Kerry Rutan + Jayne Pardus | Daniel Island, SC, Mount Pleasant, SC | -3 | 69 |
| 2 | Natalie Huff + Suzann Bartley | Elgin, SC, Columbia, SC | -1 | 71 |
| T3 | Janis Romeo + Carol Ackerson | Charlotte, NC, New Bern, NC | E | 72 |
| T3 | Kim Briele + Patty Moore | New Bern, NC, Pinehurst, NC | E | 72 |
| T5 | Chrissie Spidell + Pam Prescott | Anderson, SC, Piedmont, SC | +1 | 73 |
| T5 | Linda Daniel + Leigh Armentrout | Huntersville, NC, Greensboro, NC | +1 | 73 |
| T7 | Leigh Coulter + Elaine Johnson | Hopkins, SC, Hartsville, SC | +2 | 74 |
| T7 | Karin Wolfe + Nancy Dodge | Lexington, SC, Gilbert, SC | +2 | 74 |
| T9 | Anne Washington + Kim Clarke | Conway, SC, Newton, NC | +3 | 75 |
| T9 | Kendra Muir + Murrie Ives | Pinehurst, NC | +3 | 75 |
| 11 | Kathy Binkley + Lisa Mooneyham | Cornelius, NC, Graham, NC | +4 | 76 |
| T12 | Suzy Ellison + Julie Snider | Columbia, SC | +5 | 77 |
| T12 | Carrie Dillard + Flossy Laudenbach | Aiken, SC | +5 | 77 |
| 14 | Karin Wu + Janet Myers | Charlotte, NC | +6 | 78 |
| T15 | Cathy Martin + June Wang | Johns Island, SC, Huntersville, NC | +7 | 79 |
| T15 | Ramona Jackson + Teresa Taylor | Wilmington, NC | +7 | 79 |
| T15 | Lori Teague + Kit Rea | Taylorsville, NC, Huntersville, NC | +7 | 79 |
| T15 | Beth Coldwell + Suzanne Moro | Myrtle Beach, SC | +7 | 79 |
| T15 | Robin Moyer + Kyoko Tsuchiya | Mount Pleasant, SC, Mount Pleasant, SC | +7 | 79 |
| T20 | Tina Houston + Pamela Ruthven | Aiken, SC | +9 | 81 |
| T20 | Denise Uitto + Marianne Samenko | McCormick, SC, Simpsonville, SC | +9 | 81 |
| T20 | Janet Roberts + Donna Eaton | Aiken, SC | +9 | 81 |
| 23 | Evelyn Larrimore + Mary Helen Treece | Wingate, NC, Monroe, NC | +10 | 82 |
| T24 | Robbie Knotts + Lu Hauser | Huntersville, NC, Conover, NC | +11 | 83 |
| T24 | Wendy Beasley + Marie Venable | Conover, NC, Mooresville, NC | +11 | 83 |
| 26 | Teddy Stockwell + Laura Rawl | Charleston, SC | +13 | 85 |
| 27 | Katrina Carter + Billie Ellwanger | Sunset Beach, NC, North Myrtle Beach, SC | +14 | 86 |
| 28 | Denise Brackett + Helen Johnson | Florence, SC | +15 | 87 |
| 29 | Darlene Seguin + Jean Burns | Lexington, SC, Irmo, SC | +20 | 92 |
Schedule of rounds:
Wednesday June 30
Final round, 18 holes of four-ball stroke play, starting at 7:30 a.m.
Awards luncheon 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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