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Carolina Professionals Take Historic Tar Heel Cup
WALLACE, N.C. (April 4, 2023) - The 28th Tar Heel Cup Matches, presented by Holderness & Bourne, took place at River Landing Country Club’s Landing Course in Wallace, N.C. featuring the eight top amateurs and PGA professionals from North Carolina. As the defending champions, the NC Amateurs need only 6 points to retain the title.
Related: Championship Website | Match Results | History
The Final Round of the Tar Heel Cup saw the Professionals in the lead after racing out to an early advantage in the singles component, winning the first three matches of the day. The amateurs tried hard on day two, including a late comeback to take more points, but unfortunately, came up short in retaining the Cup.
The Carolinas Golf Association would like to thank the River Landing members, staff, and Director of Golf Larry George, who have graciously hosted these matches since 2015.
28th Tar Heel Cup Matches presented by Holderness & Bourne
River Landing in Wallace, N.C.
Final
NC Professionals 6.50
NC Amateurs 5.50
Total Points 12.00
Singles Matches
Fourball Matches
About River Landing Country Club
The coastal plains of North Carolina are the beautiful setting of a community where beauty and lifestyle go hand and hand—River Landing.
River Landing is a private, gated, residential golf community covering over 1,700 unspoiled acres on the northeast Cape Fear River banks in Wallace, NC. An easy 35-minute drive from historic Wilmington and just an hour and 15 minutes south of Raleigh, NC, we represent the best of North Carolina’s beauty, weather and recreation. And the cost of living here? Very attractive!
Our world-class championship golf courses are complemented by our state-of-the-art Sports and Fitness Center. Here residents enjoy secure surroundings featuring scenic walking, hiking and nature trails, mature, lush landscapes and some of the nation’s best fishing, boating and gardening.
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.
About the Carolinas PGA Section
Since its inception in 1923, the Carolinas PGA Section has been committed to nurturing and improving the quality of the game for the thousands of golfers using its member facilities. Now the largest of the PGA’s forty-one sections, the Carolinas PGA Section of the Professional Golfers’ Association boasts nearly 2,000 professional members and represents more than 800 golf facilities within North and South Carolina as well as portions of southern Virginia.
PGA professionals are responsible for conducting a variety of golf-related functions which include human resource management, golf shop merchandising, golf instruction, tournament operations, junior golf programs, growth of the game initiatives, golf club repair, administering the rules, public relations and much more.
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