Old Chatham GC to Host Super Senior Four-Ball

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (September 26, 2017) -- The Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) will conduct the 6th Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball Championship at Old Chatham Golf Club in Durham, N.C. from October 2-3.

The Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball Championship format is 36 holes of four-ball stroke play. Entry is open to any male amateur golfer who has reached his 65th birthday, 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 USGA Handicap Index®.

A full field of 56 teams have registered to compete at Old Chatham Golf Club. In 2019, the club will host the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship. A Rees Jones design, native forest separates the fairways, giving each group the feeling that it has the course all to itself.

Related: Championship Website | History | Pairings

In last year's championship held at Rock Hill Country Club, Russ Perry of Winston-Salem, N.C. and Mark Stephens of Troutman, N.C. dethroned four-time champions Jim Pridgen of Jamestown, N.C., and Ernie Newton of Wallburg, N.C. Previously, Pridgen-Newton had been the only team to win the championship. Earlier this year, Perry and Stephens captured the inaugural North Carolina Super Senior Four-Ball.

Arlis Pike of Kernersville, N.C. and Charlie Parks of Asheboro, N.C. finished one-stroke behind the Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball winners for the second consecutive year. There are numerous past runner-up teams looking to capture their first Carolinas Senior Four-Ball title: 2014 co-runner-up partners Bob Yow of Clinton, N.C. and Roger Taylor of Conover, N.C.; and 2012 runner-up Mike Sprouts of Newton, N.C. and John Green of Southern Pines, N.C.

Scoring will be provided by the CGA throughout the championship, offering 9 and 18-hole updates. Live updates will also be available on the CGA’s official Twitter account, @cgagolf1909. Continue to visit the CGA website throughout this championship and all year long for complete championship coverage including scores, interviews, photos, and recaps.

Championship Schedule

Monday, October 2nd
Round 1 – 18 holes stroke play
(AM Shotgun Start)

Tuesday, October 3rd
Round 2 – 18 holes stroke play
(Am Shotgun Start)
Awards ceremony 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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