Preview: 11th Carolinas Super Senior Championship

 

UPDATE (11:30 a.m., June 7, 2019) : After careful consideration, the 11th Carolinas Super Senior Championship has been postponed to a future date. The CGA staff has monitored the weather and course conditions and determined with the forecast of potential storms that the Championship should be held at a later date.

 

Further information will be sent with new dates and refund policy. 

 

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (June 6, 2019) -- The Carolinas Golf Association will conduct the 11th Carolinas Super Senior Championship at Green Valley Country Club in Greenville, S.C. from June 7-8, 2019.         

Related: Championship Web Site | Full Field of Players | Starting Times | Scoring | History

 

Players to watch:

• Russ Perry of Winston-Salem, N.C. is the CGA Men’s Super Senior Player of the Year, a six time CGA Champion and after a second place finish in this event last year he is looking to make this event his seventh championship title.

• Jim Burgess of Murrells Inlet, S.C. has claimed the Carolinas Four-Ball Championship title four times and is ready to claim his next CGA championship title this weekend.

• Garrett Garland of Huntersville, N.C. won the 70 plus division in the 2017 Carolinas Super Senior Championship and took first place at the 2017 Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball Championship.

• Robert Desjardins of Matthews, N.C. is a two time CGA Champion and he placed sixth in this event last year.

• Rick Cobb of Taylors, S.C. finished in fourth place during this event last year.

 

Opening its doors in 1958, Green Valley Country Club features 6,952 yards and 18 holes of sweeping golf course tucked into the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and alongside the Reedy River. The club was bought by the Kaplan family in 2011 and underwent major renovations shortly after. This will be the first year Green Valley Country Club will host the Carolinas Super Senior Championship.

Past champions in the field (1):

John Walters, Charlotte, N.C., 2012

The championship is contested at 36 holes of individual stroke play. Gross scores only. A tie for the Championship Division or 70+ division is decided by an on-course playoff. Players may select the division in which to compete if eligible:

Championship Division (Men Age 65+): Approximate yardage = 6100 yards.

70+ Division (Both team members age 70+): Approximate yardage = 5500 yards
Yardage subject to change.
 

Entry is open to any male amateur golfer who has reached his 65th birthday by June 7, 2019, and maintains a residence in North Carolina or South Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) and has an active USGA Handicap Index® that does not exceed 15.4 at a CGA member club.

Schedule of rounds:

Friday, June 7

First Round Starting Times: 2:00 p.m. Shotgun Start

Saturday, June 8

Final Round Starting Times: Shotgun start at 10:00 a.m.

Lunch and awards ceremony immediately following play for players.