WALLACE, NC – Rounds of 16 and 32 match play results of the 5^th North Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship of the Carolinas Golf Association hosted by River Landing (Landing) in Wallace, NC on Friday, August 1, 2014.
 
After a 7 hour and 45 minute rain delay and a little creativity by the CGA staff, the match play portion of the North Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship began despite adverse weather and course conditions. Due to the amount of rainfall in the Wallace area Friday morning into the early afternoon, course fair... Read Post »

10th DOGWOOD STATE JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP AT SAPONA RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB IN LEXINGTON, NC - AUGUST 5-7, 2014

WEST END, NC (8/1/14) -- The 10th Dogwood State Junior Championship will be held at Sapona Ridge Country Club in Lexington, NC on August 5-7, 2014.

35 junior girls and 89 exempt junior boys are entered into this year's Championship. The championship format is 54 holes of stroke play. Boys and girls will compete in divisions based on gender. There are no age divisions. Each division will be cut to the low half and ties after 36 hol... Read Post »

Update at 2:07pm: We are going to play golf! Due to course conditions, we will play an 18-hole par 3 course today. Best we can do under the circumstances. Players meet at scoreboard at 3:00pm to receive instructions. Range and putting green is open. Please take a cart.

Update at 10:35am: Rain has returned to River Landing. We have moved the shotgun start back to 3:00pm. We hope to play the round of 32 today if at all possible. We will make a final decision regarding today's play by 1:30pm.

Update at 7:55am: still raining at River Land... Read Post »

CGA Interclub News and Notables

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July 31, 2014

▪   Match Highlights

(Complete match results and player gross scores can be accessed by clicking on the: Regions & Divisions or Schedule & Results section)

▪ The Interclub is entering its final month of regular season play starting this week-end. There are 55 matches yet to be played before the playoffs begin in September. 7 teams have earne...

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WALLACE, NC - Second round stroke play qualifying results of the 5^th North Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship of the Carolinas Golf Association hosted by River Landing (Landing) in Wallace, NC on Thursday, July 31, 2014 (6909 yards, par 36-36—72, 73.4/133).
 
Thomas Eldridge of Raleigh posted a second round four-under par 68 to stand comfortably atop the leaderboard at 10-under 134 likely to take medalist honors and the number one seed. However when Eldridge finished his round at around 12:07pm, Jacob Hicks of Mebane was star... Read Post »

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65th Carolinas Junior Boys' Championship
Camden CC     Camden, SC
July 31, 2014
 
Camden, SC-After 54 holes of challenging golf at Camden Country Club in Camden, SC, there was still no definitive winner of the 65^th Carolinas Junior Boys’ Championship. Round two leader, Henry Shimp of Charlotte, NC, shot a third round 75 tying him with Andrew Wilmoth of Raleigh, NC thus leaving championship to be decided in a playoff. Shimp, who bogeyed the 18^th hole in regulation, had the mental toughness to go back his &l... Read Post »

65th Carolinas Junior Boys’ Championship
Camden Country Club Camden, SC
July 30, 2014
 
Round Two Results
 
Henry Shimp of Charlotte, North Carolina takes the lead upon conclusion of the second round of play in the 65^th Carolinas Junior Boys’ Championship. Shimp’s second round, 67, is the low round of the tournament. “I hit my approach shots closer today,” said Shimp, a rising junior in high school, when talking about his second round compared to his first round 72. Shimp’s good friend and golfing buddy, Nolan Mills of Charlotte, NC... Read Post »

WALLACE, NC - First round results of the 5^th North Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship of the Carolinas Golf Association hosted by River Landing (Landing) in Wallace, NC on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 (6909 yards, par 36-36—72, 73.4/133).
 
Former East Carolina University standout Eric Brady of Cary fired a seven-under par 65 to take a one shot lead after the first round of the North Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship. Brady carded six birdies and an eagle versus one bogey in his round.
 
Reigning North Carolina Amat... Read Post »

 
Round one co-leader Jessica Spicer of Bahama, NC shoots a round four under par 68 to separate herself from the pack heading into the final round of the 58^th Carolinas Junior Girls’ Championship.  Spicer, a rising high school junior, has a seven shot lead after her two day total of one under par 143 on the Donald Ross designed course at Hope Valley CC in Durham, NC.  Spicer got off to a steady start maki... Read Post »