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Ladies Four-Ball Play Day Results
from Kiawah Island Resort (Osprey Point)
 

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (January 24, 2017) -- Final results from the Ladies' Four-Ball Play Day hosted by Kiawah Island Resort (Osprey Point) in Kiawah Island, S.C. on Monday, January 23, 2017

112 ladies competed in the first Ladies' Four-Ball Play Day of 2017, despite a rained out event at Kiawah Island's Ocean Course on the previous day. The play day at the Ocean Course will be rescheduled for December 4, 2017. 

Ladies' Fo...

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Christian Sease aced the 11th hole at the Country Club of Charleston en route to winning the 102nd Carolinas Amateur Championship.

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (January 23, 2017) – One hundred and ninety one (191) Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) members submitted applications to the CGAcers club for holes-in-one in 2016.  The longest ace made was 273-yards on October 2nd by Jeremy Ray from Pfafftown, N.C. using a driver on the 14th hole at Mill Creek Golf Club in Mebane, N.C..  The shortest ace was a 60-yard sand wedge shot by Joa...

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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (January 18, 2017) -- Forty-eight golfers in the Carolinas posted at least 250 scores during 2016. The top score posters are listed below. We caught up with the top male and female score posters to find out how they managed to play so many rounds of golf. 

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 2017 USGA Handicap Seminar
Presented by the Carolinas Golf Association
 
The Peninsula Club
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
5:30 p.m.
 
 
The Carolinas Golf Association is pleased to announce 2017 handicap seminars in an effort to continually improve its members understanding of the USGA Handicap System™.

Golf is a complex game.   Not only is the game itself complicated but so are the rules and the handicap system.   Many golfers carry handicap myths with them to the golf course.  CGA h... Read Post »

Carolinas Golf House in Southern Pines, N.C.

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (January 9, 2017) -- The Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) has announced that the 2017 CGA Annual Meeting, Carolinas Golf Night, and Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, February 11th at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C.

Related: 2016 Players of the Year | Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame Class of 2017
 

The events will be held at Knollwood Hall, located adjacent to Carolinas Golf House. Cocktails and appeti...

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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (January 4, 2017) -- A new Local Rule announced by the USGA and The R&A eliminates the penalty when a ball is accidentally moved on the putting green. The Carolinas Golf Association will adopt this Local Rule for all of their championships, qualifying competitions, and one-day events for 2017 and beyond.

The following will appear on CGA hard cards:

BALL AT REST MOVED ON PUTTING GREEN - When a player’s ball lies on the putting green, there is no penalty if the ball or ball-marker is accide...

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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (January 4, 2017) – Gina Kim of Chapel Hill and Nicholas Lyerly of Salisbury have been named the 2016 N.C. Junior Players of the Year by the Tarheel Youth Golf Association (TYGA) and the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA). The N.C. Junior Player of the Year award recognizes one girl and one boy who have had the most successful year in amateur and junior golf events at the local, state, regional and national levels.

Kim, a 16-year-old junior at Chapel Hill High School, was al...

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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (January 3, 2017) -- Four first-timers and two previous winners have been named 2016 Richard S. Tufts Players of the Year by the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA).  

Related: Photos | Video Announcement

 

Junior Girls':
Emily Hawkins - Lexington, NC

Junior Boys':
Trent Phillips - Inman, SC

Senior Women's:
Kim Briele - New Bern, NC

Senior Men's:
Paul Simson - Raleigh, NC

Women's:
Katelyn Dambaugh - Goose Creek, SC

Men's:
Scott Harvey - Greensboro, NC
&nbs...

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