AUGUSTA, Ga. –The Masters Tournament, United States Golf Association (USGA) and the PGA of America today announced that qualifying registration is now officially open on the event’s website, www.DriveChipandPutt.com.

This free nationwide youth golf development initiative is open to boys and girls ages 7-15, competing in separate divisions in four age categories. In its third edition, the Drive, Chip and Putt Championship will open qualifying locations throughout all 50 states during the months of May, June, July and August. ...

PINE ISLAND COUNTRY CLUB TO HOST  

10th VICKI DISANTIS GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP ON MAY 2-3, 2015

Southern Pines, N.C. -- The Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) has announced the schedule for its annual series of USGA Rules of Golf Seminars. This year's series will be the 39th year the CGA has served the Carolinas with Rules of Golf education and annual rules presentations.

The scheduled 16 seminars are free of charge to attendees, who will view a narrated computer presentation on the basics of the Rules of Golf followed by question and answer sessions. Seminars typically last between 1 ½ to 2 hours in duration. A free 2012-15 U...

CAMDEN COUNTRY CLUB TO HOST 3rd

CREED BOYS’ INVITATIONAL ON MAY 23-24, 2015

The Camden Country Club Board of Directors and the Carolinas Golf Association have announced the dates for the 3^rd Creed Junior Boys’ Invitational to honor Mr. Jimmy Creed of Camden, SC for his support of junior golf at Camden Country Club.  The event will be a 36-hole stroke play tournament for junior boy golfers between the ages of 13 – 18 who have not finished high school.  It will be contested on May 23-24, 2015 at Camden Country C...

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- Do you play a lot of golf, or maybe you wish you did? Thirty-two golfers in the Carolinas posted at least 250 scores during 2014. The top-ten golfers are listed below. We caught up with one of those top score-posters, Tom O’Halloran, from The Golf Club at Wescott Plantation in Summerville, S.C.

How does Mr. O’Halloran manage to play so many golf rounds? All but 21 of the 321 posted scores were played at his 27-hole home golf club. The 66-year-old retired government contractor and Navy veteran is single...

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. - Four previous winners and two first-timers have been named 2014 Richard S. Tufts Players of the Year by the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA). The award was created in 1997.

The six winners are (L-R): Scott Harvey of Greensboro, NC (Men), Dawn Woodard of Greer, SC (Women), Rick Cloninger of Fort Mill, SC (Senior Men), Jessica Spicer of Bahama, NC (Junior Girls), Pat Brogden of Garner, NC (Senior Women), and Eric Bae of Pinehurst, NC (Junior Boys).

The Richard S. Tufts Awards ...

JACKSONVILLE COUNTRY CLUB TO HOST 7th ANNUAL

JIMMY ANDERSON JUNIOR BOYS’ INVITATIONAL MARCH 28-29, 2015

Jacksonville, NC --The Jacksonville Country Club Board of Directors and the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) has announced the seventh annual Jimmy Anderson Junior Boys’ Invitational to honor Mr. Jimmy Anderson for his service as golf professional at Jacksonville Country Club and his dedication and support of junior golf. The event will be a 36-hole stroke play tournament for junior male golfers between the ages of 13 &ndas...

Kelli Murphy goes wire to wire winning 7th Carolinas Young Amateur

12/30/2014 6:51:00 PM

7^th Carolinas Young Amateur

Pinewild CC (Magnolia)     Pinehurst, NC

December 29-30, 2014

Final Results

Kelli Murphy of Elgin, SC and Austin Morrison of Charlotte, NC battled cold temperatures, a wet golf course and tough competitors winning their respective divisions in the 7^th Carolinas Young Amateur on the Magnolia course at Pinewild CC in Pinehurst, NC.

Murphy, a freshman playing collegiate golf at Auburn, had to go extra holes to win the women’s division.  Murphy and Emily Brooks of Chapel Hill...

7^th Carolinas Young Amateur

Pinewild CC (Magnolia)     Pinehurst, NC

December 29-30, 2014

Round One Results

            Women's Division (5,532 yards, par 72, 73.4/123)

         1     Kelli Murphy, Elgin, S.C. - 36-34--70

         2     Emily Brooks, Chapel Hill, N.C. - 39-32--71

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