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CHARLESTON, S.C. (February 21, 2016) -- On February 19, 2016, the Carolinas Golf Association’s annual meeting was held at the Country Club of Charleston. Lawrence Hicks of Greensboro, N.C., was elected to serve a two-year term as 55th president of the Association. The 63-year-old Hicks, a retired entrepreneur, has served on the CGA’s Executive Committee since 2006. He was elected secretary in 2012 and vice president in 2014.

Lawrence Hicks of Greensboro, N.C. 
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Nick Willis of Spartanburg, SC has been named the recipient of the David Parrott Award for 2015 by the Carolinas Golf Association.  Willis, the 2015 SC Junior Match Play Champion, was selected from the eight members that represented the Carolinas Golf Association in the Carolinas-Virginias Junior Team Matches at Boonsboro CC in Lynchburg, VA this past August.
 
Willis, a high school senior at Spartanburg Christian Academy, carries a GPA of 4.354 and is ranked 11th in his class at Spartanburg Christian.  “N...

The Camden Country Club Board of Directors has announced the dates for the 4th 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 28-29, 2016 at Camden Country Club in Camden, SC.
 
Mr. Creed passed away in October of 2012 as one of the most popular and well thought of members...

The Carolinas Golf Association has announced the dates for the 11th Vicki DiSantis Girls’ Championship to honor Mrs. Vicki DiSantis of Pinehurst, NC for her dedication and support of girls’ golf in the Carolinas.  The event will be a 36-hole stroke play tournament for junior girls’ from North Carolina and South Carolina between the ages of 12 – 18 who have not started college.  It will be contested on May 7-8, 2016 at Pine Island CC in Charlotte, NC.
 
Inspired by a rolling piece of farmland in the mid...

SOUTHERN PINES, NC (February 3, 2016) – The Carolinas Golf Association announced the winners of the 2015 CGAcer Hole-in-One Club Contest held on February 1, 2016.  CGA members who made a hole in one in 2015 and submitted an application were eligible.  Prizes for the 2015 annual drawing for holes-in-one winners are:

  •        1st Place – CGA Golf Shirt, CGA Tervis Tumbler Set, CGA Vanity License Plate, CGA Hat and “Golf in the Carolinas” Centennial Book

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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (January 15, 2016) -- The Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) has confirmed the sites and dates for its 2016 championship and tournament schedules. The CGA is entering its 107th year of conducting state and regional championships for amateur golfers.

The CGA will conduct 249 tournaments this year, including: 42 championships, 41 CGA championship qualifiers, 16 USGA national championship qualifiers, five team match events, 99 one-day tournaments, 45 Tarheel Youth Golf Association (TYGA) events, and an island four-ball getawa...


SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (January 13, 2016) -- Registration is open for the 2016 Rules of Golf Seminars conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA). This year's series will be the 40th year the CGA has served the Carolinas with Rules of Golf education and annual rules presentations.

The 20 scheduled 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 ...


Jim Ludden

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (January 11, 2016) -- Forty-one golfers in the Carolinas posted at least 250 scores during 2015. The top score posters are listed below. We caught up with a few of them to find out how they manage to play so many rounds of golf. 

Jim Ludden, a member of Belfair Golf Club in Bluffton, S.C. led the way for all CGA members with 357 scores posted. Mr. Ludden has been retired for the past six years. He made a deal with his wife, Laurel (a former gol...


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