Pinehurst, NC – Final results of the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship Sectional Qualifying hosted by Pinewild Country Club (Magnolia Course) on Monday, July 21, 2014.  Par 36-36—72 6088 yards  Course/Slope Rating:  73.8/135.

Four players earn their way to the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship after battling wet and rainy conditions most of the day.  After a three hour delay Julie Streng of Greensboro, NC was able to shoot a 2-over par round of 74 to capture medalist honors.  Other qua...

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Dear Friends:
 
Michael Dann was laid to rest this afternoon at the Jackson Springs Presbyterian Church in Jackson Springs, NC. The Dann family and the CGA thank you for the many notes and thoughts during this difficult time.

Below is the obituary from The Pilot newspaper. 

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 Michael Harley Dann, 65, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at his home in Seven Lakes.
 
 A funeral Service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at Jackson Springs Presbyterian Church, with the Rev.  Elizabeth Forester officiatin...

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WEST END, NC (7/20/14) -- The 6th Carolinas Super Senior Championship will be held at High Meadows Golf & Country Club in Roaring Gap, NC on July 21-22, 2014.

96 players have qualified for the 2014 Carolinas Super Senior Championship. The championship format is 36 holes of stroke play. An on-course play-off is used to break a tie for the overall championship. Entry is open to any male amateur golfer who has reached his 65th birthday by July 21, 2014, is a legal resident of North Carolina or South Carolina, is a member in good standing ... Read Post »

9th CAROLINAS PRO-JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP AT TREYBURN COUNTRY CLUB IN DURHAM, NC - JULY 21, 2014

WEST END, NC (7/20/14) -- The 9th Carolinas Pro-Junior Championship will be held at Treyburn Country Club in Durham, NC on July 21, 2014.

38 teams have entered the 2014 Carolinas Pro-Junior Championship. The championship is contested at 18 holes of Chapman format. Both team members play from the teeing ground, switch golf balls for the second shot, then select one ball for the third shot and play alternate shot until the ball is holed. A team must... Read Post »

(L-R) Harrison Rhoades, Patrick Stephenson, Joshua Martin

BUIES CREEK, NC – Final round results from U.S. Amateur Championship sectional qualifying hosted by Keith Hills Golf Club (Orange-Black) in Buies Creek, NC on Friday, July 18, 2014 (6717 yards, par 36-36—72, Rating: 72.2/132).

Three qualifying spots and two alternate positions are available at this qualifying site. 
 
Reigning North Carolina Amateur Champion Joshua Martin of Pinehurst, NC fired a final round 69 to finish at five-under 139 to claim medalist... Read Post »

WILMINGTON, NC – Sectional qualifying results of the 5^th North Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship hosted by Masonboro Country Club in Wilmington, NC on Friday, July 18, 2014 (6619 yards, Par 35-36—71, 74.4/139).

Chris Eaves of Burgaw, NC and Christian Cichan of Charlotte, NC both shot one-over par 72 to share medalist honors.

The cut line fell at nine-over par 80. 13 players advanced to the 5^th North Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship that will be played July 30-August 3 at River Landing (Landing course) in Wallace... Read Post »

BUIES CREEK, NC – First round results from U.S. Amateur Championship sectional qualifying hosted by Keith Hills Golf Club (Orange-Black) in Buies Creek, NC on Thursday, July 17, 2014 (6717 yards, par 36-36—72, Rating: 72.2/132).

Isaac Spencer of Winston-Salem, NC fired a five-under 67 to hold a one stroke lead.

After 18 holes the field of 81 players was cut to the low 26 scores and ties plus any scores within 8 shots of the 3^rd place score for Friday’s final round. The cut line fell at five-over par 77 with 47 players ad... Read Post »

WOMEN’S TEAM MATCHES

WILMINGTON, N.C.  ––   The 24-golfer Carolinas team posted a wire-to-wire 26-point victory (67-41) over their Virginias counterparts to win the 58th Virginias-Carolinas Women’s Team Matches, which concluded today at Porter’s Neck Country Club.

Carolinas, owners of a 15-point lead entering the final day of the event, ...

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WOMEN’S TEAM MATCHES

WILMINGTON, N.C. –– The 24-golfer Carolinas team posted a wire-to-wire 26-point victory (67-41) over their Virginias counterparts to win the 58th Virginias-Carolinas Women’s Team Matches, which concluded today at Porter’s Neck Country Club.

Carolinas, owners of a 15-point lead entering the final day of the eve...

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Message from the Carolinas Golf Association:

It is with deep sadness that we inform you that our long-time employee Michael Dann passed away on Tuesday, July 15 unexpectedly in his sleep. Michael has worked for the CGA since January 1992 and has been our course rating, handicapping, and magazine guru since then. Many of you got to know Michael over the years and would agree that he was a kind, upstanding and friendly person. Michael also worked earlier in his career for the USGA and GolfWorld magazine. Michael was 65. 

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