Jessica Spicer Leads NC Junior Girls'

GREENVILLE, NC -- In most match play tournaments the main goal is to survive and advance, but with temperatures reaching into the 100s the junior girls playing in the 19^th NC Junior Girls’ Championship are just trying to survive the heat.  Jessica Spicer of Bahama, NC took advantage of an early starting time and finished her round with a one under par 71 to take a three shot lead heading into the second round of stroke play.  Spicer, a rising high school senior, birdied two of her first four holes and made the turn at one under par 35.  Her good play continued and was three under par through 16, but stumbled and made a double bogey on the par five 17^th hole.  A par three on the 18^th hole finished off a good round and a solid start to any tournament.

 

Samantha Vodry of Mooresville, NC, Callista Rice of Mars Hills, NC and Amy Wooten of Clinton, NC are all tied for second place after rounds of two over par 74.  Wooten, rising high school sophomore, had one of the more exciting round with a 40 yard chip on the sixth hole for an eagle and a rare birdie two on the long uphill par three eighth hole.

 

The junior girls return to the Ellis Maples designed golf course at Brook Valley CC in Greenville, NC for round two of stroke play qualifying Wednesday morning.  The top 16 girls advance to match play in the championship flight Wednesday afternoon.  The remaining eight girls advance to match play in the tournament flight also on Wednesday afternoon.

 

 
Round two starting times and parings:  https://www.ghintpp.com/carolinasgolf/TPPOnlineScoring/Pairings.aspx?ID=1432

 

Brook Valley Country Club – an Ellis Maples designed course - located in Greenville, North Carolina is the newest addition located in the middle of prime East Carolinian real estate. Opening in 1966, the club offers rich history with an exhibition match played by legends Sam Snead and Ben Hogan. Under McConnell Golf’s umbrella, our goal is to breathe life back into the community and become a premier golf course and social hub in the area. Reopened in the spring of 2015, the course and clubhouse have undergone several renovations to preserve its beauty and keep its signature aspects in tact.

 

McConnell Golf, founded in 2003, is currently the largest owner of private clubs in the Carolinas. McConnell Golf’s stable of premier private clubs (comprised of 10-18 hole, private golf courses plus one nine-hole course) in North and South Carolina include Raleigh Country Club in Raleigh, N.C., Sedgefield Country Club Ross and Dye Course in Greensboro, N.C., TPC at Wakefield Plantation in Raleigh, N.C., Old North State Club in New London, N.C., Treyburn Country Club in Durham, N.C., The Reserve Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C., Musgrove Mill Golf Club in Clinton S.C, Brook Valley Country Club in Greenville, N.C., and The Country Club of Asheville in Asheville, N.C.

 

The CGA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization that was founded in 1909 to promote and to protect the game of golf in the Carolinas by providing competitions, education, support and benefits to golf clubs and golfers. The CGA is the second largest golf association in the country with over 700 member clubs represented by nearly 150,000 individuals.

 

Now in its 106th year, the CGA annually conducts 43 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 140 One-Day (net and gross) events and qualifying for USGA national championships. The CGA serves golf in the Carolinas with numerous programs such as: the USGA Handicap System; tournament management software and support; course measuring and course/slope ratings; agronomy consultation; answers about the Rules of Golf, Rules of Amateur Status, and Handicapping; Carolinas Golf Magazine; Interclub series; Tarheel Youth Golf Association; Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame; expense assistance for USGA Junior and Girls' Junior qualifiers from the Carolinas; and the Carolinas Golf Foundation (CGF). The CGF has distributed more than $1,500,000 since 1977 to benefit Carolinas' golf initiatives including junior and women's programs.    

 

For more information about the CGA, visit www.carolinasgolf.org.

 

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