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Pike Pursues Super Senior Three-Peat
Preview - 7th Carolinas Super Senior Championship
Arlis Pike chases three-peat in Spartanburg
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- The Carolinas Golf Association will conduct the 7th Carolinas Super Senior Championship at the Country Club of Spartanburg in Spartanburg, SC on July 21-22.
In his first two years of eligibility for this championship, Arlis Pike, 67, of Kernersville, N.C. captured back-to-back titles. This year, Pike looks to win his third consecutive Super Senior title. Other notable contenders are:
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2012 Super Senior champ John Walters of Charlotte, N.C.
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4-time CGA champions: Steve Wright of Deep Gap, N.C., Bill Smunk of Kingstree, S.C., and Ron Carpenter of Creedmoor, N.C.
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2011 NC Super Senior champ Mike Sprouts of Newton, N.C.
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Two-time defending champion Arlis Pike of Kernersville, NC |
127 players are expected to compete in the 7th edition of the championship. Due to an overwhelming number of entries for this year’s championship, the CGA expanded the field from the original limit of 96 players to accept all entries.
This is the tenth CGA championship hosted by the Country Club of Spartanburg. The 18-hole championship course was built in the tradition of Donald Ross with bent grass greens, and hybrid Bermuda fairways. The golf course was designed with narrow fairways and undulating greens, offering an enjoyable challenge to every caliber of player.
The championship is conducted at 36 holes of stroke play.
Entry is open to any male amateur golfer who has reached his 65th birthday by July 21, 2015, is a legal resident of North Carolina or South Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) and has an active GHIN USGA Handicap Index at a CGA member club that does not exceed 15.4.
The CGA will post any tournament delays or cancellations via our Twitter account.
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About the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA)
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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