Pine island CC to host 11th Vicki DiSantis Girls'

The Carolinas Golf Association has announced the dates for the 11^th 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-1960s, golf course architect Charles M. Mahannah created Pine Island as a course every golfer would enjoy.  Mr. Mahannah’s vision of a course that requires proficiency, reverence and thought has continued through the years as we continually upgrade, redesign and maintain the course through innovative practices and trendsetting technology. With the latest renovation direction by golf course architect Michael Gleason of Pinehurst, NC the course is one of the finest USGA-regulated courses in the region.  Dramatic, architecturally sound and extremely innovative, this premier private course provides fun and challenging play for golfers of all ages and skill levels.

 

An anticipated field of 84 golfers will compete on the Michael Gleason designed course that has hosted the Vicki Disantis Girls’ since 2008, the 2010 NC Junior Boys’ and Girls’ Championships and many other prestigious amateur and professional events.
 

For more information, please contact Jason Cox at 910-673-1000 or visit the championship home page.

 

DATES
May 7-8, 2016
 

FORMAT
36 holes of stroke play
 

ELIGIBILITY
Entry is open to any female golfer between the ages of 12 and 18 as of May 8, 2016 from North Carolina or South Carolina who has not started college with a USGA handicap of 18.3 or less.
 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
March 7 (8 pm)

            Registration opens for exempt players

March 22 (8 pm)

            Registration opens for non-exempt players

April 16-May 6

            Course open for practice rounds

April 22

            Registration closes
Saturday, May 7

            First round of stroke play (18 holes) with starting times beginning at 12:30 pm on both the first and tenth tees.

            Tournament cookout for players and parents at 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm.

Sunday, May 8

            Second round of stroke play (18 holes) with starting times beginning at 8:00 am off both the first and tenth tees.

            *Players will be re-paired for round 2 based on round 1 scores.

            Awards ceremony at scoreboard at approximately 2:30 pm.
 

PRIZES
Trophies are awarded to the champion through sixth place.

 

PINE ISLAND COUNTRY CLUB INFORMATION
GENERAL MANAGER:  Matt Zvanut

HEAD PROFESSIONAL: Nick Wood, PGA
COURSE SUPERINTENDENT: Brandon Mills

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Jason Cox/Maggie Watts
ARCHITECT: Michael Gleason
YARDAGE/PAR: 6,022 yards, par 35-37--72
FAIRWAYS & TEES: Bermuda grass
GREENS: A1 & A4 bent grass