11th Carolinas Pro-Junior Preview

Defending Carolinas Pro-Junior champions Ron Hall, Jr. and Dalton Mauldin
 

Championship Information Page

DAVIDSON, N.C. (July 31, 2016) -- The Carolinas Golf Association will conduct the 11th Carolinas Pro-Junior Championship at River Run Country Club in Davidson, N.C. on Monday, August 1st. Entry is open to any team comprised of a golf professional and a junior golfer 8-18 years of age as of August 1 who has not started college. The professional and junior golfer must be legal residents of North or South Carolina.

Defending champions Ron Hall, Jr. and Dalton Mauldin of Sanford, N.C. will be competing again this year. Last year, the team from Carolina Lakes Golf Course won with a score of 64 in a challenging championship 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 then complete the hole with the ball selected.

Matt Workman of North Ridge Country Club in Raleigh, N.C. is returning to compete once again but with a new partner for the tournament. This year, he will be competing with Alex Walsh. Last year, Workman was able to finish with a tie for sixth with a score of 67. With his new partner, Alex, he plans to make a run for the title.

Teams Will Straub/Tim Straub of Huntersville, N.C. and Marcy Newton/Grady Newton of Winston-Salem, N.C. will also be competing again. Last year, they were two of nine teams that tied for tenth with a score of 70. They each will be looking to build on last year's performance to try and dethrone the defending champions Hill Jr./Mauldin.

River Run Country Club is considered to be one of the most beautiful facilities in the state. Each year, this championship-level golf course hosts some of the region's largest and most competitive tournaments.
 

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.

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 our website.

 

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