32nd North Carolina Senior Amateur Preview

Two-time defending champion Paul Simson of Raleigh

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (May 12, 2017) -- The Carolinas Golf Association will conduct the 32^nd North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship at the Country Club of Salisbury in Salisbury, N.C. from May 16-18. 

Related: Championship Web Site | Full Field of Players | Starting Times | Scoring | Championship History

Players to watch:

• 8-time event champion Paul Simson of Raleigh. In each of the past two years, Simson overcame a final round deficit to claim the NC Senior title. The top-ranked senior golfer in the Carolinas turned 66 on Wednesday. Already claiming a championship this year at the Carolinas Super Senior, Simson is the all-time leader in CGA wins with 32.

• Five-time consecutive runner-up, Jim Grainger of Charlotte, will be seeking redemption in Salisbury. A 6-time CGA champion, the 60-year-old won the 2014 Carolinas Senior Amateur and back-to-back Carolinas Senior Four-Ball championships with different partners.

• Reigning Carolinas Senior Amateur champion Preston Edmondson of Morrisville. Currently the 59-year-old ranks fourth among senior golfers in the Carolinas. Edmondson finished fifth at last year's NC Senior championship.

• 6-time CGA champ Gary Robinson, 58, of Fayetteville. The 2015 Carolinas Senior Player of the Year is currently ranked second behind Simson.

• Pat Thompson of Asheville. The 58-year-old currently ranks 3rd among Carolinas senior golfers. The 2015 Carolinas Senior Amateur winner finished runner-up last year to Edmondson.
   

122 players are expected to compete on the 6,478 yard par-71 layout. Exempt players were automatically accepted into the championship while others were required to qualify through one of four 18-hole qualifiers.

Past champions in the field (3):

Paul Simson, Raleigh - 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
Dr. James Pearson, Charlotte - 2014
Russ Perry, Winston-Salem - 2013

 

 

 

Full Field of Players

Adams, Jeff, Charlotte, NC		Hilliard, Todd, High Point, NC		Queen, Stan, Burlington, NC
Andersen, Tim, Pinehurst, NC		Hodges, Charles, Charlotte, NC		Rathman, Terry, Gastonia, NC
Anfindsen, Stacey, Apex, NC		Hoffman, Grant, Asheboro, NC		Rausch, Jeff, Charlotte, NC
Arnold, Mike, Mooresville, NC		Horton, Jerry, Wilmington, NC		Reed, Arch, Pinehurst, NC
Aughtry, Bubba, Concord, NC		Howard, Gregor, Winston-Salem, NC		Reep, Brian, Morganton, NC
Beatty, John, Matthews, NC		Hull, Gary, Vale, NC		Resner, Andre, Salisbury, NC
Bivins, Mike, High Point, NC		Hull, Tom, Winston-Salem, NC		Riddle, Rick, Charlotte, NC
Bolick, Mark, Hickory, NC		Jackson, Logan, Winston-Salem, NC		Robinson, Gary, Fayetteville, NC
Brewer, Dickie, Winston Salem, NC		Jang, Yungtaek, Cary, NC		Rudolph, Curtis, Charlotte, NC
Brischke, Jeff, Charlotte, NC		Johnson, Charley, Southern Pines, NC		Rudolph, John, Charlotte, NC
Broadway, Michael, Chapel Hill, NC		Judkins, Mike, Winston-Salem, NC		Rutter, Harrison, Winston-Salem, NC
Brown, David, Conover, NC		Kim, Kirby, Cary, NC		Schmid, Mike, Monroe, NC
Brown, Tracy, Waxhaw, NC		Kinney, Allen, Oak Island, NC		Seastrunk, Cliff, Raleigh, NC
Burnette, Andy, Raleigh, NC		Kline, Rick, Davidson, NC		Sharpe, Steve, Greensboro, NC
Camadine, David, Charlotte, NC		Kozel, Mark, Chapel Hill , NC		Shelton, Ken, Denver, NC
Carpenter, Ron, Creedmoor, NC		Kroll, Brad, Charlotte, NC		Simson, Paul, Raleigh, NC
Cathey, Craig, Burlington, NC		LaFata, Rick, Raleigh, NC		Stephens, Mark, Troutman, NC
Channell, Dean, Cary, NC		Latham, Chuck, Vass, NC		Stevens, Jay, Salisbury, NC
Christley, Michael Sr, Greensboro, NC		Long, Bill, Ahoskie, NC		Taylor, Eric, Greensboro, NC
Christy, Jim, China Grove, NC		Long, Dr. Evan, Charlotte, NC		Thaxton, Bill, Monroe, NC
Clark, Wesley, Charlotte, NC		Macejko, Mark, Pinehurst, NC		Thompson, Pat, Asheville, NC
Condrey, Richard, Nebo, NC		Mansfield, Kim, High Point, NC		Trent, Elton, Reidsville, NC
Congleton, David, Hendersonville, NC		McDaniel, Mallory, Kannapolis, NC		Turner, Todd, West End, NC
Crutchfield, Rusty, Fletcher, NC		McDowell, Michael, Charlotte, NC		Vespa, Robert, Summerfield, NC
Davis, Joe, Gastonia, NC		Michael, John, Durham, NC		Walters, John, Charlotte, NC
Detweiler, Don, Raleigh, NC		Miller, Clint, Mt Pleasant, NC		Waters, Keith, Raleigh, NC
Dirk, Alan, Sanford, NC		Mills, Edward, Fairview, NC		Watterworth, David, Charlotte, NC
Donlin, Ed, Concord, NC		Mills, Nolan III, Charlotte, NC		Whitener, Tim, Hickory, NC
Eaker, David, Forest City, NC		Moffett, Johnny, Catawba, NC		Wildner, Robert, Hendersonville, NC -
Edmondson, Preston, Morrisville, NC		Morgan, James III, Greensboro, NC		North Carolina
Eichele, Kenneth, Pinehurst, NC		Moye, Macon, Pinehurst, NC		Williamson, Chip, Wilmington, NC
Eimers, Larry, Durham, NC		Nance, Jack, Pinehurst, NC		Wilson, Steve, Wilmington, NC
Ervin, John, Hiddenite, NC		Newton, Ernie, Winston Salem, NC		Yates, Garland, Asheboro, NC
Fagerli, Tom, Yadkinville, NC		Owens, Doug, Albemarle, NC		Yeager, Benjamin, Clemmons, NC
Fritz, John W, Mint Hill, NC		Parks, Charlie, Asheboro, NC		Yow, Bob, Clinton, NC
Gallagher, Jim, Charlotte, NC		Parrott, Robert, Raleigh, NC
Grainger, Jim, Charlotte, NC		Patterson, Russ, Winston-Salem, NC
Grantham, Scott, New Bern, NC		Pearson, Dr. James, Charlotte, NC
Griffin, Tony, Sanford, NC		Penson, Martin, Pinehurst, NC
Hadi, Omar, Concord, NC		Perry, Russ, Winston Salem, NC
Harris, Keith, Pinehurst, NC		Pike, Arlis, Kernersville, NC
Hegarty, Tom, Greensboro, NC		Porter, John, Charlotte, NC
Hicks, Lawrence, Greensboro, NC		Powell, Greg, Charlotte, NC
Hiller, Keith, Clemmons, NC		Queen, Gene, Advance, NC

Entry is open to any male amateur golfer who has reached his 55th birthday by the first day of the championship, is a legal resident of North 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 10.4.

Scoring will be provided by the CGA throughout the championship, offering 9 and 18-hole updates. Live updates will also be available on the CGA’s official Twitter account, @cgagolf1909. Continue to visit the CGA website throughout this championship and all year long for complete championship coverage including scores, interviews, photos, and recaps.

Schedule of rounds:
Tuesday, May 16
Round 1 - Tee times at 8:00am and 12:45 pm off #1 and #10 tees.

Wednesday, May 17
Round 2 - Tee times at 8:00am and 12:45 pm off #1 and #10 tees.
Field cut to low 60 scores and ties. Field re-paired according to score.

Thursday, May 18
Round 3 - Tee times at 8:00am off #1 and #10 tees.
Awards ceremony immediately following play at scoreboard
 

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 48 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 150 One-Day (net and gross) events as well as 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 nearly $2,000,000 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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