Sides to Watch at 49th Carolinas Senior Four-Ball

Having won four Carolinas Four-Ball titles together, Frank Ford, III and Jim Burgess are looking to add Carolinas Senior Four-Ball champions to their resumes. 

 

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (June 6, 2017) -- The Carolinas Golf Association's 49th Carolinas Senior Four-Ball Championship will take place June 7-9 at Seabrook Island Club (Ocean Winds) in Johns Island, S.C. This will be the first time since 1979 that Seabrook hosts the Carolinas Senior Four-Ball Championship. The field is expected to consist of 45 sides for this 54-hole stroke-play event.

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

Sides to Watch:

Jim Grainger and Jim Pearson of Charlotte, N.C. team up to defend their title. A record-setting three-day total of 24-under-par helped them win by five shots last year.  With a win this week, Grainger, a six-time time CGA champion, will secure his third straight Carolinas Senior Four-Ball victory (partnered with Rick Cloninger in 2015).

Macon Moye of Pinehurst, N.C., a three-time CGA champion, is coming off a second-place finish at the North Carolina Senior Amateur in May. Moye will partner with Frank Golden of Charlotte, N.C.

The duo of Russ Perry of Winston Salem, N.C. and Mark Stephens of Troutman, N.C. finished T18 in last year's championship. Together the pair won the 2016 Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball and 2017 North Carolina Senior Four-Ball.

Four-time Carolinas Four-Ball champions Frank Ford, III of Charleston, S.C. and Jim Burgess of Murrells Inlet, S.C. will seek their first Carolinas Senior Four-Ball title as a team. Ford won in 2011 with Bill Smunk of Kingstree, S.C., who is partnering with Mike Mahoney of Greenville, S.C.

Walter Todd, Sr. of Laurens, S.C. and Todd Hendley of Greer, S.C. faced-off as opponents in the 2017 South Carolina Senior Four-Ball, with Walter Todd, Sr. and his partner edging Hendley and his teammate.

Wayne Pyrtle of Burlington, N.C. and Butch English of Cornelius, N.C.  lost to Perry/Stephens in a playoff at the 2017 North Carolina Senior Four-Ball.

Doug Owens of Albemarle, N.C. finished T3 in May's N.C. Senior Amateur. Owens will partner with Charlie Parks of Asheboro, N.C.

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, @cgagolf1909. Continue to visit the CGA website throughout this championship and all year long for complete championship coverage including scores, interviews, photos, and recaps.

 

Championship Facts

Event: 49th Carolinas Senior Four-Ball Championship

Playing Dates: June 7-9

Host Site: Seabrook Island Club (Ocean Winds), Johns Island, S.C.
6,291 yards, par 72, 71.7/137

Defending Champions: Jim Grainger, Charlotte, N.C. and Jim Pearson, Charlotte, N.C.
Format: 54-holes stroke play. Gross scores only. After 36 holes, cut to low 30 scores and ties.  A tie for the overall
championship is decided by an on-course playoff.

Eligibility: Entry is open to any male amateur golfer who has reached his 55th birthday by
June 7, 2017, and is either:
a. “Legal Resident” of North Carolina or South Carolina, 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, or
b. “Non-Resident” who is a member of a Type I (Green Grass) CGA member
club, has an active GHIN® USGA Handicap Index® issued by a Type I (Green
Grass) CGA member club, and owns a residence in North Carolina or South
Carolina. Note: Non-residents must use their Carolinas residence address when
registering for this championship.

 

Schedule of rounds

Wednesday, June 7 8:00am – 12:30pm

Thursday, June 8 8:00 am – 12:30 pm

Friday, June 9 8:00am

Awards ceremony 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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