Sedgefield CC Hosts Carolinas Club Championship

The Ross Course at Sedgefield Country Club hosts the Carolinas Club Championship for the fourth consecutive year.

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (October 28, 2017) -- The 40th Carolinas Club Championship will be played on the Ross course at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. on Monday, October 30th. Due to inclement weather, the championship was rescheduled from its typical date in April.

Related: Championship Website | Full Field of Teams | History
 

The host club will be represented by 2015 champions - club professional Eric Ferguson and the #1 ranked amateur in the Carolinas, Scott Harvey.
 

Wesley Harden, of the 2016 champion team from Greenville Country Club, will play with a different partner, Garland Ferrell. 2014 champion Paul Dickens is in the field to play for Raleigh Country Club with 2014 North Carolina Four-Ball champion Mark Gauley. One of the teams playing for The Club at 12 Oaks is 2013 champ Timothy Driver and Brian Urban. 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur runner-up Josh Nichols is teaming up with another amateur, Chris Cassetta, as one of the sides to represent High Point Country Club.
 

This is the fourth consecutive year that the Carolinas Club Championship will be held on the Ross Course. A great friend to the Carolinas Golf Association, this marks the 18th CGA championship hosted by Sedgefield Country Club. Sedgefield was the first home to the Greater Greensboro Open golf tournament when it started in 1938, alternating with Starmount Country Club until 1961, and hosting every year until 1976. The tournament returned to Sedgefield in 2008 with the name Wyndham Championship.
 

The Carolinas Club Championship format is 18 holes of four-ball stroke play. Teams can be comprised of: a) A male or female golf professional who is a member of the club’s golf professional staff employed by a CGA Member Club and a male or female amateur golfer who is a member in good standing of the same CGA Member Club. b) Two amateur golfers, male or female, who are members in good standing of the same CGA Member Club. Only two team entries is allowed per member club.

 

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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