PREVIEW: 34th North Carolina Senior Am

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (May 6, 2019) -- The Carolinas Golf Association will conduct the 34th North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship from May 7-9, 2019 at Bermuda Run Country Club (East) in Advance, N.C.  

 

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In last year's championship, Macon Moye of Pinehurst, N.C. captured his first CGA championship title in 20 years; his fourth CGA championship overall. Moye is set to defend his title this year, but he’ll have a strong field to contend with if he’s going to repeat as the N.C. Senior Amateur champion.

Players to Watch:

• Paul Simson of Raleigh is a nine-time winner of the N.C. Senior Amateur Championship. Simson has 36 CGA championships to his name including the 2019 N.C. Super Senior Four-Ball played earlier this year at Pinewild’s Magnolia Course in Pinehurst, N.C.
• Russ Perry of Winston-Salem is the reigning Carolinas Super Senior Player of the Year. In total, Perry has claimed six CGA championships including the N.C. Senior Amateur Championship in 2013 at Myers Park Country Club, in Charlotte, N.C. Perry is the reigning N.C. Super Senior Four-Ball champion.
• Steve Harwell of Mooresville has been on a hot streak lately. Harwell won the Carolinas Senior Four-Ball in April at the Dataw Island Club’s Cotton Dike Course. More recently he won the Coleman Invitational’s  senior division at Seminole Golf Club in June Beach, Florida.
• James Pearson of Charlotte won this event in 2014 at Kinston Country Club in Kinston, N.C.  Pearson finished in ninth place at last year’s championship.
• Todd Hendley of Columbus captured his first CGA victory last November at the 57th Carolinas Senior Amateur Championship hosted at the Golf Club at Briar Creek in Johns Island, S.C.  Hendley, a veteran amateur golfer, was also the winner of the 2017 North and South Senior Men's Championship, the 2017 Chanticleer National Senior Invitational and several SCGA events.
• Harrison Rutter of Winston-Salem is looking for redemption after finishing runner-up to Moye in last year’s championship. Rutter’s sole CGA championship came at the 1978 South Carolina Junior Boys’.

Championship Facts

• Event: 34^th North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship
• Playing Dates: May 7-9, 2019
• Host Site: Bermuda Run Country Club (East), Advance, N.C.
  Approx 6,594 yards, Par 36-36—72
• Defending Champion: Macon Moye, Pinehurst, N.C.
• Format: 54-holes stroke play. Field is cut to low 60 scores and ties after 36 holes.
• Eligibility: Entry is open to any male amateur golfer who has reached his 55th birthday by May 7, 2019, 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.

Competition Schedule:

Tuesday, May 7
Round 1 –18 holes stroke play
Tee times at 8:00am/12:45pm off #1 and #10 tees
Lunch from all players provided by CGA

Wednesday, May 8
Round 2 –18 holes stroke play
Tee times at 8:00am/12:45pm off #1 and #10 tees
Lunch from all players provided by CGA
Cut to low 60 scores and ties. Field re-paired according to score.

Thursday, May 9
Round 3. Tee times begin at 8:00am off #1 and #10 tees.
Awards ceremony immediately following play at scoreboard.