Preview: 15th Dogwood State Junior Girls'

 

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (July 5, 2019) -- The Carolinas Golf Association will conduct the 15th Dogwood State Junior Girls' Championship at Salem Glen Country Club in Clemmons, N.C. from July 9-11, 2019.

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

Players to watch:

Deborah Spair of Raleigh, N.C. has had some great finishes so far in 2019. Spair finished in second place in the Twin States Junior Girls’ Championship and was a semifinalist at the North Carolina Junior Girls’ Championship earlier this summer. Spair is ranked in the top-20 junior girls in North Carolina.

Kelley Topiwala of Charlotte, N.C. is the 9th ranked junior girl in North Carolina. Topiwala recently finished tied for third at the Twin States Junior Girls’ Championship and was the 2018 TYGA State Champion, which included a final round 67. Topiwala is seeking her first CGA championship victory.

Sasha Hayes of Winston Salem, N.C. is the 2017 Dogwood State Junior Girls’ Champion and will be competing in this event in her final summer as a junior player. Hayes is the 13th ranked junior girl in North Carolina and will attend Campbell University in the Fall.

Morgan Ketchum of Winston Salem, N.C. recently won the TYGA Triad Maple Chase Junior with a 36-hole total of 2-under-par, 142. Ketchum is the 15th ranked junior girl in North Carolina and is seeking her first CGA championship victory.

Previous Champions in the Field (1): Sasha Hayes, Winston-Salem, N.C. 2017 Champion

As the Triad area's one and only Nicklaus Design course, Salem Glen continues the legendary Nicklaus tradition of accentuating and amplifying the beauty of the natural terrain. The layout takes full advantage of the 150 feet of elevation changes, four and a half miles of creeks and nine lakes.

Salem Glen plays almost as if it were two courses. The front nine is a links-style layout with generous fairways and several strategically placed water hazards. Five of the front nine holes are set in the Yadkin River basin. The most dramatic is the signature fourth hole, a 566-yard par 5 with an elevated tee shot that must avoid a meandering creek to the left of the fairway and trees to the right.

The back nine is typical Carolina mountain-style with dramatic elevation changes. Most of the fairways are tree-lined. The four closing holes are the toughest on the course. The course closes with a challenging par 4 where the ideal tee shot utilizes the gently sloping fairway from right to left to avoid the water hazard off to the left.

The championship format is 54 holes of stroke play competition. All competitors will compete in the same division and play from approximately 6,000 yards.

Entry is open to any female amateur golfer ages 12 to 18 as of July 11, 2019, who has not started college, is a legal resident of North Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the CGA and has a current USGA Handicap Index® at a CGA member club.

 

Schedule of rounds:
Tuesday, July 9
Round 1 –18 holes stroke play (8:00 a.m. off #1 and #10 tees)
Lunch immediately following play for players

Wednesday, July 10
Round 2 –18 holes stroke play (8:00 a.m. off #1 and #10 tees)
Lunch immediately following play for players

Thursday, July 11
Round 3 –18 holes stroke play (9:00 a.m. shotgun)
Awards luncheon and ceremony immediately following play

 

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.