Preview : 23rd Carolinas Women's Senior Amateur

 

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (August 23, 2021) -- The Carolinas Golf Association will conduct the 23rd Carolinas Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at Cleghorn Golf and Sports Club, in Rutherfordton, N.C. from August 24-25, 2021. The Championship Division will compete at 5,066 yards (35-36--71), while the Carolinas Division will compete at 4,651 yards (35-36--71).

 

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

 

Top-50 Ranked Carolinas Senior Women in the Field:

• No. 1 Jayne Pardus of Mount Pleasant, S.C.

• No. 2 Pam Prescott of Piedmont, S.C.

• No. 3 Kerry Rutan of Daniel Island, S.C.

• No. 4 Patty Moore of Pinehurst, N.C.

• No. 7 Suzann Bartley of Columbia, S.C.

• No. 8 Natalie Huff of Elgin, S.C.

• No. 9 June Wang of Huntersville, N.C.

• No. 11 Renee Rezzetano of Hilton Head Island Island, S.C.

• No. 12 Lee Burton of Orangeburg, S.C.

• No. 13 Kendra Muir of Pinehurst, N.C.

• No. 14 Julie Snider of Columbia, S.C.

• No. 15 Suzy Ellison of Columbia, S.C.

• No. 16 Pat Brogden of Garner, N.C.

• No. 17 Lea Anne Brown of Mount Pleasant, S.C.

• No. 18 Kim Clarke of Newton, N.C.

• No. 20 Janis Romeo of Charlotte, N.C.

• No. 22 Kathy Binkley of Cornelius, N.C.

• No. 23 Ramona Jackson of Wilmington, N.C.

• No. 26 Cathy Martin of Johns Island, S.C.

• No. 26 Evelyn Larrimore of Wingate, N.C.

• No. 30 Anne Washington of Conway, S.C.

• No. 30 Lisa Mooneyham of Graham, N.C.

• No. 35 Sarah Phillips Durst of Pinehurst, N.C.

• No. 36 Jeanie Atkinson of Columbia, S.C.

• No. 37 Carol Hammond of Bluffton, S.C.

• No. 38 Karin Wu of Charlotte, N.C.

• No. 43 Marilyn Hays of Durham, N.C.

• No. 46 Lucille Ray of Rock Hill, S.C.

 

Past Champions in the Field (4):

Pam Prescott, 2020

Jayne Pardus, 2019

Pat Brogden, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009

Patty Moore, 2013, 2011, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2001

 

Cleghorn Golf and Sports Club offers a spectacular version of mountain golf in the Western part of North Carolina. A George Cobb design, Cleghorn is located at the Tryon Resort and has been called one of the best golf courses in North Carolina by the PGA. Golf Digest has given Cleghorn plenty of love as well, naming it on their best places to play list. 

 

Schedule of rounds:

Tuesday, August 24

First Round, 18 Holes of Stroke Play (Tee Times)

 

Wednesday, August 25

Final Round, 18 Holes of Stroke Play (Shotgun)

Lunch and Award Ceremony immediately to follow conclusion of 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.

 

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