Duke GC to host 14th Dogwood State Junior Boys

The Carolinas Golf Association has announced that Duke University Golf Club in Durham, NC will host the 14^h Dogwood State Junior Boys' Championship on August 7-9, 2018.  An anticipated field of 144 junior boys will compete on the Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and Rees Jones designed golf course.

 

Each year junior golfers from across North Carolina compete in this annual stroke play championship.  Past boy’s champions include Daniel Meggs, Ben Kohles, Michael McGowan, Carter Jenkins and two time champion Fulton Smith.  The champion will be invited to represent the Carolinas in the 2019 Virginias-Carolinas Junior Team Matches.

 

The beautiful 18-hole championship Duke University Golf Club opened in 1957 and is the only Robert Trent Jones-designed course in the region. Redesigned by Jones’ son Rees in 1994, the Duke University Golf Club was the site of the 2001 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship, and is considered one of the top ten golf courses in North America.  However, more than its famous fairways garner acclaim. The golf club’s state-of-art practice area boasts a driving range, six putting and chipping greens, seven sand bunkers and eight target greens – all surrounded by a grove of tall pines and stately hardwoods.

 

Registration opens on June 18 at 8 pm and closes on July 23, 2018.

 

For more information, please visit the Dogwood State Junior Boys' home page

 

DATES
August 7-9, 2018
 

The championship format is 54 holes of stroke play. Field will be reduced to the low 70 and ties after 36-holes.

 

Boys will compete at approximately 7,000 yards, par 72

 

Boys will compete in one division. There are no age divisions.

 

ELIGIBILITY
Entry is open to any male amateur golfer ages 18 under as of August 9, 2018, 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 Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) and has a current USGA Handicap Index® at a CGA member club that does not exceed 18.4.

 

PRIZES
Trophies are awarded to the top 5 finishers.

 

Exemptions into the championship will be awarded based on performance in 12 different tournaments leading up to the championship and the NC junior boys’ rankings as of June 18, 2018.

 

Those not included in any of the exemption categories have the opportunity to qualify on August 1^st at Pinewood CC in Asheboro, NC or at Walnut Creek CC in Goldsboro, NC. A minimum of ten spots will be available at each qualifying site.