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Pine Needles Hosts Carolinas Women's Four-Ball
Defending champs Taylor Dodson and Sarah Bertram
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (May 22, 2017) -- The Carolinas Golf Association will conduct the 40th Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C. from May 23-24.
Related: Championship Web Site | Full Field of Teams | Starting Times | Scoring | History
When this championship was last held at Pine Needles in 1992, Patty Moore of Charlotte, N.C. won with Terrie Foote of Mooresville, N.C. Moore will be competing this year with Kim Briele of New Bern, N.C. The duo is defending their victory last year in the Senior Division. Moore has won the overall Carolinas Women's Four-Ball title five times. Briele is also a past champion, winning in 2001. While they are not eligible for the overall championship, CGA Senior Women's Player of the Year points will be awarded to teams in the senior division.
42 two-person teams will compete in the 40th edition of the championship. Gardner-Webb teammates Taylor Dodson of Aiken, S.C. and Sarah Bertram of Concord, N.C. return to defend their title. Two-time champion Lea Venable of Simpsonville, S.C., is in the field with a different partner, Kayla Thompson of Whiteville, N.C.
The championship is conducted at 36 holes of four-ball stroke play. All players regardless of Handicap Index have the option to play the Championship Division or the Senior Division (approximately 5100 yards). The Senior Division will be comprised of teams in which both players have reached their 50th birthday by the start of the championship.
The overall champion team and the senior champion team will automatically qualify for the 2017 Carolinas Team that will compete in the Carolinas-Virginias Women's Team Matches on July 17-19, 2017 at Spring Creek Golf Club in Gordonsville, VA.
This competition will include gross scores only. Only players in the Championship Division will be eligible for overall champion. Teams will be preflighted within their division based on the combined team Handicap Index.
Scoring will be provided by the CGA throughout the championship, offering 9 and 18-hole updates. Live updates will also be available on the CGA’s official Twitter account, @cgagolf1909. Continue to visit the CGA website throughout this championship and all year long for complete championship coverage including scores, interviews, photos, and recaps.
Schedule of rounds:
Tuesday, May 23: First round. 18 holes of four-ball stroke play (tee times).
Wednesday, May 24: Final Round. 18 holes of four-ball stroke play (shotgun). Luncheon and awards presentation immediately after 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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