WINSTON-SALEM, NC (10/20/07) - The Carolinas team, propelled by a strong singles performance, won the Carolinas-Virginias team matches at Old Town Club.

Securing a 17-7 win in the singles, the Carolinas added to their previous 15-9 lead for the victory over the Virginias. Team Captain Arnold Edwards of Charlotte, NC was pleased with the team's effort.

"I am glad to be going out as captain with a 2-0 record," said Edwards who served a two-year stint as captain. "I even got to contribute to last year's win as a player and captain which made it even sweeter!"

The Team Matches are a Ryder Cup-like event featuring a 24-man team of top regular and senior amateur players from North and South Carolina against their counterparts from the Virginia and West Virginia. The matches, conducted jointly by the Carolinas Golf Association, the Virginia State Golf Association, and the West Virginia Golf Associations are played at four-ball match play, foursomes match play (alternate shot), and singles match play competitions with one point at stake in each match.

This is the third consecutive win for the Carolinas who the leads the series 45-16-1.

Results of the Singles Match Play

Seniors

Wayne Rogers (Cas) def. Jamie Gough (Vas), 3 and 2 Larry Boswell (Cas) def. J.P. Leigh (Vas), 4 and 3 Jim Pridgen (Cas) def. Tom Grady (Vas), 2 and 1 Vinny Giles (Vas) def. Logan Jackson (Cas), 2 and 1 Robert Morris (Vas) def. Billy Palmer (Cas), 2 and 1 Charlie Green (Vas) tied David Strawn (Cas), Even Steve Pachol (Cas) def. Joe Restein (Vas), 6 and 5 Brodie Baker (Cas) def. John Long (Vas), 4 and 3

Carolinas 5 1/2

Virginias 2 1/2

Regulars

Dan Hosek (Vas) def. Dean Channell (Cas), 3 and 2 Keith Harris (Cas) def. David Passerell (Vas), 3 and 1 Jerry Richardson (Cas) def. Glenn Mullian (Vas), 4 and 3 Adam Horton (Vas) def. Keith Waters (Cas), 2 and 1 John Finster (Cas) def. Allen Barber (Vas), 1 up Chris Eaves (Cas) def. Tad Tomblin (Vas), 3 and 2 Tim Fisher (Vas) def. Scott McClellan (Cas), 2 and 1 Brian Westveer (Cas) def. Tim Kelley (Vas), 5 and 4 Walter Todd (Cas) def. Chris Tuttle (Vas), 3 and 2 Paul Simson (Cas) def. Robert Bradshaw (Vas), 3 and 2 Cliff Benson (Cas) def. David Partridge (Vas), 4 and 3 Buck Brittain (Vas) def. Ben Karns (Cas), 1 up Steve Liebler (Cas) def. Steve Fox (Vas), 3 and 1 Chris Mitchell (Cas) def. Pat Carter (Vas), 2 and 1 Pat Tallent (Vas) tied Jarrett Grimes (Cas), Even Rick Cloninger (Cas) def. Keith Decker (Vas), 5 and 4

Carolinas 11 1/2

Virginias 4 1/2

GRAND TOTAL

Carolinas 32

Virginias 16

The Team Matches are a Ryder Cup-like event featuring a 24-man team of top regular and senior amateur players from North and South Carolina against their counterparts from the Virginia and West Virginia. The matches, conducted jointly by the Carolinas Golf Association and the Virginia State Golf Association, consist of modified alternate shot, four-ball match play, and singles competitions with one point at stake in each match.

The Carolinas leads 44-16-1 all-time in the series, including a stretch from 1971-87 during which the Carolinas team reeled off 17 straight victories. In recent years, the teams have been much more competitive, with the Virginias winning three straight times from 2002-2004 until the

2005 team, led by playing captain Paul Simson of Raleigh, prevailed by a seven-point margin. A year ago, at Kinloch GC in Manakin-Sabot, VA, the Carolinas team again won by seven points.

Simson, although eligible age-wise to compete as a senior for the second straight year, will be back as a member of the "regular" Carolinas team, which will be headed by non-playing captain T. Arnold Edwards of Charlotte.

In 2007, Simson won the N.C. and Carolinas Senior Championships, tied for fifth in the Carolinas Mid-Amateur and was solo third in the N.C. Mid-Am.

Others on the Carolinas team include Walter Todd of Laurens, SC, winner of this year's Carolinas Mid-Amateur; Dean Channell and Scott McClellan of Cary, NC, who won the Carolinas Four-Ball title; Jerry Richardson of Burlington, NC, the N.C. Amateur champion; and seniors Logan Jackson of Winston-Salem, NC and David Strawn of Charlotte, who combined to win the N.C. Senior Four-Ball crown. Jackson, a former Wake Forest golfer, will be playing on his home course.

The VSGA team is headlined by seven-time VSGA Golfer of the Year Keith Decker of Martinsville and VSGA senior points’ leader Tom Grady of Marshall of Marshall, VA. Decker is the reigning VSGA Four-Ball champion and winner of the Fox-Puss and W. Townes Lea Invitationals, all repeat victories. The 47-year-old furniture sales representative also captured this summer’s Portsmouth City Amateur Championship, reached the quarterfinals of the VSGA Amateur Championship and tied for low amateur honors in the Virginia State Open Championship.

On the seniors’ side, Grady claimed this year’s Senior Open of Virginia and was runner-up at the Senior Fox-Puss Invitational.The senior contingent also includes Virginia amateur legend Vinny Giles of Richmond, who won the 2007 VSGA Senior Stroke Play Championship and reached the quarterfinals at this year’s USGA Senior Amateur Championship. The Virginias team will be captained by VSGA past president Harry Lea of Danville.

The Virginias team last won on Carolina soil at Grandfather Golf & Country Club in Linville, N.C., in 2003.

The matches will be making their first visit to Old Town Club, which has a notable connection with Augusta National Golf Club, home of The Masters Tournament.

In 1937 and 1938, Augusta National co-founder Clifford Roberts hired Maxwell to supervise the reconstruction of the green sites on hole Nos. 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 and 18 at the Masters venue. Obviously pleased with the results, Roberts subsequently recommended that Charlie Babcock, an investor and business associate of Roberts, commission Maxwell to come to Winston-Salem and design the course for his friend at Old Town Club. Construction commenced in December 1938 and the course opened for play in 1939.

Maxwell left all the ridges, knolls, swales and ravines on the property undisturbed, giving Old Town an open, linksland look. The fairways have varying degrees of lateral slope, offering golfers a variety of awkward lies while playing approach shots from assorted unlevel positions. The undulating greens have many bumps and rises to add difficulty to the putting experience.

2006 CHAMPIONS

Carolinas Team, 27½ - 20½

Kinloch Golf Club, Manakin-Sabot, VA

DATES

October 19-20, 2007

FORMAT

Modified alternate shot, four-ball match play, and singles match play with one point at stake in each match. Halved matches result in half a point for each side.

SCHEDULE OF ROUNDS

Thursday, October 18, practice rounds

Friday, October 19, 8:30 - 9:20 - Four-Ball matches Friday, October 19, approx. 1 p.m. - Modified foursomes matches Saturday, October 20, 8:30 - 10:20 - Singles Matches for regulars off #1 Saturday, October 20, 9:00 - 9:56 - Singles matches for seniors off #10

FIELD

Both teams are comprised of 16 regular players and 8 seniors selected using a points system based on each player’s finish in a predetermined group of top tournaments during the year.

THE TEAMS

CAROLINAS

Captain: T. Arnold Edwards, Charlotte, NC

Regulars

Cliff Benson, Raleigh, NC

Dean Channell, Cary, NC

Rick Cloninger, Fort Mill, SC

Chris Eaves, Burgaw, NC

John Finster, Wake Forest, NC

Jarrett Grimes, Columbia, SC

Keith Harris, Southern Pines, NC

Ben Karns, Gaffney, SC

Steve Liebler, Irmo, SC

Scott McClellan, Cary, NC

Chris Mitchell, Columbia, SC

Jerry Richardson, Burlington, NC

Paul Simson, Raleigh, NC

Walter Todd, Laurens, SC

Keith Waters, Raleigh, NC

Brian Westveer, Charlotte, NC

Seniors

Brodie Baker, Bermuda Run, NC

Larry Boswell, Jamestown, NC

Logan Jackson, Winston-Salem, NC

Steve Pachol, Columbia, SC

Bill Palmer, Bluffton, SC

Jim Pridgen, Jamestown, NC

Wayne Rogers, Easley, SC

David Strawn, Charlotte, NC

VIRGINIAS

Captain: Harry Lea, Danville, VA.

Regulars

Allen Barber, Yorktown, VA

Robert Bradshaw, Suffolk, VA

Buck Brittain, Tazewell, VA

Pat Carter, Huntington, WV

Keith Decker, Martinsville, VA

John Duty Jr., Morgantown, WV

Steve Fox, Huntington, WV

Adam Horton, Chesapeake, VA

Dan Hosek, Alexandria, VA

Tim Kelley, Ashland, VA

Glenn Mullian, Richmond, VA

David Partridge, Manakin-Sabot, VA

David Passerell, Scottsville, VA

Pat Tallent, Vienna, VA

Tad Tomblin, Charleston, WV

Chris Tuttle, Virginia Beach, VA

Seniors

Vinny Giles, Richmond, VA

Jamie Gough, Fairfax, VA

Tom Grady, Marshall, VA

Charles E. Green III, Tazewell, VA

J.P. Leigh, Suffolk, VA

John Long, Centreville, VA

Bob Morris, Great Falls, VA

Joe Restein, Cape Charles, VA

PRIZE

The winning team receives possession of the Captain’s Putter trophy for the ensuing year.

PAST CHAMPIONS (Matches held twice per year from 1955-62)

Date Winner Score Site

1955 Carolinas 48½ - 11½ Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, NC

Virginias 39½ - 20½ Farmington CC, Charlottesville, VA

1956 Carolinas 36½ - 23½ Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, NC

Carolinas 33 - 27 Hot Springs CC Cascades Course, Hot Springs, VA

1957 Carolinas 40 - 20 Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, NC

Carolinas 60½ - 59½ Hot Springs CC Cascades Course, Hot Springs, VA

1958 Carolinas 82 - 38 Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, NC

Virginias 67 - 53 Hot Springs CC Cascades Course, Hot Springs, VA

1959 Carolinas 74 - 70 Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, NC

Virginias 72½ - 71½ Hot Springs CC Cascades Course, Hot Springs, VA

1960 Carolinas 96½ - 47½ Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, NC

Carolinas 85 - 59 Hot Springs CC Cascades Course, Hot Springs, VA

1961 Virginias 88 - 56 Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, NC

Carolinas 76½ - 67½ Hot Springs CC, Cascades Course, Hot Springs, VA

1962 Carolinas 82½ - 61½ Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, NC

Virginias 89½ - 54½ Hot Springs CC Cascades Course, Hot Springs, VA

1963 Carolinas 87 - 57 Hot Springs CC Cascades Course, Hot Springs, VA

Carolinas 73½ - 70½ Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, NC

1964 Virginias 108½ - 107½ Hot Springs CC Cascades Course, Hot Springs, VA

1965 Carolinas 140 - 76 Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, NC

1966 Virginias 130½ - 85½ CC of Virginia James River Course, Richmond, VA

1967 Carolinas 115 - 101 Dunes G&BC, Myrtle Beach, SC

1968 Virginias 123 - 93 Boonsboro CC, Lynchburg, VA

1969 Carolinas 134½ - 81½ Willow Creek CC, High Point, NC

1970 Virginias 153 - 63 Hot Springs CC Cascades Course, Hot Springs, VA

1971 Carolinas 88 - 56 * Grandfather G&CC, Linville, NC

1972 Carolinas 118½ - 97½ CC of Virginia James River Course, Richmond, VA

1973 Carolinas 129½ - 86½ Greenville CC Chanticleer Course, Greenville, SC

1974 Carolinas 123½ - 93½ Princess Anne CC, Virginia Beach, VA

1975 Carolinas 122½ - 75½ Dunes G&BC, Myrtle Beach, SC

1976 Carolinas 142 - 74 Glade Springs CC, Daniels, WV

1977 Carolinas 132½ - 83½ CC of North Carolina, Pinehurst, NC

1978 Carolinas 114 - 102 Hot Springs CC Cascades Course, Hot Springs, VA

1979 Carolinas 123 - 93 CC of North Carolina, Pinehurst, NC

1980 Carolinas 111½ - 104½ Farmington CC, Charlottesville, VA

1981 Carolinas 147½ - 68½ Dunes G&BC, Myrtle Beach, SC

1982 Carolinas 117 - 99 Boonsboro CC, Lynchburg, VA

1983 Carolinas 146 - 70 Wild Dunes Links Course, Isle of Palms, SC

1984 Carolinas 121 - 95 Princess Anne CC, Virginia Beach, VA

1985 Carolinas 118½ - 97½ Grandfather G&CC, Linville, NC

1986 Carolinas 110 - 106 Kingsmill GC, Williamsburg, VA

1987 Carolinas 83 - 61 * Biltmore Forest CC, Biltmore, NC

1988 Virginias 113 - 103 CC of Virginia James River Course, Richmond, VA

1989 Carolinas 129 - 87 Bermuda Run CC, Advance, NC

1990 Virginias 129 - 87 Hermitage CC, Richmond, VA

1991 Carolinas 116 - 100 Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, NC

1992 Carolinas 110½ - 105½ Golden Horseshoe GC, Williamsburg, VA

1993 Virginias 74 - 70 * Yeamans Hall Club, Hanahan, SC

1994 Carolinas 148 - 68 The Virginian GC, Bristol, VA

1995 Carolinas 117½ - 98½ Pine Needles CC, Southern Pines, NC

1996 Tie 108 - 108 Bayville GC, Virginia Beach, VA

1997 Carolinas 115 - 101 The River Course, Kiawah Island, SC

1998 Virginias 113 - 103 Boonsboro CC, Lynchburg, VA

1999 Carolinas 131 - 85 Grandfather G&CC, Linville, NC

2000 Carolinas 110½ - 105½ Golden Horseshoe Gold Course, Williamsburg, VA

2001 Carolinas 119½ - 96½ Alamance CC, Burlington, NC

2002 Virginias 33½ - 14½ # Kinloch GC, Manakin-Sabot, VA

2003 Virginias 26 - 22 Grandfather G&CC, Linville, NC

2004 Virginias 29-19 Lowes Island Club, Sterling, VA

2005 Carolinas 27½ - 20½ Dunes Golf & BC, Myrtle Beach, SC

2006 Carolinas 27½ - 20½ Kinloch GC, Manakin-Sabot, VA

* Matches shortened by rain # Format changed

OLD TOWN CLUB INFORMATION

HEAD PROFESSIONAL: Jim Holt

COURSE SUPERINTENDENT: O'Neil Crouch

TYPE COURSE: Private

OPENED: 1939

ARCHITECT: Perry Maxwell

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Architect Maxwell’s affiliation with Alister Mackenzie, coupled with his admiration of St. Andrews, likely prompted his interest in creating severely undulated greens with steep swales and bold contours. These undulations have become known as "Maxwell rolls," and they’ve certainly been incorporated at Old Town, which features some of the most interesting green complexes in the country. There is not a straight putt on the course and a golfer must use his imagination and be very creative when negotiating the undulating putting surfaces. A rolling layout throughout, Old Town defends par by emphasizing the short game and demanding precise approaches.

YARDAGE & PAR: 6,863 yards, par 70

COURSE RATING/SLOPE: 73.5/132

FAIRWAYS & TEES: Tifsport bermuda

GREENS: Bentgrass

DIRECTIONS: From the I-40 Bypass: Coming from the east, take the Hanes Mall Blvd. exit, turning right onto Hanes Mall Blvd. At Silas Creek Parkway, turn left onto the parkway and go to the Wake Forest University/Reynolda Rd. exit.

Turn right onto Reynolda Rd., and go to the second stoplight, which is Coliseum Dr. Turn left onto Coliseum Dr. The second left turn will be Old Town Club Rd., which is a short residential street that ends at the club's parking lot.

From Hwy. 52: Take the 25th St. & 28th St. exit, onto 28th St. This will merge with 27th St., which becomes Coliseum Drive after it crosses University Parkway.

After University, you will go through one stoplight before reaching Old Town Club Rd. It's a sharp right turn onto Old Town Club Rd., which is a short residential street that ends at the club's parking lot.