26th Carolinas Mid

ERNST AND REEVES CLAIM SOUTH CAROLINA JUNIOR MATCH PLAY TITLES

Greenville, SC (7/13/07) —Austin Ernst is just carrying on a family tradition. Ernst, from Seneca, defeated Cayci Ruppe of Gafney 4&3 to capture the SC Girls’ Match Play Championship at Furman University Golf Club. Ernst is the third member of her family to win this annual junior championship. Her father, Mark won the boys’ championship in 1981 and her older brother Drew won the boys’ championship in 2005. Ernst, a 15 year old high school sophomore displayed her ball striking ability winning her first Carolinas Golf Association championship. Ruppe, a 17 year old high school senior, played tough and determined golf, but in the end Ernst’s consistency was just too much to over come. With the win, Ernst will be invited to represent the Carolinas on the junior girls’ team in the Mid-Atlantic Challenge on August 4-5 at CC of North Carolina in Pinehurst, NC.

In the boys’ championship, home town favorite, Crawford Reeves of Greenville defeated Matthew Hopper of Gaffney 4&3 in their semifinals match and then captured the boys’ title with a 2&1 victory over Mitchell Gray of Florence. Gray defeated his high school teammate, Taylor Sharber of Florence 3&2 in the semifinals to advance to the championship match. In a display of true team work, Sharber then picked up Gray’s bag and caddied for him in the championship match even though he had just knocked him out of the event. In the championship match, Reeves displayed John Daly like length in reaching each of the par fives in two stokes. Reeves won the tenth and eleventh holes to take a 3 up lead, but Gray battled back to by winning the fourteenth and fifteenth holes to get back to within one hole of Reeves. On the par 3 sixteenth, Reeves knocked his tee shot to within 2 feet of the whole to take a 2 up lead and then halved the seventeenth hole to win is first CGA title. Both of the boys’ will be invited to represent the Carolinas on the junior boys’ team in the Carolinas-Virginias junior team matches on August 18-19 at Boonsboro CC in Lynchburg, VA.

This annual junior championship is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association

Girls’ Championship

Finals

Austin Ernst, Seneca, SC def. Cayci Ruppe, Gaffney, SC, 4&3

Boys’ Championship

Semifinals

Mitchell Gray, Florence, SC def. Taylor Sharber, Florence, SC, 3&2

Crawford Reeves, Greenville, SC def. Matthew Hopper, Gaffney, SC, 4&3

Finals

Reeves def. Gray, 2&1

RACHEL UREMOVICH AIM IS FOR REPEAT VICTORY IN CGA'S S.C. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP, JULY 10-13

WEST END, NC (7/5/07) — Rachel Uremovich of Hilton Head Island will be shooting for her second straight victory when the Carolinas Golf Association conducts its 30th South Carolina Junior Match Play Championship at Furman University Golf Club in Greenville, SC, July 10-13.

For more information about the 30th S.C. Junior Championship of the Carolinas Golf Association and many other Carolinas Golf Association events, visit the Championship Home Page online at www.carolinasgolf.org.

30th S.C. JUNIOR MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE CAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATION TO BE HELD AT FURMAN UNIVERSITY GC IN GREENVILLE

WEST END, NC (6/28/07) — There will be more than titles at stake when the Carolinas Golf Association conducts its 30th South Carolina Junior Match Play Championship July 10-13 at Furman University Golf Club in Greenville, SC.

Orangeburg, SC-- Never trailing in any of his first 5 matches, Clint Tolleson of Spartanburg found himself 3 down after 5 holes. He then battled back against McCuen Elmore of Cheraw and won the tenth hole to bring the match back to all square. Tolleson, a 17 year old rising high school junior, then won the 14th and 16th hole to take a 2 up lead. Tolleson then won the SC Junior Match Play when he and Elmore halved the 17th hole. Elmore, a 17 year old rising senior, played well all week, but just could not get the ball to fall in the championship match. Both players will be invited to be members of the Carolinas Junior team that will compete against the Virginias junior team on August 19 and 20 at Chapel Hill CC in Chapel Hill, NC. This annual junor championship is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association.

Rachel Uremovich of Hilton Head Island captured the Jane Crum Covington championship trophy by defeating Maureen Dunnagan of Lexington, 6&4 in the finals of the S.C. Junior Girls' Match Play Championship at C.C. of Orangeburg. Uremovich, 15 year old rising high school sophomore at Hilton Head Prep, missed one green in regulation in her championship match. Dunnagan, a 14 year old rising high school freshman, fought back on the early holes on the back side, but Uremovich won number 13 and then number 14 to close out the match. Both players will be invited to play on the Carolinas Junior girls team that will compete against a team of girls from Virginia and Maryland in the Mid-Atlantic Challenge, August 5 and 6 at Independence C.C. in Richmond, Virginia.