Southern Pines, NC (8/8/07) --- Final round results of the 30th Carolinas Women's Four-Ball championship hosted by Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club in Southern Pines, NC on Wednesday, August 8, 2007. Par 36-36--72, 5853 yards.

Defending champions, Blythe Worley of Greenville, NC and Laura Crawford of Lancaster, SC fired a 5-under par 67 to get their name on the Vicki Hillen memorial trophy for another year. Worley who attends the University of South Carolina and Crawford who attends Wake Forest said they left a lot of putts out on the course and didn't play all that well. "I guess we played well together", said Worley. "When one of us had a bad hole the other would pick up

the slack and save the team." Temperatures reached well over the 100 degree mark throughout the day which made for difficult playing condition for most of the players.

Past champions, Lori Teague of Newton, NC and Patty Moore of Charlotte, NC finished in a tie for second place six shots back of the leaders. The hold the tie for most wins as a team in this championship.

This championship is open to women from North and South Carolina and is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association.

Worley and Crawford are scheduled to start at 8:09 a.m. in the opening round, while the foursome with the 8 a.m. tee time includes veterans Patty Moore of Charlotte and Lori Teague of Newton, N.C., who won this Carolinas Golf Association championship in 2004 and 2005.

The veteran Moore, who has been named Carolinas Senior Player of the Year the last three years and Carolinas Woman Player of the Year in 2004, will be shooting for her fifth Carolinas Women's Four-Ball title. She won in 1992 and

1993 with Terrie Foote of Mooresville, NC and then twice with Teague.

Moore and Teague have proven over the years that they are usually contenders.

In addition to all her victories, Moore has finished second five times, while Teague and an assortment of partners finished as runners-up on six occasions prior to her victory with Moore in '04.

A year ago on the Ocean Winds Course at Seabrook Island, SC, Worley and Crawford shot 66-63--129, which matched the all-time low score, to claim a two-stroke victory.

The field for this year's championship consists of 56 teams, with another 15 duos in alternate status.

The 36-hole stroke play championship will be held on the par-72 Donald Ross-designed Mid Pines Course, which will play approximately 5,500 yards. Mid Pines has previously hosted the 2002 Carolinas-Virginias Junior Team Matches, the 2003 Carolinas Women's Match Play Championship, the 2003 N.C. Senior Four-Ball Championship and the 2004, 2005 and 2007 Carolinas Father-Son Championship.

ADDITIONAL MEDIA INFORMATION

30th Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club 1010 Midland Road Southern Pines, NC 28387

910-692-9362

DATES: August 7-8, 2007

2006 CHAMPIONS

Blythe Worley, Greenville, NC & Laura Crawford, Lancaster, SC

FORMAT

The championship is conducted at 36 holes of four-ball stroke play. The field is pre-flighted according to handicap index. The Championship and the First Flight will compete for the overall championship and play the championship tees.

All other flights will play the shorter tournament tees and compete within their flights.

ELIGIBILITY

Entry is open to any female (at birth) amateur golfer who is a legal resident of one of the Carolinas, 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.

SCHEDULE OF ROUNDS

Monday, August 6

Tee times available for practice.

Tuesday, August 7

First round. 18 holes of four-ball stroke play (tee times).

Wednesday, August 8

Final round. 18 holes of four-ball stroke play (tee times).

Awards luncheon immediately following completion of play.

PRIZES

The championship team receives merchandise and trophies. Prizes are awarded to the low scorers in each flight. Ties are split except for the overall championship, which is resolved using an on-course playoff.

TEAMS TO WATCH

Blythe Worley-Laura Crawford (defending champions) Patty Moore-Lori Teague (2004, 2005 champions)

PAST CHAMPIONS

1978 Beth Daniel, Charleston-Donna Noonan, Charlotte 131 Spring Valley CC

1979 Sharon Thomas, Greensboro-Caroline Gowan, Greenville, SC 138* Spring Valley CC 1980 Sharon Thomas, Greensboro-Caroline Gowan, Greenville, SC 140 River Hills CC

1981 Suzy Ellison- Inez Long, Columbia, SC 140 River Hills CC

1982 Linda Marsh-Page Marsh, Jamestown, NC 135 High Meadows CC

1983 Mary E. Church, Roaring Gap, NC-Kelly Beck, Charlotte 135 High Meadows CC

1984 Linda Marsh-Page Marsh, Jamestown, NC 138 Rolling Hills CC

1985 Linda Marsh-Page Marsh, Jamestown, NC 138 Sedgefield CC

1986 Kelly Beck-Leslie Brown, Charlotte, NC 137 Carmel CC, North

1987 Leigh Armentrout, McLeansville, NC-Vickie Layton, G’boro 145* Tanglewood GC

1988 Paula Brzostowski, Pinehurst-Kelly Tilghman, Mrtle Beach 139 Litchfield CC

1989 Leigh Armentrout, McLeansville, NC-Vickie Layton, G’boro 138 Forsyth CC 1990 Leigh Armentrout, McLeansville, NC-Vickie Layton, G’boro 138 Colonial CC

1991 Sandra Stephenson, Garner, NC-Pat Brogden, Raleigh 139 Bermuda Run CC

1992 Patty Moore, Charlotte-Terrie Foote, Mooresville, NC 135 Pine Needles CC

1993 Patty Moore, Charlotte-Terrie Foote, Mooresville, NC 141* So. Pines CC

1994 Amber Marsh-Page Marsh Lea, Jamestown, NC 129 CC of SC

1995 Marcy Newton, High Point, NC-Jenny Jones, Arapahoe, NC 131 CC of Salisbury

1996 Diane Staats, Maggie Valley, NC-Brenda Kuehn, Fletcher 136 CC of Orangeburg

1997 Diane Staats, Maggie Valley, NC-Brenda Kuehn, Fletcher 134 Regent Park GC

1998 Page Marsh Lea, So.Pines, -Marcy Newton, High Point, NC 133 Highland CC

1999 Brenda Kuehn, Fletcher, NC-Debbie Adams, Asheville, NC 134 Bay Tree Green

2000 Kathy Binkley, Cornelius, NC-Lisa Mooneyham, Mebane, NC 130 Wildwd. Green GC

2001 Jenny Jones, Arapahoe, NC-Kim Briele, New Bern, NC 134 Windermere Club

2002 Karen Ferree, Hilton Head-Page Marsh, Raleigh, NC 138 Pinewild Holly

2003 Karen Ferree, HHI-Mallory Hetzel, Summerville, SC 139 Kiawah Island

2004 Lori Teague, Newton, NC - Patty Moore, Charlotte, NC 131 CC of Salisbury

2005 Lori Teague, Newton, NC - Patty Moore, Charlotte, NC 133 Wachesaw Plantation

2006 Blythe Worley, Greenville, NC - Laura Crawford, Charleston129 Seabrook (Ocean) *won in playoff

2007 FIELD

Debbie Adams, Asheville, NC & Stacey Adams, Asheville, NC Clate Aydlett, Elizabeth City, NC & Mary Rhodes, Greensboro, NC Sharon Barham, Wake Forest, NC & Donna Noblitt, Shelby, NC Kim Briele, New Bern, NC & Tatum Briele, New Bern, NC Nancy Brooks, Pinehurst, NC & Jane Wilkinson, Pinehurst, NC Paula Brzostowski, West End, NC & Mira Reynolds, Pinehurst, NC Beverly Cassels, Charlotte, NC & Meredith Andrews, Southmont, NC Emily Cheves, Apex, NC & Colleen Estes, Cary, NC Pam Congelosi, Vass, NC & Elizabeth Kelly, Sanford, NC Laura Crawford, Lancaster, SC & Blythe Worley, Greenville, NC Sybil Davis, Okatie, SC & Nancy Fitzgibbons, Bluffton, SC Brooke Dehart, Morganton, NC & Jordan Kreuter, Matthews, NC Katherine Devore, High Point, NC & Cindy Corlett, Lexington, NC Frankie Garber, Florence, SC & Libby Metzler, Charleston, SC Helen Gibbons, Whispering Pines, NC & Dorothy Demasi, Whispering Pines, NC Peggy Hall, Belmont, NC & Cynthia Curry, Charlotte, NC Dana Halliday, Spartanburg, SC & Fran Dunn, Spartanburg, SC Susan Harden, Ladys Island, SC & Brenda Frye, Beaufort, SC Charlotte Harvey, Raleigh, NC & Sandy Terrill, Apex, NC Sharon Hinkle, Pinehurst, NC & Cricket Gentry, Pinehurst, NC Shari Hodson, Southport, NC & Candace Cochrane, Little River, SC Murrie Ives, Charlotte, NC & Peggy Yountz, Cornelius, NC Donna Johnson, Asheboro, NC & Darcy Lepir, Lexington, NC Elaine Johnson, Hartsville, SC & Jeanie Atkinson, Columbia, SC Carole Jones, Hillsborough, NC & Dianne Yelovich, Pinehurst, NC Sue Kress, Southern Pines, NC & Isabelle Daley, Whispering Pines, NC Ginger Lash, Pinehurst, NC & Judith Kelley, Pinehurst, NC Marjory Leidy, Pinehurst, NC & Nan Moore, Pinehurst, NC Jennifer Link, Mooresville, NC & Angela Stewart, Greenville, NC Rhonda McCauley, Simpsonville, SC & Lori McGrath, Fripp Island, SC Jackie Meyer, Pinehurst, NC & Jean Grieshaber, Pinehurst, NC Ellen Miller, Pawleys Island, SC & Barbara Collins, Myrtle Beach, SC Betsey Mitchell, Southport, NC & Nita Bender, Charlotte, NC Lisa Mooneyham, Mebane, NC & Sherry Stanley, Whitsett, NC Judy Nicoletti, Little River, SC & Marie Strickler, Carolina Shores, NC Tee Noggle, Pinehurst, NC & Tonya Brown, Carthage, NC Carol Pitzer, Pinehurst, NC & Mary Spangler, Burlington, NC Debra Regula, Pinehurst, NC & Grace Hill, Pinehurst, NC Robbie Roberts, Charlotte, NC & Lu Hauser, Conover, NC Diana Saine, Blythewood, SC & Brenda Bauer, Columbia, SC Julia Shore, Raleigh, NC & Wendy Schlegel, Bluffton, SC Jennifer Sibole, Mooresville, NC & Barbara Haggart, Mooresville, NC Donna Sisson, Durham, NC & Dokim Elphick, Cary, NC Jo Ann Sluder, Pinehurst, NC & Kathy Rackley, Southern Pines, NC Linda Smythe, Pinehurst, NC & Karen Hobbs, Pinehurst, NC Sharon Son-Hing, Hilton Head Island, SC & Kristine Berger, Hilton Head Island, SC Teddy Stockwell, Johns Island, SC & Laura Rawl, Charleston, SC Kathleen Strandberg, Greensboro, NC & Cindel Gwyn, Calabash, NC Emily Street, Forest City, NC & Katie Brenny, Raleigh, NC Susan Thomas, Zebulon, NC & Nina Lancaster, Raleigh, NC Joanne Thompson, Charlotte, NC & Nancy Mayer, Asheville, NC Marie Venable, Mooresville, NC & Paula Joyner, North Myrtle Beach, SC Carrel Westlake, Greenville, SC & Miki March, Greenville, SC Karen Wheeler, Whispering Pines, NC & Jamie Fisher, So. Pines, NC

MID PINES COURSE INFORMATION

DIRECTOR OF GOLF: Donald Farr

HEAD PROFESSIONAL: Graham Gilmore

MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR: David Fruchte

ARCHITECT: Donald Ross, opened 1921

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The course has remained basically unchanged over the years with all the Ross trademarks still in place -- small, undulating greens, narrow fairways and plenty of elevation changes. Course management skills are required and although just 6,500 yards long from the back tees, it seems to play much longer.

YARDAGE/PAR: 6,114 yards, par 72

FAIRWAYS & TEES: Bermuda

GREENS: Bentgrass

DIRECTIONS: Mid Pines is located just off US Highway 1 on Midland Road at the Highway 2 exit. Take the exit and turn right. The club is on the left.

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WEST END, NC (7/30/07) — Blythe Worley of Greenville, NC and partner Laura Crawford of Lancaster, SC will attempt to defend their title when the the 30th Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship is played Aug. 7-8 at Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club in Southern Pines, NC.

Worley, the 2003 N.C. Junior champion, and Crawford, the 2001 S.C. Junior winner, scored a two-stroke victory over Dinah Plyler of Chapin, SC and Angela Hill of Charleston, SC a year ago on the Ocean Winds Course at the Seabrook Island Club south of Charleston. Worley and Crawford shot 66-63--129 to equal the tournament record posted by Page and Amber Marsh of Jamestown, NC in 1994. Two-time champions Patty Moore of Charlotte, NC and Lori Teague of Newton, NC came in a distant third, nine strokes off the winning pace.

The veteran Moore, who has been named Senior Player of the Year the last three years and Carolinas Woman Player of the Year in 2004, will be shooting for her fifth Carolinas Women's Four-Ball title. She won in 1992 and 1993 with Terrie Foote of Mooresville, NC and with Teague in 2004 and 2005.

Page Marsh of Jamestown, NC holds the record for most Carolinas Women's Four-Ball titles with six. She won in 1982, 1984 and 1985 with her mother Linda, in 1994 with her sister Amber, in 1998 with Marcy Newton and in 2002 with Karen Ferree.

Marsh is not entered this year.

The field for this year's championship consists of 56 teams, with another 15 duos in alternate status.

The 36-hole stroke play championship will be held on the par-72 Donald Ross-designed Mid Pines Course, which will play approximately 5,500 yards. Mid Pines has previously hosted the 2002 Carolinas-Virginias Junior Team Matches, the 2003 Carolinas Women's Match Play Championship, the 2003 N.C. Senior Four-Ball Championship and the 2004, 2005 and 2007 Carolinas Father-Son Championship.

For more information about the Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship at Mid Pines Inn & CC and other Carolinas Golf Association events, visit the Championship Home Page online at www.carolinasgolf.org.

Worley and Crawford Win 29th Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship Title

Seabrook Island, SC -- Final round results of the 29th Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship hosted by Seabrook Island Club, Ocean Winds Course, Seabrook Island, SC. Par 36-36--72, 5787 yards.

First round leaders, Blythe Worley of Greenville, NC and Laura Crawford of Lancaster, SC capture their first CGA women's four-ball title by two shots over Dinah Plyler of Chapin, SC and Angie Hill of Charleston, SC. The team of Worley-Crawford carded a total of eleven birdies on the day with eight of the teams birdies belonging to Crawford alone. "Laura was putting from everywhere," said her partner Blythe, "We had five birdies within the first six holes. It was unbelievable!" Plyler and Hill also seemed to have hot putters but in the end their 64 wasn't enough to catch the champions. Plyler said, "We were back and forth with each other all day. It got really close on a few holes where we just kept trading birdies with each other, Angie seemed to make everything she looked over."

Two time defending champions Patty Moore of Charlotte, NC and Lori Teague of Newton, NC found themselves nine shots back of the leaders at the end of the day and finished in third place. Any hopes they had of having their name on the trophy yet again was quickly put to rest. During her acceptance speech Worley said, "We are happy to have won this championship, we had a lot of fun and feel that everyone has been very supportive of us. We look forward to returning next year to defend our title."

All competitors were placed into flights after the first round based on score.