Southern Pines, NC (7/27/08) - Gary and Katie Garahan of Rock Hill, SC successfully defended their crown in the 11th Parent-Child Championship and became the second three time winners.

Last year it took them two extra holes to secure the title over Gary Robinson and his daughter Lauren with a birdie. This year they birdied the first play-off hole to quickly dispatch Wayne and Meghan Moore of Bahama, NC.

After selecting Katie's drive, Gary, the current Rock Hill CC club champion, put their second a respectable 30' from the hole. Katie, a rising senior at Gardner-Web College and a member of the golf team drained the putt for the title. They join Tom and Sydney Crane of Jamestown as back to back winners of the Parent-Child.

WEST END, NC (7/21/08) - Gary and Katie Garahan of Rock Hill, SC will be shooting for their third victory when the Carolinas Golf Association's 11th Parent-Child Championship is held at Longleaf Golf & Country Club in Southern Pines, NC on July 25.

With a victory, the Garahans, who won in 2003 at Ballantyne Resort and last year at Longleaf, would become only the second team to triumph three times. Chuck and Rebecca Burkhart of Clemmons, NC, won three straight Parent-Child titles from 2000-2002. The Burkharts are not entered this year.

Also shooting for a third victory are Tom and Sydney Crane, who play out of Colonial CC in Thomasville. They won the title in 2005 and 2006, but were unable to make it three straight last year when the Garahans defeated Gary Robinson and daughter Lauren Veautheir on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

The field for this modified alternate shot event, which is conducted in conjunction with the CGA's annual Father-Son Championship, is an interesting mix of mother-son, father-daughter and grandparent-grandchild. Just about any combination is allowed, with the exception of two male golfers on the same team.

ADDITIONAL MEDIA INFORMATION

CAROLINAS PARENT-CHILD CHAMPIONSHIP

DATE: July 25, 2008

TOURNAMENT SITE:

Longleaf Golf and Country Club, Southern Pines, NC

2001 Midland Road

Southern Pines, NC 28387

910-692-6100

2007 CHAMPIONS

Gary & Katie Garahan, Rock Hill, SC

FORMAT

Each team plays alternate shot except that both team members hit from each tee and then select the ball to be played. A team must then complete the hole with the ball selected. Teams are pre-flighted into divisions according to team handicap index.

Team handicap index is computed by adding 2/3 of the lower handicap index to 1/3 of the higher handicap index. Golf professionals are scratch handicap for net team prizes.

ELIGIBILITY

Entry is open to any team comprised of a parent and child in any age combination, excluding male-male. Steparents and grandparents are allowed. In-laws are NOT eligible. At least one member of each team must be a legal resident of one of the Carolinas, be a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association, have a current USGA handicap index at a CGA member club or is a golf professional employed at a CGA member club. A team is eligible if one partner is an amateur member of a CGA member club or if one partner is on the golf professional staff at a CGA member club.

PRIZES

Merchandise and trophies are awarded to the overall champion.

Merchandise is distributed in each division to low-net winners based upon the number of entries. Ties for prizes are split except for the overall championship, which is determined by an on-course playoff.

SCHEDULE OF ROUNDS

Thursday, July 24

Tee times available for practice.

Friday, July 25

Championship round: 18 holes of modified alternate shot stroke play.

Awards presentation follows completion of play.

FIELD

Carter-Emily Cheves, Apex, NC

Terry-Eleana Collins, Eleana, Pinehurst, NC Sheree-Lucie Crane, Jamestown, NC Tom-Sydney Crane, Jamestown, NC Pete-Pam Davison, Cary, NC Neil-Hannah Fisher, Charleston, SC William-Katie Garahan, Rock Hill, SC Doug-Mallory Hetzel, Summerville, SC Gig-Stacy HiltonLexington, NC Duffy-Elizabeth Johnson, Asheboro, NC Marsh, Sherry, Southport, NC-Wes Stanley, Greensboro, NC Michael-Virginia Mayer, Charlotte, NC John McMichael, Greensboro, NC-Susan McMichael, Reidsville, NC Sam-Missy Mervosh, Spartanburg, SC Wayne-Meghan Moore, Bahama, NC Max Nestvogel, Huntersville, NC-Joan Nestvogel, Vass, NC Gary Robinson-Lauren Veauthier, Fayetteville, NC Victor-Ali Ruotolo, Matthews, NC David-Sydney Shackelford, Cary, NC Bruce-Rebeka Wellmon, Gaffney, SC

PAST CHAMPIONS

1998 Jesse-Denny Hunter, Sanford NC 71 Seven Lakes CC

1999 Norman-Perry Swenson, Charlotte, NC 69 Seven

Lakes CC

2000 Chuck-Rebecca Burkhart, Clemmons, NC 68 Seven Lakes CC

2001 Chuck-Rebecca Burkhart, Clemmons, NC 70 Seven Lakes CC

2002 Chuck-Rebecca Burkhart, Clemmons, NC 68 Bryan Park GC

2003 Gary-Katie Garahan, Rock Hill, SC 70

Ballantyne Resort GC

2004 Louise-Keith Kepley, Charlotte, NC 69

Stonebridge

2005 Tom-Sydney Crane, Jamestown, NC 71 CC of Whispering

Pines

2006 Tom-Sydney Crane, Jamestown, NC 68 Longleaf Golf &

CC

2007 Gary-Katie Garahan, Rock Hill, SC 67* Longleaf

Golf & CC

* won in playoff

LONGLEAF GOLF & CC INFORMATION

GENERAL MANAGER: Mike Floyd

HEAD PROFESSIONAL/SHOP MANAGER: Sean Duggan COURSE SUPERINTENDENT: Mike McKee

ARCHITECT: Dan Maples, opened 1988

COURSE DESCRIPTION: An interesting course that had its front nine built around an old horse training center. The rest of the course was built on rolling terrain, so there are some uneven lies.

Water hazards come into play on most holes, and numerous trees alongside the fairways can alter shots.

YARDAGE/PAR: 6,600 yards, par 71

FAIRWAYS & TEES: Bermuda

GREENS: Bentgrass

DIRECTIONS: Longleaf is located off NC Hwy. 2 (Midland Road) west, approx. 3 miles from intersection of NC Hwy 2 and US Hwy 1.

MAP:

WEST END, NC (7/18/08) - The Carolinas Golf Association will conduct its 11th Parent-Child Championship at Longleaf Golf & Country Club in Southern Pines, NC on July 25.

The tournament is in held in conjunction with the association's annual Father-Son Championship, which is played on five Pinehurst-area courses the same day.

The field for this modified alternate shot event is an interesting mix of mother-son, father-daughter and grandparent-grandchild. Just about any combination is allowed, with the exception of two male golfers on the same team. An awards presentation will follow completion of play.

Gary and Katie Garahan of Rock Hill, SC, who won the title in

2003 and again in 2007, are among this year's entries. Tom and Sydney Crane of Jamestown, NC, who took the championship in 2005 and 2006, are also entered.