Lake Lure, NC (8/6/08) -- Final results of the 31st Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship hosted by Rumbling Bald Resort, Apple Valley Course, Lake Lure, NC on Wednesday, August 6, 2008. Par 36-36--71, 5674 yards.

Defending champions Blythe Worley of Greenville, NC and Laura Crawford of Lancaster, SC could not hang on to make themselves three time Carolinas Women's Four-Ball champions. Instead Blair Lamb of Flat Rock, NC and Mallory Hetzel of Summerville, SC will get their name on the Vicki Hillen Memorial Trophy for 2008. The team of Lamb and Hetzel shot a 7-under par round of 64--131 to win by two strokes over the defending champions. Hetzel won this championship at Kiawah's Turtle Point course back in 2003 with Karen Ferree of Hilton Head, SC.

"We both played pretty well together," said Hetzel. "I had four birdies and Blair had three birdies. We had a two shot lead heading into the 18th hole and I told Blair just get your tee shot in the fairway. She hooked it out of bounds and it was up to me to make sure we didn't blow it. I was pretty nervous over my tee shot!"

Needless to say Hetzel found the fairway and made a par on the tough closing par-5 18th. Both Hetzel and Lamb grew up playing in CGA junior golf championships and now are rising seniors in college with Hetzel a member of the University of Georgia golf team and Lamb a member of the Furman University golf team.

This was the CGA first championship hosted by Rumbling Bald Resort.

In the tournament division, Dee Holland of Cary, NC and Sandy Terrill of Apex, NC shot a two day total of 146 to win by three shots over the field. the tournament division plays a shorter course.

This championship is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association.

WEST END, NC (8/4/08) - Veteran Patty Moore of Charlotte will be chasing her fifth Carolinas Women's Four-Ball title when the Carolinas Golf Association Championship is played August 5-6 on the Apple Valley Course at Rumbling Bald Resort in Lake Lure, NC.

Moore is also chasing Page Marsh of Jamestown, NC, who holds the record for most Carolinas Women's Four-Ball titles with six.

Marsh 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. She is not entered this year.

Moore, who has been named Carolinas Senior Player of the Year the last four years and Woman Player of the Year in 2004 and 2007, won in 1992 and 1993 with Terrie Foote of Mooresville, NC and with her current partner, Lori Teague of Newton, NC in 2004 and 2005.

Standing in Moore's path are two younger competitors -- Blythe Worley of Greenville, NC and partner Laura Crawford of Lancaster, SC, who will trying to win the championship for the third year in a row. They won two years ago at Seabrook Island Club and last year at Mid-Pines Resort, where their 66-67--133 was good enough for a six-stroke victory over Moore and Teague and Kathleen Strandberg of Greensboro, NC and Cindel Gwyn of Calabash, NC.

The field for this year's championship consists of 46 teams.

The 36-hole stroke play championship will be held on the par-71 Dan Maples-designed Apple Valley Course, which will play at 5,624 yards for Flights 1 and 2 and at 4,975 yards for Flights 3 and 4.

ADDITIONAL MEDIA INFORMATION

31st Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship Rumbling Bald Resort Apple Valley Course

112 Mountains Blvd.

Lake Lure, NC 28746

828-694-3043

DATES: August 5-6, 2008

2007 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 total team handicap index. Flights 1 and 2 will compete for the overall championship and play the championship tees. Flights 3 and 4 will play the shorter tournament tees.

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 4

Tee times available for practice.

Tuesday, August 5

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

Wednesday, August 6

Final round. 18 holes of four-ball stroke play (shotgun start).

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.

FAVORITES

Blythe Worley-Laura Crawford (2006, 2007 champions) Patty Moore-Lori Teague (2004, 2005 champions)

PAST CHAMPIONS

1978 Beth Daniel, Charleston, SC-Donna Noonan, Charlotte, NC

131 Spring Valley CC

1979 Sharon Thomas, Greensboro, NC-Caroline Gowan, Greenville,

SC 138* Spring Valley CC

1980 Sharon Thomas, Greensboro, NC-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 Evelyn Church, Roaring Gap, NC-Kelly Beck,

Charlotte, NC 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,

Greensboro, NC 145* Tanglewood GC

1988 Paula Brzostowski, Pinehurst, NC-Kelly Tilghman, Myrtle

Beach, SC 139 Litchfield CC

1989 Leigh Armentrout, McLeansville, NC-Vickie Layton,

Greensboro, NC 138 Forsyth CC

1990 Leigh Armentrout, McLeansville, NC-Vickie Layton,

Greensboro, NC 138 Colonial CC

1991 Sandra Stephenson, Garner, NC-Pat Brogden, Raleigh, NC

139 Bermuda Run CC

1992 Patty Moore, Charlotte, NC-Terrie Foote, Mooresville, NC

135 Pine Needles CC

1993 Patty Moore, Charlotte, NC-Terrie Foote, Mooresville, NC

141* Southern 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 Corrie Kuehn,

Fletcher, NC 136 CC of Orangeburg

1997 Diane Staats, Maggie Valley, NC-Brenda Corrie-Kuehn,

Fletcher, NC 134 Regent Park GC

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

133 Highland CC

1999 Brenda Corrie Kuehn, Fletcher, NC-Debbie Adams,

Asheville, NC 134 Bay Tree Green

2000 Kathy Binkley, Cornelius, NC-Lisa Mooneyham, Mebane, NC

130 Wildwood Green

2001 Jenny Jones, Arapahoe, NC-Kim Briele, New Bern, NC

134 Windermere Club

2002 Karen Ferree, Hilton Head, SC-Page Marsh, Raleigh, NC

138 Pinewild Holly

2003 Karen Ferree, Hilton Head, SC-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,

Charleston, SC 129 Seabrook (Ocean)

2007 Blythe Worley, Greenville, NC - Laura Crawford,

Charleston, SC 133 Mid Pines Inn & CC

*won in playoff

2008 FIELD

Debbie Adams, Asheville, NC & Stacey Adams, Asheville, NC Debby Allen, High Point, NC & Barbara Hinshaw, Thomasville, NC Meredith Andrews, Lexington, NC & Ann Hoffman, Lexington, NC Sharon Barham, Wake Forest, NC & Leigh Armentrout, Greensboro, NC

Jackie Bennett, Kiawah Island, SC & Donna Bailey, Kiawah Island, SC Emily Cheves, Apex, NC & Brooke Dehart, Morganton, NC Brittany Collins, Bluffton, SC & Kendra Collins, Bluffton, SC Anna Croom, Asheboro, NC & Ashley Denton, Wendell, NC Isabelle Daley, Whispering Pines, NC & Sue Kress, Southern Pines, NC (Flight 3) Jewel Dancy, Kings Mountain, NC & Jan Kendrick, Shelby, NC Kathy DeVore, High Point, NC & Cindy Corlett, Lexington, NC Frankie Garber, Florence, SC & Jeannie Craig, Walhalla, SC Peggy Hall, Belmont, NC & Cynthia Curry, Charlotte, NC Dana Halliday, Spartanburg, SC & Judy Wright, Spartanburg, SC Susan Harden, Ladys Island, SC & Brenda Frye, Mount Pleasant, SC Lu Hauser, Conover, NC & Robbie Roberts, Charlotte, NC Dee Holland, Cary, NC & Sandy Terrill, Apex, NC Carole Jones, Hillsborough, NC & Dianne Yelovich, Pinehurst, NC

Ana Kampe, Lake Lure, NC & Cheryl Racicot, Lake Lure, NC

Shirley Koone, Union Mills, NC & Phyllis Van Allen, Lake Lure, NC

Blair Lamb, Flat Rock, NC & Mallory Hetzel, Summerville, SC Ginger Lash, Pinehurst, NC & Diane Vosilus, Pinehurst, NC Marjory Leidy, Pinehurst, NC & Nan Moore, Pinehurst, NC Betty Linville, Lake Lure, NC & Kay Fenton, Lake Lure, NC Rhonda McCauley, Fripp Island, SC & Lori McGrath, Fripp Island, SC Lisa Mooneyham, Mebane, NC & Kathy Binkley, Cornelius, NC Diane Nowakowski, Huntersville, NC & Marie Venable, Mooresville, NC Peggy Pentaleri, Lake Lure, NC & Jeanne Zinselmeier, Lake Lure, NC Mary Rhodes, Greensboro, NC & Marcia Burge, King, NC Lilia Rodriguez, Chapel Hill, NC & Charlotte Harvey, Raleigh, NC Melissa Sage, Charlotte, NC & Karen Ferree, Hilton Head Island, SC Diana Saine, Blythewood, SC & Karin Wolfe, Lexington, SC Jo Ann Sluder, Pinehurst, NC & Jean Grieshaber, Pinehurst, NC Angela Stewart, Greenville, NC & Maggie Weder, Greenville, NC Teddy Stockwell, Johns Island, SC & Laura Rawl, Charleston, SC Kathleen Strandberg, Greensboro, NC & Emily Street, Forest City, NC Lori Teague, Newton, NC & Patty Moore, Charlotte, NC Kathleen Toomey, Pinehurst, NC & Toni Buerkert, Columbia, SC Mary Wannamaker, Charlotte, NC & Cindy Altieri, Lake Wylie, SC Dollie Watson, Lexington, NC & Shirley Scheer, High Point, NC Carrel Westlake, Greenville, SC & Miki March, Greenville, SC Karen Wheeler, Whispering Pines, NC & Debra Regula, Pinehurst, NC

Sara Willingham, Liberty, NC & Diane Spalding, Greensboro, NC Blythe Worley, Greenville, NC & Laura Crawford, Lancaster, SC Jane Wright, Lake Lure, NC & Dale Scoggin, Rutherfordton, NC Peggy Yountz, Denver, NC & Mary Hill, Winston Salem, NC

APPLE VALLEY COURSE INFORMATION

HEAD PROFESSIONAL: Art Colasanti

COURSE SUPERINTENDENT: Matt Lovell

ARCHITECT: Dan Maples

OPENED: 1986

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Once known as Lake Lure Golf & Beach Resort, the resort is nestled at the base of the 2,800-foot Rumbling Bald Mountain on the north end of Lake Lure. The Apple Valley course features challenging greens, bunkered fairways and outstanding views. It's after the tee shot that golfers need to think clearly to score well. Well-positioned bunkers and undulating terrain present a variety of tough shots.

YARDAGE/PAR: 5,624 yards, par 71 (Championship & First Flight) COURSE RATING/SLOPE: 73.8/131 (Championship & First Flight)

YARDAGE/PAR: 4,975 yards, par 71 (Flights 3 & 4) COURSE RATING/SLOPE: 70.2/123 (Flights 3 & 4) FAIRWAYS & TEES: Bermuda

GREENS: Bentgrass

DIRECTIONS:

WEST END, NC (7/29/08) - Blythe Worley of Greenville, NC and partner Laura Crawford of Lancaster, SC will attempt to three-peat when the 31st Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship is played Aug.5-6 at Rumbling Bald Resort in Lake Lure, NC.

Worley, the 2003 N.C. Junior champion, and Crawford, the 2001 S.C. Junior winner, first won the title two years ago at Seabrook Island Club, where they shot 66-63--129 to equal the tournament record posted by Page and Amber Marsh of Jamestown, NC in 1994.

They repeated last year at Mid Pines Resort in Southern Pines, NC, with their 66-67--133, which was good enough for a six-stroke victory.

Two-time champions Patty Moore of Charlotte, NC and Lori Teague of Newton, NC should provide some formidable opposition. Moore, who has been named Carolinas Senior Player of the Year the last four years and Woman Player of the Year in 2004 and 2007, 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 46 teams.

The 36-hole stroke play championship will be held on the par-72 Dan Maples-designed Apple Valley Course, which will play approximately 5,500 yards.