The Carolinas Golf Association event is an 18-hole stroke play competition using the "Pinehurst-style" of modified alternate shot. In true alternate shot (or foursomes), two players use one ball and alternate shots all the way around the course. In the modified alternate shot used at the CGA's Father-Son and Parent-Child, both players hit tee shots, select the ball they want to play and then alternate shots until the ball is hole. In the Pinehurst style, both team members hit tee shots, switch balls for the second shot, select one ball for the third shot, then alternate shots until the ball is holed.

The competition will be staged on the par-72 Club at Irish Creek, which re-opened in 2007 after a complete re-design by Davis Love III. The course, built on the site of the former Kannapolis Country Club, includes four entirely new holes and 14 that were extensively reworked. Male professionals and boys 14-18 will play from the championship tees on the front nine and the back tees on the back nine for a total yardage of 6,750 yards. Female professionals, boys 12-13 and the girls will play from the middle tees (5,867 yards), while 11-and-under will play the forward tees (5,146 yards)

New champions are assured because 2008 winners Jeffrey Peck and Quent Mather of Charlotte are not entered this year. A year ago on the West Course at Grandover Resort in Greensboro, NC, Peck and Mather won with a five-under-par 67. Among the 38 teams in the 2009 field is one comprised of host professional Alan Cress and his son Walker.

Trophies are awarded to the champion team, the runnerup team and the third-place team.

ADDITIONAL MEDIA INFORMATION

4th Carolinas Pro-Junior Championship of the Carolinas Golf Association The Club at Irish Creek

1196 Fairway Drive

Kannapolis, NC 28082

704-933-4336

DATES: August 10, 2009

2008 CHAMPIONS

Jeffrey Peck-Quent Mather, Charlotte, NC

FORMAT

18-hole stroke play competition using the "Pinehurst-style" modified alternate shot format.

ELIGIBILITY

Entry is open to any team comprised of a golf professionals and a junior golfer under the age of 19 who has not started college. The professional and junior golf must be legal residents of North Carolina.

SCHEDULE OF ROUNDS

August 4-7

Tee times available for practice.

Monday, August 10

18 holes of "Pinehurst style" modified alternate shot. 9 a.m. shotgun start.

PRIZES

The championship team, along with the second-place and third place teams receive trophies.

THE CLUB AT IRISH CREEK INFORMATION

The Club at Irish Creek

1196 Fairway Drive

Kannapolis, NC 28082

704-933-4336

HEAD PROFESSIONAL: Alan Cress

COURSE SUPERINTENDENT: Artie Helton

TYPE COURSE: Private

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Set within the hole corridors of the former Kannapolis Country Club, the course takes full advantage of the extensive lakefront, the rolling terrain and the mature forest. The layout includes four entirely new holes amidst a forest of mature hardwoods and pines. The remaining 14 holes have been extensively reworked, including new tees, fairways, bunkers and green complexes. All of it comes together in a new routing that makes it clear that Davis Love III has not merely renovated what was here, but created a brand new course.

ARCHITECT: Davis Love III

OPENED: Re-design opened in 2007

YARDAGE/PAR: 7,099 Yards, Par 72

COURSE RATING/SLOPE: 74.3/137

FAIRWAYS & TEES: Tifsport bermuda grass

GREENS: A1/A4 bentgrass

DIRECTIONS:

Directions from Charlotte

Take I-85 North to exit 63 (Kannapolis exit). Exit to the left, crossing back over I-85, and go approximately 5 miles to the 4th traffic light (West A Street). Turn right on to West A Street and go approximately 1½ miles to Fairway Drive. Turn left on to Fairway Drive and the entrance to The Club at Irish Creek is ¼ mile on the right.

Directions from Greensboro

Take I-85 South to exit 63 (Kannapolis exit). Exit to the right and proceed approximately 5 miles to the 4th traffic light (West A Street). Turn right on to West A Street and go approximately 1½ miles to Fairway Drive. Turn left on to Fairway Drive and the entrance to The Club at Irish Creek is ¼ mile on the right.

Directions from Mooresville area

Take Hwy 136 to Kannapolis. Take a left on to the Kannapolis Loop Road at light. Proceed to 2nd light and turn left (West A Street). Go 1½ miles to Fairway Drive and turn left. Entrance to The Club at Irish Creek is ¼ mile on the right.

Directions from I-77 North

Take Mooresville exit for Hwy 150. Continue on Hwy 150 to Hwy 152. Follow signs and bear right onto Hwy 153 (Hwy 153 will become West Rice Street).

When road dead-ends at stoplight, turn right onto Hwy 29A (South Main

Street) and proceed ½ mile to West 5th Street, turn right. Continue on West 5th Street approximately 1½ miles to Fairway Drive. Turn right on to Fairway Drive and the entrance to The Club at Irish Creek is ¼ mile on the right.