32nd Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship

August 11-12, 2009

Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club, Southern Pines, NC

Entry Info/Tee Times/Results                Host Club Info               Championship Facts                  Weather              Latest News

Entries Open: June 15 at 12:00am

Entries Close: July 27 at 11:59pm

Entry Fee: $200.00 (includes championship cart/range fees and final round lunch)

Age and Gender: Female (at birth) amateurs with a minimum age of 13 as of August 11, 2009

Handicap Index: No handicap index limit. Exempt teams and teams with the lowest combined handicap indexes are selected for entry.

Residency Criteria: Must be a legal resident of North Carolina or South Carolina

Championship Format: 36 holes of four-ball stroke play. The field will be pre-flighted by total 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. Flights 1 and 2 play the championship tees. Flights 3 and 4 play the tournament tees (shorter course).

Championship Field Size: 56 teams

Joanna and Julie Saleeby

2009 Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Champions

Championship Information

Entry Information Information Starting Times Results
Online Registration Player Information Round 1 Round 1
Print Entry Form (PDF) Map/Directions (PDF) Final Round Final Results
Application Status CGA Tournament Manual    
Exempt Players

Printable Score Card (PDF)

  Results Archives
Withdraw Form Rules Sheet (PDF)    
Host Club Information  

PGA Professional: Bob Esworthy

Course Superintendent: Brad Radjner

Course Opened: 1921

Architect: Donald Ross

Championship Yardage: TBA

Par: 36-36--72

Club Address: 1005 Midland Road, Southern Pines, NC 28387

Club Phone: 910-692-2114

Club Website

Mid Pines 18th Hole

Championship Facts

Weather

Lowest Total: 129 by Amber Marsh and Page Marsh of Jamestown, NC at the Country Club of South Carolina in 1994.

Most Women's Four-Ball Titles (Team): 3 by Linda Marsh and Page Marsh of Jamestown, NC in 1982, 1984, 1985 and Leigh Armentrout of McLeansville, NC and Vicki Layton of Greensboro, NC in 1987, 1989 and 1990.

Most Women's Four-Ball Titles (Individual): 6 by Page Marsh of Jamestown, NC with 4 different partners (1982, 1984, 1985 with Linda Marsh; 1994 with Amber Marsh; 1998 with Marcy Newton and 2002 with Karen Ferree).

Notes:

- 10th CGA major event hosted by Mid Pines: Carolinas-Virginias Junior Matches (2002); Carolinas Women's Match Play (2003); North Carolina Senior Partners (2003); Carolinas Father-Son (2004-08); Carolinas Women's Four-Ball (2007)

News and Press Releases:

Saleeby Sisters Triumph at 32nd Carolinas Women's Four-Ball

Southern Pines, NC (8/12/09) -- Final results of the 32nd Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship hosted by Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club in Southern Pines, NC on Wednesday, August 12, 2009.  Par 36-36--72, 5815 yards.

Joanna and Julie Saleeby of Raleigh, NC fired a 7-under par round of 65--132 total to win the 32nd Carolinas Women's Four-Ball  Championship by two strokes over  over Dawn Woodard of Greer, SC and Lea Anne Brown of Mt. Pleasant, SC.  This is the first four-ball championship the Saleeby sisters ever played in together. 

"We play with each other on the (NC State) golf team but we have never played in an event like this.  It was a lot of fun,"  said Julie.  "We played so well together today.  When one of us was in trouble the other one would make a birdie." 

The Saleeby duo now join Page Marsh and Amber Marsh Elliott as the only other team in the championships history to win as a team of sisters.  Ironically, Page Marsh is the women's golf coach for NC State University where both Joanna and Julie play on the golf team. 

"Julie is not only a positive person but she is such a great putter.  I always trusted her read on every green and our putts just kept finding the bottom of the cup," said Joanna.  "We also hit a lot of shots close today too.  It was a good day for us."

In the tournament division, Therese St. Peter and Donna Sisson of Durham, NC shot a two day total along with Babs McIntosh of Murrells Inlet, SC and Suzanne Moro of Myrlte Beach, SC.  These players play a shorter course and also compete within their respective flights.

This championship is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association which is celebrating its 100th year of serving amateur golf in the Carolinas. 

For more information and history on the Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship visit http://www.carolinasgolf.org/tourn/2009/yearbook/wom4ball.pdf.