Preview: 3rd Carolinas Women's Club Team

 

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (October 28, 2019) -- The Carolinas Golf Association will conduct the 3rd Carolinas Women's Club Team Championship at Starmount Forest Country Club in Greensboro N.C. on October 29-31, 2019.

Related: Championship Web Site | Starting Times | Scoring | 2018 Recap

Pinehurst Country Club looks to continue their dominating performances displayed in the first two years of the Carolinas Women's Club Team Championship. The two-time Championship winning team representing Pinehurst CC in Pinehurst, N.C. won last year in come-from-behind victory against the team representing Cowan's Ford Country Club in Stanley, N.C. If they are going to pull off the three-peat, they’ll have to first defeat a redemption-seeking Cowan’s Ford CC along with Colonial Country Club in Thomasville, N.C. in the Championship Division.

A total of 16 CGA member clubs will make up the field this week. Each club team will enter two, two-woman sides each day. Each round’s score is the aggregate of the two, two-woman sides. Club teams may choose to compete in the Championship Division (gross scores only) or the Carolinas Division (net scores only). Yardages will be the same in both divisions. The overall champion will come from the Championship Division.

Round 1: Two-woman captain’s choice – each player tees off, then the team selects the best shot and each player hits the next shot from that spot and subsequently selected spots until the ball is holed. In the Carolinas Division, handicap strokes for the side are allocated based on 35% of the A player’s course handicap and 15% of the B player’s course handicap.

Round 2: Four-ball stroke play (better ball of two). In the Carolinas Division, players receive 100% of their course handicaps.

Round 3: Pinehurst alternate shot –each player tees off, then players switch balls and proceed to hit their partner’s ball on the second shot, then the side selects the ball to be played. Players then alternate shots from there until the ball is holed. In the Carolinas Division, handicap strokes for the side are allocated based on 60% of the A player’s course handicap and 40% of the B player’s course handicap. In the Carolinas Division, if the difference between partners’ course handicaps exceeds eight strokes in four-ball stroke play competition, an additional 10% reduction is applied to both partners.

Flights: Teams will be flighted based on 36-hole club team scores within each division.

Club Teams Competing:

Championship Division

Colonial Country Club

Cowan's Ford Country Club

Pinehurst Country Club (defending champion)

Carolinas Division

Colonial Country Club (B)

Croasdaile Country Club

Cullasaja Club

Cummings Cove G&CC

Greensboro National Golf Club

Greensboro National Golf Club (B)

Greenville Country Club

Pine Needles Resort

Pinehurst Country Club (B)

River Ridge Country Club

Starmount Forest Country Club

Starmount Forest Country Club (B)

Wildwood Green Golf Club

Eligibility: Any CGA member club may enter a team of four female golfers who belong to that club. Every member of the team must hold an active GHIN® USGA Handicap Index® at the CGA member club they are representing. Members of the team must also meet the following eligibility criteria: team members must be female amateur golfers who have reached their 13^th birthdays by October 29, 2019, maintain a residence in North Carolina or South Carolina, are members in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) and have an active GHIN® USGA Handicap Index® at that CGA member club.  

Schedule of rounds:
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
First round. 18 holes of two-woman captain's choice (10 a.m. shotgun start).
Players' social immediately following play.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Second Round. 18 holes of four-ball stroke play (10 a.m. shotgun start).

Thursday, October 31, 2019
Final Round. 18 holes of Pinehurst alternate shot stroke play (10 a.m. shotgun start).
Awards luncheon immediately following completion of play.