15th North Carolina Senior Women's Am Preview

Four-time N.C. Senior Women's champion Pat Brogden of Garner.

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (April 26, 2018) -- The Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) will conduct the 15^th North Carolina Senior Women's Amateur Championship from April 30 - May 1, 2018 at the Country Club of Salisbury in Salisbury, N.C.

Related: Championship Web Site | Full Field of Players | History | Starting Times

Players to watch:

• Defending champion Pat Brogden of Garner made a memorable mark on North Carolina Senior Women's history last year, posting the tournament low round of four-under 68 to set a championship scoring record at two-under 142. A four-time N.C. Senior Women's champ (2007, 2010, 2012, 2017), Brogden has finished runner-up in this event four times. She looks to capture her 13th overall CGA title. 

• Patty Moore of Charlotte, a 19-time CGA champion, has won this event four times (2004, 2008, 2014, 2016).

• 2016 Carolinas Senior Women's Player of the Year Kim Briele of New Bern. Briele won this event in 2015 and captured the 2016 Carolinas Senior Women's Amateur.

• Angela Stewart of Greenville, the 2011 champion, finished runner-up in 2015 and tied for third last year.

The North Carolina Senior Women's Amateur Championship began in 2004. This championship is conducted at 36 holes of stroke play with a Championship division and a Carolinas division (shorter course). The competition includes gross and net scores and prizes are given for gross and net winners in each flight. Players are pre-flighted within their division based on Handicap Index®. The champion of the tournament will be named from the Championship Division only. Entry is open to any female amateur golfer who has reached her 50th birthday by April 30, 2018, is a legal resident of North Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association and has an active GHIN® USGA Handicap Index®.

Scoring will be provided by the CGA throughout the championship, offering 9 and 18-hole updates. Live updates will also be available on the CGA’s official Twitter, @cgagolf1909. Continue to visit the CGA website throughout this championship and all year long for complete championship coverage including scores, interviews, photos, and recaps.

 

Championship Quick Facts

Event: 15th North Carolina Senior Women's Amateur Championship

Playing Dates: April 30 - May 1, 2018

Host Site: Country Club of Salisbury, Salisbury, N.C.
Approx 5,500 yards (Championship), Par 36-36--72

Defending Champion: Pat Brogden, Garner, N.C.

Format: 36-holes stroke play.

Eligibility: Any female amateur golfer who has reached her 50th birthday, is a legal resident of North Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) and has an active GHIN^® USGA Handicap Index^® at a CGA member club.

Schedule of rounds:

Monday, April 30:      Round 1. 18 holes of stroke play (tee times).

Tuesday, May 1: Final Round. 18 holes of stroke play (shotgun).  Awards ceremony and luncheon immediately following play.
 

 

About the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA)

The CGA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization that was founded in 1909 to promote and to protect the game of golf in the Carolinas by providing competitions, education, support and benefits to golf clubs and golfers. The CGA is the second largest golf association in the country with over 700 member clubs represented by nearly 150,000 individuals.

The CGA annually conducts 48 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 150 One-Day (net and gross) events as well as qualifying for USGA national championships. The CGA serves golf in the Carolinas with numerous programs such as: the USGA Handicap System; tournament management software and support; course measuring and course/slope ratings; agronomy consultation; answers about the Rules of Golf, Rules of Amateur Status, and Handicapping; Carolinas Golf Magazine; Interclub series; Tarheel Youth Golf Association; Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame; expense assistance for USGA Junior and Girls' Junior qualifiers from the Carolinas; and the Carolinas Golf Foundation (CGF). The CGF has distributed nearly $2,000,000 since 1977 to benefit Carolinas' golf initiatives including junior and women's programs.    

For more information about the CGA, visit our website.

 

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