PINEHURST, N.C. – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association is set to host it's annual Women's Golf State Championships in Pinehurst beginning on Monday, October 24th and concluding on Tuesday, October 25th.
The event will be held at three courses in the Pinehurst area. The 1A/2A Championship will be held at Foxfire Resort and Golf Club's Grey Fox course. The 3A Championship will be played at Longleaf Golf and Country Club. The 4A Championship will be played on Pinehurst Country Club (No. 5).
Fast Facts
- The best three scores of a team counted toward the team totals
- This is the 14th year that the sport has been classified and the sixth year that three separate championships have been held
- This is the 36th year for state championship competition in the sport.
- Media releases are scheduled for conclusion of play on Monday & Tuesday
- NCHSAA Official Championship Hashtag: #NCHSAAGOLF
2016 1A/2A Championship Site Information
Site: Foxfire Resort and Golf Club (Grey Fox)
- 1A/2A Day 1 Tee Times
- 1A/2A Foxfire Site Information
- 1A/2A Championship Program
- 1A/2A 2016 Live Scoring
2016 3A Championship Site Information
Site: Longleaf Golf & Country Club
1A/2A Eastern Regional Top Finishers
at Timberlake Golf Club
FULL RESULTS
Team Competition
1 – Currituck – 268
2 – Franklin Academy – 285
3 – North Carolina School of Science & Math – 300
Individual Competition
1 – Amy Wooten (Clinton) – 70
2 – Bailee Twiford (Currituck) – 73
T3 – Claire Patrick (South Granville) – 81
T3 – Evin Flinchum (NCSSM) – 81
1A/2A Central Regional Top Finishers
at Cedarbrook Golf Club
FULL RESULTS
Team Competition
1 – West Davidson – 240
2 – Mount Airy – 275
3 – Gray Stone Day – 279
Individual Competition
1 – Rachael Mast (West Davidson) – 74
2 – Olivia Sharpe (West Davidson) – 77
3 – Alyssa Cox (Mount Airy) – 79
1A/2A Western Regional Top Finishers
at Maggie Valley Golf Club
FULL RESULTS
Team Competition
1 – Stuart Cramer – 280
2 – Hendersonville – 287
T3 – Avery County – 307
T3 – Franklin – 307
Individual Competition
1 – Ellie Porman (Cramer) – 76
2 – Mary Robinson (Thomas Jefferson) – 79
3 – Alexis Jarrell (Community School of Davidson) – 80
3A Eastern Regional Top Finishers
at Reedy Creek Golf Course
FULL RESULTS
Team Competition
1 – South Johnston – 283
2 – Lee County – 294
3 – Jacksonville – 318
Individual Competition
1 – Peyton LaBonte (Corinth Holders) – 79
2 – Sydney Wheeless (South Johnston) – 82
3 – Kaitlyn Maready (Jacksonville) – 83
3A Central Regional Top Finishers
at Greensboro National Golf Club
FULL RESULTS
Team Competition
1 – Rockingham – 229
2 – Northern Guilford – 243
3 – Williams – 254
Individual Competition
1 – Gina Kim (Chapel Hill) – 64
2 – Olivia John (Rockingham) – 70
3 – Hailey Joy (Rockingham) – 72
3A Western Regional Top Finishers
at Etowah Valley Golf Club
FULL RESULTS
Team Competition
1 – Weddington – 269
2 – Enka – 271
3 – Marvin Ridge – 273
Individual Competition
1 – Hailey Pendlton (Sun Valley) – 71
T2 – Haley McCrossan (Marvin Ridge) – 72
T2 – Callista Rice (North Buncombe) – 72
4A Eastern Regional Top Finishers
at Pine Hollow Golf Club
FULL RESULTS
Team Competition
1 – Cardinal Gibbons – 227
2 – Wakefield – 248
3 – Apex Friendship – 250
Individual Competition
1 – Jenny Chang (Athens Drive) – 70
T2 – Riley Smyth (Cardinal Gibbons) – 72
T2 – Kayla Ward (Garner) – 72
4A Central Regional Top Finishers
at Pinehurst No. 1
FULL RESULTS
Team Competition
1 – Pinecrest – 226
2 – Page – 252
3 – Northwest Guilford – 266
Individual Competition
T1 – Caroline Cahill (Laney) – 73
T1 – Elizabeth Nguyen (Pinecrest) – 73
3 – Mackenzie Battle (Pinecrest) – 74
4A Western Regional Top Finishers
at Mooresville Golf Club
FULL RESULTS
Team Competition
1 – Reagan – 240
2 – Lake Norman – 254
3 – Charlotte Catholic – 255
Individual Competition
1 – Kathryn Carson (Lake Norman) – 72
T2 – Keri Kenkel (Charlotte Catholic) – 74
T2 – Mary Slade-White (Reagan) – 74
2015 1A/2A Championship Recap
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. – It took a playoff to decide the individual championship on Tuesday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s state 1-A/2-A women’s golf championships at the Longleaf Golf and Country Club.
Salisbury’s Grace Yatawara, the defending champion, and Ellie Porman of Belmont Stuart Cramer finished the regulation 36 holes deadlocked at 158, and then Yatawara captured the crown with a par on the first playoff hole. A Salisbury golfer has now won the individual title four of the past five years.
Porman had a 76 on Monday and had a five-shot lead over the field after the first day, and then had an 82 for her 158 total. Yatawara carded a five-over 77 in the second round to go with her opening 81. Caroline Cole of Gastonia Highland Tech was third at 165, seven shots back.
Croatan, in third place and five shots back after the opening day, had a 265 team score Tuesday to surge to the team title. Croatan recorded a 537, four shots ahead of West Davidson, with Misenheimer Gray Stone Day in third. Salisbury, seeking its fifth straight state team title, wound up in fifth, 34 strokes back.
2015 3A Championship Recap
FOXFIRE VILLAGE, N.C. – Gina Kim of Chapel Hill led wire to wire and took the individual championship on Tuesday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s state 3-A women’s golf championships at the Red Fox Course at Foxfire Resort and Golf Club.
Kim carded a one-under par 71 on a chilly, rainy second day of play to go with Monday’s 68 that featured five birdies, four on the front nine. Her 139 total, five under par, was good for a six-shot advantage over two-time defending champion Siranon Shoomee of Lee County. Shoomee had a 73 Tuesday to go with her opening round score of 72 for a one-over par total of 145. Callista Rice of North Buncombe was third, nine shots back.
Terry Sanford led the team standings by five shots after the first day, but Rockingham County’s consistency enabled it to win the team title. Rockingham had scores of 254 and 256 for a 510 total, good for a six-shot advantage over Terry Sanford and Lee County, which tied at 516. Hickory was fourth.
2015 4A Championship Recap
PINEHURST, N.C. – Jennifer Chang of Raleigh Athens Drive earned the individual championship with an even par 72 on Tuesday in difficult conditions in the final round of the North Carolina High School Athletic association state 4-A women’s golf championships at Pinehurst number six.
Chang was the defending champion and an Athens Drive golfer has now taken the title each of the last four years. Her 150 total for 36 holes was two shots ahead of the field, and her consistency was demonstrated with 27 pars and three birdies throughout the course of the tournament. A trio of golfers tied for second with 152 totals, eight over par, including Kathryn Carson of Lake Norman, Caroline Cahill of Wilmington Laney and Sam Bennett of Wake Forest.
Hailey Freedman of Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons and Madison Isaacson of Jamestown Ragsdale each had three-over par 75 to lead the tournament by two shots after 18 holes, but Freedman had a 79 in the final round and finished sixth while Isaacson wound up ninth.
Cardinal Gibbons, in its first year at the 4-A level, won the team championship in convincing fashion by 26 shots, as the Crusaders recorded a 472. Southern Pines Pinecrest was second at 498 and Greensboro Page third at 503.
