15th MID-ATLANTIC GIRLS CHALLENGE
Williamsburg Golf Club, Williamsburg, Va.
Saturday, July 30 and Sunday, July 31
VENUE: Williamsburg Golf Club hosted the VSGA Senior Four-Ball Championship in May. John LaFoy helped redesign the 18-hole championship layout in 2009. The course features A-1/A-4 bentgrass greens and bermudagrass fairways.
GENERAL MANAGER AT WILLIAMSBURG GOLF CLUB: Dan Capozzi, PGA
GOLF PROFESSIONALS: Tim Poland, PGA and Tim Gaffney, PGA
SUPERINTENDENT: Jeff Whitmire
EVENT FORMAT/SCHEDULE: Eight-player junior teams from Virginia and Maryland will compete against their counterparts from North and South Carolina in four-ball and singles matches.
GROUPINGS AND STARTING TIMES: Groupings and starting times are available on the VSGA’s web site or by clicking here.
2015 RECAP: For the seventh straight year, the visiting squad won the Mid-Atlantic Girls Challenge, as the Virginia/Maryland team defeated the Carolinas 7½-4½ at River Landing in Wallace, N.C. The Virginia/Maryland team excelled in the team matches, as Caroline Curtis and Kristin Hearp; Sydney Mills and Josephine Jung; and Elizabeth Bose and Ashley Dingman all won their four-ball matches to help Virginia/Maryland to a 3-1 lead. Virginia/Maryland held a one-point edge in singles matches as well, with Curtis, Lena Capoccia, Bose and Dingman all winning their matches. Jung halved her match.
A LOOK AT THE VIRGINIA-MARYLAND SQUAD:
- Kristin Hearp (Hidden Valley CC): Virginia Tech-bound golfer participated in last year’s Mid-Atlantic Girls Challenge.
- Caroline Curtis (Hermitage CC): Rising sophomore at Collegiate School and University of Georgia commit won the RWGA Amateur and reached the semifinals of the VSGA Women’s Amateur Championship.
- Victoria Tip-Aucha (VSGA Junior Golf Circuit): Won the VSGA Junior Girls’ Championship earlier this month and reached the semifinals at the VSGA Women’s Amateur Championship.
- Sirena Walsh (International CC): Represented the VSGA in the recent Virginia-Maryland Junior Girls’ Matches.
- Delaney Shah (Maryland): Earned a total of 4½ points at the recent Virginia-Maryland Junior Girls’ Matches.
- Josephine Jung (Maryland): Earned a total of five points at the recent Virginia-Maryland Junior Girls’ Matches.
- Sydney Mills (Maryland): Earned three points in singles at the recent Virginia-Maryland Junior Girls’ Matches.
- Julia Calomiris (Maryland): Represented the MSGA at the recent Virginia-Maryland Junior Girls’ Matches.
MEMBERS OF THE CAROLINAS’ SQUAD:
- Callista Rice
- Kathleen Sumner
- Madison Moosa
- Baylee Evans
- Gracyn Burgess
- Haeley Wotnosky
- Emily Cox
- Kathryn Carson
HISTORY LESSON: A look back at how the event has unfolded over the years:
2015 Virginias/Maryland 7½-4½ River Landing (Landing), Wallace, N.C.
2014 Carolinas 9½-2½ Olde Mill, Laurel Fork
2013 Virginias/Maryland 6½-5½ The CC of North Carolina (Cardinal), Pinehurst, N.C.
2012 Carolinas 8½-3½ Independence GC, Midlothian
2011 Virginias/Maryland 7½-4½ Mid Pines Inn & GC, Southern Pines, N.C.
2010 Carolinas 9-3 Independence GC, Midlothian
2009 Carolinas 6½-5½ Mid Pines Inn & GC, Southern Pines, N.C.
2008 Carolinas 6½-5½ Danville GC, Danville
2007 Tied 6-6 The CC of North Carolina (Cardinal), Pinehurst, N.C.
2006 Carolinas 8-4 Independence GC, Midlothian
2005 Carolinas 20½-15½ Pine Needles Lodge & GC, Southern Pines, N.C.
2004 Carolinas 23-13 Independence GC, Midlothian
2003 Virginias/Maryland 8½-7½ Pinewild CC, Pinehurst, N.C.
2002 Carolinas 9-7 Independence GC, Midlothian