15th Mid-Atlantic Girls Challenge set for this weekend

15^th 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