Mountain Brook Club, Birmingham, ALMOUNTAIN BROOK, AL (July 5, 2022) – The Alabama Golf Association’s 90th Alabama Women’s State Amateur Championship and 4th Alabama Women’s State Senior Match Play Championship will take place at the Mountain Brook Club in Mountain Brook, AL, July 6-8, 2022. This week, 34 players will compete for the Women’s State Amateur title. There will be four golfers playing in the Women’s State Senior Match Play Championship Division and 12 golfers within the Tournament Division.
Championship Links: Starting Times (Round 1) | Scoring & Results | Club Website | Championship Website
This year marks the first time that Mountain Brook Club has hosted the Women’s State Amateur and Women’s State Senior Match Play Championships. Taylor Trible of Birmingham claimed the champion title at the 2021 Women’s State Amateur Championship. Trible returns this year to defend her title. Kathy Hartwiger of Birmingham won the 3rd Alabama Women’s State Senior Match Play Championship in 2021 at RTJ Golf Trail at The Shoals in Muscle Shoals, AL. Hartwiger also returns this year to defend her title.
The 90th Alabama Women’s State Amateur Championship entries are open to any female amateur golfer who is a legal resident of Alabama and has an active GHIN® USGA Handicap Index® at an AGA member club. There will be two divisions: Championship and Tournament. Players must select their division during online registration.
The 4th Alabama Women’s State Senior Match Play Championship entries are open to any female amateur golfer who is a legal resident of Alabama and has an active GHIN® USGA Handicap Index® at an AGA member club. Player must have reached 50th birthday by July 6, 2022. There will be two divisions: Championship and Tournament. Players must select their division during online registration.
Championship Facts:
90th Alabama Women’s State Amateur Championship
Championship Yardage / Course & Slope Rating: 6020 yards; 75.3/131 (par 36-35–71)
Tournament Yardage / Course & Slope Rating: 5346 yards; 72.2/12; 71.5/123 (par 36-35–71)
Format: 18 holes of gross individual stroke play to determine seeding within each division. Championship Division will be cut to low 16 players from the stroke play qualifier that will compete for the overall championship. Remaining Championship Division players will be divided into flights of four (4). Tournament Division players will be divided into flights of four (4) to compete at match play based on qualifying round score. All players are guaranteed a minimum of two matches due to consolation brackets for each flight.
4th Alabama Women’s State Senior Match Play Championship
Championship Yardage / Course & Slope Rating: 5346 yards; 71.5/123 (par 36-35–71)
Tournament Yardage / Course & Slope Rating: 4702 yards; 67.8/116 (par 36-36–72)
Format: 18 holes of gross individual stroke play to determine seeding within each flight. Senior Championship Division will be cut to low 8 players from the stroke play qualifier that will compete for the overall championship. Remaining Championship Division players will be divided into flights of four (4). Senior Tournament Division players will be divided into flights of four (4) to compete at match play based on qualifying round score. All players are guaranteed a minimum of two matches due to consolation brackets for each flight.
Championship Schedule:
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
All Day: Registration and practice rounds.
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Women’s State Amateur | 7:30 a.m. – 1st Round, 18-hole stroke play qualifier for all divisions to determine positions for match play.
Women’s State Senior Match Play | 18-hole stroke play qualifier to determine positions for match play.
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Women’s State Amateur | 7:30 a.m. – Championship Division: (AM) Round of 16. (PM) Quarterfinals and Consolation Quarterfinals. Tournament Division: (AM) Semifinals.
Women’s State Senior Match Play | Senior Championship Division: (AM) Round of 8. (PM) Semifinals. Senior Championship Division Flights and Tournament Division: (AM) Semifinals.
Friday, July 8, 2022
Women’s State Amateur | 7:30 a.m. – Championship Division: (AM) Semifinals and Consolation Semifinals. (PM) Final and Consolation Tournament Division: (AM) Finals and Consolation Finals.
Women’s State Senior Match Play | Senior Championship Division: (AM) Finals and Consolation Finals. Senior Championship Division Flights and Tournament Division: (AM) Finals and Consolation Finals.
About the Alabama Golf Association (AGA)
The Alabama Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization founded in 1915 whose mission is to serve and promote amateur golf in Alabama. AGA membership consists of over 115 member clubs represented by over 24,000 individuals. The activities and services of the Alabama Golf Association are governed by a Board of Directors consisting of Alabama golfers who wish to serve the game and the association through service.
AGA is the USGA's liaison for golf in Alabama conducting national championship qualifying, administering the USGA Handicap system including the GHIN Handicap service, course & slope rating and education. The AGA annually conducts 23 championships and team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. The AGA also conducts Alabama high school golf championships and assists with many collegiate events including the SEC Men's Golf Championship. In addition to competitions, the AGA administers the AGA Women's Scholarship Fund that is dedicated to assisting young female golfers in higher education and supports the Alabama Turfgrass Research Foundation.
Since 1980, the AGA has managed the affairs of the Southern Golf Association which includes conducting the Southern Amateur Championship and Southern Junior Championship, in conjunction with the Board of Directors of the Southern Golf Association.
For more information about the Alabama Golf Association, visit www.alabamagolf.org.
Media Contact:
Savannah Snowden
Manager of Media, Marketing & Communications
Alabama Golf Association
205-803-6524
savannah@alabamagolf.org
