Musgrove Country Club to Host 91st Alabama Women's State Amateur Championship & 5th Alabama Women's State Senior Match Play ChampionshipJASPER, AL (July 10, 2023) – The Alabama Golf Association’s 91st Alabama Women’s State Amateur Championship and 5th Alabama Women’s State Senior Match Play Championship will take place at Musgrove Country Club in Jasper, AL, July 11-13, 2023. 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 11 golfers within the Tournament Division.
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This year marks the second time that Musgrove Country Club has hosted the Women’s State Amateur and the first year it has hosted the Women’s State Senior Match Play Championships.
Molly Brown Davidson of Springville won the 90th Alabama Women’s State Amateur Championship title in 2022 at Mountain Brook Club in Birmingham, AL. Kathy
Hartwiger of Birmingham captured the 4th Alabama Women’s State Senior Match Play Championship title at Mountain Brook Club in Birmingham in 2022.
This year, the Champion of the Alabama Women’s State Amateur Championship will receive an exemption into the Sea Island Women’s Amateur Championship (July 24-27, 2023) on the Seaside Course. Learn more about the Sea Island Women’s Amateur Championship by visiting the
championship website
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The 91st 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.
The 5th 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. Players must have reached their 50th birthday by July 11, 2023. There will be two divisions: Championship and Tournament. Players must select their division during online registration.
Championship Facts:
91st Alabama Women’s State Amateur Championship
Championship Yardage / Course & Slope Rating:
5305 yards;
70.3/121 (par 35-36–71)
Tournament Yardage / Course & Slope Rating:
4987 yards; 68.5/117
(par 35-36–71)
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.
5th Alabama Women’s State Senior Match Play Championship
Championship Yardage / Course & Slope Rating:
6133 yards;
74.9/131 (par 35-36–71)
Tournament Yardage / Course & Slope Rating:
5305 yards;
70.3/121 (par 35-36–71)
Format
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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
Monday, July 10, 2023
Registration from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and practice rounds.
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Women’s State Amateur
| 7:30 a.m. – 18-hole stroke play qualifier to
determine positions for match play.
Women’s State Senior Match Play
| 7:30 a.m. – 18-hole stroke play qualifier for all divisions to
determine positions for match play.
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Women’s State Amateur
| 7:30 a.m. – (AM) Round of 16. (PM) Quarterfinals and Consolation Quarterfinals.
Women’s State Senior Match Play
| 7:30 a.m. – Senior Championship Division: (AM) Round of 8. (PM) Semifinals. Senior Championship Division Flights and Tournament Division: (AM) Semifinals.
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Women’s State Amateur
| 7:30 a.m. – (AM) Semifinals and Consolation Semifinals. (PM) Final and Consolation
Women’s State Senior Match Play
| 7:30 a.m. – 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 120 member clubs represented by over 27,000 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
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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
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For more information about the Alabama Golf Association, visit
www.alabamagolf.org.
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