84th Alabama Women's State Amateur Heads to Musgrove CC from Jun

Musgrove Country Club

BIRMINGHAM, AL (June 20, 2016) - The Alabama Golf Association with conduct the 84th Alabama Women’s State Amateur Championship at Musgrove Country Club in Jasper, AL from June 22-24.

39 players are scheduled to compete in this year’s championship (31 in the Championship Division, 8 in the Tournament Division).

Heather Nail (Hartselle, AL) defeated Kathy Hartwiger (Birmingham, AL), 1 up, last year at Gadsden Country Club. Nail is in the field to defend her title this week.

There are two divisions in the Women’s State Amateur, Championship (longer tees) and Tournament (shorter tees). The Champion will come from the Championship Division only. Championship and tournament division players losing in the first round will fall into a consolation bracket.

The Championship Division will play an 18-hole stroke play qualifier starting at 8:00am on Wednesday to determine the low 16 players and seeding order for the match play portion of the championship. Remaining championship division players will be flighted and seeded according to their qualifying score.

The Tournament Division will play an 18-hole stroke play qualifier to determine the positions for match play. Players will be divided into flights of four (4) based upon qualifying score to compete in the match play portion of the championship.

Awards will be presented to the Champion, runner-up and semifinalists in the Championship Division. All other flights awards presented to winner and runner-up. All flights will be awarded a consolation bracket winner. In addition, the Champion will have her name engraved on the permanent trophy housed at the AGA office.

Musgrove Country Club Information

PGA Head Golf Professional: Phil Green

Physical Address: 916 Country Club Road, Jasper, AL 35503

Club Website: www.musgrovecc.com

Golf Shop Phone: 205-221-7902

Championship Yardage

Championship Division=6004 yards

Tournament Division=4987 yards

Championship Schedule

Tuesday, June 21

All Day: Practice rounds.

9:00am-4:00pm: Player Registration in the Clubhouse.