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This marks the second time Limestone Springs Golf Club has hosted the Alabama State Senior Championship and the first time it has hosted the Alabama State Super-Senior Championship. Defending Champion, Shaw Pritchett of Montgomery, returns to compete for this year’s State Senior title. Dana Amberson of Decatur returns to this year’s field to defend his 2023 State-Super Senior title. The inaugural State Senior Champion, Sam Farlow of Birmingham, holds the record of most wins with 6 victories (1998, 2000-2004).
State Senior Amateur Championship entries are open to any male amateur golfer who is a legal resident of Alabama, has an active GHIN® USGA Handicap Index® at an AGA member club that does not exceed 9.9 and has reached his 50th birthday by May 17, 2024.
State Super-Senior Amateur Championship entries are open to any male amateur golfer who is a legal resident of Alabama, has an active GHIN® USGA Handicap Index® at an AGA member club that does not exceed 12.9 and has reached his 65th birthday by May 17, 2024.
State Senior & Super-Senior Amateur Championship(s) Facts:
Yardage: 6500 yards, par 36-36–72 (State Senior); 5868 yards, par 36-36–72 (State Super-Senior)
Course & Slope Rating: 70.6/133 (State Senior); 68.1/123/140 (State Super-Senior)
Championship Format:
- 54 holes of gross individual stroke play.
- The field will be cut to the low 38 and ties (State Senior) & low 22 and ties (State Super-Senior) after 36 holes.
- The lowest score for 54 holes will be the Champion.
- In the event of a tie for the Championship, a hole-by-hole play-off will be held immediately following play. The play-off holes and order of play will be determined by the AGA. All other ties will be split equally.
- Initial groupings will be for the first two rounds. Following the cut, the field will be re-paired by score for the final round.
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Tee times available for practice. Registration from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Friday, May 17, 2024
7:30 a.m. - Morning tee times off #1 & #10 tees.
12:30 p.m. - Afternoon tee times off #1 & #10 tees.
18 holes of Stroke Play.
Saturday, May 18, 2024
7:30 a.m. - Morning tee times off #1 & #10 tees.
12:30 p.m. - Afternoon tee times off #1 & #10 tees.
Field cut to the low 38 and ties (State Senior) & low 22 and ties (State Super-Senior) after 36 holes.
Field re-grouped according to score.
Sunday, May 19, 2024
7:30 a.m. - Tee times off #1 & #10 tees.
18 holes of Stroke Play.
These Championships are conducted by the Alabama Golf Association.
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 120 member clubs represented by over 28,000 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. A full-time professional staff of seven individuals handles day-to-day activities.
Based in Hoover, the AGA is the USGA's Allied Golf Association in Alabama conducting national championship qualifying, administering the World Handicap System including the GHIN Handicap service, course & slope rating, and Rules of Golf & Handicapping education. The AGA annually conducts 24 championships; team match competitions for men, women, junior and seniors; AHSAA high school golf championship and the SEC Men's Golf Championship. The AGA manages the Junior Golf Alabama program that is a joint venture between the AGA and Alabama-NW Florida PGA Section.
In addition to competitions, the AGA administers the AGA Scholarship Fund through the Alabama Golf Foundation that is dedicated to assisting young golfers in higher education. Additionally, the Alabama Golf Foundation supports the Youth on Course Alabama program providing facility access to junior golfers and provides funding for the Alabama Turfgrass Research Foundation. In 2016, the AGA earned the Gold Tee Award for “Outstanding Tournament Operations – Small Association” by the International Association of Golf Administrators (IAGA).
Since 1980, the AGA has managed the affairs of the Southern Golf Association which includes conducting the historic Southern Amateur Championship and Southern Junior Championship, in conjunction with the SGA Board of Directors. AGA staff also administers day-to-day operations of the Elite Amateur Golf Series. For more information about the Alabama Golf Association, visit www.alabamagolf.org.
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