AUBURN, AL (July 8, 2024) – The Alabama Golf Association’s 1st Alabama Women's State Match Play Championship and 6th Alabama Women's State Senior Match Play Championship will be held at Auburn University Club in Auburn, AL from July 9-11, 2024.

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This year marks the first-ever playing of the Alabama Women’s State Match Play Championship and the sixth playing of the Alabama Women’s State Senior Match Play Championship. Theresa Mahlik of Madison defeated Lea Green of McCalla to capture the State Senior Match Play Championship title at Musgrove Country Club in Jasper, AL in 2023.

Entries for the Alabama Women's State Match Play 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.

Entries for the Alabama Women's State Senior Match Play 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 9, 2024. There will be two divisions: Championship and Tournament. Players must select their division during online registration.

Championship Facts: 

Women’s State Match Play Yardage: 5948 yards, par 36-36–72 (Championship Division); 5509 yards, par 36-36–72
Women’s State Match Play Course & Slope Rating: 74.9/137 (Championship Division); 72.2/131 (Tournament Division)

Women’s State Senior Match Play Yardage: 5509 yards, par 36-36–72 (Championship Division); 5203 yards, par 36-36–72 (Tournament Division)
Women’s State Senior Match Play Course & Slope Rating: 72.2/131 (Championship Division); 70.5/126 (Tournament Division)

Women’s State Match Play Championship 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 and the remaining players will be placed into flights according to the number of entries within the division. A tie for the last qualifier’s place in the Championship Division will be decided immediately by a hole-by-hole playoff. Players are responsible for making themselves available at the scoreboard for play-off instructions. The play-off holes and their order of play will be determined by the Committee. Championship Division Flights will be divided into flights of four (4) to compete at match play based on qualifying round score. USGA recommended scorecard playoff procedure (last 9, last 6, etc.) will be used to decide a flight break tie. 
• Tournament Division players will be divided into flights of four (4) to compete at match play based on qualifying round score. USGA recommended scorecard playoff procedure (last 9, last 6, etc.) will be used to decide a flight break tie. 
• Match Play Seeding: General numerical draw will be used. For purposes of determining places in the draw, ties in qualifying rounds for the #1 seed in the Championship Flight will be decided by USGA recommended scorecard playoff procedure (last 9, last 6, etc.) and all others will be decided by lot. 
• Match Play stipulated round is 18 holes. In the event of a match standing all square after 18 holes, the stipulated round is extended on a hole-by-hole basis until a winner is determined. 
• In each division, all players that lose in round one will be placed in a consolation flight. 
• Overall Champion is the Championship Division winner.

• 18 holes of gross individual stroke play to determine seeding. 
• Championship Division will be cut to the low 8 players from the stroke play qualifier and the remaining players will be placed into flights according to the number of entries within the division. A tie for the last qualifier’s place in the Championship Division will be decided immediately by a hole-by-hole playoff. Players are responsible for making themselves available at the scoreboard for play-off instructions. The play-off holes and their order will be determined by the Committee. 
• Senior Tournament players will be divided into flights of four (4) to compete at match play based on qualifying round score. USGA recommended scorecard playoff procedure (last 9, last 6, etc.) will be used to decide a flight break tie.
• Match Play Seeding: General numerical draw will be used. For purposes of determining places in the draw, ties in qualifying rounds for the #1 seed in the First Flight will be decided by matching scorecards according to the USGA recommendation shown in the Committee Procedures section within the Rules of Golf – “Matching Scorecards”.
• Match Play stipulated round is 18 holes. In the event of a match standing all square after 18 holes, the stipulated round is extended on a hole-by-hole basis until a winner is determined. 
• All players that lose in round one will be placed in a consolation flight. 
• Senior Champion is the Senior Championship Division winner.

Women's State Match Play Championship Schedule:
Monday, July 8
Registration and Practice Rounds

Tuesday, July 9 7:30AM
First Round, 18-hole stroke play qualifier for all divisions to determine positions for match play.

Wednesday, July 10 7:30AM
Championship Division: (AM) Round of 16. (PM) Quarterfinals and Consolation Quarterfinals. Tournament Division: (AM) Semifinals.

Thursday, July 11 7:30AM
Championship Division:(AM) Semifinals and Consolation Semifinals. (PM) Final and Consolation Tournament Division: (AM) Finals and Consolation Finals.

Women's State Senior Match Play Championship Schedule:
Monday, July 8
Registration and Practice Rounds

Tuesday, July 9 7:30AM
1st Round, 18-hole stroke play qualifier for all divisions to determine positions for match play.

Wednesday, July 10 7:30AM
Senior Championship Division: (AM) Round of 8. (PM) Semi-finals.
Senior Championship Division Flights and Tournament Division: (AM) Semi-finals.

Thursday, July 11 7:30AM
Senior Championship Division: (AM) Finals and Consolation Finals.
Senior Championship Division Flights and Tournament Division: (AM) Finals and Consolation Finals.

This Championship is 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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