OCALA, FL (August 9, 2024) – The 6th Women’s Southeastern Challenge Match will take place at Club Adena, in Ocala, FL, on August 9-11, 2024. The event highlights 8-woman teams representing Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Each team consists of four amateurs and four senior amateurs (age 50+) selected by their respective state golf association.

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Meet the 2024 Alabama Team  

Amateur Team

• Molly Brown Davidson of Tuscaloosa
• Grace Engel of Huntsville
• Jinger Heath of Decatur
• Lauren Thompson of Midland City

Senior Team

• Cym Doggett of Huntsville
• Lea Green of McCalla
• Linda Jeffrey of Prattville
• Susan West of Tuscaloosa

Format
Day 1:

• Morning: Four-ball
• Afternoon: Foursomes (alternate shot)

Day 2:  

• Morning: Three-ball matches (A vs B, B vs C, C vs A)

Each match is worth one point with a half-point awarded for halved matches. No points are awarded for lost matches. 

Women’s Amateur Yardage: 5870 yards, par 35-35–70
Women’s Amateur Course/Slope Rating: 75.5/136

Women’s Senior Yardage: 5170 yards, par 35-35–70
Women’s Senior Course/Slope Rating: 71.7/131

Event History
The Women’s Southeastern Challenge Match debuted in 2012 as an event intended to promote goodwill and competition between the best amateur players, playing as a team, from Alabama, Florida and Georgia. The event is played biannually with women in even-numbered years and men competing in odd-numbered years. The site rotates between the three states. 

• Past Winners: Florida has won two matches, Georgia has three victories, and Alabama has no wins to date.
• The Country Club of Ocala in Ocala, FL hosted the first Challenge Match in 2012. Florida defeated Georgia and Alabama with total scores of 24, 20.5 and 18.5, respectively. 
• The 2022 match was hosted by The Lakewood Club in Point Clear, AL. Georgia defeated Florida and Alabama with a total score of 26.5, 20.5, and 16. The 2020 match was canceled due to COVID-19. The 2018 match was hosted by the Amelia Island Club at Long Point, Amelia Island, FL. Georgia defeated Florida and Alabama with total scores of 25.5, 25, and 12.5, respectively. 

For complete Southeastern Challenge Match history, please click here.

For more information regarding the Southeastern Challenge Match, please visit the Championship Website.

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. 
   
Media Contact:
Mikayla King
Director of Media, Marketing & Communications
Alabama Golf Association
205-803-6524
mikayla@alabamagolf.org