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34th Annual Georgia-South Carolina Junior Challenge Match
The Reserve at Lake Keowee Club, Sunset, S.C.
Friday-Saturday, July 17-18, 2009

Format and Schedule
The 34th annual Georgia-South Carolina Junior Challenge Match takes place Friday and Saturday, July 17-18. The two-day event consists of eight singles matches per day. Each match is worth one point, and both teams are awarded a half point for matches that are all square after 18 holes.

Eligibility
Teams are composed of the top eight finishers from each state’s 2009 Junior Championship. Any necessary player substitutions follow the order of finish as well. Golfers were eligible for the Georgia Junior Championship if they were between the ages of 14 and 17 at the time of the Championship (June 22-24), are Georgia residents and GSGA members or dependents of GSGA members.

Event History
This interstate competition, which alternates between the two states each year, was the first of its kind when it started in 1976. Georgia owns a 21-12 advantage in the all-time series and has won four of the last five matches, including an 11 ½ - 4 ½ victory in 2008 at Hawks Ridge Golf Club in Ball Ground, Ga. The Georgia squad holds a slight 9-8 series lead when the event is held in the Palmetto State. Georgia has a distinguished list of past competitors, including PGA Tour professionals Davis Love III, Gene Sauers, Bob Tway and Larry Mize and Georgia Amateur Champions Bill Bergin (1981), Carter Mize (1993-94), Jack Croyle (2000), Jonathan Shiflet (2002), Brian Harman (2005), Harris English (2007) and Russell Henley (2008-09).

Host Club: The Reserve at Lake Keowee Club
The Reserve at Lake Keowee was designed by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 2002. The head golf professional is Bo Bowden and the club manager is Frank Santoro. The golf shop phone number is (864) 869-2106. Web site is www.reserveatlakekeowee.com.

Directions to The Reserve at Lake Keowee – I-85 North to South Carolina Exit #1 (Hwy. 11). Continue on Hwy. 11 for 40 minutes and turn right on Hwy. 133. Main entrance is two miles on the right. Physical address is 190 Village Green Loop, Sunset, S.C. 29685.

Team Georgia Highlights
• Georgia’s team will feature eight new faces as there are no returning players on this year’s squad. South Carolina has just one returning player, Stephen Behr of Florence, who competed in 2007.
• Team Georgia will be anchored by 2009 Georgia Junior Champion Scott Wolfes of St. Simons Island. Wolfes posted rounds of 68-66-67 to capture the Georgia Junior by four strokes at Sea Island Golf Club’s Retreat Course this past June.
• Other team members, in order of their finish at the Georgia Junior, include Michael Garretson of Acworth (3rd), Will Evans of McDonough (4th), Jack Walsh of Lawrenceville (5th), Anders Albertson of Woodstock (T-6th), Gus Wagoner of Duluth (T-6th), Henry Mabbett of Griffin (T-6th) and Ty Howze of Hahira (T-9th).
• Albertson, who tied for eighth in the 2008 Georgia Public Links Championship, is currently competing in the U.S. Public Links Championship in Norman, Okla. If he advances in the match play bracket, he will be replaced in the Georgia lineup by Zach Hartman of St. Simons Island, who tied for ninth at the Georgia Junior.
• Four members of Team Georgia – Howze, Mabbett, Wagoner and Wolfes – competed in last week’s Georgia Amateur Championship at Country Club of Columbus. Wolfes made the 36-hole cut and finished tied for 48th overall.

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About the GSGA
Founded in 1916, the Georgia State Golf Association (GSGA) received its official charter on June 24, 1924. Since that date, the GSGA has grown to one of the largest state amateur golf associations in the country, with over 355 member clubs and 85,000 individual members. With a mission to promote and preserve amateur golf in the state of Georgia, GSGA offers a computerized handicapping service, course rating and measuring, and annually conducts a full schedule of statewide competitions for men and women of all age groups. Other services include a summer-long junior sectional program, award-winning Golf Georgia magazine, membership recognition and rewards programs and a charitable foundation administering two college scholarship programs.


34th Annual Georgia-South Carolina Junior Challenge Match
The Reserve at Lake Keowee Club, Sunset, S.C.
July 17-18, 2009

Pairings

Round One - Friday, July 17
Time South Carolina Georgia
8:00 a.m. Adam Goins, Gaffney vs Henry Mabbett, Griffin
8:08 a.m. Ben Fogler, Columbia vs Ty Howze, Hahira
8:16 a.m. Damon Postal, Blythewood vs Anders Albertson, Woodstock
8:24 a.m. Stephen Behr, Florence vs Gus Wagoner, Duluth
8:32 a.m. Brannan Hudson, Columbia vs Will Evans, McDonough
8:40 a.m. Tate Hoisington, Hilton Head vs Jack Walsh, Lawrenceville
8:48 a.m. Cory Taylor, Greer vs Scott Wolfes, St. Simons Island
8:56 a.m. Caulder Moore, Isle of Palms vs Michael Garretson, Acworth

Round Two - Saturday, July 18
Time South Carolina Georgia
8:00 a.m. Adam Goins, Gaffney vs Ty Howze, Hahira
8:08 a.m. Ben Fogler, Columbia vs Henry Mabbett, Griffin
8:16 a.m. Damon Postal, Blythewood vs Gus Wagoner, Duluth
8:24 a.m. Stephen Behr, Florence vs Anders Albertson, Woodstock
8:32 a.m. Brannan Hudson, Columbia vs Jack Walsh, Lawrenceville
8:40 a.m. Tate Hoisington, Hilton Head vs Will Evans, McDonough
8:48 a.m. Cory Taylor, Greer vs Michael Garretson, Acworth
8:56 a.m. Caulder Moore, Isle of Palms vs Scott Wolfes, St. Simons Island