82nd Women's Kentucky State Amateur Championship

| Schedule of Events | Practice Round | WKSGA Business Meeting and Banquet |

| WKSGA Regulations | Caddies | Dress Code | Entries | Fees | Accommodations |

| Awards and Recipients | Qualifying Tee Times | Tournament Scorecard |

| 2007 Results | 2006 Results | 2005 Results |

Schedule of Events

Practice Round

Each contestant may play one free practice round between May 1 and June 22 (cart fee is not included). You must call for a tee time for your practice round.

Elizabethtown Country Club Pro Shop number is: 270-737-7707.

Additional rounds may be played - only during weekdays. The cost is $20 green fee and $15 cart fee. Again, you must call for a tee time.

The tournament scorecard information will be available after May 22. The Pro Shop will also have the information after this date.

WKSGA Business Meeting

The Business meeting will be held prior to the Banquet. We urge all players to attend this meeting. Election of officers will be held. At this time, the slate has not been set. A card will be sent to all members a minimum of fifteen (15) days prior to the Business Meeting.

WKSGA Banquet

The Banquet will be held at Elizabethtown Country Club - Clubhouse. All participants and their guests are encourage to attend. The award ceremony will follow the meal.

WKSGA Regulations

• Every player must have a current, active U.S.G.A. GHIN handicap card from a member club. Current is defined as: there are at least 5 scores posted within the last year. Juniors are eligible for free GHIN cards...therefore, there is NO reason not to have a handicap card! If you have questions regarding the handicap card and how to obtain one, please see you club pro or contact the Kentucky Golf Association.
• The tournament will be conductedd under USGA rules with such exceptions as the Tournament Committee may announce.
• Pairings and starting times will be mailed to all contestants approximately one week prior to the tournament. If we have participants who withdraw, the pairings and starting times may change. Make sure to check the starting tee time form when you register for the tournament on the Sunday prior to the Qualifying Round on Monday.
• The Championship Flight will consist of the 31 low qualifiers and the defending Champion or the 32 low qualifiers in the event the defending Champion is not entered.
• Ties for the last place in the Championship Flight shall be played off, hole by hole. Players thus tied must be available for play at the time of the play-off or forfeit their right to the upper flight. Ties for the last place in other flights will be determined by USGA rules.
• Ties for Medalist will receive duplicate prizes.
• Contestants who are late for their starting times shall be penalized according to USGA rules
• Once a contestant has been paired for match play, she is required to play all matches until eliminated unless withdrawal is approved by the Board of Directors. Non-compliance with this rule will result in a one-year ban from State Tournament participation.
• Pace of Play will be strictly enforced. Players who choose to walk will be expected to keep pace of play with others in their group. For rulings on any questions, consult the USGA Rules or members of the Rules Committee.
• In this competition, a player may obtain distance information by using a device that measure distance only. If, during any round, a player uses a distance-measuring device that is designed to guage or measure other conditions that might affect her play, the player is in breach of Rule 14-3, for which the penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether any such additional function is actually used.
• Carts will be allowed for both player and caddies upon pre-payment. Members of Elizabethtown Country Club may use their personal carts, however, no other personal carts will be allowed.

Caddies

Contestants who choose to use a caddie must specify such on their entry form. Please introduce the caddie to your fellow-competitors or opponent. Should there be any questions regarding the use of a caddie or etiquette - please see a Board member or a Rules Official.

Caddies may ride in carts only if they have prepaid. (See entry form)

Dress Code

The Executive Board and Tournament Committee request that proper golf attire be worn. No tank tops or denim.

Entries

The entry form and entry fee of $100.00 plus other fees should be in the hands of the Executive Secretary by June 7.

The first 111 entries with the lowest handicaps (112 in the event the defending champion is not entered) will be paired for qualifying. Other entries will be placed on a waiting list and be so notified. Entry fees will be refunded only to those on the waiting list and not accepted because of an unusually large number of entries. Should there be illness, injury or a death, fees will be returned upon receipt of a completed Refund Request Form. This form may be requested from the Executive Secretary.

Judy Lyle, Executive Secretary
104 South 9th Street
Murray, KY 42071-2429

Entries will be posted to the web site (sorted by lowest to highest handicap) as they arrive. You may view this section at 2008 Amateur Entries. In the event that the field is full, entries received after the deadline will be sorted by the date that they are postmarked.

Entry Forms

Entry forms may be obtained by contacting the Executive Secretary. The following links are for the pieces of information that go out to the member clubs and individuals. These links are in Portable Document Format (.pdf) for easy printing.

2008 Tournament Invitation

2008 Tournament Entry

2008 Letter to the Members and Participants

Fees

• Entry Fee: $100.00 - includes one practice round, tournament play, all social fees, and range balls prior to each stipulated round.
• Social Fee - nonparticipants: $40.00 - includes cookout and banquet. Social events must be paid for before June 13. After that date, arrangements must be made with Elizabethtown Country Club.
• Cart Fees: $15.00 per person per round. Please check the appropriate box on your entry form.
  • For players only - please add $45 to your entry fee for rounds on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
  • For players riding with caddies, please add $90.00 to your entry fee.
  • Cart fees for rounds on Thursday and Friday must be paid in the Pro Shop.
  • Players who elect to walk, but then change their mind, must make arrangements with the Pro Shop.
• Club Storage: $10.00 for storage Sunday - Wednesday
• Range Balls: Included in entry fee

Accomodations

Everyone participating in the State Amateur are encouraged to make room reservations early.

Tournament Headquarters:
Best Western Atrium Gardens
270-769-3030
For special room rates mention the Women's Kentucky State Golf Association - State Amateur

Other lodging in the area includes:

• Comfort Inn 270-765-4166
• Days Inn 270-769-5522
• Fairfield Inn & Suites 270-769-1440
• Hampton Inn 270-765-6663
• Holiday Inn Express 270-769-1334
  
  

Awards and Recipients

The recipient(s) of the Team Cup, Brown Hotel Cup, Runner-Up Cup and Pendleton Trophy shall keep these trophies in their possession until no later than September 1. At that time, the trophies shall be turned over to the Golf House Kentucky for engraving and display until the next years tournament.

Team Cup

The Team Cup will be competed for during the Qualifying Round. The lowest aggregate gross score that is made by three players representing any one club wins the Cup.

Brown Hotel Cup

J. Graham Brown donated the permanent Association Championship Trophy, designated as the Brown Hotel Cup in 1923. This trophy is awarded to the winner of the Championship Flight.

WKSGA Championship Runner Up Cup

The Runner-up Cup will be presented to the runner-up in the Championship Final.

Pendleton Trophy

The Pendleton Trophy was donated by Winchester Country Club. It is awarded to the senior contestant with the lowest qualifying score. Entry forms must be marked in order for the senior woman to be eligible. Eligibility requirement: has reached her 55th birthday on or before Qualifying Day.

Junior Medalist

Any contestant who has not reached her 19th birthday on or before qualifying day is eligible to win a special Junior Medalist prize. Entry forms must be marked in order for the junior to be eligible.

Currans Memorial Low Net Trophy

The trophy will be presented to the player who has the lowest net score on qualifying day. In the event of a tie, there will be a scorecard playoff. The player MUST have a current, active handicap card in order to be eligible.

2007 Recipients

• Brown Hotel Cup......................................................................Mrs. Jessica Grace, Players Club of Henderson
• WKSGA Runner-Up Cup.........................................................Miss Morgan Cross, Elizabethtown Country Club
• Medalist (72).............................................................................Mrs. Jessica Grace, Players Club of Henderson
  ....................................................................................................Miss Laura Caniff, Bellafonte Country Club
• Senior Medalist (75).................................................................Mrs. Marsha Bordas, Lone Oak Country Club
• Junior Medalist (73)..................................................................Miss Karissa Akin, Elizabethtown Country Club
• Low Net Trophy (83/66)............................................................Miss Megan Foley, Andover Country Club
• Team Trophy.............................................................................Elizabethtown Country Club (Karissa Akin (73), Morgan Cross (76), Caitlyn Wilkerson (80)