August Newsletter

WSCGA Skills and Etiquette Social

New Golfers Only

September 19th

RiverTowne Country Club

Mt Pleasant, SC

5 - 7pm

Included: Chip and putt games, social hour with apps, skills and etiquette clinic, and 3 free months of GHIN membership

WSCGA Rule of the Month

Rule 6.2 - Playing the Ball from the Teeing Area

a. The teeing area rules below only apply whenever you are required or allowed to play from the teeing area.

b. Teeing Area Rules:

1. A ball is in the teeing area when any part of the ball touches or is above any part of the teeing area (see diagram below).  And the player may stand outside the teeing area in making the stroke at a ball in the teeing area.

2. The ball must be played from either:

   • A tee placed in or on the ground, or

   • The ground itself

3.  Certain playing conditions may be altered/improved in the Teeing Area:

   • Alter the surface of the ground (such as by making an indentation with a club or foot)

   • Move, bend or break grass, weeds and other natural objects that are attached or growing in the ground

   • Remove or press down sand and soil

   • Remove dew, frost and water in the

4. General Penalty for moving a Tee Marker to improve the conditions affecting the stroke
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   • The ball is not in play until the player makes a stroke at it, and

   • The ball may be lifted or moved without penalty before the stroke is made

6. If the player’s ball is still in the teeing area after a stroke (such as a teed ball after a stroke that missed the ball) the player may:

   • Lift or move the ball without penalty

   • Play that ball or another ball from anywhere in the teeing area from a tee or the ground under, or play the ball as it lies.

Events Open

WSCGA State Amateur Championship

August 12 - 14th

Debordieu Club

Georgetown, SC

$210 per Player

*Winner receives exemption into the 2025 US Women's Amateur Championship

Registration Closes July 29th

2024 South Carolina Women's Open

Pro-Am - August 29th

Senior Open - August 30 - 31st

 Senior Amateurs (50+) and Senior Professionals (45+)

Open - August 30th - September 1st

Open Amateurs and Professionals

Cobblestone Park Golf Club

Blythewood, SC

WSCGA One-Day Event 

Country Club of Newberry

August 20th

Country Club of Newberry

Newberry, SC

$66 per Player / $264 per Team

Stroke Play / 4 Person 2 Best Ball

Registration Closes August 6th @ 5pm

WSCGA One-Day Event

Snee Farm Country Club

August 22nd

Snee Farm Country Club

Mount Pleasant, SC

$85 per Player / $170 per Team

Stroke Play / 2 Person Best Ball

Registration Closes August 8th @ 5pm

Sponsor

WSCGA One-Day Event

Keowee Key Golf Course

August 27th

Keowee Key Golf Course

Salem, SC

$154 per Team

2 Person Best Ball

Registration Closes August 13th @5pm

WSCGA One-Day Event 

The Fort Club

September 5th

The Fort Club

Ninety Six, SC

$64 per Player / $256 per Team

Stroke Play / 4 Person 2 Best Ball

Registration Closes August 22nd @9am

Register for the WSCGA Hole in One Club

Events Opening for Registration

WSCGA One-Day Event

Traces Golf Club

September 11th

Traces Golf Club

Florence, SC

$60 per Player / $240 per Team

Stroke Play / 4 Person 1,2,3 Best Ball

WSCGA One-Day Event 

Charleston Municipal Course

September 17th

Charleston Municipal Golf Course

Charleston, SC

$69 per Player / $138 per Team

Stroke Play / 2 Person Best Ball

WSCGA One-Day Event

Grand Harbor Golf Club

October 7th

Grand Harbor Golf Club

Ninety Six, SC

$74 Per Player

Stroke Play