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- LGA Announces 2019 Championship
Schedule
The Louisiana Golf Association (LGA)
announced its 2019 Championship Schedule
on Wednesday. The LGA will conduct 14
Championships, in addition to 16 State Amateur
and Mid-Amateur Championship Qualifiers.
The LGA is an Allied Golf Association of the
USGA, and as such, the governing body for
amateur golf in Louisiana will conduct eight
qualifiers on behalf of the USGA in 2019. The
LGA will officially unify with the Louisiana
Women’s Golf Association, effective January
1, 2019, and the organization will add five
women’s championships to next year’s slate.
“We are excited about our 2019 championship
schedule and the quality venues we can provide
our members an opportunity to play,” said LGA
Executive Director Logan Ray. “The 2019
schedule showcases facilities that give back to
the game by hosting our Championships, and
we sincerely appreciate their support. We are
especially proud to now conduct championships
for women, and we are looking forward to a fun
and competitive season.” Truly, 2019 will be a
banner year for amateur golfers in the Bayou
State as the LGA travels to excellent courses.
The stellar 2019 LGA Championship
Schedule is highlighted by the 100th LGA
Amateur Championship, to be conducted
at historic Baton Rouge Country Club, July
18-21. Registration for that event will open
February 1, and the entry deadline is June 11.
There will be eight LGA Amateur qualifying
sites available throughout the state. Baton
Rouge Country Club, established in 1916, is
one of the founding members of the LGA and
it is certainly fitting that the club will host the
centennial edition of state’s most prestigious
Amateur Championship. Baton Rouge Country
Club first hosted the Louisiana State Amateur
in 1923 and has hosted the event a total of five
times in all (1923, 1942, 1949, 1953, and 1968).
The 100th LGA Amateur in 2019 will mark
the first time the LGA will conduct its marquee
Championship at BRCC in 51 years (1968), an
event won by Shirley Picard of Lafayette with a
total of even par 288. The 100th LGA Amateur
Championship in Louisiana’s Capital City is
sure to be a tremendous celebration of golf in
the state, honoring the legacy and traditions
of the past while setting the stage for a bright
future. “The Baton Rouge Country Club is
excited to host the centennial edition of the
state’s most prestigious amateur golf event, the
2019 LGA State Amateur Championship,” said
Michael Masson, CCM General Manager at
Baton Rouge Country Club. “We are looking
forward to welcoming the field of Louisiana’s
top amateur players and confirming our historic
commitment to amateur golf.”
The 2019 Championship Season kicks off
on March 11th at the Jack Nicklaus designed
Country Club of Louisiana, site of the popular
U.S. Amateur and U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-
Ball Qualifiers. In fact, Louisiana boasts the
largest qualifying field and most qualifying spots
available anywhere in the United States. Four
teams from a field of 80 will punch their ticket
to the championship proper, to be conducted at
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Oregon, May 25-
29.
The LGA schedule officially kicks off in late
April with the Club Team Championship at
Greystone Golf & Country Club in Denham
Springs. This event matches teams from LGA
Member Clubs in an exciting Ryder Cup type
format consisting of 4-Ball stroke play on
Saturday and individual stroke play on Sunday.
This will mark the first time that Greystone
will host an LGA Championship, and the golf
course is sure to be in great shape next Spring.
The LGA will remain in the Baton Rouge area
for the subsequent event, the Women’s Four-
Ball Championship, which will be conducted at
Beaver Creek Golf Course in Zachary, May 1-2.
Beaver Creek is one of the top public facilities in
Louisiana and will be a treat for competitors in
the Women’s Four-Ball.
Money Hill Golf & Country Club in Abita
Springs will host the LGA Senior Amateur and
Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships, May
19