The CSGA Links Volume 2 Issue 2 April, 2014 | Page 24

NEGA Features Full Slate of Championships for 2014
The New England Golf Association (NEGA) has released their schedule for 2014, which includes a
slate of premiere championships for all ages at some of the top golf courses in the Northeast.

New England Amateur Championship

Winchester Country Club

Dates: July 22nd - 24th (72 Holes Stroke Play)
Eligibility: Entries are open to amateur golfers who hold
membership in a club belonging to one of the six New England
State Golf Associations and have an up-to-date USGA/GHIN
Handicap Index not exceeding 5.4.
About the Club: Founded in 1902 in Winchester,
Massachusetts, the present 18-hole championship layout was
designed by Donald Ross in 1926. The course measures 6,832
yards from the back tees and plays to a par of 71.

New England Senior Amateur Championship
Dates: September 16th - 17th (36 Holes Stroke Play)
Eligibility: Entries are open to amateur golfers who will have reached
their 55th birthday by September 16, 2014, hold membership in a
club belonging to one of the six New England State Golf Associations
and have an up-to-date USGA/GHIN Handicap Index not exceeding
7.5 (for ages 55-64) and 9.4 (for ages 65 and up).
About the Club: Laconia Country Club is nestled between Lake
Opechee and Lake Winnipesaukee’s Paugus Bay in the heart of
the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. The course offers the perfect
combination of beauty and grace just a few miles from downtown
Laconia. Comprehensive renovations of the course have resulted in
an impeccably maintained championship course that was voted as
one of the “Top 100 Must Play Courses of New England” by Golfstyles
magazine for 2005 and 2006.

Laconia Country Club

New England Junior Amateur Invitational
Dates: August 18th - 20th (54 Holes Stroke Play)
Eligibility: Open to amateur golfers who have not reached
their 18th birthdaty by the start of the championship.
Team Selection: Top junior golfers from each of the six
New England states are selected by a committee. Players are
selected for the team based on finish in local, regional and
national events. The Connecticut Junior Amateur Champion and
Ledgemont Country Club
Runner-Up receive an automatic invitation.
About the Club: The current Championship golf course at Ledgemont CC was designed by renowned architect
Alfred Tull. Tull, a former Partner with Devereaux Emmet, was known for designing generous greens and
creating natural, flowing routings that fit the landscape.
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