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2008 Amateur Championship

DuPont Country Club

Wilmington, DE

 June 10, 11 and 12, 2008

 

 

Laura Crawford captures
2008 Women's Eastern Amateur Championship!

 

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Results of Long Drive Contest

 

 

 

 

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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

 

The Championship is open to female amateur golfers, with a certified handicap index of 11.5 or less and who belong to a WEGA Member Club (or have school affiliation) that has paid dues for 2008. Clubs and schools in the following states are eligible to join the Association: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

 

The field will be limited to the eighty (80) applicants with the lowest handicap index.

 

A current GHIN or IGN card must accompany the entry.  Entry must be filled out in its entirety, signed and postmarked on or before May 9th, 2008.  Post entries will be accepted is the field is not full.  Notification of acceptance will be mailed by May 16th, 2008.  Other applicants will be placed on a waiting list in order of handicap index, and vacancies will be offered in that order.  Waiting list applicants will be notified of their status.  A signature of parent or guardian will be required for applicants under 18 years of age.

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

The contestant’s club or school must be a member of the Women’s Eastern Golf Association. THE $30.00 NON-REFUNDABLE DUES FOR 2008 MUST BE PAID BEFORE THE ENTRY DEADLINE.

(Contestant may remit dues for her club).

PLEASE SEND DUES TO:

Debbie Weber

5801 Quiet Oak Ct

Burke, VA  22015

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FORMAT

 

54 Hole Stroke Play Championship

 

CHAMPIONSHIP FEES

 

A Contestant will be required to pay both the Entry Fee and the Host Club Fee and include the checks (2) with her entry form.

1.  Entry Fee: $90.00 Make check payable to WEGA.

2.  HOST CLUB FEE is $100.00 payable to DuPont Country Club.

This fee includes range balls and cart fee for four days.  Club storage is available for $10.00 per day payable at registration.  A player may carry her own bag but the full fee still applies.

 

Total refund for cancellations up to June 2nd, 2008.  Entry Fee will NOT be refunded after June 2nd, 2008.  Host Club Fee will NOT be refunded after June 6th, 2008.

 

CADDIES

 

No outside caddies permitted.

 

REGISTRATION / LATE ARRIVAL

 

Contestants MUST register on Monday, June 9th from 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at DuPont Country Club or notify the Committee of late arrival. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of place. DuPont Country Club Golf Shop:  302-421-1753.

 

PRACTICE ROUND

 

The course will be open to contestants from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, Monday June 9th.  Call Golf Shop for starting time after June 1st.  302-421-1753.

 

MANDATORY RULES MEETING

 

This is MANDATORY and will be held at the club on MONDAY, JUNE 9th at 5:30 p.m.

 

CLUB POLICIES

 

Dupont Country Club is a soft-spike and non-denim facility.  Shorts/skorts must be at least Bermuda length, not more than 5" above the knees.

 

Cell phones are not permitted on the golf course.

 

ACCOMMODATIONS / DIRECTIONS

 

Brandywine Valley Inn (Best Western)
1807 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE  19803
(302) 656-9436  $106.00 King/Double
Deadline 5/08/08

 

Quality Inn & Suites
4000 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE  19803

(302) 478-2222 or (302) 479-0850  $99.00 King/Double or $149.00 Suite

Deadline 5/18/08

 

The Inn at Wilmington   
300 Rocky Run Parkway, Wilmington, DE  19803
(302) 479-7900 group code 1981   

$119 King/Queen $10.00 extra for third or fourth person
Deadline  5/19/08

 

DIRECTIONS

 

To DuPont Country Club 302-421-1753 (Golf Shop).  Note, route 141 has been rerouted recently.  Old maps and navigator systems
will not reflect the current routing near the Club.  From Philadelphia Airport - Take I-95 south to route 202 north.  *Follow 141 traffic signs (immediate right exit, stay in left hand lane.)  Turn left on Children's Drive (second light).  At first light turn right onto Rockland Rd.  Club is on right.  From I-95 north - take exit for 202 North (Concord Pike) and follow directions from * above.  From NJ Turnpike and I-295 - Cross Delaware Memorial Bridge.  Go north on I-95 and follow directions above.  From 202 southbound - Take route 141 exit.  Turn right onto 141.  Turn left on Children's Drive, then right onto Rockland Rd.  Club is on the right.

 

PRIVATE HOUSING

 

A limited amount of housing will be available.  Contingent upon receipt of the private housing request (on entry form)
and acceptance to the Championship, a housing application will be sent.  Spaces will be filled on a first-come,
first served basis.

 

AIRPORT

 

Philadelphia International Airport is 30 minutes from the Club.  Baltimore Airport is 90 minutes away.

 

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

 

  • RULES MEETING - Mandatory - Monday, June 9th at 5:30 p.m. at the club

  • COOKOUT &LONG DRIVE CONTEST - Hosted by WEGA at DuPont Country Club on Tuesday
    June 10th at 5:30 pm

 

PRIZES

 

Prizes are awarded to the Champion and the Runner Up and the 8 Low Gross Finishers.

 

The OSGOOD SHIELD award is given for team stroke play and is competed for concurrently with the Championship.  Teams must have a minimum of five (5) players and will  be drawn. Posting 5 gross scores daily, the team having the lowest 3 day aggregate score wins the Shield. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team.

 

For information regarding this Championship please contact TEDDY STOCKWELL
tstockwell@womenseastern.org

 

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