Agoura woman to play for amateur golf title





Lisa Carman of Agourais one of 3,800 golfers expected to participate in the 2006 PGA Tour Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Aug. 28 through Sept. 1.

The 3,800 golfers come from all 50 states and 24 countries to compete for the title of “World’s Amateur Golf Champion.”

The PGA Tour Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship, the world’s largest single-site golf tournament, is a 72-hole tournament played on 55 Myrtle Beacharea golf courses each August. The World Am is open to

any amateur golfer with a verified United States Golf Association handicap, or the foreign equivalent for international players.

Players are seeded according to their handicap with more than 100 golfers playing in each of the tournament’s approximately 39 flights.

At the conclusion of the four rounds, flight winners advance to the 18-hole championship playoff at the renowned Dunes Golf and Beach Club on Fri., Sept. 1.

“We welcome Carman to the 23rd annual World Am,” said Steve Mays, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday’s tournament director.


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