By Norgie Hester
Golf in southeastern North Carolina, fortunately, can be played 12 months a year. We have some real great affordable courses in our area which give our citizens a chance to play with their buds.
Up until a few years ago there was no organized situation where a golfer could play in competition. A group of forward thinking men came up with a solution for this. They formed the Southeastern Fellowship Golf Association. It’s an organization that has contracted with area golf courses that allowed golfers to enjoy great fellowship, good competition, and a weekly foray into the wonderful world of golf.
They schedule, each year, starting in March and ending in November, over 30 tournaments. They use different formats from best ball, Captain’s Choice, stableford and some I have never heard of. Whatever format they used it was always interesting and a way for golfers to pick up a few coins.
Men such as Junior Nance, John Blake, Rob Conway, Dr. L.R. Odham, Linwood Hedgepeth and some that I am not aware of did a great job in forming SFGA. They saw a need … and they filled that need and SFGA golfers owe them a debt of gratitude.
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