The second Georgia-South Carolina Girls’ Junior Challenge Match took place August 4-5 at Berkeley Hall in Bluffton, SC. Sponsored by the WSCGA Vicki Hillen Junior Golf Foundation and the Georgia State Golf Association; the matches bring together the top junior girl golfers in the two neighboring states. Teams are composed of the top four finishers from each state’s 2007 Girls’ Championship. The two-day event consists of four singles matches per day. The tournament’s format changed to awarding three points for each match: one for the front nine, one for the back nine and one for overall. Both teams are awarded a half point for matches that are all square. Matches were worth only one point last year when South Carolina won 5-3.

After nabbing a comeback victory last year, South Carolina struggled early and trailed 8 ½ -3 ½ after Saturdays round. Cayci Ruppe kept the South Carolina team alive through nine holes on Sunday, but Georgia’s young girls prevailed in the end as the Peach State mimicked its first-round performance and won the second Georgia-South Carolina Girls’ Junior Challenge Match.

Playing for the honor of holding The Karen Ferree Trophy for the year, the South Carolina team was represented by 2007 Junior Girls’ Champion Meredith Few from Aiken, Alex Rankin of Anderson, Taylor Weaver from Spartanburg, and Cayci Ruppe from Gaffney. Representing the winning Georgia team were Mariah Stackhouse from Riverdale, Kathryn Fowler of Americus, Yugene Lee from Athens , and Lindsay Adams from Lawrenceville.