OCALA, Fla. – The teams are set and the Women’s Southeastern Challenge Matches are upon us. The Southeastern Challenge is a tri-state biennial competition between Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. The FSGA selects eight players to make up the team and represent Florida against Georgia and Alabama. The team consists of Four Women Senior Amateurs (50 & older), two senior players with the highest point totals from the Women’s Senior Two-Year Points List, and two senior players selected by the FSGA Championship Committee. In addition, the other four players make up two women with the highest point totals from the Women’s Two-Year Points List, and two women selected by the FSGA Championship Committee.
The event is set to take place August 9-11 at Club Adena in Ocala. The first day of matches will begin Saturday, August 10th with the four-ball matches in the morning. Upon completion of the four-ball matches, the foursomes matches will begin followed by a team dinner. Finally, on Sunday, August 11, the three-ball matches will take place and then a champion will be crowned. A three-ball match is a form of match play where each of three players plays an individual match against the other two players at the same time, and each player plays one ball that is used in both of their matches. For example, Florida will compete in a match against Georgia, and a separate one against Alabama simultaneously.
Florida holds two overall victories while defending champions, Georgia, hold three overall victories. Keep reading to meet the eight fantastic players that make up the team that will be vying to steal the title and raise the trophy as the 2024 Women’s Southeastern Challenge Champions.
Women’s Southeastern Challenge History
2022 Georgia 26.5, Florida 20.5, Alabama 16
2020 Cancelled
2018 Georgia 25.5, Florida 25, Alabama 12.5
2016 Georgia, 10.5, Alabama 8.5, Florida 8*
2014 Florida 29, Georgia 20.5, Alabama 13.5
2012 Florida 24, Georgia 20.5, Alabama 18.5
*Rain Shortened
Lauren Clark | Orlando 
- Second Consecutive Amateur to win the Women’s Florida Open with scores of 70-72-69
- Secured a top-10 finish at the 30th Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship
- Advanced to the Round of 16 at the 95th Women’s Amateur Championship
- Captured a third place finish at the 2023 Women’s Amateur Stroke Play
- Entering her senior year as a member of the Women’s Golf Team at the University of Kansas
Kathy Glennon | Naples, Fla. 
- Captured a second place finish at the 2024 Women's Senior Amateur Championship
- Advanced to the Quarterfinals at the 2024 Women's Senior Amateur Match Play Championship
- Finished in 11th place at the 2024 Florida Women's Open & Senior Open
- Women’s Florida Cup Team member representing the South Team: 2019, 2021, and 2023
- Champion of the Women’s Senior Four-Ball and Women’s Senior Match Play in 2023
- Finished in second place at this year’s Women's Senior Amateur Championship
- In her 7 FSGA appearances this year, she has finished inside the top 10 in five out of the seven
- Made an appearance at the 2023 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship
- Qualified for the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Championship in 2019 and the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur in 2018, both with medalist honors
Chloe Kovelesky | Boca Raton
- Captured a win at the 2024 FJT Golf Road Junior (16-18) *Major* with rounds of 69-68
- Secured the win at the 2024 FJT Indian Spring Open (16-18)
- Advanced to match play at the 95th Women’s Amateur Championship
- FSGA 2023 Girls’ Player of the Year
- Champion of the 2023 Women’s Amateur Championship
- Member of the U.S. National Junior Team
Mary Jane Hiestand | Naples
- Captured a win at the 2024 Women's Shoot-Out with partner, Susan Temple
- Secured a top-10 finish at the 2024 Women's Senior Amateur Championship, an event she has won four times (2013, 2014, 2016, & 2018)
- Advanced to the Quarterfinals at the 2024 Women's Senior Amateur Match Play Championship
- Secured a top-15 finish at the 2024 Florida Women's Senior Open, an event she won in 2018
- FSGA Hall of Fame Inductee
- Women's Florida Cup Team member representing the South Team: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
- Competed in over 50 USGA events
Caroline Patterson | Jupiter
- Secured a second place finish after losing in a playoff at the 30th Women’s Amateur Championship. Patterson carded rounds of 71-67-73
- Advanced to match play at the 95th Women’s Amateur Championship
- Captured a top-20 finish at the 2024 Florida Women’s Open & Senior Open
- Entering her junior year as a member of the Women’s Golf team at the University of North Carolina Asheville
- Captured a top-10 finish at the 2023 Florida Women's Open
- Advanced to the Round of 32 at the 94th Women's Amateur Championship, and the Round of 16 at the 93rd Women's Amateur Championship
Gigi Higgins | Cape Coral
- Captured a top-10 finish at the 2024 Women's Senior Four-Ball Championship with partner, Susie Keane
- Secured a fourth place finish at the 2024 Women's Senior Amateur Championship
- Advanced to the Round of 16 at the 2023 Women's Senior Amateur Match Play Championship
- Captured two top-10 finishes in the 2023 season at the Florida Women's Senior Open and the Women's Senior Amateur Championship
- Secured a second place finish at the 2023 Women's Senior Four-Ball Championship with partner, Susie Keane
- Two-time FSGA Senior Women's Player of the Year recipient in 2016 and 2022
- Women's Florida Cup Team member representing the South Team: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 202, 2023
- Seven appearances in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2021
Ashley Zagers | Oldsmar
- Captured a top-25 finish at the 2024 Florida Women’s Open & Senior Open
- Secured a third place finish at the 2024 Women’s Four-Ball Championship with partner, Bianca Sol Cruz
- Captured a fourth place finish at the 77th Women’s International Four-Ball Championship with partner, Meghan Stasi
- Champion of the 2022 and 2023 Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship
- Advanced to the Round of 64 at the 94th Women's Amateur Championship, and the Round of 32 at the 93rd Women's Amateur Championship
- Co-captain of the 2023 Women's Florida Cup North Team where she helped lead her team to victory
Kim Keyer-Scott | Bonita Springs
- Captured a victory at the 2024 Women's Senior Four-Ball Championship with partner, Tama Caldabaugh
- Advanced to the Quarterfinals at the 2024 Women's Senior Amateur Match Play Championship
- Captured a top-15 finish at the 2024 Florida Women's Senior Open
- Three time FSGA Women's Senior Player of the Year in 2023, 2021, and 2020
- Captain of the 2023 Women's Florida Cup South Team, in addition to being a member of the South Team in 2021, 2019, and 2017
- Runner up at the 2023 Women's Senior Amateur Match Play Championship
- In 2021 captured victories at the Women's Senior Open and the Women's Senior Amateur
- Captured a top-10 finish at the 2022 Women's Senior Amateur Championship, as well as capturing a third place finish at the 2022 Women's Senior Four-Ball Championship with partner, Felicia Hutnick
