SOUTH HILLS COUNTRY CLUB
SEPTEMBER 9-10, 2025
CHAMPIONSHIP INFO & FORMAT
FORMAT
36-hole, two-day Stroke Play Championship
STARTING TIMES
Round 1: September 9 - 10:00 AM Tee Times
Round 2: September 10 - 11:00 AM Tee Times
DIVISIONS
The Women’s Section Championship will offer two divisions: Championship and Senior (50+). Players must dentify which division they would like to compete in at registration. To be crowned overall Champion, the player must participate in the Championship Division.
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COURSE OVERVIEW
SOUTH HILLS COUNTRY CLUB
CLUB ESTABLISHED: 1952
ARCHITECT: William P. Bell & William F. Bell
GENERAL MANAGER: John Kulow, PGA
HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL: Cortney Shrout, PGA
ASSISTANT PROFESSIONAL: Kevin Terada, PGA
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South Hills Country Club welcomes the 2025 SCPGA Women’s Section Championship. On behalf of the membership and staff, we are honored to serve the section’s professionals. Good luck to all competitors and thank you for supporting the championship!
John Kulow, PGA | General Manager, South Hills Country Club SCPGA Vice President
2024 CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
CONGRATS 2024 CHAMPS, GIOIA CARPINELLI & LESLIE SPALDING
The Women’s Division season comes to an end as the final round of the Southern California PGA Women’s Section Championship concluded Wednesday at the Valley Club of Montecito.
Gioia Carpinelli, a PGA Associate from Virginia Country Club, is the 2024 Women’s Section Champion after posting a two-day total of 2-under-par 144 to win her first Championship title.
Entering the final round, Carpinelli was two shots back from day one leader Erika Ilagan, PGA, but was able to quickly catch up after an eagle on hole #2 and a birdie on hole #3. Carpinelli finished her final round with a 1-under-par 72 to match her first-day total and win the championship by three shots over the field. Dr. Alison Curdt, PGA, produced the low-score of the day with a 5-under-par 68 to finish T-3. Illagan finished in second place with a 1-over-par 147 total.
“I’m so excited to be holding this trophy,” said Carpinelli. “I saw the championship would be hosted at The Valley Club of Montecito, and I wanted to sign up as fast as I could because I wanted to play here.
I’m so happy to be walking away with the trophy. I had the best time, and I really want to thank the members of The Valley Club of Montecito for hosting this event.
Leslie Spalding, PGA, Life Member Active, completed the back-from-behind victory to claim back-to-back championships at the SCPGA Women’s Section Championship Senior Flight with a two-day total of 3-over-par 149. With back-toback wins for Spalding, she now is tied for the most wins for the Women’s Section Championship in the Senior Flight (Bari Brandwynne; 2020, 2021).
“I’m super proud to win my second Women’s Section Championship for the Senior Flight,” said Spalding after the award ceremony. “Playing The Valley Club of Montecito for a championship – there is nothing better, the greens are a dream. When you get to play a course like this that is so pure and so true, it makes it for an incredible championship experience.”
A big thank you to The Valley Club of Montecito, its members and staff, and to Scott Puailoa, PGA, and Nicholas Yannotti, PGA, for hosting this championship.
2024 CHAMPIONSHIP PHOTOS
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PGA
WOMEN’S SECTION PAST CHAMPIONS
OVERALL CHAMPIONS
2024 - Gioia Carpinelli
2023 - TJ Kliebphipat
2022 - Nikki Prichard
2021 - Lehua Wise
2020 - Alison Curdt
2019 - Lehua Wise
2018 - Erika Ilagan
2017 - Alison Curdt
2016 - Lehua Wise
2015 - Alison Curdt
2014 - Kay Hoey
2013 - Kay Hoey
2012 - Courtney Erdman
2011 - Lehua Wise
2010 - Courtney Erdman
2009 - Courtney Erdman
2008 - Natalie Wong
2007 - Krystal Shearer
SENIOR CHAMPIONS
2024 - Leslie Spalding
2023 - Leslie Spalding
2022 - Marianne Huning
2021 - Bari Brandwynne
2020 - Bari Brandwynne
2019 - Mardell Wilkins
2018 - Wendy Wisbon
2022
NIKKI PRICHARD, PGA
2021
LEHUA WISE, PGA