AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Augusta State’s Josh Gregory has been selected by the Georgia State Golf Association to compete in the 37th Billy Peters Cup Matches, according to a recent announcement from the GSGA’s headquarters in Atlanta, Ga.

Slated for October 18-19 at Capital City Club’s Crabapple Club in Woodstock, Ga., the matches are a biennial, match-play competition pitting amateurs representing the GSGA against a team of professionals from the Georgia Section PGA. The GSGA team is comprised of 16 of the state’s top amateur golfers, including four seniors, from the past two years as determined by the Association’s Championship Committee.

Gregory, now in his eighth season as ASU’s Head Men’s Coach and Director of Golf, finished runnerup in the standings for the 2008 GSGA Men’s Player-of-the-Year. He represented the State of Georgia last October in the Southeastern Challenge Match, a biennial competition among top amateurs from Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Gregory posted a 1-1 record and helped lead Team Georgia to a 26.5-21.5 victory over Alabama and a 26.5-15 win over Florida.

Gregory also finished runnerup in the last October’s Atlanta Amateur Match Play Championship, advanced to the Round of 16 in last September’s U.S. Mid-Amateur at Milwaukee Country Club and lost in a nine-man playoff for a spot in the field of the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.

Reigning GSGA Men’s Player of the Year and 2008 Tommy Barnes Award winner David Noll Jr. headlines the GSGA team. Also named to the squad are Jeff Belk of Marietta, Greg Kennedy (Duluth), Mark Strickland (Woodstock), Billy Mitchell (Roswell), Dave Womack (McDonough) and Bob Royak (Alpharetta). New members include Rob Butler (Atlanta), Adam Cooper (Columbus), Kris Mikkelsen (Atlanta), John Walker (Macon) as well as Gregory of Augusta.

Heading up the GSGA’s senior contingent is Jimmy Thomas (Johns Creek), Spencer Sappington (Milton), Chris Hall (Kennesaw) and Savannah’s Doug Hanzel.

The Billy Peters Cup Matches, formerly known as the GSGA-GPGA Challenge Cup, had its name changed in 2007 to honor Peters’ contributions to the game. Peters, a former president of the Georgia State Golf Association and honorary vice president of the Georgia Section PGA, was inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in 1993.

In 2007, the Georgia State Golf Association amateurs won 10 of 16 singles matches on the final day of competition to claim victory over the professionals for their third consecutive win in this event. The Georgia Section PGA leads the all-time series 19.5 – 15.5 in an event that dates back to 1962. The Matches were held annually until 1987, then became a biennial event in 1989.

Founded in 1916, the Georgia State Golf Association (GSGA) received its official charter on June 24, 1924. Since that date, the GSGA has grown to one of the largest state amateur golf associations in the country, with over 355 member clubs and 85,000 individual members. With a mission to promote and preserve amateur golf in the state of Georgia, GSGA offers a computerized handicapping service, course rating and measuring, and annually conducts a full schedule of statewide competitions for men and women of all age groups. Other services include a summer-long junior sectional program, award-winning Golf Georgia magazine, membership recognition and rewards programs and a charitable foundation administering two college scholarship programs.