The North Carolina Senior Women's Amateur Championship began in 2004. The championship determines the senior women's champion of North Carolina. This championship is conducted at 36 holes of stroke play with a Championship division and a Carolinas division (shorter course). The competition includes gross and net scores and prizes are given for gross and net winners in each flight. Players are pre-flighted within their division based on Handicap Index®. The champion of the tournament will be named from the Championship Division only.  Entry is open to any female amateur golfer who has reached her 50th birthday by April 30, 2018, is a legal resident of North Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association and has an active GHIN® USGA Handicap Index®.