About three years ago one of my golfing friends told me about the State Amateur Championship. I thought to myself: "I'm not good enough to participate against all those GREAT golfers." But because I'm always UP for a road trip, I decided to try it.
It was GREAT! I soon found out that I wasn't competing against all those GREAT golfers. I was competing with folks like myself. In fact, the first year I went, I was competing against Martha Lawhorne, who is one of my regular golfing buddies with a similar handicap. It would have been more fun if we hadn't had to compete against each other, where one of us had to lose, but other than that, it was great fun.
If you've never played match play, it's really a great format. You can really screw up a hole and still be a viable competitor. And the LWGA ladies really put on great tournaments. The food, fun, golf course, and prizes are really supurb.
Again this year the tournament is at Koasati Pines in Kinder, LA. Practice round and registration is Sunday, June 14, with the first round of match play on Monday, June 15. If you win on the first day, you play again in the winners' bracket on June 16. If you lost on the first day, you move to the losers' bracket. If you lose on the second day, you are eliminated. If you win on the second day in either bracket, you play on Wednesday, June 17th.
Entry fee is $140 and includes two days of golf with cart (practice round is additional $30), range balls, welcome dinner on Sunday evening, lunch and drink tickets, and really nice prizes. If you qualify to play on Wednesday, there is an additional $30 fee.
We always have a good showing of SWGA ladies at this event, but it would be great to see some new faces. Click on these links to see the entry form and complete details: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgnqpnzd_34c6nxfqhc&invite=889730812 and http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgnqpnzd_368schscj&invite=1784649582 Entry deadline is June 7. For more information, you may also contact Cathy Campbell at 985-785-2502.
Golfing Events
PLEASE GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS COLUMN TO SEE LISTINGS OF ALL KNOWN GOLFING EVENTS, BOTH LOCAL AND NON-LOCAL.
Check it out....
2020 SWGA playdays
- ALL OF THE EVENTS LISTED BELOW COUNT TOWARDS YOUR 100% PARTICIPATION RECOGNITION Except those marked with an (*)
- If you miss ONE required event, it can be replaced by ONE day of play in Team Matches
- March 17: Scramble at East Ridge CC, 9:00am
- April 16: Playday at Bomber Bayou GC, 9:00am
- May 19: Playday at Stonebridge, 9:00am
- June 9: Playday at Northwood, 9:00am
- July 2: Playday at Southern Trace CC, 9:00am
- *July 16: Team Matches (Day 1), East Ridge CC, 8:00am
- *July 21: Team Matches (Day 2), East Ridge CC, 8:00am
- Sept 21-22: SWGA Championship, Huntington Park GC, 9:00am
- *November 10: SWGA/SSWGA Turkey Scramble, Crooked Hollow GC, 9:00am
- *December 8: SWGA/SSWGA Jingle Bell Scramble, Northwood, 10:00am, Bring a Toy
2020 SSWGA Events
- Dates marked with (*) do not count toward 100% participation
- March 31: Stonebridge Scramble, 9:00am
- April 7: Playday at Southern Trace CC, 9:00am
- May 26: Playday at Northwood, 9:00am
- June 16 : Playday at East Ridge CC, 9:00am
- July 14: Playday at Bomber Bayou, 9:00am
- October 13 and 15: SSWGA Championship, Crooked Hollow GC, 9:00am
- *November 10: SSWGA/SWGA Turkey Scramble/annual meeting for SSWGA, Crooked Hollow GC, 9:00am
- *December 8: Jingle Belle Scramble, Northwood Hills GC, 10:00am, bring unwrapped toy
2020 Local Tournaments
- May 5-6: Southern Belle Ladies Tourney, Southern Trace CC, Shreveport, LA
- May 13-14: The Tradition Ladies Tourney, Stonebridge GC, Bossier City, LA
- June 6-7: Stonebridge Couples, Stonebridge GC, Bossier City, LA
- June 26-28: Bonnie & Clyde Couples, Northwood Hills, Blanchard, LA
- October 21-22: Roadrunner at East Ridge CC, Shreveport, LA
2020 State/Southern Events
- April 18-19: Womens' Four Ball, Atchafalaya at Idlewild, Patterson, LA
- May 7-8: Womens' Mid-Am Championship, Koasati Pines GC, Kinder, LA
- June 21-24: Womens' Match Play Championship, Tchefuncta CC, Covington, LA
- August 22-23: Womens' NET Championship, Greystone CC, Denham Springs, LA
- Oct 8-9: Womens' Senior Championship, Southern Trace CC, Shreveport, LA
- Oct 26-29: Southern Senior Championship, West Point, MS
Other 2020 NON-LOCAL Golfing Events
- April 23: Lady Calvert Tourney, Calhoun, LA
- May 28-30: Couples Invitational, Hot Springs Village, AR
- July 23-24: Ladies Invitational, Hot Springs Village, AR
- Aug 5: Diamonds in the Rough, Hollytree CC, Tyler, TX
- Sept 15-17: Twice as Nice, Texarkana CC, Texarkana, AR
- 2019 State/Southern Events
- Oct 2-3: Texarkana Couples Tourney, Texarkana CC, Texarkana, AR
- Oct 10-11: Dudes 'n Darlings Couples Tourney, Hollytree CC, Tyler, TX
- Nov 12-14: LaDiDa 4-Lady Tourney, Crown Colony CC, Lufkin, TX
