About Us....

The Shreveport Womens Golf Association was formed in 1933 for the purpose of promoting good fellowship and friendly competition among local amateur women golfers. Ladies in this association (SWGA) must have a handicap index of 30.0 or less.

Our sister group, the Shreveport Senior Womens Golf Association, was created for the same purpose, but includes only ladies who have reached at least their fiftieth birthday.
Ladies can be members of either or both organizations as long as they meet the eligibility requirements and pay the appropriate membership dues to each group. This membership entitles ladies to play at least once (in each association) at each of the six golf/country clubs that are participants in the SWGA and SSWGA groups: Bomber Bayou Golf Club, East Ridge Country Club, Huntington Park/Querbes Golf Clubs, Northwood Hills Golf Club, Golf Club at Stonebride, and Southern Trace Country Club.

NEXT PLAYDAY EVENTS

March 17: SWGA Scramble, East Ridge CC, 9:00am

March 31: SSWGA Scramble, Stonebridge GC, 9:00am




Golfing Events

PLEASE GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS COLUMN TO SEE LISTINGS OF ALL KNOWN GOLFING EVENTS, BOTH LOCAL AND NON-LOCAL.

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

SWGA Playday at Querbes

What a beautiful day for golf!  And thirty-eight ladies enjoyed the fun and fellowship at Querbes Park Golf Course on Thursday, April 26, during our regular playday.  In spite of the recent aerating, the greens were in decent shape, and it's just something we have to go through at every course at this time of year. 

The overall low gross score was shot by local gal Shirley Pettitt with her nice 83 and overall low net was a 66 by yours truly, Kathleen McCoy, who is still wearing a very large smile.  Overall low putts across all those bumps was Teri McGuire with a 28.   A full list of winners is posted in the right column of this blog.

The next SWGA Playday will be on May 15 at Northwood Hills Golf Club with a 9:00am shotgun start.  Look for the sign-up sheet in your clubhouse.

I'm including a small slideshow presentation in hopes that it can be viewed.  I've had a few people tell me they were unable to see it, while lots of others could.  I don't know what the problem is or what to suggest, but I'll just keep trying it.  If you are able to SEE the slideshow in this posting, you can also click on any picture to get a fullsize view.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Palmetto Classic


“A Touch of Southern Comfort” was this year’s theme for the Palmetto Classic, played April 17-20, at Palmetto Country Club. Ninety-four ladies participated in this best ball/scramble format tournament in ideal golfing conditions.

Players were graciously greeted by Nan Warren, dolled up in her finest southern gown. Nan was also voted “best dressed” for the tournament….who could argue that???

Food was prepared by Palmetto’s new Chef Danny Beavers who did a great job in both taste and presentation. Chef Beavers was on hand to dish up the awards luncheon dessert of brandied peaches over vanilla bean ice cream. Yum! And as a last surprise, he donated two bottles of wine for the door prize drawings!

The first day was best ball, with the lowest score of 73 posted by the team of Godwin and Johnson who went on to win Low Gross for the tournament with a total of 146 for the two days. Lowest net score of 59 posted the first day was by the team of Stone and Kirby who ended up winning Low Gross in the Fourth Flight with their total of 167.

Scramble day is always lots of fun and it was no different this year. The lowest score posted was an even par 72 by Lillian Granger and Teri McGuire, who won overall 2nd Gross for the tournament with their combined score of 152.

In addition to the flight winners, the special awards were as follows:
CTP #17: Allison Raines
CTP #11: Sarah Taylor
CTP #3: Jeanie Ward
CTP #7: Jan Jacksn
Closest to the Line: Jackie Wayson

To see all the scores and winners, check out the slideshow presentation and just click on any photo to see the fullsize presentation. The photos for the slideshow are reduced in pixel size, so if there is any photo that you would like me to send you in its fullsize version for printing, just email me.   Also note that in the Third Flight, there was an error in scoring, so we have attempted to alter the photo to represent the correct winners.


Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Wine and Roses Tournament

Once again, the Wine and Roses 2-lady scramble was a tremendous success with 96 ladies participating at the very, very nice Allexandria Country Club.  The weather was perfect as a rose and the hospitality was sparkling.....like wine! 

The Shreveport area ladies made a great showing at the event, with nine teams representing us.  The very lowest score of 67 was posted by the team of Park and Pickle.  Outstanding, ladies!

We had just two winning teams this year, but we were all winners anyway.  The welcome party with a live band is always a great success and our ladies showed their "Dancing with the Stars" prowess on the dance floor.  And as usual, the Alexandria ladies made a great showing with their homemade cakes that adorned the luncheon tables.
In the Championship Flight, Lillian Granger (STCC) and partner Lisa Russell placed second with a nice score of 73, while Jeanie Ward (PCC) and new SWGA member Debbie Rolland (ERCC) placed first in the First Flight with a score of 75.  Congratulations to you all.

Friday, April 6, 2012

SSWGA Playday Southern Trace CC

The rain threatened to cancel another SSWGA playday, but we lucked out and were able to play at Southern Trace on April 3rd.  We were even luckier that we were allowed to drive out on the course that had gotten several inches of rain the day before.  But it ended up being a really nice day and the course was in fabulous shape.

Speaking of fabulous, that's how Shirley Pettitt (BWGA) played, shooting the day's overall low gross of 82.  Overall low net was Kathleen McCoy (BWGA) with a 64 while Paulette Lee (WGAS) had only 27 putts for the day!  For complete list of winners, check in the right column.

The next SSWGA playday will be at Eastridge Country Club on May 24 with 9:00am shotgun start.

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