SWGA/SSWGA Jingle Bell Scramble

Who would have thought that the weather would be PERFECT for golfing on December 3rd? It was! It was short sleeve weather at Northwood Hills Golf Club for the annual Jingle Bell Scramble for the SWGA/SSWGA groups. Thanks to the Northwood Ladies' Association and Management for the warm hospitality.

Twenty-six ladies participated in the event that also included Toys for Tots for Providence House. The outpouring of love for the children was awesome. Representatives from Providence spoke to the group about how much this means to their mission. It was very informative and meaningful.

A tasty lunch of taco soup and salad and bread pudding was served, following by presentation of awards for the scramble winners.

See photos for the winning groups.

We also collected $55 for this year's charity.... Woody's Home for Vets. All the monies collected will be presented at our Annual Meeting.

The next event is our Annual SWGA Meeting/Luncheon/Election of Officers on January 10th at Eastridge CC at 11:30am. More info will be going to your email.

SWGA/SSWGA Turkey Scramble

Both the SWGA and SSWGA usually have their own Turkey Scramble in November; however, the weather was testing us this year, so the two organizations combined into one Turkey Scramble on November 21 at Crooked Hollow Golf Club. It turned out to be a great decision. The weather was great, the hospitality wonderful, the food excellent, and the fun was awesome.

The event started early with the SSWGA's Annual meeting, during which officers were elected and awards given for accomplishments during 2019. Four ladies achieved 100% participation for attending all six required events (and also the Turkey Scramble which wasn't required). Those ladies were Daneita Adams, Jan Crowe, Gayle Gansfuss, and Kathleen McCoy. It's not easy to schedule yourself to make all these events as well as the home club events and SWGA events, so it is a great accomplishment.

The End of Year stroke play awards are based on the average of the best five scores during stroke play events. The winners were:

Senior Division Low Gross: Daneita Adams (91.6)

Senior Division Low Net: Nancy Young (74.2)

Senior Most Improved Handicap: Daneita Adams (-6.1)

Super Senior Low Gross: Gayle Gansfuss (96.2)

Super Senior Low Net: Jan Crowe (76.6)

Super Senior Low Putts: Mary Gallagher (33)

Super Senior Most Improved: Gayle Gansfuss (-.7)

There was a 10:00am shotgun start for the 3-lady scramble which included thirty-three ladies, a good showing for the week before Thanksgiving! When all the fun was over, the Net Winners were:

First place (61): Mary Gallagher, Joyce Middleton, Stella Rice.

Second place (63): Shirley Pettitt, Julie Butterfield, Kathleen McCoy

Third place (63): Vicki Cella, Gayle Gansfuss, Tommye Engelcke

Fourth place (64): Pat Mason, Mary Lynn Stuart, Kathy Davis

Fifth place (64): Karen Calvert, Judy McGrew, Hui Bordelon

Sixth place (64): Grace Ireland, Daneita Adams, Pat Rice

Closest to the Pin Winners were: Julie Butterfield, Mary Lynn Stuart

Closest to the Line: Kyong Lee

It was a great day of golf and we are so happy that the SWGA group (whose event had to be cancelled due to rain/cold) accepted our invitation to join the SSWGA's event. Perhaps we can do it again!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

SSWGA Championship

East Ridge CC hosted the SSWGA Championship November 5 and 6....with ideal golfing weather! Sixteen began the contest and fifteen finished.

There are two divisions in this organization: Senior Division (ladies 50 to 69 years old) and Super Senior Division (those 70 and over). Our Senior Division is shrinking, so we need some new young blood to keep this going!!!

Our new Senior Champion is Brenda Graves (BLGA) who shot 83/79 to win the Senior Division and also was the first day Medalist. She also had only 59 putts! The Net Champion is Moise Allen (STCC).

The Super Senior Division was a larger group and the Champion this year is Gayle Gansfuss (NLGA) with scores of 98 and 94, winning by one stroke over Joyce Middleton who was the SS Medalist. The Net Champion is Jan Crowe (BWGA).

Congratulations ladies!

Stella Rice was the Championship Chairman this year and did a great job of organizing the event and working with ERCC management. Good job!

Our next SSWGA event is a Turkey Scramble on November 21, 9:00am. This is also our annual meeting and we have a couple important items to discuss, so please be there.

Barbara Faye White Cup (aka) SWGA Team Matches

Barbara Faye White Cup (aka) SWGA Team Matches is in the history book!!

This year, because of changes in Associate Club memberships changing demographically, our East and West Teams changed to Team Titleist (BWGA and STCC) and Team Pinnacle (WGAS, NLGA, ERLGA, and BLGA.

Forty seven ladies played during the two-day competition of 2-lady scramble, match play format on September 16 and 26.

Let's start with Day 2:  Team Titleist won the BFW Cup Championship!!! It was close...9.5 to 8.5!  Titleist team went into Day 2 with a 3 point lead, but Team Pinnacle came back strong on Day 2 and give a great effort.

Since the BFW Cup started in 2009, we've never had last minute cancellations, but this year we had two emergencies that couldn't be avoided.  A special thanks to Audrey Northcutt (BWGA) who played alone against her two competitors on Day 1 and to Karen Calvert (BWGA) who played as a single on Day 2 and also won her match.  Also, a huge thank you to Becky Farr who was an alternate for Team Pinnacle.  She got a call at 7:20am on Day 2 asking if she could play, and she was there and ready to go with time to spare!

Congratulations to all the players!  You are ALL winners!

And thanks to Daneita Adams, Team Matches Chairman, who had never even PLAYED in Team Matches before this year, for putting on a great tournament in spite of the many unusual challenges this year.

We are looking forward to next year's BFW Cup which will be held at the Golf Club at Stonebridge.

SSWGA Playday at Southern Trace

It's been just over 2 1/2 months since our last SSWGA event! Seems impossible, but we finally got to play at Southern Trace on September 24th. Yep, it was still hot as blazes but it was fun since the course was in such good shape (as usual).

Broadmoor ladies took all the overall honors with the Low Gross score of 89 by Nancy Young, Low Net by Cathy Buckley with 75, and Low Putts of just 29 by Daneita Adams. Good golfing ladies!

I didn't get an opportunity to take any pictures since we started our shotgun a little early, so all I have is the "Results" page.
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It's time to start signing up for the next SSWGA playday which is October 10th at Bomber Bayou. This is the one that you have to provide your name as it appears on your driver's license, your driver's license state and number, your date of birth, and the last four digits of your social security number. Once again, if you THINK you might play submit this info to your club rep ASAP. You won't be able to add your name to the list at the last minute.

For those of you playing in the Barbara Faye White Cup (aka) Team Matches, see you tomorrow at Huntington to see who this year's winners will be. Team Titleist is up by 3 points over Team Pinnacle, but there are nine more points to be won tomorrow!!!

Team Matches Day 1

Thirty six ladies participated in the Barbara Faye White Cup aka Team Matches at Huntington Park Golf Club. This is a two lady match play, scramble event pitting local clubs against each other. 

Team Titleist is composed of Broadmoor and Southern Tracee ladies, while Team Pinnacle includes Northwood, Eastridge, Stonebridge and Bomber Bayou.

At the end of the day, Team Titlest has a three point lead over Team Pinnacle. ⁷⁶Our final day of competition will be September 26th.

SWGA Playday at Bomber Bayou

A great turnout for a hot August playday:  Bomber Bayou hosted the SWGA group on August 29^th with (appropriately) 29 ladies!  Before I forget, a big THANKS to the club for the hospitality and the wonderful lunch provided at no cost to us….a great surprise!

Now, to the numbers….Our SWGA Champion, Mary Lynn Stuart (ERLGA) had no problem negotiating the slow greens…or anything else….and scored a wonderful 72, eight strokes better than the closest contender: Mary Moore (BLGA) with an 80.  The lowest overall Net score (other than Mary Moore’s 62) was 65 by Judy McGrew (BLGA), followed by Mon Airhart (BWGA) with a 67.  Good golfing, ladies!  Overall low putts was also Mon Airhart with just 26 putts!!  Next fewest putts was 28 by Kathy Davis (BLGA).  Good putting ladies.  I know you had to be POUNDING THOSE PUTTS!  Check out the photo for all the flight winners.

We had a successful Woody’s goodies day also, with numerous bags of needed items as well as about $100 cash donations.  Thanks for your support!

Our next SWGA event is Team Matches which will be held September 16 and 26 at Huntington.  This is a 2-lady scramble, match play event, pitting Team Titleist (BWGA, STCC, and WGAS) against Team Pinnacle (NLGA, ERLGA, BLGA).  If you haven’t signed up yet, please contact your Club Rep no later than September 6^th.  Remember, if you missed an SWGA event during the year, participation in Team Matches is a “make-up” for that missed day. 

SWGA Championship

Who would have thought that we would have such perfect weather for a Championship in the middle of July?!?  It was beautiful and the course was its usual beautiful venue for the SWGA Championship at Southern Trace CC.  Twenty-seven ladies participated in this event….enjoying SOMETHING about it…..the golf, the food, the course, the prizes, the friendships.

But to the nitty-gritty…..Lillian Granger (STCC) led the field after the first day, shooting 84, and thus, winning the Medalist award.  But Mary Lynn Stuart (ERLGA) came on strong on Day 2 causing a tie between the two, resulting in a sudden death playoff.  Mary Lynn shot 86/77 and Lillian shot 84/79.  It took only one sudden death hole to determine the Champion.  This is the TENTH time Mary Lynn has won, starting back in 1976!!!  Congratulations!
 

Brenda Graves (BLGA) shot lights out too, winning Net Medalist honors as well as Net Champion with two day net scores of 70/70.  Overall Low Putts went to Gina O’Neal (for the second year in a row) with a nice 61 putts.  Congratulations ladies!

CHAMPION:  Mary Lynn Stuart - 86/77
NET CHAMPION: Brenda Graves – 70/70
MEDALIST: Lillian Granger – 84
NET MEDALIST: Brenda Graves – 70

FIRST FLIGHT
1^st Gross:  Lillian Granger
1^st Net: Gina O’Neal (WGAS)
2^nd Gross: Debbie Magee (WGAS)
2^nd Net (tie): Cathy Buckley (BWGA) and Daneita Adams (BWGA)
SECOND FLIGHT
1^st Gross: Hui Bordelon (BLGA)
1^st Net: Kyong Lee (BWGA)
2^nd Gross: Pam Crews (NLGA)
2^nd Net: Martha Lawhorne (BWGA)
THIRD FLIGHT
1^st Gross: Phyllis Ryan (ERLGA)
1^st Net: Bobbie Almond (NLGA)
2^nd Gross: Jill Litton (NLGA)
2^nd Net: Donna Ihle (WGAS)
Closest to the Pin
Brenda Graves, Kyong Lee, Alyce Wyche (NLGA)
Closest to the Line
Brenda Graves

Our next SWGA event isn’t until August 29^th at Bomber Bayou, followed by Team Matches on September 16th and 26^th. 

And don’t forget our Woody’s goodies for our Vets.  They are now needing all paper goods as well as sugar.

SSWGA Playday at Northwood GC

Twenty-three ladies started and nineteen tough ladies finished the SSWGA playday at Northwood on July 9^th.  IT WAS HOT!  Heat index was well over one hundred degrees with very little, if any breeze.  Since the course had a lot of rain a couple days earlier, much of the rough wasn’t cut, making playing conditions even harder.  But as usual, the Northwood hospitality was A-1!

The low gross score of the day was 83…..a tie in the Regular Senior Flight…..between Cathy Buckley (BWGA) and Vicki Cella (NLGA).  The low gross in the Super Senior Flight was 86 by Joyce Middleton (ERLGA).

In the Regular Senior Flight of ten ladies, the low net score (not counting those that had low gross scores) was an 70 by Brenda Graves (BLGA) who also had an EAGLE chip-in).  Low net in the Super Senior Flight  of nine ladies was 69 by Gayle Gansfuss (NLGA).

Overall low putts for the day was 28 by Brenda Graves and Pam Crews (NLGA), followed by a 29 by Grace Ireland (NLGA).

GOOD GOLFING LADIES!

First Senior Flight

Low Gross – (tie) Cathy Buckley and Vicki Cella 83

Low Net – Brenda Graves 70

Low Putts – Nancy Young (BWGA) 35

Second Senior Flight

Low Gross – (tie) Linda Colvin (NLGA) and Pam Crews (NLGA) 92

Low Net – Jan Lea (NLGA) 80

Low Putts – Kathy Davis (NLGA) 36

Super Senior Flight

Low Gross – Joyce Middleton 86

Low Net – Gayle Gansfuss 69

Low Putts – Grace Ireland 29

Our next SSWGA event isn’t until September 24^th at Southern Trace CC.  More details to follow.

Since we had back-to-back SSWGA and SWGA events this week, our Woody’s contributions were combined.  Besides a stack of “goodies”, there was $83 donated to the Home for Vets.  They were very excited about our generosity.  Keep it coming!