Louisiana State Mid Am

The LWGA Mid Am Championship was held this year at the Farm d'Allie in Lafayette, LA.  In spite of it's close proximity to the Shreveport area, we had only two participants:  Gayle Gansfuss and Joyce Middleton, both of EastRidge Country Club.  But we managed to have a winner in the group and that was Joyce who won Low Gross in the Second Flight with scores of 90/87. 

The overall winner of the Mid Am was Kay Daniel of Slidell, taking home the honors for the eighth time!!!  Congratulations!

The next State Tournament is also nearby at Squire Creek.  The State Amateur Match Play will be played June 8-12.  Watch for more info and entry forms soon.

SSWGA Playday Stonebridge

The golfing season for the Shreveport Senior ladies kicked off on March 5th at Stonebridge with a scramble event.  Thirty-seven ladies braved the gale force winds and had a wonderful day of golf and renewing friendships.  And what a nice surprise:  not only did we have a free hamburger lunch, but our golf fees were also compliments of Stonebridge!  You can't beat that.

The ladies were divided into eight teams and the scores were very close, ranging from 65 to 70, which was very good, considering the winds.

Winners were:

FIRST PLACE with 65: 
Kathryn Salpietra (STCC), Martha Lawhorne (BWGA), Dot Henson (WGAS), Joanne McDonald (BWGA), and Tommye Engelcke (BWGA)

SECOND PLACE with 66 (scorecard playoff winner):
Debbie Magee (WGAS), Joyce Middleton (ERCC), Theresa Kruse (PCC), Mary Moore (FRLGA), and Susan Mitcham (WGAS)

THIRD PLACE with 66:
Shirley Pettitt (BWGA), Vicki Cella (NHGC), Gayle Gansfuss (ERCC), Susan Berry (NHGC), and Alyce Wyche (PCC)

FOURTH PLACE with 69 (scorecard playoff):
Mary Jo Gray (WGAS), Marge Snyder (NHGC), Grace Ireland (PCC), Barbara Offer (BWGA), and Bea Roach (NHGC)

The next SSWGA event is April 23rd at Southern Trace CC with a 9:00am shotgun start.

MDA Charity Scramble

The National Association of Letter Carriers is sponsoring its Fourth Annual MDA Golf Tournament on Sunday, April 28, at Crooked Hollow Golf Course.  The 4-person scramble will start at 1:00pm with a shotgun start.  The $75 per person entry fee includes golf, dinner, awards, and usually lots of door prizes.  There are also hole sponsorships of various dollar amounts available in addition to the tournament play itself.  For more information and an entry form, Click Here.

LGA Internet Score Posting

Many of you have asked how to access your LGA account via the internet so that you could post your scores at home when you forget or don't have access to the course computer.  For your convenience, Lee Rainwater who is in charge of this area of the LGA, has provided some in-depth instructions for you to set up your "My LGA" account.  I will also include the link in the right column of this blog so that it won't disappear as new posts move the information down the page.  If the instructions don't work for you, let me know at golfingladybug@gmail.com and I'll be happy to help you with it.
Click Here for instructions to set up your account.

Global Golf Post

A few weeks ago, you should have received an email about your three week trial subscription to Global Golf Post.  That trial has ended, and the Louisiana Golf Association hopes that you enjoyed the weekly digital magazine.  It is full of CURRENT information each week.
  
If you haven’t already done so, the LGA encourages you to click here to subscribe (for free) to Global Golf Post so you will continue to receive the magazine in your inbox at the beginning of each week.

In case you missed it, click here for a direct link to the February 4^th issue… the LGA is featured in the amateur section!

If you have feedback or questions for the LGA, please call (337) 265-3938.

SWGA Annual Meeting/Luncheon

The new golfing season for the Shreveport Womens' Golf Association was kicked off on Friday, January 18, with the Annual Meeting and Luncheon.  Forty-six ladies met at the Northwood Hills Golf Club Restaurant to reflect on the past year, say goodbye to outgoing officers and welcome the incoming officers, and recognize members with the End-of-Year Awards.  In addition to the business at hand, there was great socializing and a wonderful menu of items to suit everyone's taste.

After enjoying the great lunch, each officer made presentations regarding their areas of responsibility, but the highlight of the meeting is the announcement of the End-of-Year Awards recipients.  To qualify for one of these awards, the member must have a minimum of five SWGA scores posted.  If she has more than five, the five best scores are used to compute the average.  Thirty-eight ladies were eligible for the awards this year.  Events Chairman Grace Ireland presented gift card awards to the following ladies:

Most Improved Handicap Index:  Kathy Davis (STCC) who reduced her handicap by 5.3 strokes from 15.8 to 10.5.  Second best improvement was by Suzanne Tinsley (STCC) with a 5 stroke reduction.

Low Gross:  Lillian Granger (STCC) with an average gross score of 85.8

2nd Low Gross:  Kathy Davis (STCC) with an average gross score of 86.2

Low Net:  Kathleen McCoy (BWGA) with an average net score of 68.6
2nd Low Net: Jeanette Bohringer (BWGA) with an average net score of 70.8
3rd Low Net: Cathy Buckley (BWGA) with an average net score of 71.0
4th Low Net: Martha Lawhorne (BWGA) with an average net score of 71.2

Low Putts: (tie) Phyllis Ryan (ERCC) and Kathleen McCoy (BWGA) with an average of 31.6 putts.
2nd Low Putts:  Brenda Graves (FRLGA) with an average of 32.2 putts

What is considered an admirable accomplishment is the 100% participation award.  To earn this award, ladies must have participated in all SWGA events except Team Matches and the Jingle Bell Scramble.  This year there were eight required events and we had seven ladies that accomplished this feat, in addition to participating in those two non-required events.  These honorees are:



Shirley Pettitt (BWGA), Cathy Buckley (BWGA), Grace Ireland (PCC), Kathleen McCoy (BWGA), Mary Gallagher (FRLGA), Mary Moore (FRLGA) and Phyllis Ryan (ERCC).

2012 President Jill Litton passed the virtual gavel along to new President Mary Gallagher of Fox Run Golf Club.  The new slate of officers for 2013 are:
President: Mary Gallagher, Fox Run
1st VP: Lillian Granger, Southern Trace
2nd VP:  Kathleen McCoy, Broadmoor
Secretary: Joyce Middleton, EastRidge
Treasurer:  Jimmie Zey, Palmetto
Events: Suzanne Tinsley, StoneBridge
Publicity: Marge Snyder, Northwood
Ex-Officio: Jill Litton, Northwood

This year's club representatives were also announced and are listed in the lower portion of the right column of this blog.

New Events Chairman Suzanne Tinsley announced that the posting of handicaps will be monitored closely.  She will personally check to make sure that you have posted your SWGA event score.  If it has not been posted within two weeks of the event, you will be able to play in the next event, but your score will not count as having competed in the event.  If you have problems with posting your scores, please ask for assistance.  It is important to protect the integrity of our handicap system to have complete and accurate score posting.

The dates, places, and times of all SWGA events has been sent out via separate email so that you can SAVE THE DATES.  In addition, the dates of all SWGA, SSWGA, State, local and non-local events are listed at the bottom of this blog.

SWGA Annual Meeting and Luncheon

Happy New Year everyone!!!  Besides being a new YEAR, this marks the beginning of a new golfing season.  Hoorah!

To start us off motivated and ready to tackle an exciting year of golfing events, our Annual Meeting and Luncheon will be held on January 18th at Northwood Hills Golf Club, 5000 Northwood Hills Drive, Shreveport (actually, it's right at Blanchard, LA).  Cocktails will be available starting at 11:00am (it's 5:00 somewhere) and the meeting will kick off at 11:30am. 

The luncheon buffet will be $15 which includes tax and gratuity.  This is the menu:  Chicken Breast in Wine Sauce, Pork Loin, Rice Pilaf, Vegetable Medley, Lima Beans, Bread Pudding, Blueberry Cobbler, Rolls/Cornbread, Salad Bar, Tea and Coffee. 

Besides the wonderful meal, the purpose of the meeting is to look back on 2012 and our accomplishments, to install new Officers for 2013, find out what to expect for the new year, present end-of-year awards, and have some good, old-fashioned socializing!

Please sign up with your Club Rep no later than January 15 AND be prepared to pay for your meal by cash or check (payable to Northwood Golf Course).  Feel free to attend the luncheon even if you didn't participate in a single event in 2012, or if you weren't a member in 2012 but plan to join this year.  Just come and enjoy the fellowship.  Hope to see you there!