SWGA/SSWGA Jingle Bell Scramble

Brrrrr.  Twenty-nine bunded-up ladies braved the cold, wet conditions and were on standby up till the last moment the night before the December 6 Jingle Bell Scramble.  There had been lots of rain and we weren't sure if it would happen or not, but these determined ladies showed up and enjoyed what is always a good time just before the rush of the Christmas holidays.

Northwood Hills Golf Club hosted the annual event and as usual, it was terrific.  The Northwood ladies even cooked the food themselves for the luncheon and it was GOOD!  The course was in great shape, especially considering the harsh weather that preceded the tournament.  Management outdid themselves to make us all feel welcome.


Ten groups of ladies competed against each other, with scores ranging from 70 to 81.  There was a whole group of 75's that had to find their place after scorecard playoffs.  When it was all counted, the first place team of Tinsley/Airhart/Engelcke shot a really great 70.  Other winners were:


SECOND PLACE:  Graves/Litton/Tatum - 73
THIRD PLACE: Gallagher/Wyche - 75
FOURTH PLACE: Pettitt/Crews/Ronda Smith - 75
FIFTH PLACE: Moore/Suzanne Patton/McCoy - 75


CTP #3 - Vicki Cella
CTP #16 - Gayle Gansfuss
CTL - Joyce Middleton


This was the last event of the 2016 season for both the SWGA and SSWGA.  The next event is the SWGA Annual Luncheon/Meeting on January 13, 2017, at Eastridge Country Club, 11:30am.

SSWGA Turkey Scramble

Another beautiful day for the SSWGA Turkey Scramble at Northwood Golf Club! Thirty-three ladies enjoyed the Northwood hospitality, course, and food on Tuesday, November 15th.


Scores were tight, ranging from 69 to 75. The FIRST PLACE spot was a tie that was decided by scorecard playoff with the winners being Team Pettitt/Litton/Ihle/Brown. The other with that good score, winning SECOND PLACE honors, was Team Buckley/Hawkins/Offer. Good golfing, ladies!

Other winners were:


THIRD PLACE - 72 Middleton/McCoy/Calhoun


FOURTH PLACE – 73 Farr/Colvin/Cheryl Smith/Stella Rice


FIFTH PLACE - 73 Fisher/Snyder/Kathy Davis (NW)/Gilley


The next (and final) event of the year is the Jingle Bell Scramble which is an SWGA/SSWGA combined event at Northwood on December 6th. Hope to see you there!

SWGA Turkey Scramble

Eighty-five degrees on November 3^rd?  Yep.  It’s been awhile since we played the SWGA Turkey Scramble while wearing shorts and wishing we had brought the portable fan.

 

But twenty-eight ladies came out to participate in the 4-person Turkey Scramble at Crooked Hollow, hosted by the Broadmoor Women’s Golf Assn.  And it was a great day of fun and socializing.  As usual, John Graham made us welcome and cooked hamburgers and all the fixings for the awards luncheon.

 

Of the seven teams, six had scores in the 60’s.  The best score of the day was a 65 by team Shirley Pettitt/Gloria Utley/Kathleen McCoy/ and Kathy Davis (of Northwood). 
 

2016 SSWGA Championship

A foggy morning greeted the ladies participating in the SSWGA Championship on November 1^st.  Luckily, the fog lifted shortly after teeing off and it got unseasonably warm.  As usual, the course was beautiful and the ladies were challenged by the undulating, fast greens.

After two days of stroke play, Moise Allen rose to the challenge, winning the championship with duplicate scores of 91, which also gave her Medalist honors.  In Super Senior division, Joyce Middleton won the champion trophy with scores of 94/93, which also gave her the Medalist trophy for that division.  Congratulations to both ladies for some good golfing.

Other winners:

 

FIRST FLIGHT

Low Gross: Martha Lawhorne

Low Net: Gayle Gansfuss

SECOND FLIGHT

Low Gross: Kathleen McCoy

Low Net: Grace Ireland

SUPER SR. CLOSEST TO PIN

Barbara Offer

 

CLOSEST TO THE PIN

Moise Allen

 

CLOSEST TO THE LINE

Stella Rice

2016 Southern Belle

Another successful Southern Belle 2-Lady tournament!  Ninety-six ladies enjoyed the fun and competition on October 11-12 in beautiful weather and social events at Southern Trace Country Club.

 

Of the 48 teams, our Shreveport area ladies accounted for NINE of the winning teams.  The overall tournament winners were our own Kathy Davis (STCC) and Debbie Magee (WGAS) with a score of 68 which tied with team Delaughter/Horn from Texarkana, who won overall Low Net.

 

All participants were treated with a choice of Nike products:  either a pair of shoes, a wind jacket, or a nice bag with a dozen Nike golf balls.  The tee gift at this tournament is always a large treat.

 

Congratulations to all the winners!

SSWGA Playday at Eastridge

The SSWGA Playday at Eastridge CC was Thursday, September 29.  It was a beautiful day for golf and 22 ladies took advantage of it.

 

FIRST FLIGHT

1st. Low Gross: Debbie Magee (WGAS) 92

1st. Low Net: Pam Crews (NHGC) 75

Low Putts: (tie) Stella Rice (ERCC)/Robbie Fisher (BWGA) 33

 

SUPER SENIOR FLIGHT

1st. Low Gross: Joyce Middleton (ERCC) 86

1st. Low Net: (tie) Mary Gallagher (FRLGA)/Marge Snyder and Grace Ireland (NHGC) 75

Low Putts: Gayle Gansfuss (FRLGA) 33

2016 SWGA Championship

It was a HOT and WET two days of the SWGA Championship at Stonebridge after a week of rain, but the course was in good shape in spite of it.  However, if you were planning on your ball “rolling”, you had to make other plans. 

 

Twenty-seven ladies laced up their waterproof golf shoes and waded through water for the two days of cart path only.  But the water didn’t deter Mary Lynn Stuart of Eastridge CC, as she shot a great 76 the first day to win the Medalist Trophy, and followed it up on day two with a 74 to win the Championship.  This isn’t a new experience for Mary Lynn, however, as this is the eighth time since 1976 that she has achieved this honor.  Congratulations Mary Lynn!

 

The low score for Net Medalist the first day was an incredible 60 by Suzanne Tinsley, also of Eastridge CC, climbing her way to this position from the second flight!  She came back the second day and shot the same score, which gave her the Net Champion Trophy.  Congratulations Suzanne!

Overall low putts for the day was a super low 57 by Becky Farr of Stonebridge CC.  Her 57 putts for two days was over 10 strokes better than the average putts for the entire field!  That’s some good putting!

 

In spite of the wet conditions, everyone had a good time and enjoyed lunch and fellowship after getting in out of the heat to wait for the tournament results.  Thanks to Debbie Magee who took over the Championship duties at the last minute and was able to make it a great success.

 

FIRST FLIGHT

Low Gross: Debbie Magee (WGAS) 83/82

Low Net: Lillian Granger (STCC) 74/71

2^nd Net: Moise Allen (STCC) 72/75

Closest to the Pin: Shirley Pettitt (BWGA)

 

SECOND FLIGHT

Low Gross: Joyce Middleton (ERCC) 84/86

Low Net: Martha Lawhorne (BWGA) 98/96

2^nd Net: Becky Farr (WGAS) 77/72 and Kyong Lee (BWGA) 72/77

Closest to the Pin: Nancy Young (BWGA)

 

THIRD FLIGHT

Low Gross: Pam Crews (NHGC) 98/91

Low Net: Grace Ireland (NHGC) 100/107

2^nd Net: Bobbie Jo Almond (FRLGA) 107/102

Closest to the Pin: Bobbie Jo Almond (FRLGA)


Overall Low Putts:  Becky Farr (WGAS) 57



Most Accurate Drive:  Ronda Smith (FRLGA)

Next year’s Championship will be hosted by Northwood.  Please support your SWGA by participating in this noteworthy event.  You may not win the Champion position, but every flight has its set of winners…..and that COULD BE you!!!

The next SWGA event is the Turkey Scramble at Shreveport CC on November 3^rd.  This is a 4-lady scramble event and is always fun.  Come join that fun!

SWGA Playday at Southern Trace

The Hottest golfing day of the year!!! Well, it may not have been, but it felt like it for the 35 ladies that nearly suffered heat stroke at our SWGA Playday at Southern Trace on Thursday, August 11. It was HOT!


And everyone who finished (and that would be everyone but ME) are surely WINNERS for taking on the weather and BEATING it! The course was, as usual, beautiful and in great condition. Mary Lynn Stuart (ERCC) took advantage of the great conditions and shot the low round of the day with a really fine 81, followed closely by Kathy Davis who was playing at her home course and shot a nice 83. The overall low net score was 72 with a tie between Kathryn Salpietra (STCC) and Marge Snyder (NHGC). And did I mention….it was HOT??!!!


  The greens were a nice speed (average of 34.2 putts) for most ladies, with putts ranging from 29 to 42. The 42-putter will reman anonymous, but the 29-putters are to be applauded and they were Suzanne Patton (BWGA) and Mary Lynn Stuart. Suzanne had a hot putter (to match the weather!) with NINE one-putts, followed by Mary Lynn with 8 one-putts and Becky Farr with seven. Good putting, ladies!


FIRST FLIGHT
Low Gross: Mary Lynn Stuart (ERCC) 81
Low Net: Kathryn Salpietra (STCC) 72
2nd Gross: Kathy Davis (STCC) 83
2nd Net: Brenda Graves (FRLGA) 76
Low Putts: Mary Lynn Stuart 29


SECOND FLIGHT
Low Gross: Suzanne Patton (BWGA) 92
Low Net: (tie) Becky Farr (WGAS) & Gayle Gansfuss (FRLGA) 74
2nd Gross: Hui Bordelon (FRLGA) 97
2nd Net: Becky Hollier (WGAS) 80
Low Putts: Suzanne Patton 29


THIRD FLIGHT
Low Gross: Marge Snyder (NHGC) 95
Low Net: Pam Crews (NHGC) 77
2nd Gross: Linda Colvin (NHGC) 101
2nd Net: Kyong Lee (BWGA) 80
Low Putts: Linda Colvin 31


FOURTH FLIGHT
Low Gross: (tie) Bobbie Almond (FRLGA) & Kathy Davis (NHGC) 103
Low Net: Vien Wheeler (STCC) 77
2nd Gross: Donna Ihle (WGAS) 106
2nd Net: Grace Ireland (NHGC) 81
Low Putts: (tie) Donna Ihle, Grace Ireland, Kathy Davis 35


Chip/Putt-in: Linda Colvin
Nine 1-putts: Suzanne Patton


And did I mention......IT WAS HOT!


Our next SWGA event is August 23-24, with 8:30am shotgun both days. You can play a practice round August 16-21 at a special $30 rate if you have signed up for the championship. Just call pro shot for tee time. If you haven’t already signed up, send your $90 entry fee to Debbie Magee, 106 Carondelet Court, Bossier City, LA 71111.