SWGA Annual Meeting/Luncheon

Shreveport CC was the venue for the Annual SWGA Meeting and Luncheon to launch 2016’s golfing activities…. to say goodbye to the old Officers, to welcome the new, and present the End of Year Awards for 2015.

 

Forty-seven ladies, over half of our membership, enjoyed the food and fellowship, as usual, since we have few opportunities to simply ”visit” as a group.

 

All Officers reported on their areas of responsibility and it was a tremendously successful year, in spite of numerous event re-schedulings due to bad weather.  We had four stroke play events, the two-day championship at a totally new and neutral venue (Huntington Park), three scramble events, and an amazing Team Match two-day event that ended in a tie.  What a year!

 

Events Chairman Moise Allen started the End of Year Awards presentation with those who had attained 100% participation for 2015, which was the first time we tried a new system.  If any member missed one “required” event, but participated in at least one Team Match event, they were still considered as having 100% participation.  We had nine ladies who attained a TRUE 100% participation:  Bobby Jo Almond, Cathy Buckley, Hui Bordelon, Gayle Gansfuss, Grace Ireland, Martha Lawhorne, Mary Moore, Jill Litton and Marge Snyder.  Five ladies missed one regular event, but played in at least one day of Team Matches: Vicki Cella, Kathy Davis, Carmen Leach, Joyce Middleton, and Mary Lynn Stuart.

 

Gross, net, and putt awards were based on your lowest four scores in each area.  The Low Net Awards were decided by hundredths of a point.

1^st Low Net: (Avg. 69.1) Gayle Gansfuss, FRLGA
2^nd Low Net: (Avg. 69.20) Hui Bordelon, FRLGA
3^rd Low Net: (Avg. 69.25) Vicki Cella, NHGC
4^th Low Net: (Avg. 69.5) Mary Moore, FRLGA

The low gross awards were just as close: 1^st Low Gross: (Avg. 79) Mary Lynn Stuart, ERCC

2^nd Low Gross: (Avg. 79.75) Kathy Davis, STCC

Low Putts winner was Kathy Davis with an average of 29.  Great putting!

The most improved Handicap Index award went to Martha Lawhorne, BWGA, after decreasing her index by 4.5 points.  That’s great!

2015 President Kathleen McCoy introduced the new Officers for 2016:

President: Joyce Middleton, ERCC

1^st VP (Championship): Suzanne Tinsley, WGAS
2^nd VP (Team Matches): Jimmie Zey, NHGC
Secretary: Mary Moore, FRLGA
Treasurer: Moise Allen, STCC
Events: Martha Lawhorne, BWGA @ SCC

The Club Reps for 2016 are listed in the right hand column of this blog.

McCoy announced that this year, we will be paying $30 for each of our playday events, an increase of $5 from the past few years.  Our first SWGA event is a scramble at Fox Run on St. Patricks Day (March 17), so wear your green!  Hope to see you there!

SWGA Annual Meeting/Luncheon/Officer Election

January 15th at 11:30am, the annual SWGA Meetiing and Luncheon will be held at Shreveport CC. Please come and take part in welcoming the new officers for 2016 and enjoy the food and fellowship. There will be much information shared during the meeting and you may have some input in this regard.

Cost of the buffet luncheon is $17, payable at registration.  This includes tax and gratuity.  Please contact your club rep by January 8 to confirm your attendance.  If you are unable to contact your rep, please contact Kathleen McCoy, 870-510-4113. 


Hope to see you there!

Jingle Bell Scramble

 

Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Scramble….

 

Over twenty-five years ago, the annual Jingle Bell Scramble became a tradition that brings the Shreveport Senior Women’s Association and Shreveport Women’s Golf Association together to participate together at Northwood Hills Golf Club.   It is also one of our opportunities to “play it forward” by donating to the Toys for Tots program handled by the Marine Corps.

 

This year’s scramble consisted of thirty-seven ladies who “layered up” for the cold weather that warmed up into a beautiful sunny day.  In spite of all the recent rain, the course was nicely manicured and the greens were in great shape.  To keep it that way, we had cart paths only, but it was just a nice walk in the sunshine.

 

Of the nine teams, scores ranged from 65 to 74 with four teams having a 71, which was par for the day.  Shooting the fine 65 score was Team Debbie Magee, Gayle Gansfuss, Sandra West, and Grace Ireland.  Congratulations ladies!!!

 

After play, a lovely buffet lunch was served and enjoyed by all.  Thanks to the Northwood ladies for their warm hospitality and wonderful “goodies” as usual.

 

FIRST PLACE – 65

Debbie Magee

Gayle Gansfuss

Sandra West

Grace Ireland

 

SECOND PLACE – 68

Cathy Morgan

Becky Hollier

Marge Snyder

Jeanette Bohringer

 

THIRD PLACE – 70

Becky Farr

Jimmie Zey

Joanne McDonald

Linda Heins

 

FOURTH PLACE – 70

Cathy Buckley

Tommy Engelcke

Judy Ferguson

Donna Ihle

 

FIFTH PLACE – 71

Hui Bordelon

Suzanne Patton

Pam Crews

Barbara Offer

 

This was the final event of the 2015 season for both of the golf associations.  Looking forward to a drier and warmer Spring to kick off the 2016 season!

SWGA Turkey Scramble

For years, our SWGA Turkey Scramble was hosted by Palmetto CC.  With the demise of Palmetto, Shreveport Country Club hosted this year’s scramble, with forty ladies participating on thirteen teams.  The weather was ideal, especially for this time of year, the course was in good shape, and Golf Pro John Schurman and the SCC staff welcomed everyone.

Scores ranged from 69 to 81.  Sixth place required a scorecard playoff between four teams.  All ladies vied for Closest to the Pin on the same hole, and Gloria Utley showed off with her 26 inch putt….and yes, made the birdie.  Winners received Dick’s Sporting Goods gift cards.  Results are:

FIRST PLACE - 69

Mary Coker

Martha Lawhorne

Linda Colvin

Jill Litton

SECOND PLACE – 72

Joyce Middleton

Mary Gallagher

Julie Butterfield

THIRD PLACE – 73

Cathy Buckley

Gloria Utley

Kathleen McCoy

FOURTH PLACE – 74

Donna Cobb

Jimmie Zey

Joanne McDonald

FIFTH PLACE – 75

Shirley Pettitt

Marge Snyder

Pam Crews

SIXTH PLACE – 77

Moise Allen

Gayle Gansfuss

Donna Ihle

Closest to Pin – Gloria Utley – 26 inches

The next last SWGA event of the year is the Jingle Bell Scramble which is a joint venture between SWGA and SSWGA.  It will be held at Northwood GC on December 3^rd.  Please bring an unwrapped gift for Toys for Kids.

SSWGA Championship

Twenty-two ladies signed up to play in the SSWGA Championship at Northwood Hills GC in spite of the impending rain forecast….which was right on!  On Day 1, October 27^th, rain gear appeared  on every cart and the day was  “cover your clubs….uncover your clubs” on the cart-path-only rain-drenched course.  Yep.  It was a challenge.

Day 2 was a different story as the weather cleared and the cart was mostly accessible by cart, making for much better golfing conditions.  In spite of all the rain, the course was as good as it could possibly be, and the Northwood ladies made everyone feel comfortable and “at home”.

The weather didn’t bother Debbie Magee of Stonebridge as she posted a really nice score of 86, winning the Medalist honors for Day 1, with Cathy Buckley of BWGA at Shreveport CC in second place, seven strokes behind her. 

Day 2 was a flip for those two ladies.  Cathy had an outstanding day, closing the gap between the two and needing to make the putt on Hole 18 to tie for a playoff.  But Debbie made a dramatically long putt from just off the green into the hole and Cathy missed her shorter putt.  Debbie Magee won the Senior Championship by one stroke with a total of 178.  Congratulations Debbie!  How exciting!

For the first time this year, there was a new Championship category for the Super Seniors.  Eight ladies competed in this division and Jimmie Zey won the Medalist prize with her score of 96, but Joyce Middleton of Eastridge CC cut 13 strokes off her score on Day 2 and took home the new trophy with her scores of  99 and 86.  Congratulations to Joyce!

OVERALL 2015 CHAMPION: Debbie Magee, 86/92= 178

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT

1^st Gross: Cathy Buckley, 93/86+ 179

1^st Net: Nancy Young (BWGA), 78/78= 156
2^nd Gross: Donna Cobb (FRLGA), 96/94= 190
2^nd Net: Martha Lawhorne (BWGA), 82/76= 158

FIRST FLIGHT

1^st Gross: Kyong Lee (BWGA) 101/101= 202

1^st Net: Bobbie Jo Almond (FRLGA) 79/76= 155
2^nd Gross: Suzanne Patton (BWGA) 104/100= 204
2^nd Net: Pam Crews (NHGC) 80/77= 157

OVERALL 2015 SUPER SENIOR CHAMPION: Joyce Middleton, 99/86=185

 
1^st Gross: Jimmie Zey (NHGC) 96/100= 196
1^st Net: Marge Snyder (NHGC) 83/78= 161
2^nd Gross: Mary Gallagher (FRLGA) 103/95= 198
2^nd Net: Barbara Offer (BWGA) 85/78= 163

Medalist: Debbie Magee – 86
Super Senior Medalist – Jimmie Zey – 96

Closest to Pin:

#12 – Kyong Lee (BWGA) and Alyce Wyche (NHGC)
#16 – Barbara Offer (BWGA)
Accurate Drive – Pat Miller (BWGA)
Overall Low Putts: (tie) Martha Lawhorne (BWGA) and Pam Crews (NHGC)

Barbara Fay White Cup Team Matches

WHAT A DAY OF TEAM MATCHES!  This was the final day of the two days of the Barbara Fay White Cup, which started this year on September 23^rd, with the East Team taking the lead 6 – 4, in the 2-lady team scramble, match play event.

Forty ladies competed on this Day 2 in once-again beautiful weather to vie for the Cup which was won last year by the West Team.  It couldn’t get much more exciting than it did today….much like the recent President’s Cup. 

With eight of the ten matches finished, the next match came in with a tie….bringing the total to 9 ½ to 9 ½. Only one match was still out and it was obvious that whichever team won THAT match would determine who won THE Matches.  Who would have thought!  The tenth team in was ALSO a TIE!  The final score: 10 – 10.  EVERYONE WAS A WINNER!

This hasn’t happened before in the history of the Barabara Fay White Cup and isn’t likely to happen again anytime soon.  But how exciting!
 
And speaking of exciting, we must mention Jill Litton’s (NHGC) eagle out of a bunker as well as Cathy Buckley’s (BWGA) eagle on one of the par five’s where she miraculously hit into the group ahead by hitting a whopper second shot onto the green….ending in an eagle.
 
Once again, Stonebridge hospitality was great and everyone enjoyed themselves tremendously.  About fifty ladies participated over the two days, giving everyone who wanted to play an opportunity to do so.  Congratulations to Team Matches Chairman Suzanne Tinsley and her committee for a successful event.  We are already looking forward to next year’s matches!

2015 SWGA Championship

The 82nd Annual SWGA Championship was hosted by the Eastridge Ladies Assn. at Huntington Golf Club, a completely "neutral" course for all the twenty-five ladies that participated in the 2-day stroke play event on September 30 and October 1.  The recently renovated course at Huntington was in great shape and Pro Reggie Adams and his entire staff made everyone feel "at home" and special.

Day one was tee times, and ladies were "properly" announced at the #1 Tee Box by Pro Reg Adams as they hit their first tee shot of the day, being cheered on by onlookers.  When the scores were tallied for day one, Kathy Davis of Southern Trace CC had the lead by three strokes under Debbie Magee of Stonebridge, and also winning the Day One Medalist trophy with her score of 77!  Net Medalist went to Mary Moore of Fox Run GC with her very nice score of 84, resulting in a net score of 67 which was three strokes better than the closest competitors.

A cool front rolled in for day two, bringing with it a 1-2 club wind to deal with.  The shotgun start at 9:00am brought out a few sweaters but didn't "cool" the competition.  Kathy Davis kept up the pace she set a day earlier and finished with an 80, edging out last year's champion, Mary Lynn Stuart, by five strokes to win the 2015 Championship.  Kathy also had overall low putts of 56, tied with Debbie Magee of Stonebridge CC.





Net Champion for 2015 is Jill Litton of Northwood Hills GC, who quietly slipped up on everyone with her net scores of 71 and 68, winning by one stroke under Suzanne Patton of BWGA at Shreveport CC.  Jill also took the Closest to the Line award.

At the awards luncheon ladies were treated to a lovely and tasty grilled chicken and fruit salad created by the Huntington and Querbes Food and Beverage Director Tina Bynog, who went "all out" to accommodate our SWGA group.

In addition to the Dick's Sporting Goods Gift Cards that were given to the winners, every player was given a "free green fee" certificate to Huntington by management, making everyone a winner!

CHAMPION: Kathy Davis, STCC, 77/80
NET CHAMPION: Jill Litton, NHGC, 71/68
DAY ONE MEDALIST: Kathy Davis, 77
DAY ONE NET MEDALIST: Mary Moore, FRLGA, 67
OVERALL LOW PUTTS: (tie) Kathy Davis and Debbie Magee, WGAS, 56
CLOSEST TO THE LINE: Jill Litton

FIRST FLIGHT
Low Gross:  Mary Lynn Stuart, ERCC, 83/79
1st Net: Debbie Magee, WGAS, 70/74
2nd Net: Vicki Cella, NHGC, 77/69
Closest to the Pin: Debbie Magee

SECOND FLIGHT
Low Gross: Hui Bordelon, FRLGA, 88/88
1st Net: Mary Moore, FRLGA, 67/76
2nd Net: Suzanne Patton, BWGA, 72/74
Closest to the Pin: Suzanne Patton

THIRD FLIGHT
Low Gross: Gayle Gansfuss, FRLGA, 93/93
1st Net: Grace Ireland, NHGC, 74/74
2nd Net: Ronda Smith, FRLGA, 75/74
Closest to the Pin: Gayle Gansfuss

Championship Chairman, 1st VP Joyce Middleton of Eastridge CC, thanks all of you who participated and supported your SWGA group of ladies and hopes you enjoyed this exciting annual event.  Hope to see you next year!!!

 

Team Matches, Day One

The eighth annual Barbara Fay White Cup competition kicked off today, September 23, at Stonebridge Golf Club.  The format has "morphed" considerably through the years, but the bottom line is that the competition between the East and West Teams is fun and exciting.

This year, we are playing 2-lady scramble in match play format.  The forty ladies who participated today had a great time, with most matches going very near 18 full holes.  When all was done, the East Team leads 6-4 after Day One.  The West team will have to come from behind to defend their title.

The final Team Matches day will be October 14, again at Stonebridge.  At that time, the final champions will be determined.  If you want to play, please contact your Club Rep.