WGA Play Day results for Wednesday, September 25th

Ladies,

Today we had small field for the Hate'em format which basically allowed you to throw out 2 of your least favorite holes prior to the round.  I noticed a lot of hole 10 and 4 for obvious reasons!!

Diane Tate was the low gross winner with an 82 and Betty Lynch continued her dominance in the net with a 65!

A big shout out go's to Dot Kennihan who managed a hole in one on hole 17!!

She used her 5 hybrid to great effect for her 4th hole in one during her golfing career.  Maker sure and congratulate her when you next see her.

Thanks to those who did play and hope to see a bigger crowd next week.

Gordon

WGA Solheim Cup Day 9/18/13

What a beautiful day we had for golf. Our Solheim Cup matched up two teams of six 18 hole ladies and 2 nine hole ladies. The format for the nine hole ladies was one better ball of the two. The format for the 18 hole ladies was nine holes of one better ball of the two and nine holes of modified alternate shot.

For our nine hole match the team of Beverly Logan and Carol Spears faced off against Liz Hemming and Tina Maisano. The team of Hemming and Maisano jumped out of the gate winning hole ten. This match was a back and forth chase with both teams alternating winning holes. The match was eventually halved with Maisano and Hemming taking the l8th to half the match. Great playing Ladies!

In the match of the Captains Norma Hyland and Diane Tate took on the strong team of Dot Kennihan and Tricia Knight. Diane Tate had a great day on the links her team was three up at the turn and never looked back. Tricia Knight tried to bring her team back at the turn birding number nine to bring the match closer but the momentum soon faded. Hyland and Tate closed out the match on hole 14. This put Norma Hyland and her team up one point.

The second 18 hole match matched up Becky Deaton and Cathy Gough against Maureen Buckley and Monica Lipomi. Becky Deaton birdied the first hole but Buckley and Limponi fought right back with a win on hole two and they never lost the lead after they won the third hole. They closed the match out on the 12th hole. This tied the team aspect up at one apiece.

The anchor match teamed up Betty Lynch and Pia Orlandi against Cindy Boals and Lois Lee. The first blood in this match was drawn by Pia Orlandi on the second hole. The match was quickly back to all square after Lois Lee won the hole. The two teams alternated wins for a couple of holes and were all square at the turn. The teams were all square until the 15th when Orlandi and Lynch went ahead with a win. They quickly padded that lead winning the 16th as well. Not to be outdone the team of Boals and Lee fought won the 17th with a par. The match came down the the 18th with Boals and Lee winning the the pivotal hole and halving the match. This tied up the matches at 2 apiece.

Great playing to all the ladies and thanks for the support of the event. We hope to see you all next week.

All the Best,

Hunter

2013 Ladies Member Guest Results

What a day for golf the ladies had!  Quite an improvement over last years rain debacle for sure.  The theme this year was Irish Eyes are Smiling for the Irish Open.  The ladies were all out in there festive green and Irish Type costumes.  We even had a leprechaun floating around the club courtesy of Mr. Kuntz.  All the ladies were lining up to get a picture with the dapper guy hoping to take a dip into his Pot 'O Gold.  The format for the ladies was quite similar to last year.  They had a one best ball contest for the practice round which was held on Monday with nearly 100% participation!  The best players of the day in the net division were deadlocked at the very low score of 58.  The teams of  Cindy Boals, Dolly Mott, Karen Finegold, Tracy Lorenz and Wanda Little, Gina Gilchrest, Lynne Frazier, Jean Weiler were happy to share the first place prize money of $60 per team.  Great work Girls.  The Gross division had no tie for first place.  The winning score was 76 which was 4 shots clear of the nearest competitor.  Lorraine Chalas, Norma Hyland, Kathy Fiske and Paula Zellers took those top honors along with the $80 first place prize.  The second place gross had a tie at 80 strokes with the teams of Knight, Leidy, Staley, Stokes & Tate, Hardinger, Thompson, Anderson claiming that spot and the split of the $40 second place prize money.  

On tournament day we started the day with a buffet breakfast in the Cornerstone and a Shotgun start at 9:00 am.  The format was Captains choice with two different flights where we had Gross and Net winners in each.  The flights were the Shamrock Flight and the Leprechaun Flight.  

Gross Winners Lorraine Chalas,
Paula Zellers, Norama Hyland & Kathy Fiske

The Shamrock Flight had a tie at the top of the gross division with the score of 67.  We had a scorecard playoff for that spot which came out in favor of Norma Hyland, Kathy Fiske, Paula Zellers & Lorraine Chalas.  They finished with three pars that made the difference in the playoff and gave

Net winners Diane Staley, Tricia Knight
Stephanie Stokes & Charlotte Leidy

them that first place spot.  The net winners were the Gross playoff losers so they only felt bad for a brief second.  They had a very impressive score of 59.1 which was a winner by only 2 tenths of a stroke over their nearest competitor.  The team was Tricia Knight, Charlotte Leidy, Diana Staley & Stephanie Stokes.  Team leprechaun (all members were dressed as the lucky charm) needed a bit of that Irish luck to pull off the slimmest of victories.  Congratulations to both winners in the Shamrock Flight.

Gross Winners Rith Ertel, Betty Lynch,
Dot Kennihan & Toni Goodrich

Net Winners Marcia Maiero, Lorraine Schwerin
Joan Owen & Margaret McDonald

The Leprechaun Flight had a clear gross winner with the team of Don Kennihan, Ruth Ethel, Betty Lynch and Toni Goodrich.  They had a score of 71 which was good enough for a two shot victory.  The Net Champions were one of the best dressed groups out there today.  I especially enjoyed the sunglasses they wore.  Lorraine Schwerin, Joan Owen, Marcia Maireo and Margaret Mcdonald carded a score of 59.9 which was 3 tenths of  a shot clear of the next team.  Congratulations to both winners in the Leprechaun Flight.

The ladies had some special event holes out there today with two closest to the hole competitions, a straightest drive and the Pot of Gold (had to get in the circle to win).  The Closest to the hole on #2 was for guests and was won by Diana Staley.  The 9th hole was the Member's hole and that was claimed by Dot Kennihan.  The straightest drive had both Member and Guest divisions and the Member prize was won by Diane Tate with the guest prize going to Pat Anderson.  There were only two ladies getting into the Pot of Gold and they were both Guests (but former Members)  Kathy Fiske & Lynne Frazier shared in that prize.

I would like to thank all the ladies who played this year in the Ladies Member Guest.  A special thanks to those Members who took the time to get things organized.  We hope to see an even bigger field next year!

Best,

Dave