May 2015 Newsletter

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MAY 2015 The President’s Corner As we bid farewell to our snowbirds, I reflect back on a great season at The Gallery. While the rest of the country reeled under snow and cold, we have enjoyed some of the best weather in the country this winter. We donned our school colors for our Season Opener Homecoming scramble. We survived “the plated lunch” on Wednesdays. We competed enthusiastically in the new PLAY AWAY competition, hoping to earn a trip to Cape Cod. We gave generously to support Mobile Meals of Tucson and Honor Flight Southern Arizona. We took our game on the road to play in Catalina Cup, Ironwood Cup and Kachina. We battled – RED vs. BLUE – in the Solheim Cup. It was all fun. The GWGA is an amazing community of women who come together over the love of golf. We cheer, we moan, we win, we lose. But at the end of the day we have made new friends and cemented old friendships. This year I was honored to have been surrounded by such an amazing group of intelligent, talented, hard-­‐working and committed women who have provided great leadership for you, our GWGA membership. I know next year’s Board, led by President Laurie Smith and Vice-­‐President Barbara Bolton, will continue to serve us all well. Enjoy your summer, wherever you may be. I look forward to seeing all of you in the fall. Sally Herfurth
GWGA HAPPENINGS IN MAY S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 6 Gallery Hosted Catalina Cup 11 Catalina Cup Mountain View/Preserve Page 2 of 4
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May 2015 👏 GOOD GOLF BY GWGA MEMBERS👍
Interclub Play Outside of the Catalina Cup, we have finished our interclub play for the season. Thanks to all players and chairpersons who participated. Without each of you, these events wouldn’t be possible. As I’ve said before, we have such an awesome group of women in GWGA! May 6th the Gallery will host Catalina Cup and on May 11th the final event will be played at Mountain View/Preserve. Next year we will, once again, use Foretees to sign-­‐up for all interclub events. Have a great summer; healthy, safe and fun! Pat Williamson
Most Improved Handicaps CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Luanne Johnson and Sue Hamield were the winners of the most-­‐improved handicap index awards for the season, November 1, 2014 to April 15, 2015. Well done, ladies! Marcia Dietrich
Awards were presented at our final Awards Dinner to the following players: President’s Cup Flight Winners 1st Flight — Gail Kilgour 2nd Flight — Pab Jubrias 3rd Flight — Judy Jacobson 4th Flight — Meridith Schrader 5th Flight — Diane Steward Del Sud Ringer Tournament Winner Sylvia Dorsey AWGA Medallion Tournament Qualifiers Low Gross — Nancy Harris Low Net — Jane Huff Trans-­‐NaQonal Pin Winner Meredith Anderson 2014-­‐15 Holes-­‐in-­‐One Terri Camp Annefe Russell Bernie Colburn Bev Wellen 2014-­‐15 Birdies/Pars Congratulahons to the 89 GWGA members who recorded birdies and pars during Wednesday play. This year 67 women recorded 187 birdies (handicaps up to 27) and 25 women recorded 99 pars (handicaps 28 and higher). $3 was awarded for each birdie and par. If you were not at the Awards Dinner to receive your winnings, please look for them in your locker if you have one. If you don’t have a locker, Krishe is holding onto your envelope and looking for you! The top three winners in each category were: BIRDIES PARS 18 -­‐ Nancy Harris 13 -­‐ D.J. Hammerschmidt 12 -­‐ Luanne Johnson 9 -­‐ Cheryl Waldbaum 10 -­‐ Kathy Thomas 9 -­‐ Julia Whalen Page 3 of 4
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MAY 2015 Community Campaigns Spring Fund Raiser and annual event 3 Jills & A Jack was a huge success. Thanks to the generosity of the golfers, non-­‐golfers and the volunteers, we raised $13,503. Plus a $10,000 donation was made from an anonymous donor totaling our dollars raised to $23,503!! WOW!! Our GWGA organization is the most generous women’s organization around. Our charity this year was Honor Flight Southern Arizona. Your participation and donations are sending 23 WWII Veterans on a three day trip to Washington D.C. to visit and reflect at their memorials dedicated to their military service. These men and women changed our world -­‐ Our Greatest Generation! Many thanks goes to Mr. Carl Hankwitz for capturing all of the fun we had that day. Event pictures can be seen on the GWGA website. We are so grateful to each of you for making our annual charity event another great success. It's wonderful to be able to help those in need! Barbara Bolton, Darlene Vanderloos & Robin
Allen
Membership Thank you to all who have already joined the GWGA for the 2015-­‐16 season. What a vibrant group of women are at The Gallery. As Nancy Harris expressed at the GWGA awards banquet, this is a unique group of women that are encouraging, embracing, kind, and fun. If you haven't taken the opportunity to re-­‐join yet, you have until April 30th to take advantage of the billing to your account option. Please fill out the form and and leave it at the desk of the Pro shop or mail to me: Kathi LaTourrette 4865 W. Groundcherry Lane, Marana AZ 85658. After April 30th, please send a check for $35 to my Colorado address. 29959 Denali Lane, Evergreen, CO 80439. In both cases, be sure that your information is correct or as you wish it to appear in the directory. You need to have your membership renewal in by August 1st in order to appear in the directory. Thank you! Kathi LaTourrette
AWGA and SDWGA Tournaments AWGA Mixed Stix at Oakcreek Country Club on June 13. Online registration is available at www.awga.org SOLHEIM CUP 2016 SDWGA Spring Four-­‐Ball Tournament at Quail Creek Country Club on May 8 & 9. Please see SDWGA website for registration and information. Laurie Smith
Monday, January 25 Wednesday, January 27 Thursday, January 28 Save the dates! Page 4 of 4
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MAY 2015 2015-­‐2016 Executive Committee
Diane Steward, Barbara Bolton, Cindy Smith, Laurie Smith, Pam Gerber, Kathi LaTourrette, Faith Elwess
2014-­‐2015 GWGA Officers Trans-­‐National Pin Winner Meredith Anderson
PLAY AWAY Winners Diane Steward, Meredith Anderson, Faith Elwess
DEL SUD Winner Sylvia Dorsey
AWGA Medallion Qualifiers Jane Huff (Net), Nancy Harris (Gross)
2015 Club Champion Nancy Harris