GWGA NEWS December 2017
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A note from the President
Bette Fredericks
A note from the President…
Bette Fredericks
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GWGA HAPPENINGS December 2017
6 8:30 a.m. Low Putts/Host Ironwood Cup 13 8:30 a.m. 2 Best Balls Net/Home&Home Gallery hosts Oro Valley 20 8:30 a.m. Holiday Sweater Shamble 27 8:30 a.m. Blind Date -‐ Two Person Teams
* Catalina Cup @ The Highlands 8:00 a.m. * Host Ironwood Cup 8:30 a.m.
Well we made it through our first month and what a month it was.....
We had an opening day to remember, followed the next week by our Ladies Guest Day. Luckily we were able to have our GWGA members also playing on the same day! We prepared for Thanksgiving with our own Turkey Shoot, where we ‘shot’ (eliminated) our worst three holes. Wouldn’t it be great to do THAT all the Jme? We finished off the month with a Two-‐Best Ball, Quota points game. In week two, I witnessed Sally Herfurth’s hole-‐in-‐one! CongratulaJon Sally! Then in week 4, I witnessed Carol Swed’s hole-‐in-‐one! CongratulaJons Carol! Those are the 9th and 10th hole-‐in-‐ones I've witnessed, NONE of them my own! Not that I'm jealous … it's always exciJng to be a witness to this special feat! So, who wants to play with me next week? For the Month of December, we have our Wednesday Play-‐day each week -‐ Let's hope for cooler weather so we can wear our Holiday Sweaters on the 20th! We also have many bonus events in December. Catalina Cup at the Highlands on the 5th; Ironwood Cup at the Gallery on the 6th (Go Teams!); and our Home & Home with Oro Valley on the 12th at their club followed on the 13th at the Gallery. Please sign-‐up for the Presidents Cup by December 13th. This is a fun match play format and you only need to win three matches in this flighted Win or Done compeJJon. With many of you heading elsewhere during the Holidays to visit family and friends, I wish you all safe travels and a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and a Happy New Year!
In closing, remember to Come out and play on OUR day… For the Love of Golf!
GWGA NEWSPage 2 of 5
December 2017
Brenda Samis
Ironwood Cup
Betsy Fredericksen & Kathy Cohen
SporLng our new Gallery team uniforms at The Views are Sally Herfurth (Captain), Brini Brennan, Leal Roberts, Donna Moore, Judi Lorenzen, Frieda Gutshall and Betsy Fredericksen
Our Catalina Cup compeJJons are underway. The first of 9 matches was played at The Views and our next match will take place December 5 at The Highlands. If you’d like to play on a Gallery team in one of these events, be sure to check out the schedule at gwga.info and sign up in the Events secJon on ForeTees. You may sign up for all events at any Jme. The team of 6 players will be selected one week before each event.
Catalina Cup
Sally Herfurth & Marti Norman
Oro Valley Home & Home
Please read through the ‘enthusiasm’ of our first friendly Home and Home for the season at Oro Valley this month. Your next Home and Home opportunity will be in February. Sign up on ForeTees to meet and join other GWGA ladies through our Ironwood, Catalina Cup and Home and Home events. Cheers!
Brenda Samis
Interclub News
The Ironwood Cup season long compeJJon is up and running! CongratulaJons to the six players listed below who represented our club very well at Heritage Highlands at Dove Mountain. All the team points were very close and I know the day was a great success. Some Gallery women even had a liile golf shop credit to spend. Thank you to Frieda Gutshall, Rae Aust, Michelle Sedan, Leal Roberts, Vicki Romeo and Sandy Emrick for your golfing prowess!
The next Ironwood Cup will be here at The Gallery on Wednesday December 6th. We will need about eight women willing to help prove once again, the Gallery have THE BEST hosts in town, in addiJon to having the best golf courses and lunch! Please sign up on ForeTees to volunteer.
January 9th the play will be at the Golf Club at Dove Mountain. You can also sign up on ForeTees to show your interest in that outstanding opportunity.
Go Gallery!
Come out and play December 12th at Oro Valley Country Club and December 13th at the Gallery. Start time is 8:30 both days. Cost to play Oro Valley including a cart and lunch is $55 and will be charged to your member account. You do not have to sign up for both days. The day at the Gallery lunch is served in the member dining room. Chef Brian will be cooking up something special. The format for both days is the same. You and another Gallery member are paired with two Oro Valley members. The four of you are a team scoring two best net scores per hole. Foursomes are selected by the pro shop. Please join us for two fun days of golf and friendship. Sign up on ForeTees.
Joann Davis and Sue Hatfield
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December 2017
Faith Elwess
AWGA & SDWGA Golf News Membership
LuAnne Johnson
Our membership numbers conJnue to climb – we how have 180 members! Please welcome these new members and add their informaJon to your directories (if you haven’t done so, please pick up your directory at the front desk in the Golf Shop!)
Vivian (Vicki) Jones (Robert) Robyn Roggensack (Bart) [email protected] [email protected] 13634 N. Holly Grape Drive 14115 N. Los Saguaros Drive Marana, AZ 85658 Marana, AZ 85658 772-‐486-‐7838 (mobile) 303-‐884-‐3604 (mobile) 1680 Overlook Way 5120 Pine River Trail Victor, ID 83455 Castle Rock, CO 80108 GHIN: 0629849 BD: 10/4 BD: August 2
Kaiy Hsieh (Alan Rothberg) Loreia Tucker (Tom) [email protected] 13305 N Booming Drive 6008 W. Double Green Lane Oro Valley, AZ 85755 Marana, AZ 85658 520-‐297-‐5380 GHIN: 2424363 GHIN: 0663051 BD: 9/8 Lynn Kovash (Jeff) [email protected] (renJng here for now) 215 Barry Ave S #106 Wayzata, MN 55391 952-‐201-‐2554 (mobile) GHIN: 7797027 BD: 8/1
Welcome back returning member Lynda Henderson!
Lynda Henderson (Tom) [email protected] 10990 N. Pusch Ridge Vista Dr. Oro Valley, AZ 85737 520-‐544-‐7556 520–275-‐0395 (mobile) GHIN: 0616581 BD: March 15
I misspelled Pam Dutzar’s name and email ([email protected]) in the October newsleier. Sorry Pam!
HOLIDAY SWEATER DAY IS WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER 20TH
AWGA State Medallion Club Team -‐ 18 Hole Oakwood Country Club (Sun Lakes, AZ)
January 13 & 14, 2018 Good Luck to our GWGA Champions
competing! Nancy Harris and Terri Camp
SDWGA WINTER SCOTCH Forty Niner Country Club (Tucson, AZ)
Monday February 12, 2018 $140 per 2 person team ($70 per person)
website: sdwga.com
HOLE IN ONE UPDATE!
Congrats to Sally Herfurth for scoring the first HIO of the season!
Sally aced Hole #16 on the South course on November 8, 2017!
AND...
Congrats to Carol Swed for her ACE on Hole #8 on the South Course November 29, 2017!
What an exciting start to our season!
Check out all the HIO rock stars in our Ladies locker room on the HIO recognition
plaques….be inspired !
GWGA NEWSPage 4 of 5
December 2017
Community Campaign
We are excited to announce that our 2018 3 Jill’s and a Jack Tournament will be supporJng a very worthwhile organizaJon, Casa de los Niños.
For the past 40 years, Casa has lead the way in the prevenJon, intervenJon and treatment of abused children in our community. Their goal is to promote child well-‐being and family stability through educaJon, prevenJon and treatment for children who are abused or neglected.
They are currently raising funds to build a new family center to beier provide high quality integrated care for children and families in the Tucson metropolitan area. We believe that the funds generated from this year’s 3 Jill’s and a Jack tournament will help Casa de los Niños reach this worthwhile goal.
The tournament will be held on Wednesday, March 14th. Online registraJon will begin on February 14th. This popular tournament fills quickly, and we are limited to 36 teams, so be sure to register early. Teams are comprised of three women (who must be members of the GWGA) and one male member of the club. No spouses can be on the same team. The total handicap index of the team at the Jme of sign up must add up to at least 52 and may go as low as 50 on the day of the event. If you need help finding a team, please email me your name and golf index at [email protected] and I will try to find a team for you.
We are excited about this event and look forward to your support of Casa de los Niños.
Together we will work to change lives……for generaJons.
Mary Terch, Chair and Susan Flynn Co-chair
Rules by Nancy
Nancy Harris
Bunkers at The Gallery
100!!! 92!!! Those are not golf scores but the number of bunkers on Gallery North and South. 192 bunkers for Noah Gessler and his crew to maintain and 192 bunkers for us to try to avoid. I asked Noah what work was done on the bunkers this summer and he said that additional sand was added to the green side bunkers only -‐ at the time of overseeing. With 192 bunkers we have hundreds of rakes on the course. When finished raking please place the rake parallel with the fairway (not cross-‐wise). This way the rakes should have less influence on future balls coming that direction. This is a good time to remind you that The Gallery has a local rule allowing us to remove stones in the bunker with NO PENALTY. Good luck with the 192!
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December 2017
Dates: Pairings event Friday, February 23, 2018
Event is Monday, February 26th, Wednesday, February 28th & Thursday,
March 1st (You MUST be able to play all three days!) If you cannot, we
will put you on an alternates list for fill-‐in purposes.
Times: Starang ames from approximately 9:00 – 12:30 on Monday; 12:30 shotgun
on Wednesday and 9:00 shotgun on Thursday.
Courses: South-‐North-‐South rotation. Entry Fee: $35 per person plus the losing team will be charged $50 to their
account and applied to the winning team’s credit book.
Eligibility: All female golf members of The Gallery Golf Club
RegistraLon Deadline: Friday, February 14th at 6:00 p.m. Prizes: Credit Book in the Golf Shop
Food & Beverage: Included in your entry -‐ Pairings event beginning at 4:00 p.m. on
Friday, February 23rd in The Grille will include hosted hors d’oeuvres.
“Solheim 2018 Celebraaon Lunch” following play on Thursday, March 1st
will include a plated lunch and non-‐ alcoholic beverages.
Format: Day One – Chapman Day Two – Four Ball (Beker Ball); Day Three – Singles
Tees: Rojo Tees Handicaps: All players will receive 100% of handicaps
Please use online registraaon or feel free to call or come into the Golf Shop.