7/12/24

Greetings WWGA  Ladies,

The WWGA hosted a memorable first Invitational Tournament here at The Woods Monday. Do you hear ‘Garden Grove’ playing in the background?

(If you have photos, and I know many of you do, please forward to Mary Forte, mary_forte@comcast.net to post on the website.  Please view those photos and travel with me through the day’s events.

The Garden Grove was created by Georgette and the decorating committee.  Bouquets of flowers lined the link fence along the walkway to the pavilion.

Music: The Hip Abduction and Bob Marley playlist, created by Nikoya, greeted our guests as they dropped off their clubs. 

Snacks, banana bread (homemade by Becky V), peaches and WATER were made ready by Becky V.  Dawn provided those delicious peaches.

Registration: Liz and Renee checked our guests in and directed them to the snack table and the ticket table.

50/50 tickets: Jen sold A LOT of tickets; we far exceeded our estimate, and were able to pay 2 winners.

Opportunity Tickets: Bonnie and Shirley also sold A LOT of tickets in support of the Hope House.

Picture frame and table decorations: Nikoya, Carol, Judy, and Georgette. The picture fame was a definite hit of the tournament. Many had their photos taken behind it; hope you did too!  (Send these to Mary.)

Opportunity Tables in support of the Hope House: Donations were beautifully showcased by Dawn and her helpers. We had fifteen items on the Opportunity tables with 2 special donations: a Doll House created and donated by Barbara Hageman and a Golfing Girl Bear donated by Georgette. 

Call to Carts was at 9:30 for announcements.

Ron and Liz announced ‘firsts’:

--Winning team of tournament (overall low gross) is eligible to compete in the Tournament of Champions held in the fall!

--First time to use new tee boxes on #s9 and 11 (for this tournament only). 

Patty Henry from the Hope House  was introduced and welcomed.

A ‘warm-up” was led by our own Patty Davis to the music of Daydreamer by the Hip Abduction.

Golf was played in HOT conditions, iced towels were brought out by Ron, and lots of water was placed throughout the course.

Greg Tanner oversaw the Putting contest, with Laurie Quinn winning.  

Sheryl D had a hole-in-one using the new tee box on #11! Congratulations, Sheryl!!!

Tables were decorated with festive flower arrangements by Nikoya, and lunch was provided by Shay and her kitchen crew; delicious.

Tournament prizes were given out:

Overall Low Gross Tournament Winner:

 Mary Forte, Cindy Gresham, Nancy Strine, and Karen Kinnett.

Flight 1:

1st Place: Sue Bowman, Sheron Malcolm, Renee Gibb, and Mary Lawrence Melvin

2nd Place: Carol Johnson, Sherry Conway, Mona Zammetti, and Rose Wayland

Flight 2:*

1st Place: Nancy Fairall, Georgette Kauhane, Cheryl Kauhane, and Sue Reneker

2nd Place: Robin Mams, Mary Snelson, Nikoya Reiswig, and Liz Shaw

*A math error was discovered in the final scoring which affected the Flight 2 winners.  Congratulations to the new winners! 

Drawings for the winners of the donated items in support of the Hope House followed.   An auction was held for the Doll House and the Golfing Bear.   Mary Lawrence had the highest bid for the Doll House and then gave the house to her competing bidder, Robin!   Nancy had the highest bid for the Girl Golfing Bear.

 *Our last total for the Hope House was $885!!!  Thank you for your support!

What an absolutely great day!

Thank you to all who served on the committee: Nancy Fairall, Jen Adams, Bonnie Bundy, Dawn Copestick, Renee Gibb, Georgette Kauhane, Mary Lawrence Melvin, Judy Perdew, Carol Podeszwa, Nikoya Reiswig, Liz Shaw, and Becky Valasek.   THANK YOU for bringing my vision to life in a way I could never have imagined!!!  LY gals!

Thank you to the Sponsors, Contributors to the Opportunity Table, and Supporters.

Thank you to Ron and Pro-Shop Staff, Shay and the Grille Staff, Patty Henry, Patty Davis, Greg Tanner, De, Debbie, Shirley, Pam, Jenny, Jim, the Mehosky men, the WWGA Membership and always, Madeline, Sally, and Joy.  Thank you to ALL who helped in any way!!!

Don’t worry, be happy…