WWGA Triumphs at State Medallion

Congratulations to the WWGA's State Medallion team of Helen Grassbaugh (gross) and Neili Gundrum (net). These two battled the elements on Monday in the AWGA's Annual State Medallion Championship. They won their flight! Thanks so much for representing the Working Women in this event, ladies! We are very proud of you!

Club Championship for 2009 Now Official

Congatulations to our club champions for this season:

• Kelly Hollister (gross)
• Donna Morris (net)

Our championship also has flight winners, who were:

• Flight A: Sonya Geisel
• Flight B: Meg Quarrie
• Flight C: Cheryl Kwiatkowski
• Flight D: Mary Jo Slunder

Awards will be distributed and pictures taken at our Season Opener on January 24th!

Congrats to Working Women in the Avondale Amateur

Coldwater hosted the annual Avondale Amateur this weekend (Dec 5 and 6), and the Working Women represented on two chilly days of golf! Kelly Hollister (far right) won overall low gross in the event. Fran Rayhawk (far left) won overall low net, besting Sharon Graham (2nd from right) who took second net and Meg Quarrie (2nd from left) who took third net. All women's awards went to WW members! Nice!

2009 WWGA Match Play is Now Finished

Congratulations to all participants in this year's Match Play Championship which is now completed:

• Flight A Championship: Mary Benkert finally topped Sonya Geisel in 19 holes.
• Flight B Championship: Anni White defeats Lynn Kolstad.
• Flight C Championship: Dee Greener wins over Susan Hackett.
• Flight A Consolation: Kelly Hollister over Nancy Walter.
• Flight B Consolation: Sharon Graham over Cheryl Kwiatkowski
• Flight C Consolation: Nancy Haler over Diana Ringsmuth.

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Yeah Diana!

During today's Match Play Championship Day, Diana Ringsmuth scored her first hole-in-one on Encanto's 7th hole. YES, she did win the hole!! But she fell short of topping her opponent, ever tough Nancy Haler. Congratulations Diana!!

WWGA Match Play In Progress

The competition has been completed through two rounds with only the finals remaining. 6 girls remain in contention for Flight Champs and 6 remain in the running for the consolation prizes. In Flight A, Sonya Geisel returns to the championship match (back from last year) to face long-hitting Mary Benkert. In Flight B, Anni "princess bulldog" White faces rising star Lynn Kolstad. And in Flight C, WW rookie Susan Hackett faces Dee Greener. In the consolation matches: Nancy Magoo Walter faces last year's champ, Kelly Hollister; Sharon Graham faces Cheryl Kwiatkowski; and three-peat and only-once-defeated Nancy Haler faces Diana Ringsmuth. It promises to be a fun, competitive day of golf on Sunday, November 22. Full results can be found at www.wwgaphx.com.

Seniors Succeed

This year's AWGA Senior Stroke Play Championship just completed on Tuesday, Oct 20. Nine WWGAer's took part in the 3-day tournament in Prescott, Arizona. Congratulations to Kelly Hollister, who won 1st Gross in the Freshman division, and Cheryl Kwiatkowski, who won 2nd Net in the Freshman division, and Nancy Walter, who won 2nd Net in the Sophomore division. Click here for full field results.

WW in SAWA

We're BACK! The trip to Sierra Vista was another fun and prosperous one this year. We had a total of 20 gals (WWGA'ers and friends) make the trip south. The Saturday round was ... gosh -- how should we put it?? We'll never forget the experience that was the "new" Mountain View and we vow that that memory will carry us through so we'll never ever play there again. Ok... now I'm finally done with that!
Friday night was our game night at our most loveable hostess' house: Kathryn Riddlehoover. LRC was loud (which we expect nothing less) and poker was profitable (for some of us). Saturday night was much more tame since the first round was an afternoon one and the final round was an early one. But the bartender at Windemere remembered us from last year. Wow... we really must leave an imprint -- huh?
Of the 20 we claimed, 10 of us cashed in:

• 1st Flight 2nd Net - Sonya Geisel


• 2nd Flight 1st Gross - Suzan Doran (WW friend)


• 2nd Flight 1st Net - Lynn Kolstad


• 2nd Flight 3rd Gross - Stacey Sanford


• 2nd Flight 3rd Net - Ann White


• 3rd Flight 1st Net - Debbie Flickinger (WW friend)


• 3rd Flight 2nd Gross - Van Ellen Patrick


• 3rd Flight 3rd Net - Sharon Graham


• 4th Flight 1st Net - Cheryl Kwiatkowski


• 4th Flight 3rd Gross - Dee Greener

Congrats Us! Next year, we're looking forward to multiple rounds at PDS (fingers crossed). Pictures are now here (thanks LIZ!).

Down the Middle Meg Returns with Hardware

Congratulations to WWGA Prez Meg Quarrie who won low overall net at the Paiute Classic in Las Vegas over Labor Day weekend. While the tournament lacked the organization that it had its first two years, this didn't deter Meg from racking up the win. Also, congratulations to Lynn Kolstad who finished second net. More pics here!

AWGA State Stroke Play Championship Results

Congratulations to Helen Grassbaugh who just wrapped up the State Stroke tournament at Legend Trails. Helen finished 1st gross in her flight. Well done!

Kelly is Virginia Bound

Many congratulations to Kelly Hollister, who recently qualified for the USGA Senior Women's Amateur to be played in Hot Springs, Virginia at The Homestead on September 12 - 17. I believe this marks a first USGA competitor for the WW... and Kelly will no doubt represent! Please wish her the best as she readies for this prestigious event. GO KELLY KELLY KELLY!

WWGA State Medallion Race

June marked the last tournament for this year's State Medallion Race. Congratulations to both Helen Grassbaugh and Kelly Hollister who tied for Low Gross honors. We're working out the tie breaker currently. And many congrats to Donna Morris who won Low Net honors. We look forward to our winners representing us at this year's AWGA Medallion Tournament. Awesome job!

Liz Buck Wins!

Congratulations to Liz Buck for winning Low Net Overall at yesterday's AWGA Day in Hades. Susan Browning was also in the money, as was Harlene Bowman. Flighted results are not yet available on the AWGA Website. Daughter of Liz, Megan Buck, was just edged out of Low Gross Overall in a playoff to Judy Miller of Tucson. Congratulations to all WWGA'ers who battled the heat and the course in this tournament. Thanks for representing us well!

Nancy "Magoo" Bulldogs To Her First Major Win

Congrats to our friend Nancy Walter who notched a major win this weekend in AWGA's Weekend Classic at Continental Country Club in Flagstaff, AZ. She won Overall Low Net. Lynn Kolstad won 1st gross in her flight with an impressive 71 net. Of all competitors, Nancy and Lynn were the only two players in red digits for net! Meg Quarrie also played well on this difficult course (131 slope) in windy conditions, taking home 1st low net honors in her flight. We represented well, with 12 players in the field. Good job, all!! (Pictures will be posted soon!)

GAC's First League Championship is IN THE BOOKS

Congratulations to newcomer, Elisha Franklin for winning the Gross Division in the GAC's first league championship. Ann White won the Net Division. 23 girls qualified for the event, which was played over 4 days from two different sets of tees. The lowest scores from each tee were totaled together for ranking and declaring our first ever champions. Congratulations to all the winners: click here for more!

Martha French Triumphs

Congrats to Martha French who scored her first hole-in-one at Country Meadows on hole #13 on Saturday May 30, 2009. May it be the first of many!

WWGAers at the AWGA Match Play

Congratulations to the gals who participated in last week's AWGA State Match Play Tournament at SunRidge Canyon. Kelly Hollister won Consolation in Senior Championship Flight, Mary Benkert won Flight Champion in the 2nd Flight and Susan Browning won Flight Champion in Senior Division 3rd Flight.

Hollister and Benkert win the AWGA State Fourball Championship

This news just in via the WW Grapevine: Kelly and Mary scored BIG and won the State fourball tournament in Yuma just completed today. They were 6 strokes ahead after day 1 and maintained that same lead today. We are so proud of you, girls!

WWGA Results from Phx City Championship!

Thanks to all the WWGA'ers who continue to support this tournament. Once again, we composed a fair bit of the field! Congratulations to our WINNERS as follows:

• First Flight: Kelly Hollister (1st gross), Sonya Geisel (1st net), Mary Beth Maddox (2nd net), Helen Grassbaugh (4th gross), Susan Browning (4th net).
• Second Flight: Stacey Sanford (1st gross), Karen Hughes (2nd net), Mary Anderson and Meg Quarrie (4th gross tie).
• Third Flight: Dee Greener (1st gross), Paula Boros (1st net), Kathy Barrett (2nd gross), Beth Bartholow (2nd net), Marilyn Koory (3rd net)

We cleaned up, girls!! Congrats and thanks again for representing us so well.

Grassbaugh Scores a Hole-in-One

Congratulations to Helen who scored yet another hole in one. She did it on 3/12/09 at Bellaire Golf Course on the 5th hole which measures 109 yards with a 9 iron. Save some of them for the rest of us!

WOW-WY, Way To Go WWGA'ers

Congratulations to those who scored BIG in last weekend's AWGA Season Opener. The Stableford formula really worked out for us! Brenda Knott (new to us) won high gross in the 1st flight. Mary Benkert won a scorecard playoff to win high gross in the 2nd flight. Barb McKinney was 2nd gross in the 5th flight. Cheryl Kwiatkowski was 2nd gross in the 6th flight. And Cobyann Berglund won high net in the 6th flight. Awesome results, girls! Thank you for representing us! Full field results are here.

Sharon Graham Grabs a Hole-in-One

Congratulations to Sharon for scoring a hole-in-one at Paradise Valley Golf Course on Saturday 2/7/09. She did it on hole #5 to earn not only a skin on the hole, but also a big chunk of change from that league's hole-in-one pot. Way to go!!

Lynn K Earns a Hole-in-One

Congratulation to Lynn Kolstad who holed out in one on #11 at Encanto on 2/5. That fun hole measured 155 yards today. No word on if she finished the round or what her shack tab was. Yeah Lynn!

WWGA Crowns Its 2008 Club Champions

Mary Benkert is top dog and wins our low gross category. Cheryl Kwiatkowski goes back-to-back, winning our low net category for a second straight year. Flight A winner is Kelly Hollister. Flight B winner is Stacey Sanford. Flight C winner is Donna Morris. Harlene Bowman is our Flight D winner. Congratulations Ladies! For more pictures taken at our Season Opener, click here.

The Mo Trophy Home with WWGA

Congrats to Kelly Hollister and Nancy Walter for bringing home the Mo Cruikshank Memorial Trophy on behalf of Working Women's Golf Association from last fall's AWGA Seniors Tournament. This trophy is awarded to the member club whose two lowest combined overall gross scores form the lowest 2-player team gross score. Again, thanks for choosing to represent us at these state tournaments... and playing your little hearts out too!!

Greener Scores an Ace

Dee Greener earned her SECOND hole-in-one on January 2nd at Trilogy at Vistancia. She aced hole #7, which measured 122 yards to an elevated green, with a 5 iron. She'll autograph things at our next golf outing!! Congrats Dee!