Oakwood’s 2015 traveling team (left to right) back row: R. Rees, J. Knutson, J. Johnson, B. Dinardo, L. Meisinger, L. Blair, I. Pattie, R. Hoiby and BJ Schuller; (left to right) front row: A. Annis, R. Mabry, K. Jensen, K. Kaiser, C. Russell, Co-Captain S. Bowditch and S. Raach
Glo Malmberg, Publicity
OLGA is very proud of its traveling team. Nearly half way through the East Valley Team Play season, our Oakwood Team is leading in both gross and net competitions. Congratulations gals. We are all rooting for you to continue your impressive play and to bring home the trophy!
St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance, OLGA’s 2015 charity event, was held on January 20 and chaired by Anne Annis. See article “St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance” in this Splash for the event summary. Big congratulations to Doris Swanson for her hole-in-one on Hole No. 6 of the Lakes and Judy Cody for her Eagle on Hole No. 8 of the Lakes; both during the charity event. Great golf gals!
Another big congratulation goes out to Sharon Bowditch and Joanne Knutson. They placed second in Flight 2 of this year’s AWGA-sponsored State Medallion tournament, which was held at Ocotillo Golf Resort in January.
The always-popular Member/Guest Tournament will be held March 23. This year’s theme is “Under the Big Top.” Also, the PICO (Palo Verde, Ironwood, Cottonwood and Oakwood) Tournament will be held on April 14 and April 21. For information on these and other important events, please check out the OLGA website at olgagolf.org, Special Events.
OLGA welcomes Linda Laylin and Cindy Reinertsen to its ever-growing roster and is pleased to welcome back Patti Hickson and Connie Huges. To see the fun games OLGA plays throughout the year, go to olgagolf.org, Weekly Events, Game Schedule, 2015 OLGA Game Directions.
January event winners:
1/06. Cha Cha Cha – 1st place team: Lorraine Blair, Barbara Anderson, Kathy Burns and Jan Skibo; 2nd place team: Roselyn Hoiby, Shirley Read, Candy Watkinson and Fay McIntyre; 3rd place team: Mary Figgis, Helen Chrest, Julie Hastings and Julie Clausen
1/13. Three Blind Mice – Rained out. The round started out under sunny skies, but before long it was pouring down rain and the game was a wash.
1/20. Charity Event – Flight 1: 1st place yeam: Barbara Dinardo, Pat Mattz, Doris Swanson and Robin Thomas; 2nd place team: Glo Malmberg, Marilyn Morgan and Julie Clausen; 3rd place team: Judy Darnell, Kay Lehmkuhl and Barbara Anderson
1/27. State Medallion No. 1 Low Gross – Flight 1: 1st (tie) Sharon Bowditch and Janet Kelleher; 3rd Dari Akin; Flight 2: 1st Dang Teater, 2nd Linda Wolfe, 3rd Stephanie Raach; Flight 3: 1st Doris Swanson, 2nd Judy Cody, 3rd (tie) Joyce Sbur and Pat Schepp
Do You Remember – Sue Bishop, on March 2, and Sandy Resnick, on March 5, 1997, had holes-in-one on Holes No. 11 and 15, respectively.