Lila Ritchie In a sea of silence one voice was heard. Convicted felon Diana Morgan spilled her past to 120 lady golfers at the kickoff luncheon in Cottonwood’s Lady Niners’ annual Member-Guest March 19. One week later, golfers learned that $7,197 had been donated to Gina’s Team, Morgan’s benefactor. It was the largest gift the…
David Mork, Member, Niners League In March 2015 there were 41 Niners and 15 Hamilton players and their coach for a fundraising event during our normal course play on the Palms Course in Oakwood, along with 22 empty pizza boxes and light refreshments served after the event. The initial setup was that each group of…
With only two events remaining for the season for the Oakwood Nine Hole Couples League, everyone has been excited about the year. The group has almost doubled in size by living up to its motto: Fun, Fellowship, Good Food and Drink and by the way Golf. The highlight of the year was the first annual…
On April 3, the league played a Four Ball Six-six-sis Scramble. Results: 1st Lorraine and Don Blair and Liz and Harry Pritchard, 2nd (tie) Dolly and Doc Eide, Marion and Charles Peles, Mary Lynn and Doug Currie, Jan Skibo and Neal Skinner, Mercedes and Robert Dellacroce and Stephanie and Dave Higgins; KP Sonoran No. 3:…
Nancy Davis, Publicity Most Improved Players: On April 8, President Jeanine Krause hosted our General Meeting and Brunch and announced the IWLN Most Improved Players for 2014. Jeanine awarded the first place Most Improved Player to Margaret Johns and the second Most Improved Player to Rachel Enloe. Both of the ladies were presented a certificate…
Ann Rounthwaite On March 10 the Oakwood Lady Niners Golf Association hosted a very successful Member/Guest day, raising $1700 for local charities. After donating those funds to Neighbors Who Care and A Perfect Place, the OLNGA returned its focus to golf. Low net and gross games were scheduled to determine the club’s championship and AWGA…
Glo Malmberg, Publicity OLGA member Janet Kelleher made a donation to the Walgreens Charity Classic, which gave her a chance to win a four-person team to play in the LPGA Legends Tour, Walgreens Charity Classic Pro-Am. She never really expected to win it, but she did! Fortunately for me, OLGA’s humble publicist, Janet picked me…
Verla Matuschka, Publicity Easter blessings to everyone! April has some special events for the Niners. The Awards Banquet is Thursday, April 10 in the Navajo Room beginning with social hour at 5:00 p.m. and dinner following at 6:00 p.m. Party chairperson Celeste Dorsey is planning a fun evening. So, ladies, plan to attend the social…
Jim Davis, Publicity In this edition, we start with our Fun Day Charity Event and annual auction on February 14. As all monies went to charity there were no winners or losers. The afternoon group played a team Scramble format and the winning team was Arnie Bannerman, Jim Wedeward, Dan Savard and Budd Livingstone. The…
Two of our golfers lost family members during February. The Board and members of the Niners offer our deepest condolences to our friends Don Zimmer and Bill Bartoo on the loss of their grandsons. Course etiquette and rake procedures. Recent observations of our golf courses and reports by golfers resulted in a number of items…