Mary Dyrseth Greetings, fellow golfers, from Cartagena, Columbia. Unfortunately, I didn’t get any emeralds. I’m off to see the sloths in Costa Rica today. Meanwhile, my son sent me a picture of a lynx he came across while cross-country skiing in the boundary waters of Northern Minnesota. For those of you who don’t know what…
Mary Dyrseth Nov. 19 was OLGA’s Member-Member event. At the luncheon, a few OLGA members who had been browbeat into submission by Mary Buhrt, agreed to attempt to sing Whitney Houston’s hit single “I Want to Dance with Somebody.” This became, for the lunch, “I Want to Golf with Somebody.” Well, it turns out that…
Mary Dyrseth I imagine you thought that with the Oakwood golf course closed for a month there wouldn’t be any OLGA golf news. Well, guess again. I have a lot to report, starting with a quote from last month’s article. If you didn’t read it, I mentioned that consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.…
Mary Dyrseth Did you know that consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds? Well, there are certainly no hobgoblins in my golf bag. How about yours? Well, let’s see which OLGA golfers have hobgoblins in their golf bags based on the number of times they were in the money in September. Based on partial September…
Mary Dyrseth The hot weather of summer is winding to an end, thankfully! A sea change is coming in the humidity and temperature. I can’t wait! In other interesting news, Linda Jones recently spent a tidy sum of money as Club Champion on an entire set of new clubs. Happy Birthday, Happy Anniversary, and Merry…
Mary Dyrseth Hello Gentle Readers! Sorry I missed the deadline to submit an OLGA article for last month’s Splash. I was busy driving across the loneliest highway in the USA—Highway 50 across the Nevada desert from Utah to California. Did you know Utah has the most UFO sightings in the country? I didn’t see any…
The game of the day on April 23 was Beat the Pro. Poor Eddy, who hardly ever gets to play 18 holes, had to play from the blue tees with a zero handicap. Still, Eddy shot a very respectable 76. The ladies played from yellow or silver tees, which allowed half the field to beat…
The member-guest event Disco Divas was a great success, thanks to the hard work of Joan Hammond and her committee. There were many wild and crazy outfits. Winners of Flight 1 were Anne Anis and Mary Grumman, Flight 2 winners were Lorraine Blair and Kathy Snell, Flight 3 winners were Shirley Weaver and Linda Whitaker,…
OLGA wrapped up the final round of the three-week Club Championship on Feb. 22. Christa Pensworth is the 2024 OLGA Club Champion. Congratulations, Christa! Dang Teater came in first place, Sharon Bowditch came in second place, and Dari Akin came in third place. There was only a three-stroke difference between the Champion and third place.…
Mary Dyrseth OLGA finished the year 2023 with Dang Teater winning both the Club Championship in February and the OLGA Cup (a low net competition) in December. Congratulations, Dang! Perhaps we should all take notice of the fact that she is never seen on the driving range but spends most of her practice time on…