Ruth Rees, Publicity Was it a dream come true? Three faithful OLGA golfers have recently had the trip of a lifetime; golfing in Scotland with a GREAT one: Nancy Lopez. This course had wonderful ocean views. The 10 day trip featured playing with and learning from Nancy Lopez and her staff on some of the…
Ruth Rees, Publicity For the past month, the Oakwood Ladies Golf Association play days have been held in wonderful weather among friends and with most dissatisfaction centered on stray shots or missed putts. Many ladies gather after play on the golf clubhouse patio, where friends commiserate, encourage one another to try again next week, and…
Ruth Rees OLGA held their championship tournaments over a three week span, from April 7–21. For the first time, the low gross and low net championships were held concurrently. It can be said that a lot of good, tense golf was played during those three weeks! In the club championship tournament, the leader for the…
Leann Knox on the left and Karen Welker on the right.[/caption]Ruth Rees OLGA’s Member Guest tournament was aptly named Margaritaville this year. Festivities and refreshments began with a horse race mini-tournament on Monday afternoon, March 14, which featured hilarity, plus some kinds of golf skills not usually seen on the course. The full tournament began…
The Oakwood ladies have enjoyed playing under mostly beautiful skies with their golf buddies for the past few weeks. Of course, there have been some fierce winds but the ladies are up for any challenge! It seems we are glad the bunkers on the Lakes and Palms have been renovated, but not so much that…
Ruth Rees, Publicity OLGA members continue to play weekly golf during this beautiful winter season, while friends and relatives living elsewhere hear about our weekly golf events with envy. Then, the phone rings, and here they come to join us! 2/07. The game was Three Blind Holes – Flight 1: 1st Dari Akin, 2nd Sharon…
Ruth Rees OLGA’S 2016 Member-Guest event has been named Margaritaville and is scheduled for March 14 and 15. An exciting horse race will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 14 with the main event, a Best Ball Tournament pitting teams against one another, played on Tuesday, March 15. The maximum number of players is…
Ruth Rees When most of us play No. 1 on the Lakes nine, we notify our ball that we do NOT want to go in the gully, hit in the lake, hit in the greenside bunker, or hit on the green and roll of into another gully. We really hope to score a par (five)…
Ruth Rees, Publicity December 8 was a divided attention day; some golfers were trying to finish high in the Olga Cup Tournament, while others were simply enjoying playing a nice course within the friendly parameters of OLGA. Winners in the other game (Pro Shop Pick) of the day were: Flight 1: 1st (tie) R. Hoiby…
Ruth Rees, Publicity In spite of decorating, baking and hosting for the holiday season, our hardy OLGA golfers gave their all for prestige and prize money in recent weeks. On December 15, the game was a team game: Gross and Net. Winners were 1st S. Bowditch, L. Thrash, P. D’Amore and Betty Schechter, 2nd (tie)…