FWGA Newsletter

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What can you say about 2020 that hasn’t already been said? It’s been difficult to say the least! Whether we’ve found a way to play the game we love, or we’ve moved to YouTube golf videos or online coaching, I hope you’ve managed to stay connected and maintain friendships through the FWGA. Some of us have continued small group casual play, and we were able to have our two “away tournaments” this year. Most of our plans didn’t play out the way we expected this year, but we adapt and move forward! We won’t be able to give a Players or Club Champion award this year, but we will give an end of year award to Most Improved Golfer, and Most Rounds Posted.

Well, Covid19 has made an interesting year for tournaments! We started the tournament season on September 19 and ended it September 20. In other words, we started and ended on the same weekend! Who would’ve thought! However, we learned how to have a tournament in this unusual time.

For next year’s tournaments, we were able to reschedule most of the tournaments planned this year to next year around the same timeframe. I still have a few more to schedule during September. So, if you know a good course, please reach out. We are looking forward to a new season starting in March of next year! I am also looking to schedule a three-club challenge. This will be done on a par 30, 9-hole course as a fun event. Look for a Punchbowl invite coming soon!

FWGA Tournament Director Therese Johnson

Due to Covid19 we were unable to offer our normal activities and therefore we are reducing the

membership dues to $100 for 2021. Your Board of Directors is already meeting to talk about 2021! We’re going to continue to adapt and move forward!

FWGA President

Jen Shaull

FWGA Tournaments

October 2020

Message from the President

Weekday 9-Hole Coordinator Needed FWGA would like to thank Fran Davis for her volunteer service as the 9-Hole Coordinator. Fran has been

Rank Golfer Name Starting

Index Ending Index

1 Jayne Kroner 45.6 26.8 2 Lisa Bates 24.6 17.8 3 Kathi Kling 38.0 30.7 4 Louise Kennedy 29.5 23.5 5 Dee Tuohy 21.3 17.2 6 Terri Malatesta 25.9 21.3 7 Kelly Leon 29.5 24.9 8 Yvonne Perkins 35.8 30.7 9 Nancy Dulcan 30.3 26.1

10 Diane Hudson 38.2 33.4

We finally made it! Our first tournament of 2020. It has been a challenging year and we appreciate everyone that came out to participate and celebrate this event. It was a beautiful day in Carmel Valley. We had 8 members and 4 guests taking on the challenges set for them. All the par 3s were the target for opportunities to win a prize. Due to COVID the course would not set out markers, so each foursome was given a tape measure and we marked closest to the pins on our scorecards. Thank you all for venturing out for our meetup on Saturday! It was great to see everyone. Liz and Daphne

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FWGA Quail Lodge Tournament Congratulations to the following winners! Hole #2 - Chris Jensen 19’ Hole #5 - Liz Riddle 5’2” Hole #8 - Terri Malatesta 8’8” Hole #12 - Dee Tuohy 13’6” Hole #17 - Sue Reyes 43’3” Congratulations also to two guests who took away Low Gross and Low Net! Low Gross - Sue Reyes with a 91 Low Net - Morgan Malone with a 69 Birdies - Terri Malatesta had 2!

a great volunteer; but, wants to retire from this volunteer position at the end of this year. Please consider volunteering for this position. No experience necessary. Training videos available. Board members are available to help. Without a Coordinator, FWGA will not be able to offer this casual play opportunity in the future. Interested? Please Contact Yvonne at casualplay@forewomengolf.org

2-1-2020 to 10-1-2020

At Pacific Grove we started at 10:00 am. The weather was slightly cool, but very comfortable for golfing. We played an individual game called T&F. That means we only took scores on holes that begin with a T or an F and subtracted half the handicap. (Holes 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15). And the winners are: 1st Pace - Terri Malatesta 2nd Place - Meg Walsh 3rd Place - Susan Reyes We also awarded low gross and low net. And the winners are: Low Gross - Jen Shaull with an 87 Low Net - Terri Malatesta with 70

FWGA Pacific Grove Tournament

So, we used our feet. Hole #10 - Dee Tuohy at 41 feet Hole #17 - Chris Jensen at 17 1/2 feet Congratulations to the winners! Thank you all for coming out and starting and ending the tournament season this weekend! Therese and Terri

Name Rounds

Posted Lisa Bates 128 Linda Rothchild 97 Elizabeth Riddle 94 Terri Malatesta 86 Nancy Dulcan 68 Dee Tuohy 67 Cindy Barni 64 Teri Erickson 60 Charlotte Moon 56 Judith Coleman-Cohen 54

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FWGA Holiday Brunch Cancelled

We were holding out as long as possible with this event hoping health restrictions would improve; but, due to COVID19 restrictions for indoor gatherings, we must cancel the Holiday Brunch. We have rescheduled the Holiday Brunch to December 4, 2021

For closest to the pin, we were not able to use our tape measures as that was against the Covid19 rules for touch points for this course.