Samantha O’Donovan and Sandy Buckus (Applecross) shot a VERY impressive 76 gross yesterday at Llanerch to win the 2017 Charlotte N. Barnhard Cup. The format includes 9 holes of better ball of partners and 9 holes of chapman. Our low net winners were Jane Warwick (Yardley) and Penny Roberts (Cherry Valley) with net 64. This was Penny’s first […]
Karen Siegel (Commonwealth National) fired matching 76s at Cherry Valley (9/19) and Whitemarsh Valley (9/20) to claim her fourth consecutive Senior Women’s Championship. AK Frazier, Gulph Mills, finished second gross with 76 (Cherry Valley) and 84 (Whitemarsh Valley). Winners included: Class A Senior:Low Net – Cindy Fessick (RiverCrest)2nd Low Net – Ruth Averback (Old York […]
On Sunday, September 17, 100 WGAP members competed in our first-ever weekend tournament at LedgeRock Golf Club. The day was spent meeting new friends and reflecting on our vast and rich history of women’s golf in the Philadelphia Area. Each hole honored a woman who had made an impact on golf, either through her service […]
Liz Haines was featured in a very touching article by the USGA this week during the USGA Senior Women’s Amateur. http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2017/u-s–senior-women-s-amateur/articles/memories-of-late-husband-inspire-haines-at-waverley.html Lisa McGill, a quarterfinalist in this year’s Senior Women’s Am, also had a great feature article. http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2017/u-s–senior-women-s-amateur/articles/mcgill-finds-perfect-match-with-local-caddie-.html
Saturday, September 9 starts the first round of the USGA Senior Women’s Amateur in Portland, OR at Waverly Country Club. WGAP has four players competiting. Liz Haines (Merion), Lisa McGill (Sunnybrook), Suzi Spotleson (RiverCrest), and Noreen Mohler (Northampton) all qualified for the event. Follow scoring at www.usga.org. Earlier this summer, Jennifer Cleary (Wilmington) competed in the USGA […]
Entries are now open for the 2017 Women’s Eastern Senior Amateur Championship. This 54-hole, stroke play championship (with no cut) will be played on October 10-12 at Whispering Pines Country Club in Whispering Pines (Pinehurst area), NC. All information, as well as entry forms for either an online or mail in entry, can be found […]
The Husband Wife Class A Championship at Jericho National has been rescheduled for Monday, October 30. All players who were registered for the original date are still registered (unless they let WGAP know they won’t be able to play). Any players who can make the new date, but weren’t registered for the original date are […]
UPDATE: Samantha Perrotta and Catherine Elliott played the Farnum playoff round at Manufacturers’ on Friday, September 1. The scoring was very close for the entire match. In the end, Samantha Perrotta was victorious by three shots. Congrats to both women on a great tournament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Samantha Perrotta (Old York CC at Chesterfield) had a firm […]