End of the Year Christmas Brunch/Reindeer Shootout

Here are a few extra pictures from our last get together in 2015.

More Pictures from 2015 GSWGA

Don't forget December 10- Our end of the year celebration/brunch/awards/get together...

Enjoy more pictures from Seniors!!!

2015 White Oak Senior Women's Championship

Guess the LSU colored finger nail polish was her lucky charm as Janis Turner won this weekend's Senior Club Championship!  Janis played exceptionally on Saturday with an 8 stroke lead going into the Sunday round.  Way to go Janis!  Enjoy the new parking space for a year!

Congrats also to Lisa Jones for winning low net! 

New Markers and West Georgia Golf League final event

Hooray, we have new tee markers!  Janis Turner likes them especially since they match her LSU nail polish!  

Several ladies from our group participated in the final West Georgia Ladies Golf League event at Maple Ridge:

Susan Clonts won 1st flight
Mary Carlson won 4th place in 2nd flight
Ardy Durden won 3rd place in 3rd flight

We will be sending out a message about the Christmas gathering on Dec. 10 to get a head count for the restaurant.  Keep checking your emails for this.  

Halloween Fun

Guess what these ladies were...

 Four Blonde Bombshells!!!

Jimmy Buffet's  Parrotheads & Jose Cuervo

Jean Waddell and Mary Carlson as Witches

Thirty ladies played on October 29 in the annual Black Cat Fight. Here are the results:

Chip Ins

Janis Turner

Ellen Connors

Jane Buck

Charlotte Myczkowski

Salme Svensson

Birdies
Cheryl Drewyer

Janis Turner

Barb Nadreau

Ellen Connors

50/50 won by Patti Wall/Beth Shepard

The Parrottheads won the costume contest with their own rendition of Margaritaville(golf style)

The 4 Blonde Bombshells won Honorable Mention.  

1st Place-Jen Pierson +4 (After regression tied with Barb)

2nd Place-Barb Nadreau +4

3rd Place-Susan Gillespie +3

After playday, we had more fun and games... Enjoy the pictures

 Patti Wall won the putting contest.

Lisa Jones and Ellen Connors teamed up to win the Corn Hole Contest, defeating Margaret Lauer and Janis Turner in a sudden death match.  

Last Playday/Halloween

Thursday is our last official playday and you can wear your costumes and play together.  We will play a Cat fight.  

Margaret Lauer, our president, reports
"If you didn't play in the Ladies Club Championship this weekend you missed out on lots of fun.  Sean Renaud treated us really great. If you missed out this weekend you can still play in the Senior Ladies Club Championship on November 14 and 15."

Congratulations to our top finishers:
Ladies Club Champion...Beth Shepard
2nd Low Gross...Ellen Connors
1st Low Net...Joan Land-Net

Arm Knitting Class

When we can't play golf on these rainy days, let's Arm Knit! Thanks to Janis Turner for the promotional class at Michael's.  Several of our Wolga members participated in this fun project using no needles.  

 Here is Cheryl Drewyer midway in the process of Arm Knitting.

Susan Gillespie knitting away!

Here is the almost finished project by Beth Shepard.  Really fun project!  We are starting our Christmas presents early.  

Results from October 15 and 22

Slowly but surely here are the results from Beat the Champ

(Susan Clonts)

Thirty ladies played Old Course, with Margaret Lauer winning the 50/50.
Susan Clonts had a 75 net for the day.
Those with less than 75 net were:
Tita Bautista-74
Sarah Connors-71
Susan Gillespie-72
Lanelle Heminger-71
Joan Land-73
Margaret Lauer- 73
Bev Martin-69
Diane Mason-73
Patti Wall-71
Margo Merrifield-73
Barb Nadreau-72
Trish Nease-66

The above will receive Wolga first place points.  

Birdies- Beth Shepard

Chip Ins- Lanelle Heminger, Mary Carlson, Patti Wall

Results from October 22- Low Gross, Low Net

Ruth Routsong won the big money 50/50.

Birdies-
Margaret Lauer
Hesper Hall
Beth Shepard
Lisa Jones
Carol McMeekin
Linda Brown
Ellen Connors
Lanelle Heminger
Jennifer Pierson
Patti Wall
Janis Turner

Chip Ins-
Kathy Fisher
Lisa Jones
Lynda Young
Christine Beauchamp
Janis Turner

Low Gross-
Beth Shepard- 80
Ellen Connors-81

Low Net-
Lanelle Heminger-66 (first after regression)
Patti Wall-66

Free Knitting Class 

Monday, October 26 from 6-8pm

Location-Michael's

Janis Turner will guide you on making a neck cowl.  All you need to purchase is the yarn you intend to use which Michael's has for sale.  Several ladies have already said they are going... come join the fun!

Congratulations to Kathy Fisher and Lynda Young for their recent chip ins.  (Will post picture asap)

2015 Georgia Senior Women's Golf Association Team Championship

Enjoy these pictures from Seniors:  

If you have more pics to share, send them to pbshepard@charter.net

Here are the results of the GSWGA fall team championship:
We are only posting those teams from our Wolga Group.

1st Flight-
1st place-Cheryl Drewyer/Jodie Shepard-123
2nd place-Ellen Connors/Ginette Spinucci-125

3rd Flight-
1st place-Janis Turner/Lisa Jones- 125

5th Flight-
Margaret Lauer/Susan Gillespie-121

Flight 9-
2nd place-Louise Cox/Joan Land-130

Flight 11-
1st place-Patti Wall/Christine Beauchamp-117
4th place-Ardy Durden/Pat Lawson-131

Flight 13-
3rd place-Irene Drage/Mary Carlson-129

Way to go ladies!  Wolga was very well represented!!!

West Georgia and Sister Cup

Congratulations to Susan Clonts for low gross (77) in the West Georgia Ladies Golf Association Championship held at White Oak!

Other ladies from our group who placed are:

1st flight

Margaret Lauer- Low putts

2nd flight

1st place-Pat Lawson

3rd flight-

1st place-Patti Wall 

2nd place-Sandra Lancaster

Low putts-Hesper Hall

4th flight

3rd place-Mary Carlson

6th flight

2nd place-Arleen Carleo

7th flight

1st place-Ardy Durden

2nd place-Jane Buck

Low putts-Diane Tschantz

Sister Cup

Sister Cup is coming up next Wednesday, October 21, at Canongate I. Joan has been contacted by Canongate ladies and they have 10 signed up. We will discuss Sister Cup tomorrow as we have 17 signed up.

These ladies have signed up from White Oak:

Barb Nadreau

Joan Land

Susan Clonts

Ardy Durden

Judy Mead

Lanelle Heminger

Jen Pierson

Diane Tschantz

Janis Turner

Shirley Hasty

Beth Shepard

Charlotte Myczkowski

Margaret Lauer

Arleen Carleo

Louise Cox

Linda Brown

Hesper Hall

We will play "Beat the Champ" tomorrow on Old Course.  

Stay tuned for Winners from GSWGA tournament in Rome, GA

October 8th Results

We had 24 ladies play today on Seminole.  
Shirley Hasty won the 50/50 pot.

Birdies
Janis Turner

Chip Ins
Jennifer Pierson

1st place in Best 9 format
Pat Lawson- 33
2nd place- Judy Mead- 34.5
3rd place-Sandra Lancaster- 34.5 (regression)

Next week- October 15- Beat the Champ (Susan Clonts)
on Old Course.  (Your net must be lower than the Champ's net. Ties do not win.)

We had several Wolga members who placed in the GSWGA team championship last week at Rome, GA.  We will post those in a future email/blog.  

October 1st Results and Schedule

Twenty ladies participated today in a Throw Out the Worst Three Holes on Seminole.  

Ruth Routsong won the 50/50 pot.

Birdies
Beth Shepard-2
Jennifer Pierson
Bev Martin
Janis Turner
Louise Cox

Chip Ins
Shirley Hasty
Louise Cox

1st Place-Beth Shepard- 54.5
2nd Place-Cheryl Drewyer- 57
3rd Place-Ruth Routsong-60

Here is the course schedule for the month of October (Our last month of playday):
10/8-Seminole
10/15-Old Course
10/22-Seminole
10/29-Old Course

Good luck to all of our members who are participating in the Georgia Senior Women's Golf Association next week in Rome, GA.

Finally, Susan Clonts and Beth Shepard were fortunate to visit a former Wolga member, Holly Seewald, in Los Angeles, California. She lived here for a 1 1/2 years but made an impact on our group in that short time.  Here is a picture of us as we played Braemar Country Club, a Club Corp course in Tarzana, CA.   

September 24 Results

We had 24 ladies play today in a Low Gross/ Low Net format.

Hesper Hall won the 50/50.

Birdies
Ellen Connors
Janis Turner
Lanelle Heminger
Cheryl Drewyer

Chip Ins
Janis Turner
Shirley Hasty
Charlotte M.
Cheryl Drewyer
Lanelle Heminger

Low Gross
1st place-Cheryl Drewyer-76 Wow!
2nd place-Ellen Connors- 83

Low Net
1st place-Arleen Carleo- 67
2nd place-Lanelle Heminger- 68 by regression (tied with Karen Borg)

2015 Wolga Championship

Congratulations to Susan Clonts as she defended her title as Wolga Champion!  Her combined score was 156.  
Thanks to the 32 ladies who participated in this fun event and thanks to Janis and her committee for the great tee gifts and door prizes.

Here are the flight winners
1st Flight- Ellen Connors- 167
                 Beth Shepard- 170
2nd Flight-Margaret Lauer-167
                 Brenda Dumas- 172
3rd Flight-Carol McMeekin-192 (won in regression)
                 Bunny Guy- 192
4th Flight- Charlotte Myczkowski-193
                  Trish Nease-205
5th Flight-Christine Beauchamp-212
                 Irene Drage- 217
6th Flight-Louise Cox-204
                 Karen Borg-217

On Saturday, September  19, some of our ladies participated in the Pink Posse Event.  Money raised goes to help local families who have a family member with cancer.  Below are Janis Turner, Margaret Lauer, and Lisa Jones enjoying the event.

Several of our ladies are participating in the annual Delta Women's Golf Tournament at Reunion, Florida.