Santa Teresa Women s Golf Club

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1 Santa Teresa Women s Golf Club CAPTAIN S CORNER Happy New Year! Indeed it s almost February so maybe Happy Year of the Monkey in Chinese parlance. We ve been so fortunate to start the year off without missing a beat, meaning it rained all round us, but didn t stop us from playing every Thursday so far in Yes, our first outing was rather small just enough to host our Captain s Trophy and putt day. Congratulations to Fudge Masuda who survived a three-way tie-break to be our January Captain s Trophy winner. This is a year of change. We have new scorecards reflecting, finally, a newly rated golf course. Our holes have been re-rated as well and if you ll notice, our 10 th hole is now the No.1 most difficult. We re playing almost as many blue-white combo tees as white-white so there must be joy and happiness within our ranks with new challenges and diversity. One of our three new tournament pairings chairs, Vicky Smith, has jumped right in and is doing a fantastic job and I have personally enjoyed reading her pep talks during the week of play. She seems well suited for the task and I am personally appreciative. Hats off also to our tournament chairs who have not had any rest in tournament play and they ve really jump-started our year and gotten our results information to all of us in a timely manner. Presenting the Christmas gift to Santa Teresa staff of Robie, Drew and Brian. So far in this first month, I ve even seen our team play Captain, Rosemary Haeckel, outfitting our club with new team play shirts and aren t we going to look very sharp come March. Yes, we ve had a wonderful beginning. Finally, I d just like to welcome back our membership to another year of golf, camaraderie and fun. And offer a huge HELLO and a Happy you ve joined our club to our newest members. Mary Forster has been busy, busy, busy, as she s been the face of our club to seven new members already. We re growing. When you have a chance please introduce yourself and extend a warm hand to our newest members. February 2016 Joan Takemoto Newsletter Editor

2 Santa Teresa Women s Golf Club 2 NEW MEMBERS I'm delighted to introduce our newest members. Please welcome these wonderful ladies into our club! Ann Allen, Gwen Aso, Loretta Betz, Esther Chang, Pamela Fitzhenry, Suki Matsunami, Ellen Prandi, Marge Santa, Carolyn Stewart Janice Faulstich Sharon Melin, We have 86 Regular members and 18 Associate members, a total of 104. Refer to this Web site for current addresses of members Benefits of Associate Membership May attend all social events Cannot hold office May only play up to 12 games a year on play day and will not be eligible for any awards May only call for tee times 10 days prior to the Thursday play day May participate in contests for which money is collected on the play day i.e. Chip-in Pool, the Net-Birdie Contest If you were previously a regular member, you may return to active status at the top of the waiting list Note to New Members: On the wall of the bathroom there are photos of all the members. We would like to include you as well. Please see Joan Takemoto or Jan La Fetra to have your photo taken.

3 Santa Teresa Women s Golf Club 3 SUNSHINE If you hear of anyone who is ill, injured or has a death in the family, please let me know as soon as possible. My phone number is (408) and my address is fleaang@aol.com. TEAM PLAY Welcome to Santa Teresa Team Play all you members of our club. The season lasts just two months, April through May, with ten play dates. We would like to include anyone who enjoys a bit of competition and the chance to meet new friends from other clubs. We play, two of us against two from another club, so you are not alone, less pressure to perform. LK Wong, Gina Gordon and Rosemary Haeckel are our co-captains and will be around for any questions. We have ordered a new team shirt this year so you are getting involved at our start. But please contact us and sign up so we can get our teams scheduled early. We want YOU! We are also starting a practice session; chipping, pitching and putting, possibly lessons on Mondays at Santa Teresa. And definitely lunch after if you have the time. We also want to plan play at courses that are new to some of you, like Los Lagos (whose yardage has been lengthened) or Callippe that some of you may not have played. We think you will really enjoy getting to know other members of our club in a relaxed atmosphere. Call us to play or just come out and enjoy the fun. Refer to the following page for the schedule.

4 Santa Teresa Women s Golf Club 4 SANTA CLARA COUNTY WOMEN S GOLF ASSOCIATION TEAM MATCH SCHEDULE Gross Division Finish Position/Team Numbers/Home & Home Opponents: 1. Cinnabar Hills 3. West Valley 5. SC Fairways 7. Shoreline 9. Palo Alto 2. Summitpointe 4. Coyote Creek 6. Santa Teresa 8. Sunnyvale 10. S & S Tuesday, April Palo Alto Start: 10:00 Shotgun Tees Red, Slope 101, index 4/1 Monday, April S & S (Spring Valley) Start: 7:45 Shotgun Tees Red, Slope 119, index 4/1 Monday, April Cinnabar Hills Start: 9:00 Shotgun Tees Combo, Slope 125, Index 4/15 Palo Alto vs S & S Shoreline vs Summitpointe Fairways vs Coyote Creek West Valley vs Santa Teresa Cinnabar Hills vs Sunnyvale Monday, April West Valley (Callippe) Tees Gold-Red, Slope 124, Index 4/15 West Valley vs Coyote Creek Cinnabar Hills vs Santa Teresa Palo Alto vs Sunnyvale Shoreline vs S & S Fairways vs Summitpointe Friday, May Fairways (Los Lagos) Tees W s Combo, Slope 113, Index 5/1 Fairways vs Santa Teresa West Valley vs Sunnyvale Cinnabar Hills vs S & S Palo Alto vs Summitpointe Shoreline vs Coyote Creek Wednesday, June Coyote Creek Tournament Tees Tourn Red, Slope 127, index 5/15 Coyote Creek vs West Valley Santa Teresa vs S & S Summitpointe vs Sunnyvale Fairways vs Palo Alto Cinnabar Hills vs Shoreline S & S vs Palo Alto Cinnabar Hills vs West Valley Fairways vs Shoreline Summitpointe vs Coyote Creek Santa Teresa vs Sunnyvale Friday, April Santa Teresa Start: 7:30 Shotgun Tees Blue/White, Slope 123, index 4/15 Santa Teresa vs Fairways Coyote Creek vs Sunnyvale Summitpointe vs S & S West Valley vs Shoreline Cinnabar Hills vs Palo Alto Tuesday, May Shoreline Start: 7:30 Shotgun Tees Red, Slope 120, index 5/15 Shoreline vs Sunnyvale Fairways vs S & S West Valley vs Summitpointe Cinnabar Hills vs Coyote Creek Palo Alto vs Santa Teresa PLAY-OFFS, if needed: Ties for Gross or Net Championship or 2 nd Place Trophies Neutral Site and Date To Be Determined Cinnabar Hills vs Summitpointe Palo Alto vs Coyote Creek Shoreline vs Santa Teresa Fairways vs Sunnyvale West Valley vs S & S Friday, May Sunnyvale Start: 7:30 Shotgun Tees Red, Slope 118, index 5/1 Sunnyvale vs Shoreline Cinnabar Hills vs Fairways West Valley vs Palo Alto Summitpointe vs Santa Teresa Coyote Creek vs S & S Monday, May Summitpointe Tees Red, Slope 133, index 5/15 Summitpointe vs Cinnabar Hills Shoreline vs Palo Alto Coyote Creek vs Santa Teresa Sunnyvale vs S & S West Valley vs Fairways Revised 1/13/16

5 Santa Teresa Women s Golf Club 5 PWGA Santa Teresa is part of the Monterey Bay Area League. As such we can play in their Area League Play Days. The director of the Monterey Bay Area sends me a flyer every month with the Play Date and course for that month. I will send it out to all of you and post it on our board. If you want to play in one of the play dates please PHONE me or me. One form goes in for all the players, by the PWGA rep. Please do not send in your own form. Here are the dates: Monday April 18th Monday May 16th Monday June 20th Monday July 25th Monday August 15th Monday September 19th Monday October 17th Los Lagos 9AM San Juan Oaks 9AM Marro Bay 9AM Crazy Horse 9AM (Qualifier for Zone Team Play) Pacific Grove 9AM Salinas Fairways 9AM Monterey Pines 9AM Don't Forget To Sign Up For Your Local Workshop Mark your calendars for the Annual PWGA Workshops a great place to network with other golfers, meet your Executive Board and learn more about PWGA, Rules of Golf, Handicapping and more. This year we will be Going RED as part of the American Heart Association s Women s Heart Health Awareness There is a special day on Monday July 25th. This is the Qualifier for ZONE TEAM PLAY. This is one of PWGA major tournaments. Four girls from Santa Teresa get to represent this club in a fun event held on August 30-31st at the Foxtail GC in the North Bay. It is an honor for any girl to play and for any club to qualify and represent their organization. Sign-ups start now. I am looking for a partner. As I mentioned above PWGA has 6 major tournaments a year. Anyone who is a member of PWGA can participate. Some events are partner events and some are individual. For these events please go into the PWGA web sight for more information on how to sign up, Here are the tournaments and dates: May 10&11th June 7&8th Senior/Super Senior Spring Partners Lincoln Hills Deer Ridge and Shadow Lakes July 11&12th CWC Ojai Valley (Handicap requirement 10.3 or less) July 18&19th Mix Couples Genoa Lakes Reno Nevada August 2&3 PWGA Championship Metropolitan Golf Club August 30&31 Team Play Foxtail Championship September 4&5 Helen Langfeld Rancho Canada East and West Please come out and represent Santa Teresa in some of these events. You are the greatest group of girls at any club and the best golfers I have ever played with. I look forward to seeing you out there. If you have any questions please call. February 8 Eagle Ridge GC golferbecke@yahoo.com

6 Santa Teresa Women s Golf Club 6 Early Reminder!!!! Club Championship Tournament September 8 th & September 15 th CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT This year, the annual STWGC Championship Tournament will be held Thursday, September 8 th and 15 th, Ever since 1969, STWGC has sponsored our championship tournament for the regular members. It is 36 holes of stroke play over two days. This "Flight event" will acknowledge a Low Gross and Low Net Champion as well as winners. (Each flight will have five winners; consisting of three gross and two net.) All STWGC regular members who have played six games between Jan. 1 st and Aug. 31 st are eligible for this event. Sign-ups will start in August! Participants who played in past years know how exciting and fun these tournaments were. There were lots of handsome cash prizes paid out. Hopefully you comeback for this year s tournament, and tell your friends to come with you. TOURNAMENT As expected, it s been raining off and on in January, but so far we have been able to golf on Thursdays! Compared to last year with no rainouts due to the drought, we are anticipating more rainouts this year. Surprisingly, despite the wet conditions and unusually cold/windy weather we re experiencing, no tournaments were cancelled in January! (FYI, twenty players are required to have a tournament.) Due to the damp course conditions, the Blue/White Combo Tees are proving to be more challenging for most players as reflected in the net scores. We ll have to rethink playing combo tees during drier weather next year. Please give a helping hand to all our new members on how things are done. Introduce yourself and make them feel welcome. Show them the Tournament Binder located at the Starter Check-In table especially the section on Games played and how a scorecard is filled out. A reminder to all members to make the time to annually review our Club s bylaws, local and standing rules, minutes, etc. all located on our Club s website: So please, mark down on your calendar to save those two days, September 8 th and 15 th to celebrate our very own 'major' tournament. We'd like to try anything to get more participants then previous years!!!!