Tee Talk. FRANCES GACOS Player of the Year

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1 Tee Talk Founded Knollwood Road Elmsford, NY (914) Michele Marcus, Editor Fall 2012 FRANCES GACOS Player of the Year This year s winner of the Women s Metropolitan Golf Association Player of the Year is Frances Gacos. The award was presented to Fran at the WMGA Annual Meeting at Baltusrol Golf Club on November 16th. The WMGA Player of the Year Award recognizes the member who competed in at least four WMGA tournaments and earned the most points in designated events during the season. Fran s achievements in WMGA tournaments include winning the Seniors A Championship and the Match Play Championship, as well as finishing tied for third in the Stroke Play Championship. Not only did Fran earn points through the many WMGA events, but she also received points as the winner of the Garden State Stroke Play Championship; runner up in the Garden State Round Robin; and qualifying and playing in the USGA Senior Women s Amateur Championship and the U.S. Women s Mid-Amateur Championship. Fran is a member at Copper Hill Country Club in Flemington, NJ. Fran Gacos with Player of the Year Trophy Judy Bell Award is presented to Helen Stovell Helen is one of those exceptional people who always says yes. She has served the Women s Met in every capacity for over twenty years. From Met Rep, Team Captain, Series Captain, Board Member, Nominating Chair, Helen has been an enthusiastic and dedicated advocate for the Women s Met. This year she is also working on the Critical Needs Committee. Helen and her daughter, Mimi, are two-time defending Mother-Daughter Champions. She is a 16-time Club Champion at the Country Club of Fairfield. Helen began taking golf lessons on her honeymoon in Bermuda so it is only fitting that she has been club Helen Stovell (left) receiving Judy Bell award from Beth Post champion at Mid Ocean. This year she qualified to play in the USGA Senior Amateur Championship. Helen says that her favorite part of her involvement with the WMGA is the number of wonderful people she has gotten to know through playing in the WMGA tournaments and her involvement with the WMGA Board. She is also happy that efforts have lead to a great WMGA board. Lann Trophy awarded to Ellen Oswald Ellen Oswald holding the NY State Amateur trophy. Ellen is a talented young player who was a standout at St John s University where she was a four year Academic All American and captain in her senior year. The Lann Trophy is awarded to the individual who has the lowest gross score in a stroke play event. Ellen achieved this by shooting a 69 at the two day stroke play championship at Rockaway Hunting. She also won the Father-Daughter tournament this year. She is currently the New York State Champion. Ellen is constantly working on her game to reach the highest status in amateur play.

2 2012 Annual Meeting Super Storm Sandy forces rescheduling of 2012 Annual Meeting For the first year, the Annual Meeting was held at a member club, Baltusrol Golf Club, in Springfield, NJ. Over 200 members were originally scheduled to attend; however, uninvited guest, Super Storm Sandy, forced a delay and rescheduling of the meeting until November 16. Beth Post, president of the WMGA, opened the meeting by welcoming everyone to Baltusrol on a beautiful fall day. Once all the presentations were complete, Nominating Committee Chair, Helen Stovell, presented the slate of the new officers and Directors of the Board and they were elected by the membership. Amy Hyman, newly elected president, thanked Beth for all she has done for the Women s Met and then proceeded to conduct the reminder of the meeting. Beth Post (left) turns over the reigns of the WMGA to Amy Hyman L to R. Judy Decker and Theresa Pisacreta Our Special Guests Player of the Year Fran Gacos surrounded by her family 2 Tee Talk Fall Some of our Players who had Hole-in-One s this year

3 Mike Diffley presented the Mental Side of Golf, Mental Coaching Mike Diffley has been the Head PGA professional at Pelham Country Club for the past 25 years. Mike is well known on the Met golf circuit. He has an illustrious career both as an amateur beginning as a junior and through his college years as a member of St. John s University 1982 Big East Championship team. He continued his winning ways into his professional life. As a mental coach, Mike works with over 25 Met PGA professionals including present and former Players of the Year. Mike shared his knowledge of the mental game Mike Diffley gives his presentaion with our membership. The audience was riveted as we all know what a big part the mental game plays in golf. He entertained the guests with his sense of humor and stories of pros he has coached. Some of Mike s good advice Members enjoying Mike Diffley s presentation Featured Club Tamarack Golf Club, Greenwich, CT. For this issue we are featuring a great group of women golfers. Tamarack Golf Club is a great example of women joining together for the good of the game, friendship, and competition. At a meeting to discuss opening day, a few years ago, one of the members showed the group a card with rules situations. Everyone at the table loved the idea of a simplified chart system of applying the Rules of Golf. The group then made the card for everyone as a favor for Opening Day. These women were generous to pass the idea to the WMGA. The WMGA duplicated the cards and now uses them as a fundraiser for the Scholarship Foundation. The Women s Committee Golf Association of Tamarack is an all inclusive group. There are many levels to the golfers at Tamarack and they all work together. Ronda Nahoum is the President of the Association for 18 holers. She works with a Board of 13 to plan the golf season, Christine Adonetti is the chair of the 9 holers, Cindy Kabat is a conscientious Met Rep who recruits new members. An interclub league, WIGL, is used as a training ground for the Met matches. WIGL is similar in format except the player has a partner. With all the hand holding and cajoling, most members who play in the team matches end up loving the challenge of a new course and meeting new friends. Tamarack is one example of women enjoying all aspects of golf. The WMGA loves to hear about your club. If your club has information to share in Tee Talk, please get in touch with Michele Marcus, editor. Tee Talk Fall

4 A Look Back at Our Tournaments In Pictures Our Family Tournaments Sister-Sister/Sister-Brother Championship July 9 - Metropolis CC, White Plains, NY Mother-Daughter Championship July 12 - Brae Burn CC, Purchase, NY Keating Cup - Low Net Cathy Fischburg & Sue Fishler Sister-Sister Trophy- Phoebe Timpson & Wendy Havens Sister-Brother Trophy- Tom & Gail Flanagan Nancy Brown Tray - Low Net Valerie & Emily Lazar Tim Trophy- Mimi McAndrew & Helen Stovell Father-Daughter Championship July 31 - Indian Hills CC, Northport, NY Mother-Son Championship August 7 - Morris County CC, Morristown, NJ Father-Daughter Trophy- Jerry & Ellen Oswald William B. Rocker Trophy- Low Net Ellie & Reed Deluca Mother-Son Trophy- Cameron Young & Barbara Jones Mother-Son Trophy- Low Net Pam & Kevin Dolph Husband-Wife B Championship August 13 - Echo Lake CC, Westfield, NJ Husband-Wife A Championship August 28 - The Seawane Club, Hewlett Harbor, NY Ruth March Trophy - Penny & Keith Hylind Low Net Il & Young Kim Husband-Wife Trophy- Adam & Jane Kugler Husband-Wife Trophy-Low Net Andy & Sarah Tasnady 4 Tee Talk Fall

5 Our Stroke Play Championships Stroke Play Championship July 18, 19 - The Rockaway Hunting Club, Lawrence, NY B Stroke Play Championship October 10 - Bonnie Briar CC, Larchmont, NY - Phoebe Timpson Low Net - Ellen Oswald - Theresa Pisacreta Low Net - Joanne Bumpus Better Ball B Championship Sept. 13 Hampton Hills CC, Westhampton Beach, NY Our Team Championships Better Ball A Championship October 2,3 - The Apawamis Club, Rye, NY Sis Choate Tournament July 26 Hamilton Farm GC, Gladstone, NJ Romana Grant & Jadie Shing-DeTolla Phoebe Timpson & Eileen Moriarty Low Net Bonnie Tyler & Shelia Torgan Kathleen Maloney & Tracy Meerwarth-Pester John B. Mackie Memorial Tournament October 4 Inwood CC, Inwood, NY MGA/WMGA Mixed Pinehurst September 6 - The Tuxedo Club, Tuxedo Park, NY Yvonne Thiel & Sandra Jackson Low Net Linda Leahy & Sharon Markey LeeAnn Lewis, Jay Mottola (MGA Executive Director) and Peter Ganley Tee Talk Fall

6 Our Junior Championships WMGA s Girls to the Tee, a free golf clinic, held on August 13 at Westchester Country Club Junior Girls Open Championship August 9, Pelham CC Cindy Ha, & Stephanie Sullivan, 2nd Maureen Orcutt Trophy Tournament July 27, White Beeches Golf & Country Club, Haworth, NJ Happy Holidays from the Women s Metropolitan Golf Association Cindy Ha 6 Tee Talk Fall

7 2013 WMGA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE DATE EVENT HOST CLUB April 23, 25, 30 May 2, 7 Team Matches May 14, 15 Challenge Rounds May 16 Interdistrict Playoff Baltusrol May 23 Golf Illustrated Trophy Tournament Piping Rock May 29, 30 Griscom Cup Matches Essex CC, MA June 4 Metropolitan Amateur Championship The Creek June 5 Myra D. Paterson Trophy Tournament Elmwood June 6 One Day Stroke Play A&B Mill River June 6 B Stroke Play Championship Mill River June Match Play Championship Quaker Ridge June 25, 26 Junior Intercity Team Matches Saucon Valley CC, PA July 8, 9 WMGA/PGA Met Open Scarsdale July 11 WMGA/MGA Public Links Championship Hudson Hills July 16 Mother-Daughter Championship Rockville Links July 16 Father-Daughter Championship Rockville Links July 18 Mother-Son Championship Salem July 23, 24 Stroke Play Championship Montclair July 26 Maureen Orcutt Trophy Tournament White Beeches July 30 Seniors B Championship Round Hill July 30, 31 Seniors A Championship Round Hill August 1 Junior Girls Open Championship Woodmere August 6 One Day Stroke Play A&B Westchester Hills August 13 Better Ball Net Tournament Tamarack August 19 Husband-Wife A Championship Fairmount August 20 WMGA Foundation Classic Somerset Hills August 22 Sis Choate Wykagyl August 27 Husband-Wife B Championship Shorehaven September 10 MGA/WMGA Mixed Pinehurst Saint Andrews September 12 Better Ball Net Tournament Edgewood September 24 One Day Stroke Play A&B Mountain Ridge September/October John B. Mackie Memorial Tournament Inwood October 2, 3 Better Ball A Championship Maidstone October 8 Sister-Brother, Sister-Sister Championship Bellport October 10 Better Ball B Championship Essex County October 16 Met Rep Tournament Deal October 23 Better Ball Net Tournament North Hempstead