Volume 44 Spring 2016 Issue No. 1 Welcome Shelly to the Nebraska Women s Amateur Golf Association Teresa s Tidbits By Teresa Snoozy, President I would like to thank Maddy Toepfer for serving as our Executive Director for the last four years. We wish her well in her new endeavor. We just had our Spring Meeting of the NWAGA representatives at Kearney Country Club and enjoyed a scramble after our meeting. We had 108 ladies at our scramble and a beautiful spring day. As we were playing we could hear cheers ring out around the golf course as teams made a long putt for a birdie or whatever the case. Isn t that what this is all about? Golfing with friends, making new friends, having fun, playing new courses, refreshments after golf, and a drive home with your group talking and laughing about the day. Playing well and winning a flight are icing on the cake we call Golf. We don t want others to miss all this fun so invite your members that do not belong to join NWAGA. We have a great line up of summer tournaments and 5 of them are partner or team events NWAGA s New Executive Director Shelly Liddick is our new Executive Director. Shelly has been the golf coach at Bellevue University for 6 years. The Bellevue Women s Golf Team is headed to the NAIA National Championships May 17-20 at the Savannah Quarters Country Club in Savannah, Ga. Shelly is a fourth generation Nebraskan and played college golf at University of Alabama Birmingham. She also played on the Futures Tour and Central Florida Tour. Shelly starts May 2. Please welcome Shelly when you see her this summer at our tournaments. Shelly is married and has two daughters. NWAGA Executive Director Shelly Liddick 6618 So. 118th Street Omaha, NE 68137 Office: (402) 505-4653, ext. 103 Cell: (402) 215-3694 nwaga@nebgolf.org.
Stroke Play Tournament June 5-6, 2016 Southern Hills Golf Course Hastings, NE 402-463-8006 ENTRY FEE / FORMAT: $90includes 36 holes of golf, flight prizes, continental breakfast Monday morning, Sunday evening dinner following play, awards luncheon Monday following play. PRACTICE ROUNDS: Please call 402-463-8006 to arrange practice round. Green fees are $35 and includes cart. ENTRY DATES: May 2 May 27 LODGING: Comfort Inn: 402-463-5252 Holiday Inn Express: 402-463-8858 Be sure to request NWAGA group rate when making reservation. CART FEE: $15 per seat, per day. MUST reserve with entry. Payment for cart fee will be made at club. Limited number of carts available. TOURNAMENT FIELD: Limited to first 100 individuals. All flights will be determined by first day score. GHIN TRANSMISSION DATE: May 15 REGISTRATION: Sunday, June 5, 11:30-12:30 STARTING TIMES: Sunday 1:00 p.m., Monday, 9:00 a.m. ENTRY FORM: Register online or send entry form and check payable to Stroke Play Tournament to NWAGA, 6618 S. 118 th St., Omaha, NE. 68137 QUESTIONS: Shelly Hartford: 402-469-537 Shelly Liddick: 402-505-4653 x 103 P.J. Boatwright Intern Charli McNeill is the NWAGA intern for 2016. Charli is from Craig, NE and attends Midland University majoring in Business Administration and Mass Communications. Charli is a member of the Midland Women s Golf team. Please introduce yourself to Charli when you see her at a tournament this summer. Page 2 of 12
State Amateur Tournament June 13-15, 2016 Eldorado Hills Golf Course Norfolk, NE 402-371-1453 ENTRY FEE / FORMAT: $105includes 54 holes of golf, flight prizes, Monday evening dinner following play, awards luncheon Wednesday following play. CART FEE: $13 per seat, per day. MUST reserve with entry. Payment for cart fee will be made at club. TOURNAMENT FIELD: Limited to first 60 individuals. All flights will be determined by Tournament Guidelines. GHIN TRANSMISSION DATE: June 1, 2016 REGISTRATION: Monday, June 13, 8:30-9:30 STARTING TIMES: Monday 10:00 a.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 8:00 a.m. PRACTICE ROUNDS: Sunday, June 12, 2016. Please call 402-371-1453 to arrange practice round. Green fees are $15 plus cart fee. ENTRY DATES: May 9 June 3 LODGING: Hampton Inn: 402-379-3585 golf rate $129 Holiday Inn Express: 402-379-1524 ENTRY FORM: Register online or send entry form and check payable to State Amateur Tournament to NWAGA, 6618 S. 118 th St., Omaha, NE. 68137 QUESTIONS: Nita Totten: 402-750-4161 Phyllis Hall: 402-649-3531 Shelly Liddick: 402-505-4653 x 103 General Tournament Information NWAGA would be happy to send out or email entry forms email the office at nwaga@nebgolf.org or call the office at 402-505-4653 x 103. Online tournament registration is at www.nwaga.org/competitions. Refund policy: All withdrawals must be reported to the NWAGA office at 402-505-4653 x 103. The administrative fee is non-refundable. No refund will be given after the entry Dress Code: Soft spikes only, no jeans, tank tops, or short shorts. Shirts must have a collar or sleeves. Caddies: A player assumes all responsibility for the conduct of their caddie. Caddies must conform to the caddie guidelines and dress code. If competing in tournament play, you must have read and understand these statements. Page 3 of 12
Match Play Championship June 27-29, 2016 Oakland Golf Club, Oakland, NE 402-685-5339 ENTRY FEE / FORMAT: $105 Championship Division includes an 18-hole round. Top 16 players advance to the Match Play Championship Tournament. Non-Championship Division includes an 18 hole seeding round and 100% handicap matches. Fee includes flight prizes, Monday evening banquet at 5:30 and Wednesday awards luncheon following play. Lunch available for purchase on Monday and Tuesday. CART FEE: $25 per seat, per day. MUST reserve with entry. Payment for cart fee will be made at club. TOURNAMENT FIELD: Participants with a Handicap Index of 6.0, or less, will be automatically accepted into the Match Play Championship upon receipt of a Valid Entry. There is no maximum number of entries into the Championship Division. If there are less than 8 entries into the Match Play Championship, it will be cancelled and all monies will be refunded. The Non-Championship division will be in multiples of 8, to limit the number of byes. Tournament entries will close when the event s specified number of participants has been reached. A new division will be added called the Master s Division for players 65 and older. The field for the Master s Division will be limited to 8 players and the format is like the Championship Division. GHIN TRANSMISSION DATE: June 15, 2016 REGISTRATION: Monday, June 27, 8:00-8:30 a.m. and 11:00a.m. -12:00p.m. STARTING TIMES: Championship Division and Master s Division: Monday 18-hole Stroke Play Qualifying round tee times beginning at 8:30 a.m. First round matches will begin in the afternoon approximately 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Quarterfinal matches will begin at 8:30 a.m. and semifinal matches will begin at approximately 1:30 p.m. Wednesday s final match begins at 9:30 a.m. Non-Championship will be pre-flighted into flights of 8. Monday 18-hole stroke play seeding round (to determine seed within flight). Afternoon tee times at approximately 12:00 p.m. Tuesday matches at 9:00 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. Wednesday final matches at 9:00 a.m. PRACTICE ROUNDS: Please call 402-685-5339 to arrange practice round. Green fees are $35 and includes cart fee. ENTRY DATES: May 16 June 17 LODGING: Grandma B s (Oakland): 402-377-2751or 402-380-2162 AJ s Inn (Oakland): 402-685-5401 Horizon Inn (Westpoint): 402-372-3995 Super 8 (Westpoint): 402-372-3995 ENTRY FORM: Register online or send entry form and check payable to State Match Play Tournament to NWAGA, 6618 S. 118 th St., Omaha, NE. 68137 QUESTIONS: Nancy Johnson: 402-620-5324 Shelly Liddick: 402-505-4653 x 103 Page 4 of 12
Bobbie Hopp Challenge July 11-12, 2016 Fremont Golf Club Fremont, NE 402-721-6642 Entry Fee/Format: $230.00/ two-person team. Includes: cart, continental breakfast Monday at 7:00 a.m., Monday evening dinner with cash bar and Tuesday awards luncheon following play. Entry Dates: Entries must be received or submitted online no earlier than June 7 and no later than June 24. All entrants will be notified of acceptance and pairings. Format: The Challenge is a Net Four-Ball Match Play event and will have a limited field with flights made up of 6 two-person teams per flight. Each team will play five 9 hole matches. Tournament Field: Tournament field is limited to the first 36 two-person teams. GHIN Transmission: July 1 Registration: Monday, July 11 7:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Lodging: Holiday Inn Express: 402-753-3850 Sleep Inn: 402-721-8400 Entry Form: Register online or send entry form and check payable to Bobbie Hopp Challenge to: NWAGA, 6618 South 118 th Street, Omaha, NE 68137. Questions: Nathan Kalin: 402-721-6642 Maggie Peters: 402-719-4864 Shelly Liddick: 402-505-4653 x 103 Starting Times: Monday 9:00 a.m. and Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Practice Rounds: Please call 402-721-6642 and talk to Nathan Kalin to arrange practice round. Green fees are$40.00 plus tax and includes cart. Bobbie Hopp Page 5 of 12
Four-Ball Tournament Woodland Hills Golf Course July 18-19, 2016 Eagle, NE Entry Fee: $230.00 / two-person team includes: 36-holes of golf, cart, flight prizes, Monday banquet following play, and Tuesday awards luncheon following play. Format: 36 holes of gross and net four-ball stroke play. Tournament Field: Tournament field is limited to the first 50 two-person teams. Entry Form: Register online or send entry form and check payable to Four-Ball Tournament to: NWAGA, 6618 South 118 th Street, Omaha, NE 68137. Questions: Tom Erlandson: 402-475-4653 Shelly Liddick: 402-505-4653 x 103 GHIN Transmission Date: July 1 Registration: Monday, July 18 10:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Starting Times: Monday, July 18, 12:00 p.m. shotgun start, and Tuesday, July 19, 9:00 a.m. shotgun start Practice Rounds: Please call 402-475-4653 to arrange practice round. Green fees are $45.00 with cart Monday Thursday and $55 with cart Friday Sunday. Entry Dates: Entries must be received or submitted online no earlier than June20 and no later than July 8. All entrants will be notified of acceptance and pairings. NWAGA Membership 2016 Deals As a benefit to you, clubs have passed their specials onto NWAGA! Show this membership card to redeem these discounts. All NWAGA Deals are listed on the website at www.nwaga.org/deals. Lodging: Holiday Inn Express 8801 Amber Hill Crt Lincoln, NE Americinn Lodge and Suites 8701 Amber Hill Crt Lincoln, NE Page 6 of 12
Fund Day Monday August 8, 2016 Indianhead Golf Club Grand Island, NE. 308-381-4653 Help fund our NWAGA Founders $1,000 scholarship to a Nebraska High School Senior. Entry Fee: $270 per four-person team which includes 18 holes of golf with carts, range balls, flight prizes, sack lunch, and appetizers following play. Format: Format is two best balls of four players with 95% of handicap used with a maximum of 40 per player s course rating. Tournament Field: Tournament field is limited to the first 24 teams. Partners may be from different clubs. Substitution: A partner may be substituted for any reason, up to the day of the tournament, and will receive their handicap for play. GHIN Transmission: August 1 Registration: Monday, August 8, 8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Practice Rounds: Please call 308-381-4653 to arrange a Sunday (August 7) practice round. Can book 7 days in advance. Fee is $30 and includes cart. Lodging: Holiday Inn Express: 308-675-1118 Fairfield Inn: 308-381-8980 Mainstay Suites: 308-382-9280 Entry Dates: Entries must be received or submitted online no earlier than July 5 and no later than July 29. All entrants will be notified of acceptance and pairings. Entry Form: Register online or send entry form and check payable to Fund Day Monday to: NWAGA, 6618 South 118 th Street, Omaha, NE 68137. Questions: Nancy Underwood: 308-382-9526 Shelly Liddick: 402-505-4653 x 103 Starting Times: Monday, August 8, 10:00 a.m. Fund Day Monday Donation Consider giving a $25 donation to sponsor a hole during our Fund Day Monday. You, your club, or any NWAGA supporter can sponsor a hole at Fund Day. This also goes towards our Founders Scholarship for a High School Senior. Send to the NWAGA office at 6618 S. 118 th St., Omaha, NE 68137 Seniors Championship Page 7 of 12
49 ers Eclectic Event August 22-24, 2016 Wayne Country Club Wayne, NE Entry Fee: $150.00 includes:54-holes of strokeplay golf, cart, flight prizes, Monday banquet and Wednesday Awards luncheon following play. Format: The 49 ers Senior Stroke Play & Eclectic Championship shall consist of 54 holes of individual (gross) Stroke Play with the first 36 holes also being a partner (net) Eclectic Event. The Eclectic Event will be two competitors playing as partners, each playing her own ball. The lower net score of the partners is the team score for that hole. Thirtysix holes will be played in this manner. From the two-day score cards, they select the better score on each hole to determine one 18-hole score for the eclectic event. A player may elect to play in both events or just the Senior Stroke Play event. Rounds 1 and 2 will be qualifying for individual flight position for the Seniors Tournament. Tournament Field: Tournament field is limited to the first 108 individuals, 49 years or older. A player may enter the Senior Stroke Play Championship as an individual, but must have a partner to participate in the Eclectic Event. All flights will be determined by 36-hole scores. GHIN Transmission: August 1 Registration: Monday, August 22, 9:30-10:30a.m. Starting Times: August 22, 11:00 p.m. shotgun start, Tuesday and Wednesday August 23 and 24, 8:00 a.m. shotgun start. Practice Rounds: Please call 402-375-1152. Fee is $20 plus cart Entry Dates: Entries must be received or submitted online no earlier than July 11 and no later than August 12. All entrants will be notified of acceptance and pairings. Lodging: Cobblestone Hotel: 402-833-1300 Super 8: 402-375-4898 Sports Club Motel: 402-375-4222 Norfolk is 30 miles away for more hotels. Entry Form: Register online or send entry form and check payable to Senior s Championship to: NWAGA, 6618 South 118 th Street, Omaha, NE 68137. Questions: Troy Harder: 402-375-1152 Shelly Liddick: 402-505-4653 x 103 Page 8 of 12
NWAGA Four-Woman Scramble August 29-30, 2016 Riverside Golf Club Grand Island, NE 308-382-2648 Entry Fee: $480.00 for four-person team includes:36-holes of golf, cart, flight prizes, Monday banquet and Tuesday awards luncheon following play. Format: Four-person scramble with all team members playing from each teeing ground. One tee shot is then selected and the team member whose shot is selected does not play the next shot. The remaining three-team members play the next shot. Follow this procedure until the ball is on the green. Once on the green, all team members may putt. Record that score. Each team member must contribute a minimum of four drives. Tournament Field: Tournament field is limited to the first 36 teams. All flights will be determined by Tournament Guidelines. GHIN Transmission: August 15. Registration: Monday, August 31 8:30 a.m. -9:30 a.m. Starting Times: Monday, August 29, 10:00 a.m. shotgun start, Tuesday, August 30, 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. Lodging: Super 8: 308-384-4380 Hotel Grand Center (the Holiday inn on Locust): 308-384-1330 Hampton Inn: 308-384-9777 Entry Form: Register online or send entry form and check payable to NWAGA Scramble to: NWAGA, 6618 South 118 th Street, Omaha, NE 68137. Questions: Beckie Stec: 308-381-2142 Judy Hansen: 308-390-3911 Shelly Liddick: 402-505-4653 x 103 CALL FOR HOTEL RESERVATIONS EARLY AS THE STATE FAIR IS ALSO IN GRAND ISLAND. Hastings, NE is close by for Hotels also. Practice Rounds: Please call 308-382-2648 to arrange practice round. Green fees are $34.00 + tax and $15.75 for cart. Entry Dates: Entries must be received or submitted online no earlier than August 1 and no later than August 19. All entrants will be notified of acceptance and first-round pairings. Page 9 of 12
Lincoln Women s City Golf Association Scholarship Winners This is the first year for a Lincoln Women s City Golf Association scholarship. Those winners of a $250 scholarship were: Founder s $1,000 Scholarship Paige Kristensen, Minden, NE Tess Meyer, Lincoln, NE Tess said in her essay that To this day, I can say without a doubt that joining the girl s golf team was the best decision I have ever made. Tess plans to go to UNL and major in Elementary, Secondary, or Special Education. Haley Wineman, Walton, NE Haley said in her essay that the 3 lessons she has learned from golf are patience, perfection, and passion. Haley plans to walk on the UNO golf team this fall and major in Marketing and Business Administration. Paige has been very active in high school and is number 1 in her class. She played in the Girl s State Championship all four years of her high school career. She is attending and playing golf at University of Nebraska at Kearney. Paige is majoring in Business Administration / Sports Management. She said in her essay that one of the things that golf taught her was mental toughness and never give up attitude. Junior Girls Four State Steph Kolbus, Junior Chair, will be putting together the Junior Girls Four-State Team. The team consists of 5 Junior Girls and will travel to St. Joe, Missouri on June 27-29 to compete. These 5 girls will represent Nebraska as they compete against teams from Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. The format is 36-holes of stroke-play competition where the best four of five scores count each round. Page 10 of 12
NWAGA Executive Board President Teresa Snoozy Omaha, NE 68137 (402) 657-8226 tjsnoozy@gmail.com Vice President Allyson Durnal Mead, NE 68041 (308) 991-6348 allysonyung@gmail.com Secretary Debbie Wilbeck Omaha, NE 68114 (402) 397-7835 dwilbeck@cox.net Treasurer Barb Muldoon Omaha, NE 68154 (402) 691-8701 bmuldoon1@cox.net Executive Secretary Maggie Peters Fremont, NE 68025 (402) 727-6823 malcolm5136@aol.com Western Director Mandi Sedlak Kearney, NE 68845 (402) 540-4759 mandisedlak@hotmail.com Central Director Beckie Stec Grand Island, NE 68801 (308) 381-2142 s_stec@charter.net Eastern Director Nancy Vanicek Lincoln, NE 6851 402-430-1548 vaniceks@gmail.com NWAGA Committee Chairwomen Tournament Sally Bryson Kearney, NE 68845 (308) 234-4085 brysonsally@yahoo.com Tournament Kadi Jensen Ogallala, NE 69153 (308) 284-8490 kadijen@yahoo.com Tournament Pam Gallagher Kearney, NE 68845 308-237-8575 pamgolfsalot@frontier.com Junior Steph Kolbus Lincoln, NE (402)525-4176 steph@lolbas.ca Rules Nita Totten Norfolk, NE 68701 (402) 371-7327 nltgolf@cableone.net Editor Judy Duffy Omaha, NE 68114 (402) 397-0742 judyduffy@aol.com is the official publication of the Nebraska Women s Amateur Golf Association. Editor: Judy Duffy Page 11 of 12
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