JUNE 2017 A Message from the President What a great time we all had at the Mardi Gras Spring Luncheon! As always, it s great to get caught up with everyone after the long winter and get excited for the arrival of spring and the golf season. As many members couldn t attend the event, I thought I d take this opportunity to share my comments on the colors of Mardi Gras, their meaning, and how they could be applied to the game of golf. PURPLE stands for JUSTICE, and what is right. Kind of a no brainer as to how that applies to golf! As we all know, golf has many rules and a high standard of honesty. In fact, Honesty, Integrity and Judgement are 3 of the 9 core values taught through the First Tee. GREEN stands for FAITH. Couple of ways that relates to golf for me. Out on the course, I have to have faith in my golf shot, my competitor or teammate, and myself. Again, a First Tee core value is Confidence. Faith, of course, also represents religion and I believe that being outside in this beautiful place we call home is an excellent way to worship no matter what your beliefs may be. Finally, GOLD stands for POWER and Wealth. Well, golf can be a very expensive sport! But when you make that perfect shot, break 100, 90, 80 for the first time, get a par, birdie or eagle don t you feel a sense of power and satisfaction? We are We are certainly made wealthy by the friendships we make though golf and on that score, I have treasures to last a lifetime. certainly made wealthy by the friendships we make though golf and on that score, I have treasures to last a lifetime. I ve decided to embrace the theme of Mardi Gras for my summer season, even going as far as using Purple, Green & Gold as my colors for my flower pots on the deck. A big round of applause to Kathy Patton for putting it all together and all those who pitched in to help with the set up and break down. As always, Belle has done a great job with our annual calendar and we certainly appreciate her contact at GCI, Nancy Hayes, who donates her time to run off the copies for us. It is a generous gift from both Nancy and GCI. Days play is off and running and our first day of Team Match Play is June 5th. I know firsthand that the organizers of our team events and tournaments are hard at work to make sure it is a great summer season. The time and energy they put in to the AWGA is greatly appreciated! We are still looking for someone to coordinate Days Play at Settlers Bay, a Nominating Chair, and Mentors for our new members. Please feel free to contact me directly if you are interested in volunteering. We currently have at least 7 new members so let s welcome them to the AWGA! Make sure you get in your application for Belle s Fun Tournament one of the highlights of our season. Every year I m blessed to have someone in my foursome that I haven t met or had the opportunity to golf with it s a great experience. And Jamie Berge will be holding a Rules Clinic on June 8th at 3pm for those of you interested in brushing up on your knowledge. Looking forward to a great 2017 Season! Laissez Le Golf Balls Roulez!
Leadership V C Position name E-mail home Phone Cell Phone BOARD MEMBERS # President Karen Weaver karenweaver25@gmail.com 907-360-7464 # President Elect Jean McCarthy jmccarthy.mccarthy@gmail.com 907-240-4594 # secretary Candace Hiner cjhiner@yahoo.com 907-230-5951 # treasurer Jamie Berge jamie@jamieberge.com 907-230-6261 # Past President Pamela Chesla golf2201@aol.com 907-830-0939 COMMITTEES & DIRECTORS # * Membership Elaine Hollier ehollier@aol.com 907-229-0317 # * Tournament Judy Sundberg jsundberg@gci.net 907-276-4409 907-351-4283 # * By-Laws Jane Shaw janeshaw2@gmail.com 907-562-1380 561-310-6465 # * Handicap Teresa Fisher tannfish@gmail.com 907-952-0884 # * Rules Jamie Berge jamie@jamieberge.com 907-230-6261 # * Hole-in-One Tonnette Jackson mitfine26@gmail.com 907-336-1948 907-529-1884 # * Audit Judy Sundberg jsundberg@gci.net 907-276-4409 907-351-4283 # Calendar Belle Johnson belledorisak@gmail.com 907-333-2911 # newsletter Cathy Garrick b747girl@gmail.com 757-773-6543 # Welcome Betty Kincannon angels @gci.net 907-345-6650 907-240-8380 # Sunshine Lucille Stietz lstietz@alaska.net 907-277-4355 907-242-0171 # AGA Rep Teresa Fisher tannfish@gmail.com 907-952-0884 # nominating TBA # * Days Play Chair Shelley Smith kentshell@aol.com 907-783-2653 907-229-7212 Moose Run Days Play Jean McCarthy jmccarthy.mccarthy@gmail.com 907-240-4594 sbgc Days Play TBA AGC Days Play Shelley Smith see above PGC Days Play Hanni Kozler hanni.kozler@gmail.com 907-529-7125 # team Play Director Nadine Dely fndely1935@gmail.com 907-333-9106 # Match Play Director Jane Shaw see above # Belle s Fun Tourney Belle Johnson see above # Moose Run Tourney Annette Swanson swansonak@gci.net 907-441-9211 # Club Championship Laura Wetzel wetzel5811@comcast.net 720-560-2359 # Moose Race P. Chesla/L. Waugaman Pam (see above) Linda 907-301-6492 spring Luncheon K. Patton 805-448-5249 Fall Luncheon A. Swanson/J. Sundberg See above # Indicates Voting position * Indicates Standing committee (per AWGA By-laws) As of 05/01/17
Calendar SUMMER 2017 AWGA EVENTS 5/15 May Board Meeting TBA 5:30 PM 5/20 Spring Luncheon AGC 11:30 AM 6/5 Team Match Play Settlers Bay 9:00 AM 6/6 June Board Meeting TBA 5:30 PM 6/TBD Rules Clinic TBA 6/TBD President s Fellowship - WW AGC Evening 6/12 Belle s Fun Tourney AGC 8:00 AM 6/13 Belle s Fun Tourney Moose Creek 8:00 AM 6/19 Team Play Settlers Bay 8/9 AM 6/28 Team Play Moose Creek 8/9 AM 7/5 Team Match Play Moose Hill 8/9 AM 7/10 CHA CHA CHA Settlers Bay 9:00 AM 7/11 July Board Meeting TBA 5:30 PM 7/12 Team Play Moose Hill 9/10 AM 7/TBD Rules Clinic TBA 7/18-19 Moose Run Tourney Moose Hill 8:00 AM 7/25 Team Play AGC 8:00 AM 8/7 Team Play Palmer 8/9 AM 8/8 August Board Meeting TBA 5:30 PM 8/TBD Rules Clinic TBA 8/14-15 Club Championship AGC 8:00 AM 8/22 Team Match Play AGC 8/9 AM 8/28 Moose Race Settlers Bay 9:00 AM 9/5 September Board Meeting TBA 5:30 PM 9/16 Fall Luncheon 11:30 AM Days Play Mondays Days Play Palmer 10:00 AM Tuesdays Days Play AGC 9:00 AM Wednesdays Days Play Moose Run 9:00 AM Thursdays Days Play Settlers Bay 10:00 AM AGA EVENTS 6/17-18 AGA Kenai Jackpot 6/23-25 AGA State Match Play 7/7-9 AGA State Seniors Amateur 8/3-6 AGA State Amateur OTHER EVENTS 7/29-30 Arctic Valley Open 8/1 USGA Women s Senior Qualifier 8/12-13 Settlers Bay Club Championship 8/19-20 Palmer Club Championship 8/26-27 Anchorage Open
Days Play Updates Days Play Chair Shelley Smith This year s Days Play schedule is below. Most Day s Play coordinators email a note out the week before asking ladies let them know if they want to play. Please reply to them. We are still looking for a coordinator for Settler s Bay. MondayS Palmer Coordinator Hanni Kozler Tuesdays AGC Coordinator Shelley Smith Wednesdays Moose Run Hill and Creek Coordinator Jean McCarthy Please let Jean know which Moose Run course you would like to play so she can confirm with the course several days before we play. On some occasions only one course will be available. If you want to be on her list, please email her. She will only run one list. THURsdays Settlers Bay Coordinator TBA Punch Cards No later than September 30, 2017 all paper punch cards must be brought into the golf shop and converted into electronic punches. They will be maintained in our pointof-sale system by name. By instruction from our accounting office, after the deadline, the paper can be no longer honored. Please make sure to do this before the end of the season and let your friends know! Thanks. SAVE the DATE! The USGA Senior Women s Qualifier will be held on Tuesday, August 1st at Anchorage Golf Course at 10:00 am. The Championship is September 9-14 this year at Waverley Country Club in Portland, OR, a little closer to home! The application window opens on May 1st and closes on July 19th. https://champs.usga.org/index.html And our next Kudo of the season goes to... This column is to recognize golf achievements of our members. Like the first time someone breaks 100, 90, 80, 70 or makes a hole-in-one, eagle, or anything along those lines. We want to celebrate our successes! Please submit your story to karenweaver25@gmail.com Let us know!!
Spring Luncheon Thanks to Kathy Patton and her crew for a wonderful Spring Luncheon. We d also like to extend a warm Welcome to our new members! We are looking forward to sharing our love of the game of golf with you. NEW MEMBERS Karen Barnett Shari Boyd Betty Brady Elaine Kim Karen Kulen Sandy St. George Takako Yo
Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; You get good breaks from bad shots But you have to play the ball where it lies. - [ Bobby Jones ]
AWGA Rules Clinic Thursday, June 8th @ 3pm We have a rules clinic on the calendar for Thursday, June 8th @ 3pm at AGC. Please RSVP me if you plan to attend as I need a general number to determine space needed and alert the restaurant and staff. In addition to covering some of the most misunderstood definitions and rules that regularly come into play, I will give a short review of the new simplified rules coming in 2019 that are intended to make the rules easier and speed up pace of play. Email or text Jamie at jamie@jamieberge.com 230-6261
sponsored by Brown s Lighting Gallery June 12-13, 2017 Entries for Belle s FUN Tourney are due by June 5th. Join us for 2 days of fun golf. Come help us get the golf season off to a good start and help welcome any new golfers into our group. This is a wonderful chance for newcomers to get acquainted with the women golfers in Anchorage. Remember, this is a FUN tournament. There is no pressure to get a good total score. You all help your team. You will be playing two 18 hole Anchorage courses and will play with 6 different women over the two days. The first day is a best ball format and your team only needs one good score on each hole. Because you get handicap pops, each player has a chance to have the score that counts. Monday will be at Anchorage Golf Course with tee times starting at 8 am. Tuesday is a scramble. We are asking you to ride on Tuesday. It will speed things up considerably. We are subsidizing the cost of the carts. By raising the entry fee $3 we were able to provide free carts on Wednesday. What a deal! Thanks to Chip Brown (our sponsor), we were able to make this work. There will be an awards luncheon following play on Tuesday. This day is an 8 am shotgun start so the luncheon will be at approximately one o clock. Early entries really help our planning committee. Don t delay - get your entry in early. Please bring a checkbook or cash with you on Monday to pre-pay your Tuesday green fees. If you have a punch card or are military, you may pay on Tuesday. You do need to be a member of AWGA and have an established handicap by June 5th.
APPLICATION sponsored by Brown s Lighting Gallery ENTRY FEE ENTRY DEADLINE $38.00 (plus green fees) includes lunch and free cart on Tuesday, door prizes and awards June 5, 2017 (You may use a punch card for green fees.) You will play with six different women over the two days. Each team will have an A, B, C, and D player. Since these are team events, there is no pressure on individual scores. You must be a member of AWGA and have an established GHIN handicap by June 5, 2017. JUNE 12 ANCHORAGE GOLF COURSE BEST BALL tee times JUNE 13 MOOSE RUN CREEK COURSE SCRAMBLE shotgun TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS Belle Johnson, Ch. (333-2911), Lucille Stietz, Sherryl Nelson, Darlene Gilman, Mal Frost, Yuri Upton, Toyoko Hawkins ENTRY DEADLINE: JUNE 5, 2017 ANCHORAGE WOMEN S GOLF ASSOCIATION BELLE S FUN TOURNEY JUNE 12-13, 2017 Make $38 check payable to AWGA. Of this amount, $15 is a voluntary contribution to the prize. If you do not wish to contribute to this fund, you would not be eligible for any of the cash prizes. NAME PHONE # GHIN # GHIN INDEX MAIL TO: Lucille Stietz 3705 Arctic Blvd #246 Anchorage, AK, 99503 Mon. (AGC) WALK RIDE
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APPLICATION anchorage woman's golf association MOOSE RUN GOLF TOURNAMENT JULY 18 & 19, 2017 ENTRY DEADLINE: JULY 11, 2017 ENTRY FEE: $40 + green and cart fees Must be a member of the Anchorage Woman's Golf Association and have an established GHIN Handicap by July 10, 2017 Flighting will be done using your GHIN Index Tournament Champion - Low Gross and Low Net (Champions can be from any flight) Low Gross - Each Flight Low Net - First, Second, Third Tee times for Tuesday, July 18 will be notified by Saturday July 15 Wednesday will be an 8:00am shotgun start Every effort will be made to contact you by your telephone or email with your tee time. If you have not been contacted by Monday, please call Annette Swanson 907.441.9211 or Linda Waugaman 907.301.6492 Lunch on Wednesday is included with entry fee All first place ties will be played off by sudden death, weather permitting All other ties will be decided by a card off per USGA recommendation TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS: ANNETTE SWANSON & LINDA WAUGAMAN anchorage woman's golf association MOOSE RUN GOLF TOURNAMENT entry NAME: PHONE: EMAIL: GHIN INDEX: GHIN #: PLEASE X: RIDE or WALK CANCELLATION POLICY: AFTER JULY 10, TOURNAMENT FEE IS NOT REFUNDABLE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: ANCHORAGE WOMAN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION (AWGA) MAIL TO: ANNETTE SWANSON 800 BOTANICAL HEIGHTS CR, ANCH AK, 99515
APPLICATION Come join the party at the annual AWGA Club Championship. This flagship event for our members features two days of stroke play at Anchorage Golf Course August 14-15 to determine our Gross and Handicap champions. Day 1: Monday August 14 will be TEE TIMES starting at 10:00 am Day 2: Tuesday August 15 will be an 8:00am SHOTGUN start for the entire field. On both days, the use of carts and purchase of additional beverages and food will be at the players expense. Carts and greens fees for both days can be pre-paid but Tuesday s fees are required to be prepaid. Trophy winners and Flight winners will be awarded after play on Tuesday so please come along and join in the fun!!! General Information: Participants must be a member of AWGA and have an established GHIN handicap Participants must have recorded a minimum of FOUR 18 hole rounds in Alaska during 2017 Participants must have played in at least ONE of the following AWGA events during 2017 prior to the event: o Belle s Fun Tourny Any Day s Play o Moose Run Tournament Any Team Play o Cha-Cha-Cha Fundraiser Any Team Match Play Tournament Director Laura Wetzel: wetzel5811@comcast.net Cell:720-560-2359 Name: Phone Number: GHIN Number Current Index: Payment enclosed includes: AWGA Club Championship Entry Fee $20.00 Anchorage Golf Course Tuesday Greens Fee (must be paid with entry fee) $46.50 Anchorage Golf Course Monday Greens Fee (optional to pay in advance) $46.50 Riding Cart Fee (optional) for Monday or Tuesday (to be paid with greens fee) $20 each day Attending Awards Lunch on Tuesday (so we have enough seats ) Yes No Total Amount enclosed $ Please make checks payable to AWGA and mail to: Entry deadline Monday August 7 2017 Laura Wetzel Fees non-refundable after deadline date 1400 W 82 nd Ave Anchorage AK 99518
APPLICATION 2017 AWGA Membership Application Form NAME & ADDRESS HOME PHONE WORK/CELL Mail Membership Form and check to: AWGA % Elaine Hollier 1911 Greendale Drive Anchorage, AK 99504 EMAIL GHIN MEMBERSHIP STATUS: NEW RENEWING (Cost is $60.00) Would you prefer to receive the AWGA Newsletter via: e-mail paper copy RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND ASSUMPTION OF RISKS ANCHORAGE WOMEN S GOLF ASSOCIATION, INC. In consideration of Anchorage Women s Golf Association, Inc., (AWGA) permitting me to join as a member and participate in golfing and related social activities sponsored by AWGA, I agree in advance to release AWGA, its members, staff, employees, volunteers and paid and unpaid service providers, including transportation service providers (the Released Parties ) from liability as set forth below. I understand that participation in events offered by AWGA and the Released Parties involves inherent risks and risks potentially created by the negligence of the Released Parties. These inherent risks include but are not limited to: Exposure to the natural elements Exposure to terrain with unpredictable conditions or hazards Transportation in and/or use of motorized golf carts Conduct of other participants, including potential consumption of alcohol The potential to be struck by golf clubs or golf balls swung or struck by other persons Potential lack of prompt access to medical care and the potential administration of emergency medical procedures by one or more of the Released Parties I understand that exposure to these and other risks that may be present may potentially result in personal injury, property damage, or death to myself or others. I agree to assume all of those risks even to the extent such risk is occasioned or not prevented due to alleged negligent acts or omissions on the part of one or more Released Parties. My travel to and participation in events sponsored by AWGA is fully voluntary and I give this Release with reasonable time to consider alternative activities or to seek assistance in understanding the scope of my release and waiver. On behalf of myself, my heirs, assigns, personal representative and estate, I release, discharge, and hold harmless the Released Parties now and in the future from all damages, actions, claims, lawsuits, and liabilities of any nature arising from my travel to, from, and participation in AWGA activities, including but not limited to damages, actions, claims, and liabilities arising from or related to the inherent risks described and/or negligence of the Released Parties. THIS RELEASE IS A BINDING AGREEMENT. UNDERSTANDING ALL THE ABOVE, I AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS RELEASE. Print Name Date Signature