Club News and Activities

9-Hole Ladies: Sweetheart Tournament

  • April 2025
  • BY DEBRA BATES

Hello 9-Holers! After three years Michele Cavanagh has stepped down from reporting and I, Debra Bates, am replacing her. She contributed to this article and I thank her and others who have served our group and are stepping down.

Our biggest event of February was our Sweetheart Tournament, which this year fell on February 14! This is always a sold out event. We played alternate shots from the tee box to the hole with our partners. Some of the men struggled with the concept that we actually had to put the ball in, NO GIMMIES.

From left: Real life sweethearts Suzanne McGauley and Jerry Post; Debra
and Dennis Bates

This is a flighted event based on the team’s handicap. Congratulations to the flight 1 winners Cheryl and Jon Box, flight 2 winners Lori and Tom Stegeman, flight 3 winners Jan and Garry Helyer, and the flight 4 winners Barbara Curioso and Joseph Wolcin. Truly everyone was a winner because it is always a ton of fun!

From left: Participants Carol Story, Joyce Eichenberger, Deb Gustafson,
Lori Stegeman, Kelley Wilson, Cindy Brown and Jackie Wagner

We appreciated all the hard work by the committee group of  Julie Iverson, Martha Kohnke, Cookie Smith and Mary Story. They hosted a beautiful event for us which included a lovely Italian themed lunch that included a very yummy tiramisu dessert.

From left: Sweetheart Committee members Julie Iverson,
Mary Story, Cookie Smith, and Martha Kohnke

This month includes our two-week League Championship. One week we play the front and the next week we play the back or vice versa. The first week was pretty challenging due to the very cold morning. That may have kept some ladies away. I know I wasn’t looking forward to being out there. Our scores are combined to decide our overall league champion for 2024/2025 and other flight champions. Stay tuned for more on that later.

Thank you to our February hostesses Denise McNamara and Leigh Hall.

Leigh Hall (left) and Denise McNamara