Golfer Wins Largest U. S. Women’s Amateur Golf Competition
Aloha, Ore., September 27, 2008 – Lori Whitaker of Cumming, Georgia, a member of the Atlanta chapter of the Executive Women’s Golf Association has won the EWGA Championship, the largest amateur women’s golf competition in the United States. Whitaker captured the title shooting two rounds of 76 for a 36-hole score of 152. Jewel Malick of Rockwell, Texas and Patty Kimball of Scottsdale Arizona placed second and third.
This year’s two-day championship was held on September 26 and 27 at The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in Aloha, Oregon with nearly 200 competitors from throughout the United States and Canada.
Winners were crowned in five flights of individual stroke play and a scramble team division (see results below). Now in its 13th year, this annual competition had over2400 participants in 2008, starting with 120 local chapter championships and 15 semi-finals leading to the 36-hole finals.
Shelly Armstrong, Teri Redmond, Sarah Dekraay and Ginger Zimmerman of the Madison, Wis. EWGA successfully defended their scramble division title, winning for the fourth consecutive year.
Since the EWGA started in 1991, more than 100,000 women have benefited from membership in the organization which is dedicated to providing opportunities to learn, play, and enjoy the game of golf for business and for life. Chapters provide a wide range of golf, social and networking activities for both new and experienced golfers. The EWGA is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. For more information about the association and its membership, visit www.ewga.com
Following are the top 36-hole stroke play EWGA Championship winners, by flight:
* indicates won scorecard playoff ^Medalist
Championship Flight (Handicap 0 – 8.0):
First Place Low Gross: Lori Whitaker, Cumming, GA, Atlanta, GA chapter – 152
Second Place Low Gross: Jewel Malick, Rockwell, GA, Dallas, TX chapter – 153*
Third Place Low Gross: Patty Kimball, Scottsdale, AZ, Phoenix-Valley of the Sun, AZ – 153
First Place Low Net: Robin Banner, Knoxville, TN, Greater Knoxville, TN chapter – 141
Second Place Low Net: Beth Reinhold, Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara chapter – 142
Third Place Low Net: Jeri Roche, Neptune Beach, FL, Jacksonville, FL chapter – 143
First Flight (Handicap 8.1 – 16.0):
First Place Low Gross: Julie Shore, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Triangle, NC chapter – 156
Second Place Low Gross: Kerry Timm, Tampa, FL, Tampa Bay, FL chapter – 161
Third Place Low Gross: Angie Browning, Neptune Beach, FL, Jacksonville, FL chapter – 165
First Place Low Net: Christine DeRienzo, Old Bethpage, NY, Long Island, NY chapter – 139
Second Place Low Net: Shelly Weiss, Southfield, MI, Metro Detroit, MI chapter – 141
Third Place Low Net: Marceia Cox, Bartlett, TN, Memphis, TN chapter – 142
Second Flight (Handicap 16.1 – 24.0)
First Place Low Gross: Stacey Weitzel, Pasadena, MD, Baltimore Regional, MD chapter – 169
Second Place Low Gross: Nancy Heldt, Boise, ID, Boise-Treasure Valley, ID chapter – 182
Third Place Low Gross: Angi Livermore, Princeton Junction, NJ, Central New Jersey – 183
First Place Low Net: Bridget Albosta, Walnut Creek, CA, Northeast Bay, CA chapter – 136
Second Place Low Net: Ingrid Roosild, Albuquerque, NM, Albuquerque chapter – 143
Third Place Low Net: Gretchen Evanco, Twinsburg, OH, Akron, OH chapter – 145
Third Flight (Handicap 24.1 – 32.0)
First Place Low Gross: Jackie LeBlanc, Scarborough, Ontario, Greater Toronto chapter – 193
Second Place Low Gross: Lisa Smith, Novato, CA, Sonoma-Marin-Napa, CA chapter – 194
Third Place Low Gross: Chris Mortensen, Glendale, WI, Milwaukee, WI chapter – 196
First Place Low Net: Diane Madigan, Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth/Metroplex, TX chapter – 136
Second Place Low Net: CJ Ensign, Boise, ID, Boise-Treasure Valley, ID chapter – 140
Third Place Low Net: Mary Jo Burke, Bonita Springs, FL, Naples, FL chapter – 141
Fourth Flight (Handicap 32.1 – 40.4)
First Place Low Gross: Lisa Lowe, Overland Park, KS, Kansas City Metro chapter – 199
Second Place Low Gross: Linda McAlister, Novato, CA, Sonoma-Marin-Napa chapter – 207
Third Place Low Gross: Carol Hecht, Waukesha, WI, Milwaukee, WI chapter – 211
First Place Low Net: Michelle Boyer, Miami, FL Miami, FL chapter – 135
Second Place Low Net: Jackie Dixon, Bridgeton, MO, St Louis, MO chapter – 140*
Third Place Low Net: Madeleine Terenzio, Stamford, CT, Fairfield County, CT – 140
The 36-hole scramble winners:
First Place Team: Madison WI chapter – net 122
Shelly Armstrong, Madison, WI Teri Redmond, Madison, WI
Sarah Dekraay, Madison, WI Ginger Zimmerman, Sun Prairie, WI
Second Place Team: Akron, OH chapter – net 133
Terry Baxter, Solon, OH Sue Williams, Chardon, OH
Diane Rothers, Chargin Falls,OH Maria Kameros, Chardon, OH
Third Place Team: Tampa Bay, FL chapter – net 137
Chris Daywalt, Clearwater, FL Kim Byle, Dunedin, FL
Cathy Ford, Largo, FL Michele Pontious, Clearwater, FL
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