The Skyettes of Hayward are pleased to introduce you to their Club Champion, Bev DeViney. Bev has repeated as Club Champion for several years and this year finished tied for second place but lost in the tie breaker to finish third in the Tournament of Club Champions.  Bev also serves as our weekly tournament chair, assistant handicap chair, and is Captain of the Mission Hills Ladies Golf Club in Hayward.  Anyone who knows Bev will think of her great smile, kind personality and Aloha spirit.  She was born and raised in Hawaii and makes regular trips there to visit family and, of course, play golf!   Her other athletic pursuits include swimming, tennis, racquetball, softball and bowling.  Before retirement, Bev worked as a firefighter for 23 years for the Phoenix Fire Department.  Congratulations Bev, and thanks for representing the Skyettes so well.

Buchanan Fields Golf Club

Our summer has ended and we have a new Club Champion – Who? Bernie Garrison from Buchanan Fields Golf Club.  This is Bernie’s second year as club champ. Club members don’t let her take this title easily, she battles strong and is a fierce competitor, with a heart as big as the course she plays on.

Bernie joined Buchannan Fields Golf Association in 2012 and has since occupied many offices from rules to scorekeeping, she will step in as Co-Captain for 2018.  Bernie has always been willing to help with club business as well as being mentor to many members.  Bernie shares her knowledge of the game willingly, she has great knowledge of the rules, is a seasoned veteran of the game and a great partner to have on the course.

Bernie is all of 5' nothing and known to her closer friends/family as Shorty, Biggie.  Her presence is unmistakable and she is always in for a good laugh and a party. Congratulations from all of us at BFWGA!

Tournament of Champions

Congratulations to the winners at our Niners Tournament of Champions. What a beautiful day of golf we had at Poppy Ridge Golf Course. Karen Cramer of Boundary Oaks Niners retained her title of Champion of Champions! Thanks to our tournament chairs Marilyn Lindberg and Marilyn McRitchie and Niners Director Sandy Ferrario.

Niners Monterey Playday

For the month of September the Niner’s played at Monterey Pines and Pacific Grove.  There were 41 players who consisted of clubs from Mt St Helena WGC, LaContenta, Castle Oaks, Stockton Niners, Modesto Muni Niners, Manteca Sweet Swingers, Rio Vista Womens 9 Holers, Mission Hills and Brentwood Women’s Nine Hole GC.

Winners were paid with Target Gift Cards.  Winner were:

Flight 1: 1^st Place Ann Smith from Mt St Helena, 2^nd Place Vivianne Sunia from Brentwood and 3^rd place was 

Val Guardino from Modesto

Flight 2: 1^st Place was Carol Lipchik from Castle Oaks, 2^nd was Barbara Walker from Stockton and 3^rd place was 

Marilyn Lindberg from Manteca

Flight 3: 1^st Place Kathy Weatherby from LaContenta, 2^nd place Pati Hendershot from LaContenta and 3^rd was 

Ines Anderson from Brentwood.

Closest to the Pin winner at Monterey Pines with just over 4 feet was Hollyne Mosegaard from Manteca.

Congratulation to all. And a big thank you to Bev Chance for assisting with the tournament.

A few highlights were the perfect weather and excellent shape of the courses.  The Navy threw in an air show and Sam Jepson and his staff at Pacific Grove went out of their way to make this a very enjoyable experience. 

Another comment that was shared was The Castle Oaks Swingers had the largest turnout for the event.  And one of the players had her breakfast burrito in her purse and while making a pit stop she came back to a huge crow stealing her burrito right out of her purse.  He was successful getting it out and was in the process of starting to eat it when he was shooed away.  He brought a friend back and followed the ladies to the next hole trying to get at the breakfast burrito. 

One more story I received was while getting ready to tee off at Pacific Grove, Maureen looks over by the cart hearing bird noises.  One might have been a crow who took off with her bag of nuts…the whole bag.  And congrats Maureen on that birdie at Monterey Pines.   Everyone seems to enjoy the experience and look forward to going back next year.  Here are a few photos that were shared.

September Playday at Manteca Golf Course

The Manteca Sweet Swingers hosted a 9er Playday on September 7.  We had 55 players with a format of 4 person 2 best balls.

First Place went to Marianne Rotert, Joyce Toste, Jean Moriguchi and Elma Savage each received a $15 gift card from Target.

The Second Place was awarded to Hollyne Mosegaard, Martha Kuszai, Mary Ann Garcia and Yvonne Funderburgh all received gift card of $10.

Third place team was Carol Knoll, Aloha Bayne, Nancy Butler and Coleen Lee all received a gift card of $5 from Target.

Closest to the Pin was Dee Stearman and Closest to the Line was Lorie Perry

A Birdie by Rosalie Schmierer going over the water on hole #8 required "Nerves of Steel".  Great playing ladies!

These golf buddies sure know how to have fun.

The  Alameda Women’s Nine Hole Club recently participated in the City of Alameda’s annual 4th of July parade, known to be the largest parade in the U.S.  170 entries and the route is 4 miles. We promoted our club as well as the Chuck Corica Golf Complex  and Junior Golf.  We all had a blast!

Congratulations: Castle Oaks Swingers

Congratulations: Castle Oaks Swingers

The 2017 Team Play Championship Tournament held at Elkhorn Golf Club in Stockton on August 7-8 was great success.  There were 14 teams that competed for the trophy.  Despite the recent heat temperatures over 100 degrees in the valley recently, they managed to get a below 100 degree temperature day which was especially helpful with a 1:00 start time the first day.  Final scores were closely packed together with single strokes defining their final placement. The course was tough and the "field" was strong, in addition to having the largest number of teams competing this year! 

The winner of the trophy was the Castle Oaks Swingers. Congratulations to Anni Rose, Cindy Koyle, Glenda Hofstetter and Yvonne Funderburg with a combined score of 114.  This was the first time that this club sent teams to the Team Play tournament.

The second place team was from Buchanan Fields consisting of Bernie Garrison, Lorraine Koven, Marlene Roberts, and Jean Eissner with a combined score of 116.  And coming in third were the Modesto Muni Niners with Elma Savage, Sylvia Nimphius, Sandy Dicker and Shirley Jean Keyser with a score of 119.  Congratulations to all who competed.