November 18th, 2011 John R. Craig Posted in Featured, Women's No Comments »
NEW TITLE SPONSOR FOR LPGA DEVELOPMENTAL TOUR
LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan and Symetra Financial Corporation CEO Tom Marra announced Thursday, Nov. 17, that Symetra, a Bellevue, WA-based provider of employee benefits, annuities and life insurance, has signed a multi-year agreement securing the naming rights for the Symetra Tour (formerly known as the LPGA Futures Tour and previously, the Duramed Futures Tour). Futures Tour alumnae Mo Martin and Jane Rah participated in the announcement at the LPGA’s season-ending CME Group Titleholders at Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, FL.
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November 7th, 2011 John R. Craig Posted in Featured, Golf Instruction Tips, Women's No Comments »
Kay McMahon
TOP TEACHER TO BE INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME NOV. 14
Kay McMahon will become one of four members inducted into the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) Hall of Fame.
The LPGA T&CP will honor its newest inductees next Monday, November 14, at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, FL. The four T&CP inductees will be honored as “individuals who have contributed to the LPGA and to the golf industry.”
McMahon served as the LPGA T&CP National President from 1999-2000. With 35 years of service as a club professional and 33 years as a Class A LPGA T&CP member (starting in 1978), McMahon also became the first woman in the Southern California PGA Section to become a PGA member. She became a Class-A member of the PGA of America in 1986.
Click here to listen to a recent appearance by Kay McMahon on Capitalareagolf.com radio.
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October 24th, 2011 John R. Craig Posted in Featured, Women's No Comments »
DELANOY PART OF CAPITAL AREA PLAYERS
After being tied for the lead after the first day of competition at +4, Sue Delanoy of Cohoes finished in a tie for fourth (+18) at the 16th Annual Executive Women’s Golf Association tournament. Delanoy shot 75-85. The player she was tied with eventually won the national event.
Other Capital Area players: Mary Corrigan (1st), Terri Walsh (2nd) and Jen Shoemaker (4th) each participated in their respective flights.
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September 29th, 2011 John R. Craig Posted in Featured, Women's No Comments »
Robin Raco, Beth Daniels, Cindy Carafeno (EWGA CT) in the lobby if the Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim, Co Meath
CAPITAL AREA LADIES IN IRELAND
Robin and Terri joined Capital Area Golf Radio last week.
“I was pretty happy with how the gals did,” said EWGA’s Sue Delanoy. “I received positive feedback from many of the members who listen to your show regularly. Thanks for supporting us; thanks for supporting women’s golf.”
Click here to listen to EWGA Interview on Capitalareagolf.com radio on Sept. 24.
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September 29th, 2011 John R. Craig Posted in Featured, Women's No Comments »
NEWGA GAIL SYKES BETTER-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Sept. 26 (postponed from Aug. 29)
Columbia Golf Club (Two-woman)
Overall Champions: 74: Leslie Arakelian (Pinehaven C.C.) & Jackie Quinn (Wiltwyck)
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September 21st, 2011 John R. Craig Posted in Featured, Women's No Comments »
NENY PGA PRO & 3 LADY EVENT
At the NENY PGA Pro & 3 Lady Amateur, held at Wolferts Roost Country Club on Tuesday, Sept. 13, the host club took the title. WRCC Assistant Pro David Lis teamed with Debbie Battaglia, Mary Jo Kelly and Susie Reeks to shoot 66-67, each pocketing $210. A second team from WRCC finished tied for fifth.
They won by two strokes over the Herb Moreland-led team from Western Turnpike Golf Course. Colonie Golf & Country Club and Berkshire Hills Country Club tied for third.
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September 21st, 2011 John R. Craig Posted in Featured, Women's No Comments »
2011 HIGHLIGHTS AND MILESTONES
Another season has come and gone on the LPGA Futures Tour and another “graduating” class will be moving on to the 2012 LPGA Tour.
This year’s membership on the LPGA Futures Tour once again reflected a cross section of America, with players from 39 states. Of the states, California led the charge with 38 members. In fact, Californians won seven of 16 tournaments this season, including two wins each by Lisa Ferrero of Lodi and Sydnee Michaels of Temecula.
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September 18th, 2011 John R. Craig Posted in Featured, Women's No Comments »
TEAM TEES OFF IN FALL OF 2012
Add women’s golf to the list of sports now offered by Union College in Schenectady.
The school’s Athletic Department announced Friday that the sport will become the 26th offered and it will be coached by Mary Ellen Burt, who also coaches the school’s women’s basketball team.
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September 17th, 2011 John R. Craig Posted in Featured, Junior, Women's No Comments »
Nicole Morales, 15, shot 71-70-72 at the Price Chopper Tour Championship.
Listen to an interview after she steps off the 54th green of the tournament: Nicole Morales talks about the Futures and her future
More to come.
September 16th, 2011 John R. Craig Posted in Featured, Women's No Comments »
Allie Bodemann and Megan McChrystal mark 9-11 in Albany
MUSEUM, RIBBONS, 18TH HOLE FLAG MARK 9-11
By John Craig
You’re on a golf trip and it rains; you’re on a business trip; you’re going to visit a new place, and you’re told: “Let’s go to a museum.” That’s exactly what Allie Bodemann and Megan McChrystal were told during their “LPGA Futures” stop in the Capital Area. McChrystal admitted to thinking: “ugh.”
McChrystal and Bodemann have been good friends since they were five years old. They traveled here together and stayed with the same host family. With torrential rain, the course was closed. The recent college graduates like the mall – the Capital Area has that – and movies but they are also here for business and to get their feet wet, so to speak, in the world of professional golf.
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