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Make sure to sign up at least 3 days in advance for each golf date. Please include your handicap index when signing up.  Arrive 30 minutes ahead of your tee time and have FUN!

"Dog Bytes"

We are kicking off an amazing holiday season with great golf and several fun social events! See below, and join in on the fun.

Boos and Booze

Another Boos and Booze in the books! A great time was had by all at the annual Halloween event. Visit our Facebook page to see more photos: https://www.facebook.com/lpgaAmateurGolfAssociationFortLauderdale/

Chapter Events

Winterfest Boat Parade Shirley Gallagher is generously hosting her Annual Holiday Boat Parade Party on Sat. Dec 14th. This is a fabulous evening for chapter members and guests to watch the Fort Lauderdale Boat Parade right from Shirley's home on the Intracoastal. Food will be served. BYOB and BYOC (bring your own chair)! Limited to the first 50 people signing up!!! CLICK TO SIGN UP

SAVE THE DATES Wednesday, Nov 20-First Broward Winter League Match 12PM Shotgun at Jacaranda CC For more info and to register Broward Women's Golf   Saturday, Nov 30th – Wild Turkey Shoot at Hollywood Beach GC . The rate of $29 is amazing for in season 12 pm Shotgun.Come play in our Thanksgiving tourney and walk off all that turkey. The format is individual, so no need to sign up with a partner but feel free to do so. Deets to follow, but pretty sure it will involve golf & liquor! Celeste is organizing! See calendar to sign up. Celeste Sunday, Dec 15th Holiday Party & Volunteer Appreciation Event. This year will feature live entertainment by the infamous Uke band Mad Vic & the Law! An eblast will go out this week with details and a registration link.

LPGA CUP Results  320 teams from across the country competed in regional qualifying events, and three of our Fort Lauderdale Teams advanced to the finals at Reunion Resort held last weekend!! Of the 50 best teams in the country TWO OF OUR TEAMS FINISHED IN THE TOP TEN!!!  - the East Coast Eagles taking 7th Place and the Smoking Tees placed in the 10th Place (and the Flippin Birdies made it to the top 40 so that’s not chopped liver!) CONGRATS to these players: EAST COAST EAGLES   ( Captain  Heather Weeter, Stephane Adorno, Tracy Nessl, Kathy Nalven, Kathy Burke, Nancy Board, Madeliene Abling and Vicky Keith)  SMOKIN TEES ( Captain  Becky Barstow , Terri Haas, Liz Finn, Susan Burns, Lori Weiss, Diana Azor, Leslie Sponder and Donna Pell FLIPPIN BIRDIES ( Captain Liz Porter , Hilene Bilchik, Debbie Brown, Summer Greene, Josefina Ratto, and Veronica Trigo. Text Link

Be a Marshall at Gainbridge LPGA Tour Boca Rio Golf Club in Boca You can be a Marshall at an official LPGA professional Tour event! Our chapter has signed up to be a “hole Marshall” for the January 20-26, 2020 Gainbridge LPGA tour event to be held at Boca Rio Golf Club in Boca. We will be assigned to a specific hole during the LPGA tournament. We will provide a Hole Captain and about 20 volunteer hole marshals for our designated hole for the week. Each volunteer will sign up for three different time slots to serve as hole Marshall. What do we get? A package of gear and benefits for each volunteer for only $65 (value over $250) Signage for our chapter at the designated hole for Pro-Am Day  A really fun activity for us! We’ll hold up the "be quiet signs" and the “get loud signs” and watch 108 of the best women golfers in the world compete for the $2M purse If you’re interested, contact Nancy Board (she’s our organizer-in-chief for the event).  nboard@bellsouth.net

Chapter News

Your handicap is about to change!  Everything you need to know about the new system. P.S. You don’t need to do anything different even if you are still on the LPGA GolfNet system   The World Handicap System will take effect on Jan. 1, 2020.  Watch and Read here the 5 best things about the new World Handicap System . (Link:  https://www.golf.com/instruction/rules/2019/10/17/golf-handicap-about-to-change-what-to-know/?utm_campaign=forecast&utm_source=golf.com&utm_medium=email&utm_content={date

Golf Events Around Town

Broward Winter League Ladies Golf League Beginning November 20th Every Other Wednesday  12:00 Noon Shotgun Jacaranda Golf Club Sign up at  https://browardwomensgolf.com/winter-league.htm

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Headquarter News

National Events - 2020 - Save the Dates LPGA Amateurs 2-Person Team Stableford Event April 2020 Handicap Indexes of 24.0 and higher will be eligible for this event Number of Teams TBD Location TBD LPGA Amateurs Scramble Open May 22-23, 2020 December 11th 2019 Registration Opens Pinehurst Resort - Courses #5 and #8 60 Teams (240 total players) Registration will be on a first come, first serve basis LPGA Amateurs Cup Series June-August 2020 Regional Cup Qualifiers will be played during the months of June and July Registration will open April 1, 2020 Registration will close May 15, 2020 LPGA Amateurs Cup Finals - played in early August (location TBD) LPGA Amateurs Championship Series August-November 2020 Scramble Play will not be part of the Championship Series Sectional Championship Qualifiers - mid-August thru mid-October LPGA Amateurs Championship Finals - played in early November (location TBD)

Instructional Corner

How to Grip it and Rip it LPGA Teaching Professional Carol Preisinger teaches us how to correctly grip the driver for a more powerful swing.. Click HERE for tips.

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