I am looking forward to another wonderful term as president of this amazing group of golfers! If the Witches Tea is indicative of events to come, we should have a fabulous season of golf and fun. What a great group of witches women at the Annual Witches Tea...This event just keeps getting better each year! Many thanks to Non-golf events chair, Jennie Taylor for putting together a fun night of food, prizes

and libations.

Be sure to keep up with the calendar and your E-Z facility login so you don’t miss any of the upcoming events:

There is no better way to find out what the chapter has in store for 2022-23 season than by attending the Season Kick-off Dinner on 11/15. We invite our members and prospective members to embrace the 2022/2023 season at Wyndemere Country Club in Naples. We are privileged to have an LPGA Amateurs representative from HQ, Kristin Bailey, join us for the evening who will be happy to answer any questions you may have and provide additional insight as to upcoming Association events and maximizing the benefits of your Chapter membership.

Cost: $50 including  dinner, drink ticket, tax and gratuity, and extensive prize drawings.  Register and bring your guests who may have an interest in finding out more about the Chapter, and are most welcome to join you, their cost is $55. Special promotions for new members joining on the night are available.

League play is right around the corner...Michelle Riordan and her team have a lot of opportunities for our members, and don’t forget-Kerstin Koenig has December’s Jingle Bell Open booked for 12/05 at Cypress Woods –so watch for that registration notice!

We are always looking for people to be involved in the planning of events and activities. Let me know if you are interested in more volunteer opportunities.

Patty Gift 

LPGA Amateur Golf Association

SWFL Chapter President

2023 LPGA Amateurs SWFL Chapter Board Members

Cape Coral 

Kim Bolt 



Ft Myers 

Tamara Lowrie 

Marco Island 

Sharon Parker 

Ann Burton 

Beverly Snyder 

Naples 

Dianne Abell 

Terri Perry 

Catherine Edwards 

Marcy Amble 

Vennie Owen 

Rosemary Capone 

Cheri Straka 

Punta Gorda 

Vicki Bischoff 

Sarasota 

Barbara Habrel 

Tallahassee 

Tamara Aiken 

Indiana 

Wendy Henry 

Maryland 

Joan Kowalik 

Michigan 

Mary Michno 

New York 

Susan Berry 

It was great to see so many Championship "Newbies" at this year's Chapter championship at Estero Country Club. The Club did a spectacular job to get the course back in shape after Ian

and the staff could not have been nicer to our competitors. For many players it was the first time playing in a 2 day competition. We saw a few lowest rounds ever played and it was a great competition among friends, in 3 different divisions.



The top players and each division received a Pro Shop Certificates and the 1st place trophies will be given out at our Kick Off Dinner on 11/15

Here are this year's winners with their winning total scores:

3rd division: Keri Hoffman - low gross 205 & Joan Kelley low net 170

2nd division: Debbie Sheperd - low gross 184 & Peggy Emmart low net 154

1st division: Kerstin Koenig - low gross 167 & Jennie Taylor low net 155

Your 2022 Chapter Champions are:

Peggy Emmart - lowest overall net score (score card playoff)

Kerstin Koenig - lowest overall gross score

Congratulations to all participants.

It was great to see everyone playing competitive golf on a beautiful course.

Wyndemere Country Club, Naples

Tuesday November 15^th ~ 5:30 – 9pm

You won’t want to miss this!

Make plans to attend our season opening dinner as we introduce the new Board members, present Annual Chapter Awards, and announce the wide range of Chapter activities planned for the upcoming season.

Includes a 3 course served dinner, drink ticket and much more.

Get together with our new members and connect with old friends, and those returning from summer travels.

Fabulous raffle prizes and guest speaker from LPGA Amateurs - Kristin Bailey.

In the Spirt of the Season we will be collecting your donations of non-perishable pantry items for those less fortunate.

What a great evening of spooktacular revelry!

With almost 30 witches in attendance, the atmosphere was both festive and fun, with a lot of laughs thrown in! Many members outdid themselves with their costumes and really got into the Halloween Spirit, which was greatly appreciated, as always.

Our new venue this year, The Pearl Restaurant, went above and beyond to welcome our group, and we certainly turned some heads as our procession of Witches progressed through the slightly confused diners to our special event area.

Big winners were:

Costume Prizes – Faith Matous, Joan Kelley, Gretchen Andersen.

Shot in the Dark – Team Trivia: Patti Gift, Kerstin Koenig, Kerri Hoffman, Amy Manley

Numerous members also received prizes for Halloween Bingo, Charades, Guess the Eyeballs, and multiple raffle drawings.

Thanks to all those that helped with the event, and I hope all who attended enjoyed it!

See you next year…

Jennie Taylor

Social & Education Director

Thursday December 15 – Team Trivia Holiday Social

Riptide Brewing Company, Bonita Springs

Monday January 23 – PGA Superstore Meet the Members Event

(Rescheduled from September)

Thursday February 9 – Etiquette & Rules Refresher with Q&A

Quail Village Clubhouse, Naples

Jingle Bell Open @ Cypress Woods

Registration Opens on 11/5 

We have 4 Winter Leagues running this 2022-2023 season.

Please note that there will be ONE email announcement each month with the dates/times for the winter weekly leagues.

Keep in mind the registration Open/Close windows for each event and sign up as registration opens.

Leagues and start dates are noted below:

Saturday @ Stoneybrook starts 11/5

Tee times: Generally start around 9am

Coordinators: Jackie Mazzanti (jackie.mazzanti@gmail.com)

& Kathy Millard (kathleen.millard@anchin.com)  

18 holes, Weekly (as scheduling permits)

Saturday @ Quail Village starts 11/19  

Tee times: Start at 1pm

Coordinator: Kerstin Koenig (kerstin@variety-travel.com)  

18 holes, Twice a Month (as scheduling permits)

Tuesday @ Hibiscus Nine & Dine begins 11/8

Tee times: Start at 2:30pm

Coordinator: Mary Erickson (rmgolfers@gmail.com)

9-holes only, Weekly 

Historically, players have enjoyed food and beverages at Mulligans after the round

Wednesday @ Quail Run begins 11/9 

Tee times: Start at 12pm

Coordinator: Susan Aborn (susanaborn@outlook.com)

18-holes, Weekly

Remember to bookmark LPGA Amateurs SWFL Event Calendar

Each event will have a CLICK HERE link that takes you to the registration page for the event and provides further details about the event. When you click on that link, the system will ask you to sign in with your EZ userid & password and then will ask you who you are registering (usually Yourself unless you are registering a guest).

Then, you'll be taken to the event information page which is also the registration page. But you'll only be able to register for the event when registration is open - 7 days prior to day of play and closes 3 days prior to play.



If registration is closed, you'll see this message in red at the top of the page:

Online registration is closed. Please see below or contact the administrator for more information, as other registration options may be available.

We look forward to seeing you on the courses soon!

Watch for further updates & sign up on the EZ Facility Link



While our SWFL Full-timers are now familiar with our new registration software, it will feel a bit different for our returning Snowbirds. 

Everyone will want to bookmark our Master Calendar which contains all upcoming events/play dates and is updated frequently:  LPGA Amateurs SWFL Event Calendar. 

Each event will have a CLICK HERE link that takes you to the registration page for the event and provides further details about the event.  When you click on that link, the system will ask you to sign in with your EZ userid & password and then will ask you who you are registering (usually Yourself unless you are registering a guest). 

Then, you'll be taken to the event information page which is also the registration page. But, you'll only be able to register for the event when registration is open (7 days prior to day of play and closes 3 days prior to play).  

If registration is closed, you'll see this message in red at the top of the page:

Online registration is closed. Please see below or contact the administrator for more information, as other registration options may be available.

Once you register for an event, you'll receive a confirmation email. Please save this email for your records. There will be a $10 administration fee for refunds associated with duplicate registrations.

Please refer any questions related to the calendar of events or registration to Michelle Riordan @ mrriordan77@gmail.com. 

Our summer series ended abruptly when Hurricane Ian blew in. We had to cancel the final rounds of play and refunds have been processed for those who registered for events that were cancelled due to Ian. But, oh what a grand summer of golf it was! We played one beautiful course after another taking advantage of many private and semi-private courses that are unavailable to most of us during season. 

It takes a lot of effort to find and coordinate tee times every week at a different location and we owe our gratitude for finding these courses to Peggy Wagner (Tuesday play) and Terri Martell (Thursday play). Also to Debbie Sheperd who arranged a few Saturday play events for us.  

And this summer, it was a joint effort between the "finders of the courses" and the league coordinators who grappled with the learning curve of a new software program (EZ Facility) for setting up events and sending out the announcement and pairings email. Many thanks to Judy Freiberg (Tuesday play) and Suzi Ward (Thursday play) for their patience and perseverance in running the administrative side of Summer Golf!

Finally, we couldn't have had so much fun without the SWFL Chapter members who sweated it out each week with us so a huge thanks to all who showed up each week!

As card carrying USGA handicap members (everyone that holds a GHIN or Golfnetwork #) one of your responsibilities is to post all scores, "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" as soon as possible after you finish the round. We have checked over the last weeks and found that most of you are doing a fantastic job - Thank you.

For those of you that rather forget about your round, please don't.

This is reminder of the main areas of a player's responsibility 

1. A player is expected to:

• Act with integrity by following the Rules of Handicapping and to refrain from using, or circumventing, the Rules of Handicapping for the purpose of gaining an unfair advantage,
• Attempt to make the best score possible at each hole,
• Submit acceptable scores for handicap purposes as soon as possible after the round is completed and before midnight local time,
• Submit acceptable scores to provide reasonable evidence of their demonstrated ability,
• Play by the Rules of Golf, and
• Certify the scores of fellow players.

We have a few fun competitions coming up and a verifiable handicap is needed to participate. Please don't lose out. Thank you. 

For any questions, please contact Kerstin at kerstin@variety-travel.com  

Every golfer knows that it’s too late to think once you’ve started your swing. Your brain is hard-wired to perform your golf swing – an automated behavioral sequence. And when you perform flawed swings over time, they become the “normal” as your brain’s established motor pattern.