Thank you to everyone who joined us at Eagle Creek on Saturday to support The PACE Center for Girls.  It was great to see all the school supplies that were donated (both online and in person).

Rebecca Ross, Baird Financial donated several amazing baskets for our raffle as well. Thank you, Rebecca! We appreciate your continued support!

A special thank you to Jennie for all her hard work in pulling the event together.

Keep an eye on our calendar for events and save the date information for upcoming events.

Have a great August everyone!

Enjoy!

Jackie Mazzanti

LPGA Amateurs Golf Association

SWFL Chapter President

A beautiful day on a beautiful course! Thank you to the 35 players who participated in this event and to all the volunteers-Gretchen Anderson, Kerstin Koenig, Beth Marcotte, Edee Snider, Jennie Taylor and Peggy Wagner. 

A special thanks to Peggy Wagner for lining up the course for this event and to Sue Hoehn for photography - please be sure to check out our facebook page for a sampling of the fun times.

We had a special perseverance award to Mary McCormack who played solo and thus 2 balls all the way around - whew! Finally, a big congratulations to the winners! 

1st Low Gross - 72 - Kerstin Koenig & Jennie Taylor

2nd Low Gross -74 - Sue Hoehn & Terri Martell

3rd Low Gross - 77 - Bonnie Blanchard & Peggy Emmart

1st Low Net - 66 - Jackie Nary & Debbie Sheperd

2nd Low Net - 66 - Mia Palumbo & Lynn Robbins

3rd Low Net - 70 - Sara Eriksson & Marie Yencho

Closest to the Pin:

#4 - 12 ft 9 in - Jennie Taylor

#8 - 5 ft 9 in - Bonnie Blanchard

#11 - 9 ft 7 in - Dawn Pallett

#15 - 8 ft 6 in - Peggy Emmart

Our August Monthly event will be held at

Kensington on Saturday, August 27. 

Full details on this event will be communicated via our

EZ Calendar and via email as the date draws nearer

We've been playing some fabulous courses this summer. So many thanks are owed to the league coordinators noted below as well as their own personal coordinators - Terri Martell & Peggy Wagner - who have been calling on the courses and arranging the play. 

Hopefully by this time, everyone has become accustomed to the new registration software - EZ Facility. 

Our summer schedule has registration open 7 days prior to play and closing 4 days later to allow time for league coordinators to prepare pairings and meet course requirements for pairing details. 

Please register using the EZ registration system; late registrations will be discouraged. Please refer any questions related to the calendar of events or registration to Michelle Riordan @ mrriordan77@gmail.com. 

Questions regarding the league events should be referred as follows:

Tuesday Summer Golf - Judy Freiberg (judyfreiberg@sbcglobal.net)

Thursday Summer Golf - Suzi Ward (szward22@gmail.com)

Saturday Summer Golf - Debbie Sheperd (dsheperd@gmail.com)

Please be sure to bookmark our Calendar which is updated frequently:  

SWFL LPGA Amateurs Event Calendar. 

Note that you can always register from the Calendar using the Click Here link (as long as registration is open).

If you'd like to work on your tournament playing skills, check out the FSGA One-Day Events. The FSGA conducts approximately 200 One-Day events throughout the state. Players are flighted by age and then play off their handicap.

There is an optional Gross and Senior Gross division for Men, while Women compete for both Gross & Net Prizes.

One-Days are open to men and women who have a GHIN handicap in Florida. Fun golf on great courses is the focus of the One-Days; the competition is secondary.

Open to all SWFL chapter members with a verifiable handicap.

If you use our chapter for your GHIN or Golfnet

handicap you are automatically entered

If you like to participate but have your GHIN or Golfnet handicap hosted elsewhere, please send your handicap id # to kerstin@variety-travel.com

This year's challenge will run for 6/1 to 10/31.

All you have to do is play and post a minimum of 10 rounds

Winners will be announced at our annual

Kick-Off event in November

We’re all looking for an edge in golf. The best clubs. The best gear. Lessons.

One avenue that is often overlooked – stretching.

There are two types of stretches: static (in which you stand, sit or lie still and hold a single position for period of time) and dynamic (controlled movements that prepare your muscles, ligaments and other soft tissues for performance).

A study by the International Journal of Sports Medicine reported static stretching provided little performance enhancing benefits while dynamic stretching resulted in greater ball speed and straighter swing paths.

The bottom line? Unless you are completing the right exercises & stretches, you could be wasting your time. There are many tutorials available online to explore static stretching. Check it out!