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Celebrating The Wonderful Life Of Jane DeGroff

Celebrating The Wonderful Life Of Jane DeGroff By Marc Hardin It is difficult to survey the Greater Cincinnati women's golf landscape and not see Jane DeGroff's influence. Her vision for local players and thoughtfulness displayed while helping Cincinnati build a successful women's golf community was far-reaching. That's why her sudden passing Friday evening following a heart attack at the age of 74 has those that knew her celebrating a wonderful life during a time of mourning. "I was in awe of her. To me, she was the epitome of Cincinnati golf," said

2016-08-30T18:27:12-04:00

What We Learned At 101st Women’s Met

What We Learned At 101st Women's Met By Marc Hardin One of the many enduring beauties of the Greater Cincinnati Women's Metropolitan Amateur Championship golf tournament staged annually by the GCWGA is that splendid play can come in many shapes and sizes, at any age at any time. In this summer's power-packed field at the 101st Women's Metropolitan at Western Hills Country Club, teenage winner Katie Hallinan and runner-up collegiate Katie Tomassoni represented the long and short of it in more ways than one in the dramatic all-Katie match-play final. The younger

2016-08-15T13:09:15-04:00

Lynn Thompson Wins Sixth Ohio Senior Amateur

By Marc Hardin It's been a few weeks since Lynn Thompson repeated as champion and won her sixth Women's Ohio State Golf Association Senior Amateur. And yet, she's still absorbing the fact that she's won the 36-hole stroke-play tournament six times in nine years. "It is a big number. I think it's slowly sinking in," said Thompson, from O'Bannon Creek Golf Club in Loveland. "But I like to approach each event without looking back. It's a new event every time. Let's go get in it and see how I do." Thompson is

2016-08-02T00:03:32-04:00
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