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By Mark Schmetzer Winning the Crystal Bowl High Handicap Net competition was so unexpected that Connie Toole felt compelled to confirm it. She checked in with the duo with whom they’d played the Coldstream Country Club course. “I even asked them later, ‘Can you believe we won?’” said Toole, who partnered with Diana Oberschmidt. “They said, ‘Well, you did hit the ball well.’” 1st low net - 2nd flight - Connie Toole, Diana Oberschmidt Toole and her Ivy Hills Country Club partner played well enough to edge the teams of

By Mark Schmetzer Sandy Stuckert and her Wetherington Golf & Country Club teammates were surprised to be recognized as winners of this year’s High Kent Low Gross tournament at Oasis Golf Club. Why? “We were originally announced as the second-place Low Net winners,” Stuckert, the team captain, said. “We actually went up for them to present us the Low Net awards. Then they went back and said, ‘Oh, wait, you won first-place gross.’” First place low gross (l to r):Sandy Stuckert, Mary Blake, Donna Harpsoe, Kathleen Johns Stuckert and teammates

By Mark Schmetzer Emily Stipanovich might’ve carved out a little bit of history for herself on July 23. Stipanovich, playing at Hyde Park Golf and Country Club out of Terrace Park Country Club, earned her second Metropolitan Women’s Amateur Tournament championship in the 104th edition of the event on July 22-23. Championship flight winners - Gina Hamburger (2nd), Emily Stipanovich (1st), Susan Glasby (3rd) The Western Pennsylvania native and former Xavier player, who won the 2014 championship, also became the first golfer to win championships under the old four-day, medal-match

by Melanie Stewart The nine winners of this year's GCWGA Scholarship were presented with their certificates at the Low & High Kent Tournaments again this year. Alexandra Schutte, Lauren Abner and Maddie Owens attended the Low Kent held at the Heritage Club, and Heather Bruck, K.C. Bell, Samantha Skarda, Bree Wilson and Rachelle Soh attended the High Kent held at the Oasis Club. Julia Breckinridge could not attend either event and received her certificate separately. The certificates were presented by Foundation Chair Georgianne Koch. Each winner introduced themselves to the participants of

By Mark Schmetzer Lynn Thompson, Janice Kunkemoeller and their Low Kent teammates had plenty of reasons to be pleased with how their June 27th went at Heritage Country Club. Topping the list? Their win in the Low Gross half of the tournament. Thompson and her O’Bannon Creek Golf mate, Holly Jones, and Kunkemoeller and her Terrace Park Country Club partner, Nancy Decenso, teamed up to shoot a combined 154 and ease past the Hamilton Elks Golf Club foursome of Vicki Felver, Linda Coffey, Hilda Hodges and Lori Roberts. The Western Hills Country

By Mark Schmetzer If you haven’t been to Hyde Park Country Club for the past, oh, couple of years, well, you might not recognize the place. Located on Erie Avenue, Hyde Park completed in February a $12 million renovation that included the women’s clubhouse, the kitchen, the swimming pool, the outdoor dining area, the golf practice area and moving the six tennis courts while adding pickleball and paddleball courts. “The last major renovation was in 1998,” general manager Eric O’Bryan said. “In order to do the practice area, we had to move

By Mark Schmetzer Sally Leyman is as realistic as the rest of the Greater Cincinnati Women’s Golf Association members who participate in the annual Spring Team competition. Leyman is captain of the Camargo Club team that edged Miami View by a half point to finish second in Spring Team Division I play, 19 points behind perennial-champion Hamilton Elks, which has become so dominant that the rest of the field has adopted a new approach to the competition. Hamilton Elks: L to R: Stacey Hinkle, Vicki Felver, Brandi Duckwall, Toni Soule, Barb

In 2006 the Greater Cincinnati Women’s Golf Association established a scholarship fund which grants a one-time scholarship each year to local female high school seniors to pursue higher education. The applicants must meet a range of qualifications and the recipients are selected on the basis of academic achievement, excellence of character, community service and involvement in the sport of golf. Since its inception 101 scholarships have been awarded totaling $134,000 to young women across the Greater Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky area. The Scholarship Foundation is funded through generous private donations from our

By Mark Schmetzer Judy Diem Hayes has compiled an impressive list of accomplishments in her 71 years of playing golf, but she needed 70 of them to log one of her proudest moments. Playing the par-3, 112-yard 14th hole on May 25, 2018, at Coldstream Country Club, her home course, Hayes pulled out her 7-iron and carded the first hole-in-one of her life. “That’s my one claim to fame as I slowly fade into the sunset,” Hayes said recently during a phone conversation. “At age 80, I had my first hole-in-one and

By Mark Schmetzer Renee Obial describes herself as a theme person, so it was natural for her to create one for her term as Greater Cincinnati Women’s Golf Association president. Obial, who was installed officially as president on November 2, chose as her term’s theme “Memories of Golf.” Renee Obial, President “We’re celebrating golf from the past and creating different memories of golf for the future,” she explained. “Some changes are coming and, as you know, changes for some people can be difficult.” The Summit Country Day graduate, who plays