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GCWGA Announces Scholarship Winners for 2018 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 92 scholarships have been awarded totaling $120,500 to young women across the Greater Cincinnati- Northern Kentucky area. The Scholarship Foundation is funded through

103rd Met Championship Returns To Summit Hills CC June 5-8 By Mark Schmetzer Adorning the top of the east pillar at the entrance to Summit Hills Country Club is a birdhouse. While functional, it’s also ornamental. It resembles a silo, a tribute to the heritage of the club that’s celebrating in 2018 its 90th year of existence. Summit Hills, this year’s site of the 103rd Greater Cincinnati Women’s Golf Association Metropolitan, was built and opened in Crestview Hills, Ky., at the corner of Turkeyfoot Road and Dudley Road in 1929 on the

Past Women's Met Champions: Katie Hallinan By Mark Schmetzer Katie Hallinan is planning to have a less busy summer this year than last, but the 2016 Women’s Met champion also is hoping to return for the 2018 event, scheduled for June 5-8 at Summit Hills. “I haven’t quite worked out my schedule yet, but I’d like to play in the Met,” Hallinan said on April 17. “I always like playing in that tournament.” Hallinan hopes to spend a little more time at home before leaving to continue her career and education at

The 103rd Women's Met will be played at Summit Hills on June 5-8. Registration is open now at GCGA.org. Last year's champion, Ali Green, spoke with us about the impact winning the Met has had this past year and her plans for the future. GCWGA President Tracey Capuano and Ali Green Q1.What impact did winning the 2017 Met have on you, if any? I have competed in the Cincinnati Metropolitan Women’s Amateur Championship for the past 6 years, and I’ve always dreamt of winning due to the high caliber field

The GCWGA Board is excited and working hard to prepare for about the upcoming 2018 Ladies Golf season! They are looking forward to hosting the second annual ‘Nati Cup, building on the smashing success of the inaugural event last year. New for 2018 is an online points tracker, located on the GCWGA website under the “Tournaments” pull down menu. This should simplify the submission process for this end of year Tournament. The hard copy tracker will also be available. Additionally, this year will be the trial of handicap scoring for the Fall

The National TTT Society has been sending girls to camp since 1911! The local chapter is hosting the Jane DeGroff Memorial Tournament on Sunday, May 20 at Fairfield Greens South Trace. See the attached Registration form to join in:

Breaking News!! The LPGA’s Symetra Tour will make a stop at TPC River’s Bend in Maineville this summer and will host the Prasco Charity Championship from June 29 through July 1 with a Pro-Am set to take place the day before the tournament begins. This is the first time an LPGA-family event will be held on a TPC Network course in Cincinnati. On Wednesday, it became the 21st of 22 events announced on the 2018 Symetra Tour, which serves as the qualifying tour of the LPGA Tour and is entering its 38th

By Marc Hardin Betsy Coith and Lynn Thompson Thirty-two golfers descended on Cincinnati Country Club for September's inaugural Nati Cup, the GCWGA schedule closer. The first annual match-play event, with 16 on each side, was the last of 10 scheduled entries this season. But it was much more than a numbers game. Celebrating volunteerism, the new tournament put the spotlight on those who have been the most giving of their time this year. Only those who accrued the most points at the Nati Cup Tracker were invited. Naturally, the combatants gave

By Marc Hardin Hyde Park Weather cooperated. Players were in fine form. Tasty treats were available to eat and generosity abounded at the 9th Annual Scholarship for Higher Education Championship Tournament, making it a most enjoyable day for the GCWGA at Blue Ash Golf Course. "Oh, I thought it went great," said Scholarship Foundation board chair Georgianne Koch. Tournament co-chairs are Laurie Funch and Robin Kofler. "It was a little chilly to start but then the sun came out and it was nice," Koch said. "Donna (Drury-Heine) sent us some

By Marc Hardin Toni Soule and Linda Coffey Golfers Toni Soule and Linda Coffey spent the good part of the morning preceding the Crystal Bowl Tournament worrying about the weather at Wetherington Golf and Country Club. "We were worried the Crystal Bowl would get rained out. We checked the weather every hour leading up to the tournament," Coffey said. "It ended up, we had a beautiful day." Did they ever. Coffey and Soule combined to win the 2017 Crystal Bowl Green Flight Low Gross championship with a score of 76.