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By Mark Schmetzer Janie Dumler Klare knows well Cincinnati’s Legends of Golf program – from behind the scenes as the long-time coordinator. Klare will experience the event from the other side on August 15. Accomplished on the course and active off it, Klare will be honored at Kenwood Country Club as the 2018 Legends of Golf honoree. “I was quite overwhelmed when I got the phone call,” said the Montgomery resident, 53, who plays out of O’Bannon Creek and Traditions after previously belonging to Cincinnati and Coldstream. “I don’t know if I’m

By Mark Schmetzer Four players from the same club comprised one winning team. The other title-winning group was composed of four players from four different clubs.What they shared were close calls in the 2018 Kent Memorial Low Handicap tournament on July 18 at O’Bannon Creek Golf Club in Loveland. The Hamilton Elks team of Linda Coffey, Vicki Felver, Hilda Hodges and Lori Roberts shot a combined 152 to edge by one stroke the teams of Diane Bizzare, Greater Cincinnati Women’s Golf Association President Tracey Capuano, Ali Green and Nancy Vincent and Brandi

By Mark Schmetzer Julanna Zhang knew from the first tee that Isabel York, her opponent in the match play finals of the 103rd Metropolitan Women’s Amateur Championship, was motivated. Julanna Zhang and Isabel York - Championship Flight “Right from the start, I noticed that Isabel was very driven,” Zhang, a Mason High School senior-to-be, said. “She was totally going for the trophy. I almost felt like I didn’t have the same amount of motivation. Seeing her from previous tournaments, I almost thought she had more skills than I had. My dad

By Mark Schmetzer Linda Coffey really can’t put her finger on why her Hamilton Elks squad has become THE standard for Division I Spring Team competition. “I don’t know,” the team captain said. “We just show up and play well, I suppose. We are just steady golfers.” Hamilton Elks has reached a level not approached in the Greater Cincinnati Women’s Golf Association since Kenwood Country Club won seven straight Spring Team Division I championships from 1987 through 1993. Hamilton Elks never finished lower than third out of six teams and logged two

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: