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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.

UnAe Mueller, Lynn Thompson, Bev Weeks By Marc Hardin When golfer Lynn Thompson was informed that her latest Metropolitan Senior Women's Championship was her fifth in 10 years, she experienced an illuminating moment. "I didn't know that," Thompson said. "I didn't know that I had five in that many years. Wow." When apprised that she was merely half way to the great Joan Comisar's Cincinnati record of 10 Senior Women's crowns, Thompson had a sudden and striking realization. "That is mind blowing. Ten!" Thompson said. "But, she is a legend.

By Marc Hardin There were so many Cincinnati-area women making the trip to Perrysburg for last week's Ohio State Amateur and Mid- Amateur Championships at Belmont Country Club that local legend Lynn Thompson had to take note. The six-time Ohio Senior Amateur champion and two-time Cincinnati Metropolitan Amateur champ, one of the area's leading advocates for local women's golf, went straight to Facebook and sent out the word with kudos for area participants, including newly crowned Metropolitan champion Ali Green, a former Lakota West High School star who had a successful career

By Marc Hardin GCWGA President Tracey Capuano and Ali Green Young go-getter Ali Green has the gumption to succeed and a surname well suited for the sport she plays, and just enough game following a year layoff to win Greater Cincinnati's most coveted women's amateur prize. The goal-driven and aptly-named golfer defeated Youngstown State's Megan Creager 5 and 4 in Thursday's match-play final in the championship flight of the 102nd Metropolitan Women's Amateur Championship at Terrace Park Country Club. Following her big win, Green accepted the glass trophy from the

By Marc Hardin Division I Champions Hamilton Elks GC Three championship winners in two days and two aces in a single day made for one dramatic week of golf during the final rounds of GCWGA Spring Team play. Hamilton Elks reclaimed the Division I crown on its home course and won a sixth championship in eight years on the final day, Friday, June 2, with a score of 35 for a grand total of 171.5. Hamilton Elks won each of the last three weeks to clinch the title. "My girls

Nine local high school graduates have been selected to receive a $1,500 GCWGA Scholarship Foundation award. Katelyn Egbers, Notre Dame Academy; Abigail Klare, Ursuline Academy; Hannah McCrabb, Springboro High School; Isabella Olthaus, Seton High School; Olivia Sletto, Beachwood High School; Vivienne Su, Mason High School; Haley Walter, Seton High School; Orchid Wang, Sycamore High School, and Isabel York, St. Ursula Academy were awarded the one-time scholarship grants based upon academic achievement, excellence of character, community service and involvement in the sport of golf. GCWGA members will have the opportunity to meet the

By Marc Hardin Nearly 86 years of golf history are crammed into the annals at Terrace Park Country Club, erected in 1930 and completed for play in 1931. The club has seen a lot of change, received many upgrades to the course and facilities, and hosted several notable tournaments including at least half a dozen Women's Metropolitan Amateur Championships. "We've had a lot of improvements just in the last few years," said head golf professional Mike Kelly, now in his 20th year at Terrace Park, the first 16 as assistant pro. "Over