Yearly Archives: 2016

Hamilton Elks, Coldstream Take Fall Team Crowns By Marc Hardin A pair of GCWGA Fall Team play stalwarts rose to the top in the final standings of the late-finishing Division I and Division III competitions, making for some happy team captains. Hamilton Elks captured the Division I championship in October with 147 points, good for a 36-point margin over runner-up Cincinnati Country Club (111). It was bunched up behind Cincinnati. Camargo (108.5) was third followed by Kenwood (104). Fewer than six points separated the next three: Miami View (95.5), Hyde Park (91)

By Marc Hardin It's not often that local golf enthusiasts can be within putting distance of the LPGA Commissioner without leaving Cincinnati but that opportunity exists 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 downtown at The Transept on Elm Street where Mike Whan will be the featured speaker. Whan, a former Cincinnati resident, returns home for a celebration of Cincinnati women's golf, an event hosted by The First Tee of Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky. The Commissioner will be presented a TFT Core Values Award by local TFT girls golf participants. Whan

By Marc Hardin It’s that time of year when the many-colored leaves separate from their branches and long shadows creep in earlier on the golf courses. Though warm playing conditions remain after the calendar flips from August to September, shorter days remind local players that the season’s competitive rounds are coming to a close. The GCWGA Fall Team play schedule falls into that category with two more weeks of play in Division I and one more week of action in Division III. There are four playing divisions consisting of at least six

By Marc Hardin Competing for a cause while playing for fun in a group among friends with a team championship on the line is about as good as it gets for local amateur golfers. In that sense, the Sept. 12 GCWGA Scholarship for Higher Education Championship Tournament had it all during the ninth staging of the event at Blue Ash Golf Course. The cause takes its shape in the form of promoting and funding the GCWGA Scholarship Foundation which for the second year in a row this summer awarded $1,500 one-time-only scholarships

By Marc Hardin The Greater Cincinnati Women's Golf Association's marquee tournament -- the 101-year-old Women's Metropolitan -- is an annual renewal the ladies look forward to with an air of great expectancy. The Senior Women's Metropolitan creates suspenseful anticipation every summer. The Crystal Bowl is a coveted GCWGA tournament trophy. But the one event that gets the association excited in a unique way is the annual Scholarship for Higher Education Championship Tournament, better known as the SHE Tournament. The SHE Cup is the traveling trophy won by the GCWGA member club at

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

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

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

CONGRATULATIONS GCWGA FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS Local high school seniors Alyssa Akiyama (Seven Hills), Kellen Alsip (Sycamore), Morgan Bowen (Cinti Hills Christian), Emily McCarthy (Kings), Jenna McGuire (Beechwood), Amy Pugliano (Notre Dame Academy), Allison Satterfield (Indian Hill), Megan Selby (Seton), Abby Swensen (Milford), and Kelsey Wessels (Oak Hills) each received a $1,500 grant to pursue higher education. Each young woman was selected on the basis of academic achievement, excellence of character, and involvement in the sport of golf. Across the Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky area, 72 scholarships totaling $90,500 have been awarded since the

Hail to the New Chief At first glance, the 2016 Greater Cincinnati Women’s Golf Association executive board president might seem like an odd choice. But look a little bit closer and Gloria Landry appears to be an inspired selection. Her experiences in the game appeal to a broad cross section of area women golfers. Landry took up golf only a dozen years ago in the wake of her first husband’s death. She joined the former Royal Oak Country Club with a friend and often played at public courses, too, particularly enjoying a