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By Mark Schmetzer Anybody who’s ever played golf in Greater Cincinnati or, for that matter, Ohio very likely knows the name Joan Comisar. Now, her legacy is being further burnished at her golfing home, Kenwood Country Club. Women there will compete annually to have their names added to the Comisar Cup, which honors three flight champions in each of nine- and 18-hole tournaments that serve as the club championships. The first Comisar Cup competitions, played using a Stableford format, drew 50 participants at Kenwood on June 27-28, the first two days after

By Mark Schmetzer Lori Roberts believes one reason Hamilton Elks Country Club has enjoyed a recent run of success in Greater Cincinnati Women’s Golf Association events is softball. She and many of her teammates on the Elks played the sport growing up. “I really think it helps your hand-eye coordination.” Robert said. Roberts served as captain for the Elks team that pulled away from Kenwood Country Club to win the Division I-level championship of the five-event GCWGA Fall Team tournament. Hamilton Elks Division I: Hilda Hodges, Sandy Roark, Lori Roberts, Vicki Felver

By Mark Schmetzer Linda Coffey is familiar with Metropolitan Senior Women’s Championship playoffs, but she didn’t know until October 3 how close she came to playing in another one this year. Coffey captured the Overall Gross championship of the postponed 47thannual event on September 20-21 at Clovernook Country Club, but only after Melinda Hileman’s birdie putt on the 17thand last hole rimmed out. Linda Coffey “Wow,” said Coffey, who plays out of Hamilton Elks Golf Club and was in the group ahead of Hileman’s. “I had no idea. I didn’t watch

By Mark Schmetzer Four players from three clubs added up to one championship and almost two during the third annual Nine, Wine and Dine Tournament on August 28 at Wyoming Golf Club. Kenwood Country Club’s Barb Goila captained a team that included KCC’s Kris Schwein, Terrace Park’s Robin Smith and Highlands’s Carol Kessling that teamed to shoot a one-under par 36 and win the Low Gross championship. The team of Katherine Wallace, Jean Schmalsteg, Terri Proud and Michelle Staarman finished second with a 38. Winners of 9 Wine and Dine Low Net

By Mark Schmetzer A few years ago, Bev Weeks walked up to Patti Horne at a golf event and said, “You know, you look a lot like a sorority sister of mine, Marcia Guest.” Horne replied, “That’s because she’s my sister. To paraphrase the last line from the classic movie, “Casablanca,” that was the start of what has turned into a beautiful golf friendship – one that’s gaining momentum. Bev Weeks - Patti Horne Horne, who plays out of Wyoming Golf Club, and Weeks, a TPC River’s Bend member, teamed up

By Mark Schmetzer The TCP River’s Bend team entered this year’s Kent Memorial High Handicap tournament almost on a lark. The quartet of Beverly Olinger, Ann Delehanty-Koenig, Renetta Morem and Julie Thompson ended up with the spoils, edging the team of Susan Arnold, Vikki Richter, Linda Nurre and Karen Grass by two strokes, 175-177, to win the Gross championship portion of the event on July 26 at Hyde Park Country Club. (L to R) Julie Thompson, Ann Delahante-Koenig, Bev Olinger, Renetta Morem “That was totally unexpected,” said Olinger, the team

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