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GCWGA Board members - Back row, President Tracey Capuano, Fall Team Chair Renee Obial. Front row, Secretary Melanie Stewart, Spring Team Chair Laurie Brunsman DeGroff Legacy Lives On Through Two Tournaments By Marc Hardin Nati Cup Competition for Top GCWGA Participants and Volunteers Announced Spring brings to life new beginnings and thankfully so too does each golf season. In Greater Cincinnati, the 2017 women's amateur schedule swings into action with a notable addition -- the Nati Cup -- the GCWGA's first new tournament in more than a decade. "We haven't

(First in a series leading up to the 102nd playing of the Metropolitan Amateur Championship June 12-15 at Terrace Park Country Club.) By Marc Hardin GCWGA Past President Gloria Landry presents the MET trophy to 2016 Champion Katie Hallinan Katie Hallinan knew that her 2016 Women's Metropolitan Amateur Championship victory was a momentous occasion as soon as she captured the crown with the aid of some of the greatest recovery shots of recent vintage at the century-old tournament. "It was definitely a great experience," said the Walnut Hills High School

By Marc Hardin Championship golf is returning to the Arnold Palmer-designed course at TPC River's Bend in Maineville and this time it's really big. The Big Ten Conference revealed that TPC River’s Bend is the site for the 2017 and 2018 Big Ten Women’s Golf Championships. This year's 54-hole stroke-play event to decide conference champions is April 21-23. Next year, the tournament is slated for April 20-22. "TPC stands for Tournament Players Club and we thought it was time to get some tournament players out here," head golf professional John Richeson said.

By Marc Hardin The GCWGA has appointed to new positions four executive board members who will be working to continue the association's longstanding service to the community. Chief among the new appointees is 2017 President Tracey Capuano, last year's Fall Team Play chair. Capuano grew up near the par-3 Green Hills Golf Course and often played the nine-hole venue on Enfield Street in Cincinnati. Her enthusiasm for the sport, especially as it pertains to women, never waned. President Tracey Capuano "I am so excited to be heading the GCWGA this year,"

By Marc Hardin As a golf enthusiast, Pat Dunn has few equals. The married mother of two has immersed herself in the sport as a lifelong player, longtime coach, unwavering advocate and unabashed fan. She has made many memories on the course for herself and for others and collected plenty of tools of the trade along the way. "I really love golf. It's what I do all summer," Dunn said of her attachment to the game. "I keep all my old golf clubs." She is actively using those old clubs at Cincinnati

Coaches Coffey, Morris Give Back To Golf By Marc Hardin When the sport of golf wins over its participants at an early age and becomes a part of life through the teenage and adult years, it's difficult to end the relationship even as life grows more complex. In life, duty calls, career paths are taken, family and parental responsibilities may change, and new joys can be right around the corner potentially threatening time for golf. But, for some, the child-born love for the sport can endure despite life's unpredictability. That's where Linda

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