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• Daley Wins the Amateur Championship
  
• Adams Leads State Women's Golf Amateur
  
• Heskett Eager To Defend Title
  

The 2008 Junior Girl’s Championship is being held at the Brandywine Country Club, in Wilmington, Delaware, July 16th & 17th. Christine Shimel, of DuPont CC, will try to claim her 3rd consecutive Junior Girl’s title, against some of the best girl’s in Delaware.

The Junior Girl’s Amateur Championship is a 36-hole, individual stroke play competition within age classes. This Championship is open to female amateur golfers who are at least 12 years old*, who have not reached their 19th birthday as of July 16, 2008 and are not currently attending college. Players must be either a member of a DWGA member club or a resident of the State of Delaware. Tee times will be assigned for Wednesday, with a shotgun start on Thursday, followed by an awards luncheon for the contestants.

If you’re interested in this competition please contact Jennifer O’Brien, 302-234-3365, to register.

The 2008 Women’s Amateur Championship was held at Newark Country Club, June 23rd-25th. It was a beautiful but grueling three days at Newark with some pretty remarkable play. Andrea Daly from Fieldstone GC was able to hold off two former champions to earn her first Amateur title. Daly shot three consecutive rounds in the 70s (75-76-75) for a total of 226. Katy Heskett, of Delcastle GC and the 2007 Women’s Amateur Champion finished second with scores of 81-76-74 and a total of 231. Three-time champion, Meghan Adams of Cavaliers CC was the first round leader, with a 74, and finished third over-all with a total of 237. In the final round, Dottie Farmer of Cavaliers CC had a hole-in-one on the 108 yard par 3, second hole hitting a 7-iron. That is Dottie’s 11th recorded hole-in-one, and this is the second consecutive year that a hole-in-one has been made in the final round of the Women’s Amateur. Last year Andrea Daly had one at Bayside Resort on the 127 yard, 3rd hole with a 7-iron.

The Delaware Women’s Golf Association would like to thank Newark Country Club and its’ members for hosting this prestigious event for three consecutive days. We would also like to thank Doug Frazier, Head Professional, and his staff for their excellent service and assistance with this event. Kevin Mayhew, Superintendent, and his staff for the excellent course conditions, and the difficult but fair course set up. Elizabeth George, Banquet Manager, and her staff for their service throughout the event. We would like to thank all the Newark CC volunteers, and the DSGA volunteers; without their help the tournament would not have been so successful.

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The Ryder Cup Medley took place on Monday, June 9th at Shawnee Country Club in Milford, Delaware. The Ryder Cup Medley is a fun tournament played in three different formats; 6 holes are played in the Four Ball format, 6 holes in the Scramble format and 6 holes in the Alternate Shot (Chapman) format. Close to one hundred women played 18 holes of golf on a day when the temperature was close to 100, but the heat index felt as if it were 110 degrees. When the tournament was complete the 50-50 raffle winner, Patty Marvel, of Kings Creek CC, walked away with $200. The overall low gross of the tournament was a 74 shot by Arlene Zamora and her partner Carleen Jones, both from Chesapeake Bay Golf Club. The low net in the field with a 67 fired by Helene Malloy and her partner Cheryl Lissy, who are both from Ed Oliver Golf Club.

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The 3-2-1 tournament has been rescheduled for Wednesday, August 20th at Wild Quail Golf & CC. The original tournament date was hampered by torrential and unrelenting rain. The scheduled shotgun ended up going out, and the ladies survived all of five holes as the rain continued to come down. The tournament was rained out, but the ladies were able to have their luncheon and ten women won gift certificates in a raffle. Lunch will not be served on the rescheduled date but the club will be offering a special for those who would like to stay after the round. We will be able to take additional teams, if anyone is interest please contact Jennifer O’Brien in the office at 302-234-3365. If you need to make changes to your team please let Jennifer know by Monday, August 11th.

In typical Delaware spring beach weather fashion, the weather for the Bash to the Beach was unpleasant for round 1, with periods of driving rain and wind gust upwards of 20 mph. The DWGA women are were unwavering and finished the round in just under 5 hours, and somehow still smiling! Round 2 at Baywood Greens was not less windy but much warmer with plenty of sunshine to ward off the cold. The tournament was sold out for the field was at maximum capacity for a second year with 108 participants competing in 6 flights; 1st and 2nd low gross and net were awarded in each flight. Sandy Scitti, Bayside Resort GC, and Diane Herndon, Kings Creek CC were over all low gross in the field with a two day total of 154, and Brenda Chisholm and Dorothy Seling, both of Cripple Creek CC, over all were low net in the field with a two day total of 135.

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