18 Hole Women 

April came faster than we could have imagined. Our season begins April 5 at 8:30 AM in the bar.   We will have a meeting and a Blind Draw competition. I want to first thank so many of you for responding to our survey. We will address some of the survey points at our first meeting with votes at the second meeting. So many years of history and thought have gone into what we are as an organization today. I enjoyed hearing and reading the history of some our events. We will educate ourselves at each meeting this year. Do you know who Anita Conklin is? We play three rounds in her name! Are you familiar with WSWGA or has it just always been there? When did our Club organize? Has our course always been 18 holes? It will be eye opening to learn some history. 

Also coming up on Thursday, April 21, we have a great tune up opportunity provided by the WSWGA. A golf workshop “Play YOUR Best Golf” will be offered at 2:00 PM in the Ballroom at the Club. This valuable event will be free and open to both the 18 Hole and the 9 Hole Women’s groups. Put it on your calendar. Let Cat Felker know if you can attend (catef@hotmail.com).  

Our opening luncheon is on May 14, following our Blind Draw competition. This gives most of our snowbirds a chance to get back to the Island. So far, we have 5 new members to celebrate and hopefully a year of recovery from 2 years of hanging in there.  

A huge thank you to Ellen Sargent and Kathy James for weathering the challenges.  

History fun:  What we now know as mini golf was originally designed for women. As it was considered improper for ladies to hold the club past their shoulders, a putting course was created by the Ladies’ Putting Club of St. Andrews in 1867 to allow them to enjoy a game without swinging the club too far. We can now hold the club past our shoulders… we have come so far!