by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent extraordinaire The 18ers end of year holiday event, the Holly Jolly holiday party was all that it promised to be. Starting with a lovely string ensemble performing seasonal classics and holiday favorites, the evening flowed into a...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent The year for organized play has reached the end, although many diehard women will continue to play through the inclement months. The final event of the 2022 season is the grand finale, Holiday gala, the “Holly Jolly" holiday party,...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Of all the tournaments that are played throughout the year, 18ers feel the “Orange Ball” game is the most fearsome. The format puts tremendous pressure on the player whose turn it is to play with the orange ball. The dubious honor...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent The holiday season has arrived and this year the 18ers holiday party planning committee is holding nothing back. The event, to be held on Wednesday, December 7, in the Donner Room of the Event Center, will be filled with glitter...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Nassau was the game’s format when the 18ers played Thursday, November 10. Nassau is 18 holes, net stroke play, with three ways to win, front nine, back nine and overall 18 holes. All winners each received $7.00. First flight...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Nancy Park continued her winning streak with a triumph at the Charm Day playoff, last Thursday, November 3. Six hopeful women, winners in the individual qualifying rounds, went to battle on that cold November morning. Nancy’s net...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent 18ers play with which witch is which? On October 27, 53 Women 18ers joined the spooky tournament, fully understanding that there may be more tricks than treats. Not only were foursomes created randomly, players didn’t know which...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent One of the many joys and privileges of playing with the 18ers is getting to know women golfers in public and private golf clubs. The sisterhood of women’s golf is hugely rewarding with friendships that last a lifetime. This October...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Nancy Park, posting an amazing net score of 63, last Thursday, October 13, won the final spot in the year-long quest for “Charm Girl.” Nancy had some tough competition as three others in her flight, Marsha Jennings, Olivia Hsueh...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent On October 6, the 18ers played “Tee Off 4 Tatas,” a fundraiser for the HERS organization. $1500 was raised for HERS, which provides services and prosthetics for women recovering from Breast Cancer treatment. Members from the Men’s...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent The 18ers played with Mutt and Jeff last Thursday during their weekly tournament; Mutt, being a three-par hole and Jeff, being a five-par. The player, nicknamed “Sally,” during the round, had to use her score on the three pars and...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Joan Binnings and Lana Yagle, Tournament Co-Chairs, devised a unique format, never before enjoyed by the Women 18ers for the Thursday, September 21, play day. The tournament, named Six-Six-Six, meant partners played six holes as a...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent An industrious handful of 18ers took advantage of the recent cooler days to do some long-overdo “spring” cleaning. Denise Pratt, MaryAnn Higgins, Margo Dutton, Claudia Terry, Teddi Swanson and Toni Snyder risked life and limb...

by Laura Kim & Maryjean Kidd October is Breast Cancer Awareness month!  We will be sponsoring a fundraiser for the HERS Breast Cancer Foundation (https://hersbreastcancerfoundation.org/) and will invite RMGC to join us for golf on October 6.  The registration fee...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent This is Claudia Terry’s  second consecutive club championship win and her second best cumulative score in the most stressful and prestigious golf event of the Rossmoor Women 18ers Golf Club. Terry posted a remarkable three-day...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a month to increase awareness and provide support for all those affected by breast cancer.  The Rossmoor Women 18ers Golf Club is sponsoring a fundraiser for the HERS Breast Cancer...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Three Rossmoor 18ers, Claudia Terry, Teddi Swanson and Janice Davis, participated in a fundraiser for Cal Berkeley Women’s Rugby Team on September 4, at Chardonnay Golf Club. Anticipating the extreme heat, the tournament sponsors...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Club Champion is the most prestigious honor a player can achieve in the Rossmoor 18ers golf club. The winner receives a monetary award and her name on the perpetual trophy located in the cabinet outside the Pro Shop. This is a...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent The Rossmoor EBTP team played at Oakhurst Country Club on August 31, competing against Green Valley, in the final match of the year. The Rossmoor team scored 25.5 gross points and 28.5 net points.  Green Valley got 28.5 gross...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent The “Rules Gala Seminar” was held Monday, August 22, in the Event Center before an eager crowd of almost 130 golfers from the women's 18ers, 9ers, and men’s golf club. The seminar was presented by two experienced NCGA and USGA...

Theresa Kim had a thrill of a lifetime, on Saturday, August 20, when she hit a perfect shot off the 16 tee which landed in the hole right next to the flagstick. She said, “I didn’t see the ball on the green” and asked Sue Yoon and Sophia Kim, who were playing with...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Jayoung Lee found herself once again in the winner's circle for her great play on August 18, in the fifth Charm Day competition.  The previous week she and her partner Jane Lee had a winning score in the two-day Classic tournament,...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent The Women 18ers East Bay Team competed at Round Hill against Crow Canyon Country Club on Thursday, August 16, earning more points for their overall standings in the league. East Bay Team Play (EBTP) consists of 14 East Bay Country...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Robin Moreau and Pil Choo won overall in the two-day Classic tournament, besting Jayoung Lee and Jane Lee using the USGA tie-breaking card-off method. Although both teams had impressive scores of 14 under par, Robin scored a net...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Nine Rossmoor 18ers traveled to Orinda Country Club on Thursday, August 11, to participate in the WGANC legacy Open Day. Open Days are special opportunities to play at  private country clubs throughout Northern California, paying...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent The Classic Tournament, one of the longest running events for the 18ers, produced a lot of excitement on August 4, day one of the competition. Not only did eleven of the sixteen teams come in under par, one player, Daisy Soo Hoo,...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Rossmoor hosted East Bay Team Play, July 28, on the Dollar Ranch Golf Course.   A field of 84 players from the following country clubs participated in the event:  Berkeley, Contra Costa, Moraga, Sequoyah, Claremont, Blackhawk, Ruby...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Jane Lee won the July 16 Charm Day tournament, putting her in contention for the overall Charm Girl winner. She joins three other winners, Del Poirer, Joanne Kim and Jackie Dunn, who will compete on November 11, for the grand...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent EBTP had a busy week competing July 7 at Castlewood, against Claremont and on July 12 at Crow Canyon against Richmond Country Club. After resounding victories against the Richmond and Claremont teams, Rossmoor moved up to 8th place...

by Joyce McCann - 18ers Rules Chair This year, the annual Rules Seminar sponsored by the Women 18ers will feature presentations on the Rules of Golf by Ryan Gregg, Chief Operating Officer of the NCGA, and Suzanne Olsen, a widely experienced NCGA Rules Official. Ryan...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent The Blue and White tournament is a longstanding 18ers match play tournament where participants are assigned to either the Blue team or the White team. Two White team ladies play a best-ball match against two Blue team ladies for...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Six 18ers trekked to Green Valley Country Club to battle against the formidable Blackhawk team in East Bay Team Play. Rossmoor fought valiantly and won 16.5 gross and 19 net points. Next match, July 7, is at Castlewood when the...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Pictured left to right: Teddi Swanson, membership chair, Joyce McCann, rules Chair and new members, Jean Wright, Donna Friend, Marsha Jennings and Il Sook Cho. On June 27th, Joyce McCann, 18er Rules Chair, took six 18er members,...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent The 18er EBTP team of Sue Yoon, Daisy Soo Hoo, Grace Nitta, Claudia Terry, Ann Hamilton (not pictured) and Linda Ingalls (not pictured) traveled to Ruby Hills Country Club on June 21 for a match against first place Oakhurst Country...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent On July 21, the 18ers will partner up with the 9ers for a 9-hole 2-best ball tournament on the Dollar course. Players can sign up as a single or a 2- some. The Pro Shop will create 4-person teams to help mix and match 9ers and...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent This has been a big month for Sunhi Kim. Not only did she get her first hole-in-one, but, last week she battled MaryJean Kidd in the Handicap Tournament and prevailed, earning her the title of 2022 Handicap Champion. With this win,...

by MaryJean Kidd and Janice Davis The Rossmoor Women’s 18ers welcomed guests from over 20 different golf clubs on June 1 and 2 for their annual golf Invitational.   The “Rossmoor Round Up” kicked off on Wednesday with a welcome cocktail party, putting contest and...

The Rossmoor 18er East Bay Team play team  played against Moraga Country Club at Blackhawk Country Club on May 31st.   Rossmoor had a total of 37 gross points and 30 net points.  Moraga scored 17 gross points and 24 net points.The next match will be against Oakhurst...

The Rossmoor 18er East Bay Team Play played against Castlewood Country Club at Claremont Country Club in Oakland on May 26th.   Rossmoor had a total of 24 gross points and 24.5 net points.  Castlewood scored 30 gross points and 29.5 net points.The next match will be...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent On May 26, 48 players showed up to play for the “Everything but the T’s and F’s.” The only holes that counted were those that did not start with the letter “T” or “F.” First place first flight winners were the team of Jun Chao,...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Jacky Dunn is the third person to win the Charm day event, May 19 and earn a spot in the playoff. She states that she was shocked with the win as she only plays occasionally and with the same Costco golf clubs purchased 25 years...

The Rossmoor 18er East Bay Team Play played against Round Hill Country Club at Sequoyah Country Club in Oakland on May 17. Rossmoor had a total of 24 gross points and 24 gross points.  Round Hill scored 30 gross points and 30 net points. The next match will be against...

On Sunday, May 15, using a 7 iron on hole 10, Claudia Terry hit a Titleist AVX ball 121 yards in a perfect arc that landed on the green and made a beeline to the hole. She may have had two before this one, but, for Claudia Terry, this third hole in one was the most...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent On Wednesday, May 11, six Rossmoor Women18ers played in the third event of the season in East Bay Team Play.  This game pitted the Rossmoor team against Berkeley Country Club, playing at Moraga Country Club. The game is played for...

by Janice Davis & Claudia Terry Three of Rossmoor's golf clubs came together on May 5 to play in the Cinco de Mayo Par-3 Charity Tournament, a fundraising event with proceeds collected to benefit the Monument Crisis Center. The Crisis Center is a nonprofit family...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent On April 28, forty-five 18ers competed in the second Eclectic Day and Charm Day. There are 6 Thursday play days designated as Charm Days. All players take their gross score and subtract the current handicap which results in their...

On April 12, six of Rossmoor's Women 18ers teed off at 1:00 against six Contra Costa team members at their home course. The competition was tough with one of the opponents on the A team being a scratch golfer who eagled the 400-yard par 5 ninth hole by sinking her...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent April showers and cold winds scared many women golfers away from Thursday competition. However, on April 12, a handful of hopeful ladies hung around the Pro Shop just long enough to lure the minimum number of players required for...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent The women 18ers are off to a swinging season. On April 6, 48 players competed in a two-person team competition called Odd-Even. Prior to teeing off, partners agreed whose score would count on even holes and whose would be counted...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent The Rossmoor 18er East Bay Team Play team played the first match of the season against the Ruby Hills Country Club team at Berkeley Country Club on April 7.  The Rossmoor team consisted of Claudia Terry, Joyce McCann, Daisy Soo...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent The women 18ers, 9ers, and RMGC are invited to participate in the 2022 Charity Event, Thursday, May 5, in support of the Monument Crisis Center and to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. The cost for the tournament is $30 which includes entry...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent The Women’s 18ers will hold their 2022 Invitational on Wednesday, June 1 and Thursday, June 2 The “Rossmoor Round-Up” will be held on the Dollar Golf Course, June 1 and 2 and the Invitational committee says, “You may invite one and...

by Kathy Hunt and Janice Davis Spring has sprung, and the ladies were out in force on March 31 to prove it. The annual Spring Fling is special as it is a joint tournament with the 9ers and the 18ers playing together.  This year the tournament was hosted by the 18ers...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent On Thursday, March 24, fifty-six 18ers played the first rounds of both the Eclectic and the Charm events. Del Poirer, a member of the 18ers for over 25 years, was thrilled to play a superior round that resulted in her becoming, for...

by Joyce McCann - Rules Chair The official Rules of Tennis are explained in 37 pages, the official Rules of Football in 88 pages, and the official Rules of Golf in 522 pages. It’s interesting to think about why the Rules of Golf take so many pages to explain, and also...

by Janice Davis - Publicity Chair St Patrick’s Day and all the wearing of the green was fun fodder for the Women’s 18ers as they played yet another fun event called Luck of the Draw. Competing in four person teams, players found out whose score would count only after...

What a great day it was to be "Lucky"!   Today's format was "Luck of the Draw" and the fortunate/unfortunate player who drew her suit after playing the hole, was the score that counted. It was fun to see everyone dressed in green and wearing the fancy Irish hats...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent We’ve all heard the saying that “it takes a village” to get something accomplished. Here in Rossmoor that is truly the situation for women golfers in the 18ers golf  club. The club has 100 members who enjoy close to 50 days of...

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Subtract 1 from your net score (and also from your gross score) for each 1-putt you have during the round. Play well but putt better! First Flight Gross Winners:                 First Flight Net Winners: 1st Place - Claudia Terry (78)                1st Place - Joan...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent They say that some people have all the luck and have had multiple holes-in-one. Well, for Robin Moreau that did seem to hold true. She waited 37 years to achieve her first ace. On the cold morning of March 5, playing with Linda...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Daisy Soo Hoo began her official duties as Captain of the Women 18ers on January 10 with the first meeting of the year, held on ZOOM. The new Executive Board of Directors consists of Co-Captain, Ann Hamilton, Secretary, Kathy Hunt...

by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Jean Carroll received a top award from NCGA for her participation in WGANC Open Days. Jean has always been a big supporter of Open Days and this year it paid off big. For every Open Day she participated in, she received points....