Womens 18 Hole News Articles for 2023
Rossmoor 18ers Holiday Party
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent The 18-hole women’s golf club gathered for their annual Holiday party on Thursday, December 14. The ladies met at the Event Center where they greeted each other in their Holiday attire for a social time before lunch. Following...
18ers Board Gather for an End of the Year Party
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent On Monday, December 4th the Board gathered for an end of year party. They thanked outgoing Captain, Margo Dutton for her challenging year and welcomed incoming Captain Toni Snyder. They congratulated in coming Co-Captain, Mirna...
Women’s 18ers play final tournament of 2023 season
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent On Thursday, Nov. 16, 54 Rossmoor Women’s 18ers participated in the final round of the season, playing “Team Turkey” which involved rotating whose score would be used for the one best net ball of the foursome on each hole. There...
Agnes Shin Wins 2023 Charm Girl Playoff
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent On Thursday, Nov. 9, five Charm winners from the 2023 season and one runner-up played in the Charm Playoff (the sixth winner was unable to play so the runner-up was invited to fill in). At the end of the round, there was a...
Mae Marcotte shoots her second hole-in-one!
On Sunday, Nov. 5, Mae Marcotte, a Rossmoor Women's 18er, shot a hole-in-one on Stanley Dollar hole 10. It was her second hole-in-one but the first one at Rossmoor. She used a 7 iron from the red tees to the downhill green with the yellow flagstick at a distance of...
18ers Play Nassau Tournament
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent On Thursday, Nov. 2, 51 Rossmoor Women’s 18ers came out to play a Nassau tournament in beautiful fall weather. Nassau is a low net game with winners on the front nine, the back nine and the overall low net for 18 holes....
Halloween Bash & Hat Contest
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent The 18ers golf club had their annual Halloween Bash tournament on October 26, 2023. This event had a “witch” hat contest as well as a flighted competition. For 2023 the ladies were at the hands of the “witch” on the course not...
Pat McSween Hits Hole-in-One on Hole 10
On October 26, Pat McSween hit a hole-in-one on Stanley Dollar Hole 10 using a 4 hybrid. It was her third hole-in-one but her first one in Rossmoor. Congratulations Pat!
Karla Witte shoots Eagle and Hole-in-One
Rossmoor Women’s 18er Karla Witte had a very eventful few rounds of golf recently, shooting an eagle on Stanley Dollar hole 7 on Oct. 19th and then shooting a hole-in-one on Dollar hole 2 on Oct. 24th. The eagle, which was the first eagle of her golfing career, was...
Claudia Terry wins Club Championship
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent The Rossmoor Women’s 18 Hole Golf Club just played their annual 3 Day Club Championship. This year Claudia Terry won her third club Championship. Jayoung Lee was the runner up for her second year. The championship is a 3-day...
18ers Charity Tournament Raises $5,000 for Maui Survivors
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent The Maui Strong tournament on Thursday, Oct. 5, hosted by the Rossmoor Women’s 18ers, drew in 59 participants from the 18ers, Niners and RMGC clubs who all came together to play a round of golf and raise money for the survivors of...
Joan Binnings hits a Hole-in-One on Hole 2
On September 30, Joan Binnings got a hole-in-one on Stanley Dollar Hole 2 using her 6 hybrid iron and a new Noodle ball with the number 1 on it. She always shoots a ball with a 1 on it on par threes just in case she gets a hole-in-one. The pin was in the front at 97...
18ers Pair Off for Match Play
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent On Thursday, September 28th the women had a head-to-head match where one two-woman team played directly against an opposing two-woman team. The side won a hole in the match by completing the hole in fewer strokes than the opposing...
18ers play 6-6-6
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent Denise Pratt, 18ers tournament chair, continues to make things interesting for the 18ers by introducing new formats for play. On Sept. 21, the game was called 6-6-6 and it involved three different formats for different sets of...
Joan Binnings Wins Quota Game
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent Denise Pratt, membership chair of the 18ers, has been trying out new formats for Thursday tournaments this year. On Sept. 14, a game called Quota was played for the first time, where players attempted to reach their “quota” of...
Charity Tournament will benefit Maui Strong Fund
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent On Oct. 5, the Rossmoor Women’s 18ers will host the annual Charity Tournament and all funds will benefit the Maui Strong Fund which has been activated by the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation to provide flexible resources to support...
Okey Ro Shoots Hole-in-One
Rossmoor Women’s 18er Okey Ro shot a hole-in-one on Sept. 5 playing on Stanley Dollar course hole 4, a 132-yard shot which she used her driver to hit. Jane Lee and Joanne Kim witnessed the spectacular shot. It was the second hole-in-one she has shot in her life, but...
Joan Baggett shoots an Eagle
On Sunday, September 3, Joan Baggett got her third shot in the hole on Stanley Dollar Hole 15, resulting in an eagle. She was about 70 yards out for her approach shot and used her 9 iron. Following that feat, she proceeded to Hole 16 where she got a birdie....
Judith Cohen wins 18ers sixth Charm Girl competition
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent Judith Cohen, posting the low net score of 70 on Thursday, Aug. 31, won the final spot in the season-long quest for “Charm Girl.” Judith will be competing against the five other Charm Day winners, Jane Lee, Andrea Alpine, Soonee...
New Member Barbara Musante Wins Fifth Charm Tournament
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent On Thursday, Aug. 17, the Rossmoor Women’s 18ers held the fifth Charm Day of the season. New Member Barbara Musante emerged as the overall winner with a spectacular net score of 66. Musante will have the opportunity to compete in...
EBTP at Round Hill CC vs Green Valley
The Rossmoor East Bay Team Play (EBTP) played against Green Valley CC on August 15 at Round Hill Country Club. Rossmoor scored 25.5 gross points and 20.5 net points. Green Valley got 28.5 gross points and 33.5 net points. Rossmoor is currently in 10th place for...
Agnes Shin & Marsha Jennings Win 2023 Classic
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent The Classic Tournament, one of the longest running events for the 18ers, stirred up a lot of excitement on August 3, day one of the competition. Sixteen out of the twenty teams in contention came in under par in their net scores....
Agnes Shin Wins Charm No. 4
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent Round 4 of the Charm Day competition was won by Agnes Shin who shot a fabulous round with a gross score of 88 and net score of 64. Agnes will be competing with the other women who have won the Charm Day rounds for the annual...
Summer Splash Guest Day
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent The third guest day was held on July 20 on the Dollar Ranch Golf Course. The 18ers invited guests to play in the guest day with a Summer Splash theme. The format for this match was Stroke play (Cha, Cha, Cha) 4 person teams. ...
EBTP at Rossmoor vs Oakhurst CC
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent July 13 Rossmoor Women’s 18 Hole Golf Club hosted East Bay Team Play on the Dollar Ranch golf course. Rossmoor Women’s 18 Hole Golf Club played against Oakhurst Country Club. Rossmoor scored 26.5 gross points and 29 net points....
EBTP at Green Valley CC vs Contra Costa
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent July 11 the Rossmoor Women’s 18 Hole Golf Club played against Contra Costa Country Club at the Green Valley Country Club. Rossmoor scored 24 gross points and 24.5 net points. Contra Costa had 39 gross points and 29.5 net...
2023 Blue & White Tournament
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent On Thursday, July 6th the women were put in pairs wearing white to compete against the pairs wearing blue. The team with the most wins received a free lunch from the losing teams. This year the team wearing White were the winners...
Charm & Eclectic 3 and EBTP at Crow Canyon and Berkeley CC
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent June 29th the Women’s 18 Hole Golf Cub participated in their third round of Charm and Eclectic. There are 6 Charm and eclectic Thursdays. On the Eclectic play days the women try to improve their score for each of the 18 holes on...
Any Four Clubs & EBTP at Ruby Hills vs Moraga CC
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent June 22 the Women’s 18 Hole Golf Club played on the Creekside 9-hole golf course two times around. The match required the ladies use only four golf clubs for the game. The top winners of this challenging event were: Flight 1...
Women’s 18 Hole Golf Club Handicap Tournament
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent On June 8, 13 and 15, the Women's 18ers held the annual Handicap Tournament, one of two majors put on by the club. This tournament is a three-day tournament with the first two rounds of individual stroke play. The golf shop takes...
“Golfing with the Stars” Invitational
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent The Women’s 18-Hole Golf Club had their annual Invitational on May 31 and June 1. This is an event where members invite guests to play and have a fun round of golf hoping to play well enough to win a prize. There were 108...
EBTP at Blackhawk Country Club vs Castlewood
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent May 30 the East Bay Team Play was held at Blackhawk Country Club. Rossmoor played against the Castlewood Country Club team on a chilly and windy day. Rossmoor scored 25 gross points and 25.5 net points. Castlewood had 29 gross...
Skins Game on Dollar and EBTP at Claremont CC vs Berkeley CC
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent Denise Pratt, the Tournaments chair for the Rossmoor Women’s 18-Hole Golf Club, has been coming up with fun new formats for the members to play. On May 25, a skins game was played in which each flight awarded skins to the player...
Jayoung Lee hits her first hole-in-one!
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent On Tuesday, May 23, Rossmoor Women's 18er Golf Club member Jayoung Lee shot her first hole-in-on on the Stanley Dollar Course. On the par-three hole number 2, she used her Ping 7 iron to shoot a108-yard shot to the forward tee....
Cinco de Mayo Tournament a Huge Success
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent Every year the Rossmoor Women’s 18-Hole Golf Club hosts a benefit for the Monument Crisis Center (MCC) and this year the event fell on May 4, a day before Cinco de Mayo. 18ers Laura Kim and MaryJean Kidd headed up the popular...
EBTP at Moraga vs Sequoyah CC
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent On May 3, the Rossmoor Women’s 18-Hole club sent their six-woman team to Moraga to compete against the Sequoyah team on a cold and drizzly morning. The format for East Bay Team Play is always four-ball match play with an A team,...
Pat Johnson hits second hole-in-one
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent On May 2, 2023, Pat Johnson of the Rossmoor Women’s 18-Hole Golf Club shot her second hole-in-one. She was playing on the Stanley Dollar course on hole 2 and she used her Callaway X2 Hot driver from the red tees. She couldn’t...
Odd and Even Tournament and EBTP at Richmond vs Richmond
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent On April 27th the 18ers Partner Odd/Even Tournament and East Bay Team Play was held at Richmond Country Club on a beautiful sunny day. Women 18ers played in their partner Odd/Even tournament on Thursday, April 27th. Before teeing...
Golfing with the Stars Invitational – Save the Date!
Hurray for Hollywood – get your name up in lights! It’s time for all 18ers to find guests to play in the Rossmoor 18er Invitational on the Dollar course. A red carpet event kicks off the extravaganza on May 31 from 4:00-6:00 with a photo shoot, happy hour, and...
18ers Play a Stableford Game
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent Forty-seven Rossmoor Women’s 18ers showed up to play on April 20 for an individual Stableford game where points were given for net bogeys, net pars, net birdies and eagles. Unlike in stroke play, where players want the lowest...
EBTP at Castlewood CC vs Blackhawk
The Rossmoor EBTP played against Blackhawk on April 20 at Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton. The course was a tough track with a slope rating of 130. Rossmoor scored 18.5 gross points and 24.5 net points with Blackhawk scoring 35.5 gross points and 29.5 net...
18ers New Member Mystery Event Mixer
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent The April 13 golf game paired new members with the current members for Thursday’s match. 48 women participated in the two best balls of the foursome match. Due to the aerification of the putting greens the match had a two-putt...
18ers Play Charm & Eclectic and EBTP at Sequoyah vs Crow Canyon CC
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent On April 6th East Bay Team Play began as well as the 18ers Charm and Eclectic Tournament season with no weather interruptions. East Bay Team Play which is made up of 14 East Bay Private Golf Clubs who play a friendly four-ball...
Monthly 18ers On-Course Rules Class
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent The most recent monthly on-course rules class was held on Monday, March 27th conducted by Joyce McCann the 18ers Rules Chair. The class focuses on common rules situations likely to be encountered in almost every round of golf....
Rossmoor Women’s 18ers Play Discovery Bay Open Day
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent On Tuesday, Mar 7, nine Rossmoor Women’s 18ers traveled to Discovery Bay Golf Course to play in an Open Day sponsored by the NCGA. Teddi Swanson, Mary Jane Kiefer, Linda Davis, Dee Dunne, Sherry Endicott Claudia Terry, Jayoung...
Rossmoor Women’s 18ers Season Gets Started
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent Thursday, Mar 2, was the opening day of the Women’s 18ers golf season. The game format started out as Criss-Cross but after scorecards were turned in it was changed to Low Individual Net due to complications in determining the...
Mexico Golf Trip Women’s 18er News
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent Golfers and non-golfers alike from Rossmoor took the annual ILT trek down to Mexico to escape the inclement weather at home and enjoy some warmer, dryer conditions for playing golf and enjoying the Mexican sunshine at the Villa La...
Off-Season Golfing Thanks to Toni & Daisy
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent For the last several years Toni Snyder has organized ladies Thursday golf in the off season. She has had the help of several people to make tee times and then Snyder puts foursomes together for a round of 18 holes. The golf is...
Women’s 18ers 2023 Launch Party Kicks off the Season
by Teddi Swanson - Club Correspondent The ladies gathered at the Event Center at 11 to meet and greet each other after the winter time away. The gathering gave the ladies opportunities to sign up for the birdie fund, eclectic play and East Bay Team Play for the 2023...
Posting Dollar Holes 3 & 5 While They are Shortened
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent/Handicap Chair Now that the mudslide-damaged area of the Stanley Dollar course has been reopened and golfers are able to play all 18 holes again, care must be taken to post scores correctly for those holes which are still...
Posting While Dollar Course is Partially Closed
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent & Handicap Chair Just because four holes are closed to play on the Stanley Dollar course does not relieve golfers of their responsibility to post their scores. The World Handicap System states that if a player plays 13 holes,...
18ers Prepare to Launch the Season
by Claudia Terry - Club Correspondent The Rossmoor Women’s 18-Hole Golf Club is preparing for the 2023 season with its annual Launch Party on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m., in the Event Center. This $25 catered luncheon is a chance for new members to meet the returning...