Women’s 18 Hole News Article for 2020
RMGC BOARD OF DIRECTORS HOSTS CINCO DE MAYO LUNCH FOR GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE CREW (click here for pics and story)
On Friday, May 3rd the RMGC Board of Directors hosted a CINCO DE MAYO lunch for the Golf Course Maintenance Crew. The lunch was to show the Board’s appreciation for the hard work the course Maintenance Crew does all year long. RMGC President Pat Iacullo...
18ers Play Terrible Twos
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent Thirty Six 18ers members played the Terrible Twos tourney on May 2nd. Players subtracted their two worst holes from their scorecard and used the remaining 16 holes as their score. After subtracting their handicaps for a net score...
Joanne Kim Wins Second Lucky Charm
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent 18ers played the monthly charm and eclectic tournament on April 23. The members played individual low net and the lowest net of 66 for the day was shot by Joanne Kim. 18ers also got a chance to post improved scores for each hole...
RMGC New Member Meet and Greet on Monday, May 13 at 4:30PM (click here for complete story)
The RMGC is having a meeting for all new members that have joined since this past October and all of you that may be interested in joining our golf group. We will discuss how we run our tournaments, events and how you can take best advantage of these...
18ers Play Two Best Low Net Balls
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent A field of 34 Rossmoor Women’s 18ers participated in four person teams and scored the two best low net balls for the team on April 18. Here are the winning teams: First Place team: Grace Nitta, Claudia Terry, Janice Davis and...
Rossmoor Women’s 18ers Host First Guest Day
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent The Rossmoor Women’s 18ers will be hosting the first guest day on Thursday, May 9th. Check-in starts at 7:00 a.m. Breakfast will be served at the Creekside Grill. Shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. and lunch following at the Event...
RMGC 4-MAN BETTER BALL RESULTS MAR 20
FIRST FLIGHT WINNERS: (LFT-RGT) JAMES SOOHOO, JACK MENG, BRENT ATKINS, RODDY LEE SECOND FLIGHT WINNERS: (LFT-RGT) CHONG KIM, CHUCK LEONG, SIMON PARK, DAVID SCO CREEKSIDE WINNERS: (LFT-RGT) RICHARD ADAMS, NEIL FITZPATRICK, TOM VOULGARES, JIM BOMBARDIER OTHER FIRST...
18ers Play Stroke Play Low Net
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent The Rossmoor Women’s 18er’s played a stroke play low net game on April 11. Here are the results: First flight: first place tie breaker was broken on the back nine. first place Agnes Shin net 68, second place Margo Dutton net 73,...
Save the Dates for 18ers Handicap Tournament
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent The annual 18ers Handicap Tournament will be held on May 16, 21 and 23. Day one will be a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m and day two will be tee times. The first two days are stroke play game with full handicaps for low net. Day...
18ers and 9ers Spring Fling
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent The Rossmoor women’s 18er and 9er golf clubs played the annual Spring Fling event on Thursday, April 4 on the Dollar Golf Course. A total of 88 golfers braved the inclement weather. Most teams consisted of two 18ers and two...
New Rules for the New Year Rules Relevant to Four-Ball Team Play
by Joyce McCann, 18ers Rules Chair. East Bay Team Play (EBTP) is beginning in March. The game we play in EBTP is called “Four-Ball” (Rule 23). This term is pretty vague, but Four-Ball means that two partners compete together as a side, with each partner playing her...
Daisy Soo Hoo Wins First Charm Event
by Claudia Terry - Handicap Chair / Website Coordinator The Rossmoor Women’s 18ers played the first charm event on March 21. The player that shot the low net for the field was named the lucky charm girl for the round. She is eligible to compete with the other charm...
18ers Play First Tournament
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent The Women’s 18ers Golf Club played their first tournament of the season on March 14th. Although the course was saturated, 24 golfers enjoyed the sunny weather and camaraderie of their fellow members. The game for the day was...
Rossmoor Women’s 18ers and 9ers Spring Fling
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent The Women’s 18-Hole Golf Club is hosting the 2019 Annual Spring Fling. All 18ers and 9ers are invited to play. Foursomes will be made up of two 18ers and two 9ers. You may sign up as a foursome, twosome or as a single and the pro...
2019 New Golf Rules Seminar
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent Over 90 attendees participated in the February 25 Rules Seminar for the 9er and 18er Women’s golf group. This was one of the larger groups that attended the seminar as there are major changes to the existing golf rules. Joyce...
New Rules for the New Year – The Fifth Hole on the Dollar Course
by Joyce McCann - 18ers Rules Chair A sliced tee-shot on the fifth hole on the Dollar course often lands around the corner in a place that can’t be seen from the teeing area. The ball may either be in the rough difficult to find or possibly OB. Under the old Rules,...
New Rules for the New Year – The Fifth Hole on the Dollar Course (continued)
by Joyce McCann, 18ers Rules Chair. If you elect to use this new local rule, your next shot will be your 4th. Thus, it is as though you had opted to hit a provisional which landed in the fairway. So, how to decide which relief option to take? An important factor to...
4 MAN SCRAMBLE ON MAR 6 CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER AND COURSE CONDITIONS (CLICK HERE FOR FURTHER INFO)
BRENT ATKINS TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN HAS MADE THE DECISION TO CANCEL THE UPCOMING 4 MAN SCRAMBLE DUE TO PREDICTED RAIN AND ALREADY EXTREMELY WET COURSE CONDITIONS. COURSE IS CLOSED TODAY, SAT MAR 2 AND POSSIBLE TOMORROW. WEATHER PREDICTIONS SHOW 90 PERCENT...
Rossmoor 18ers 2019 Launch Event
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent 18ers gathered together in the Event Center on Thursday, February 21 to launch the 2019 golf season. Members were excited to socialize with old friends and meet new members. Sign-up sheets were set up for Birdies, Eclectic...
The Fourth Hole on the Dollar Course
by Joyce McCann - 18ers Rules Chair The most difficult challenge for many of us about the par 3 fourth hole on the Dollar course is that alignment of the tee shot has to be angled to the left. Thus, it is very easy to slice the tee shot and end up behind the trees, in...
RMGC WELCOMES ITS NEW MEMBERS FOR 2019 (click here for Pic)
From left to right: Jerry Pope, Gayle Westendorf, Michael deRoque, John Weyland, Robert Fletcher, Wayme Leiser, Dale Prentice and Ray Spears We should all reach out to them and show them some of our RMGC camaraderie!!
GOLF COURSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2018 (click here for full article)
PROJECTS COMPLETED IN 2018 • Improve turf density on several fairways and approaches on the Dollar Ranch Golf Course. Using turf from other areas and seeding in hybrid Bermuda. • Bunker renovations at #1, #17, #10 and finishing #2. • Drainage improvements...
GOLF RULES EXPERTS TO PRESENT A SEMINAR ON THE NEW RULES OF GOLF
by Joyce McCann - 18ers Rules Chair Suzanne Olsen and Jeanine Schreiber, certified golf rules officials for the Women’s Golf Association of Northern California (WGANC), Northern California Golf Association (NCGA), Northern California PGA (NCPGA), and the California...
18ers Launch the Season Event February 21st
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent The Women’s 18-Hole Golf Club will kick off the season with the Annual Launch Party on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 11 a.m. in the Event Center. All members are invited to attend the luncheon catered by Morucci’s Deli and general...
New Rules for the New Year – The Third Hole on the Dollar Course
by Joyce McCann, 18ers Rules Chair In this rainy, cold season, the course is often really wet, but we all know that dedicated golfers keep playing regardless, as long as the pro shop lets us! Let’s say that you tee off on Hole #3 on the Dollar course, and you hit a...
New Rules for the New Year – The Second Hole on the Dollar Course
Written by Joyce McCann, 18ers Rules Chair. The second hole on the Dollar course is a short par 3, but it’s not easy because the green is protected by bunkers in front and on both the left and right sides. Let’s see how the new rules might apply to common situations...
New Rules for the New Year
Written by Joyce McCann, 18ers Rules Chair. As all Rossmoor golfers are probably aware, as of January 1st, many rules of golf have changed. Brent Mulanax summarized many of the more significant changes in his article that appeared in the Rossmoor News December 19th....
BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES DONATION OF $2000 TO THE ROSSMOOR FUND (click here for picture and complete article)
On Monday, December 10th at 10AM, President Fred Sun, Treasurer Dick Walsh and Communications Director Jack Meng presented a check for $2000 to Donna Reynolds, who accepted the check on behalf of the Rossmoor Fund. Unfortunately, President Elect Pat...
Holiday Lunch Bash – 2018
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent The Rossmoor 18ers gathered for their annual holiday party in the Event Center on Thursday, December 6th. Members enjoyed cocktails, lunch, catching up with friends and spreading holiday cheer. Holiday luncheon chairpersons Del...
RMGC 2018 ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER (click here for pics and story)
The event started with a social hour with beverages and conversations about good memories from the 2018 golf season. From the left Mark Wener, Pat Kelly (Past President 2004), Dallas Amos (Hiding - you guess why), Harry Laiolo, Mike Oakey, Marc Raynor,...
GUEST DAY 4 MAN BETTER BALL OCT 17 (Click for Pics and Story)
FIRST FLIGHT WINNERS: STINSON, NEWMAN, GRUENSTEIN AND DENNIS SECOND FLIGHT WINNERS; COFFEE, CHRISTOFFERSEN, WEISS AND KEELEY THIRD FLIGHT WINNERS: MEIER, NICHOLS, ELLIOTT AND TRACY 9 HOLE FLIGHT WINNERS: MCELROY, AMSDEN, HERERRIAS AND...
GUEST DAY SCRAMBLE OCT 3 RESULTS (Click here for pics and story)
FIRST FLIGHT WINNERS: STINSON, NEWMAN, GRUENSTEIN AND DENNIS SECOND FLIGHT WINNERS: HEADLY, CHANG, RAGGIO AND LEONG THIRD FLIGHT WINNERS: MEIER, GOOSMAN, GOOSMAN AND NICHOLS 9 HOLE FLIGHT WINNERS: NEFF, MARTIN AND HARDIN (TWO ARE MISSING YOU FIGURE IT...
Rossmoor Women’s 18ers Holiday Party
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent Save Thursday, December 6 for the Rossmoor 18ers holiday party. The party will be held in the Event Center. Cocktails start at 12:00 and lunch (chicken piccata or penne pasta w/alfredo sauce) will be served at 12:45. Cost for...
Claudia Terry shoots third eagle!
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent Claudia Terry, a Rossmoor 18er member, shot an eagle on hole 13 on the Dollar Ranch Course on November 4. Her eagle was witnessed by Margo Dutton, Lynda Pritchett and Joyce McCann. Terry’s second shot was from the rough on the...
18ers Halloween Orange Ball Bash
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent A field of 48 18ers participated in the annual Halloween Bash on October 25. Members had festive hats and many wore orange and black outfits. The game was two best net balls with an orange ball rotating among the group....
Lynda Pritchett hits Hole-in-One on Hole 2
Lynda Pritchett, a member of the Rossmoor 18ers golf club hit a 105-yard hole-in-one on Hole 2 on the Dollar Ranch Course on October 21. She used a 5 wood for the ace. The hole-in-one was witnessed by fellow 18ers Margo Dutton and Joan Baggett. Congratulations to...
18ers Play Beat Joyce McCann The Club Champion
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent A field of 33 Rossmoor 18er’s participated on October 18th in Beat Joyce McCann the Club Champion. There were 13 members that beat the champion’s net score of 74.3. The first flight overall winner was Jane Lee with a net 64....
Jane Lee Wins the October Charm on Sixth Charm Day Tournament
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent The sixth charm event was played on Oct 4th on the Dollar Golf Course with 27 players. Jane Lee shot an outstanding round to win the October Charm title. Following are the winners: first flight: 1st place Jane Lee net 65, 2nd...
18ers Play Stableford Tournament
by Daisy Soo Hoo - Club Correspondent 18ers played a Stableford game on September 27. This was a two-person stroke play where the team played the best ball of the team and received one point for a net bogey, 2 points for a net par, 3 points for a net birdie and 4...
Claudia Terry Shoots an Eagle on Creekside No. 8
On Thursday, September 20, the 18ers played two rounds on the Creekside course to allow a full field of Niners and their guests to utilize the Dollar course on Niners Guest Day. On the first time around the nine-hole course, Claudia Terry shot an eagle on Hole 8 using...