Women’s 18 Hole News Article for 2020
RMGC Par 3 Tounament
RMGC Par 3 Tounament On Friday evening, October 7, the Rossmoor Men's Golf Club held a par 3 tournament on the Stanley Dollar Ranch Golf Course, Each hole on the 18 hole golf course was turned into a par 3 with yardage between 80 and 165 yards from tee to green....
Tee Off 4 Tatas – Breast Cancer Fundraiser for HERS
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...
18ers Play with Mutt & Jeff & Sally
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...
Twilight Golf tournament
Twilight Golf On Friday 9/23 the second to last Twilight Golf tournament was held There were 144 golfers (tournament was sold out) who played either the upper 9 holes or the lower 9 holes on the Dollar Ranch Golf Course. The golf carts were lined up on the street...
Match Play Tournament
The Rossmoor Men’s Golf Club will have their annual Match Play Tournament in October. The 18 hole tournament, played on the Dollar Ranch Golf Course, is a handicapped event and the participants will be divided into flights of 8. The first match will be on Saturday,...
Six-Six-Six
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...
“Spring Cleaning”
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...
October 6 Tee Off for Tatas!
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...
Contra Costa Home and Away Results
Gentlemen, We had a prize pool for Contra Costa, and with 6 winners (3 first place, 2 Second place, and 1 Third place) gives a unit value of $5. Congratulations to Lee, Broxham, and Scheffler for their 1st Place finishes. Their ProShop accounts are now $15 richer. $10...
Claudia Terry dominates 2022 18ers Club Championship
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...
18ers Fundraiser to Promote Breast Cancer recovery
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...
Cal Women’s Rugby Benefit Golf Tournament
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...
Club Championship
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...
EBTP at Oakhurst vs Green Valley CC
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...
Claudia Terry shoots fourth hole-in-one
Claudia Terry had a hole-in-one on Sunday, August 28, during an equally impressive round of 78. It happened early in the round on hole 4, using her Ping 5 iron to a white flag, at 138 yards. This is her fourth ace and the second one in 2022 as she scored an ace on...
RMGC Member Member Tournament
RMGC Member member 2022
Rules Seminar was a Hit
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...
Groundkeeper Honored
On Monday, August 15, the Rossmoor Men's Golf Club hosted a lunch for the golf course groundskeepers. At that lunch the RMGC president Ed O'Dea presented a retirement gift to Norberto Lopez. Norberto was retiring from his work as a golf course crew foreman after 30...
Theresa Kim shoots her first hole-in-one!
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...
Theresa Kim shoots her first hole-in-one!
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...
Charm & Eclectic Round 5 – Jayoung Lee Wins
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,...
EBTP at Round Hill vs Crow Canyon CC
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...
2022 Classic Tournament Results
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...
Rossmoor Scramble, Elimination
The Rossmoor Men’s Golf Club held a golf tournament on August 10, 2022 on The Dollar Ranch Golf Course. The tournament was a 4 man Rossmoor scramble. On a Rossmoor Scramble, all 4 golfers tee off and the best tee shot is chosen. The person whose shot was chosen marks...
Orinda Country Club Open Day Attracts 18ers
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...
RMGC Hosts the First Tee of Contra Costa County
RMGC Hosts the First Tee of Contra Costa County The Rossmoor Men’s Golf Club will again host the boys and girls from the First Tee of Contra Costa County to play 9 holes on the Creekside Golf Course on Sunday, August 21st beginning at 2:00 p.m. The Club hopes to see...
The Rules Seminar
The Rules Seminar on August 22 from 8:30-11:00 at the Event Center is being sponsored by the 18ers Rules Committee, with help from a team of volunteers. If you haven't already done so, I highly encourage you to register for the seminar and support our effort to spread...
Daisy Soo Hoo shoots a Hole-in-One
by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent Thursday, during the first day of the Classic Tournament, Daisy Soo Hoo had her first hole-in-one at Rossmoor. She achieved this on the tenth hole, which was 123 yards from the tee, using her 7-wood. Her previous hole in one was in...
Classic Tournament – Day 1
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,...
No Frills, 4 man scramble on Creekside
The Rossmoor Men’s Golf Club held a golf tournament on July 27, 2022 on Creekside Golf Course. The tournament was a no frills 9-hole, 4 man scramble. The 50 golfers were divided into 2 flights based upon their handicaps. Winners were as follows: Flight #1 – 1st place...
EBTP at Rossmoor vs Sequoyah CC
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...
Charm & Eclectic Round 4 – Jane Lee Wins
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...
Executive Privilege
Ace for the President!! Ed O'Dea celebrates with friends his hole in one on the 10th hole of the Dollar Golf Course on July 12, 2022. Ed made his ace on the 138 par 3 10th hole using a 6 hybrid. Congratulations to Ed.
EBTP at Crow Canyon CC vs Richmond
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...
Upcoming Rules Seminar — All Golf Clubs Invited
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...
What’s Special About Teeing Areas and Putting Greens?
by Joyce McCann - 18ers Rules Chair A golf course is divided into 5 areas: Teeing areas, Putting greens, Penalty areas, Bunkers, and everything else, which is called the General area. Then, of course, there’s Out of Bounds, but that’s not part of the Course. Teeing...
Free Lunch for the White Team – 2022 Blue & White Tournament
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...
EBTP at Green Valley vs Blackhawk
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...
Flag Tournament
by Janice Davis - Club Correspondent On June 30th, in honor of the upcoming Independence Day, the 18ers enjoyed the Flag Tournament. This fun event challenges players to perform to their handicap and hopefully better than their handicap. Everyone starts with a flag...
Joyce McCann Leads On-Course Rules Workshop
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,...