Women's Division

MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION WOMEN’S DIVISION Spring 2008 Newsletter Message from the implement pace of play guidelines for the Schlesinger, longer off the tee -- “I love better enjoyment of all players. It is our my driver” -- than her opponent, included President goal to provide you, the player, with the three birdies on the front nine. She won am sure that best possible golfing experience. three holes in a row for 2 up, lost two to go you can’t wait Good luck to everyone in 2008 and back to even, then won the eighth with a I to get back on we look forward to seeing you on the golf birdie and the ninth with a par. Turnng 2 the golf courses. course. up, there was certainly no indication in her The Board of the game that she would not win another hole. MSGA-WD has Best Wishes, Tayman. 27, from Bethesdsa, and worked hard to en- Emily DiCicco Schlesinger, 49, from Laytonsville, each sure that the 2008 President, MSGA-WD shot 1-over-par 73’s to share the medal in golf season will be Monday qualifying. Both came in backed varied and challeng- Tayman MSGA WD by impressive resumes in national coming with playable Amateur Champ petitions. Tayman has gone to the U.S. course set ups and terrific new venues. Women’s Amateur and several Women’s This past year we introduced Blue Golf, Mid-Amateurs, while Schlessinger has a new software system. I hope that many played in “four or five” Mid-Amateurs. In of you have experienced its innovative ser- previous Maryland Women’s Amateurs, vices, including online registration, interac- Tayman had won the medal three times, tive tournament results, tee times, e-mail but never made it past the quarterfinals communication and much more. This is until this time. another way we are better able to serve our Donna Kay Meyer, from Severna Park, membership. won the consolation flight for first-round We have some exciting and important losers, beating Green Spring’s Melissa announcements regarding MSGA-WD past Riggs, in her first tournament, in 19 holes. and current board members: Pat Kaufman The other flight wnners were Nell-Marie has been selected to serve on the USGA’s Chaney, Old South CC; Valerie Saucier, a Executive Committee, the ruling body of 19-yearold McDaniel College sophomore the USGA. As many of you know, Pat Maryland State Amateur Champion, Corrie Tayman from Hunt Valley GC, and Elizabeth Silber- served as the first President of the MSGA- orrie Tayman, 2-down after nine nagel, from Maryland Golf & CC in Bel WD. Stacey Collins, our immediate Past holes, promptly won three in a row, Air. She completed a major rebound from President, has been invited to serve on the Cfour out of five, and closed out “just a bad round,” in Monday qualifying USGA’s Women’s Committee. This Com- Lisa Schlesinger, 3 and 2, in a final-round to sweep through three foes. She is a 14- mittee is in charge of all women’s competi- matchup of co-medalists at the 86th MSGA year old freshman at Fallston High School, tions. Jean Mulcahey , the current Rules Women’s Amateur championship at Caro- with Elite Junior Tour experience. Chair of the MSGA-WD, is serving on line Country Club in Denton, July 19. the USGA’s Mid AM Committee. What a Tayman, from Congressional CC, began In this Issue special time for women’s golf in Maryland her rally with a 20-foot birdie putt at the Women’s Open Title 2 10th, won the 11th with a par and some and congratulations to these very talented Junior Girls Championship 2 women. help from her opponent who could not get New for 2008 will be the addition of the a short putt to drop, and the par-3 12th, Senior Title 2 Mid Amateur Championship. This event where Schlesinger hit her tee shot into 2008 Schedule 3 the water behind the green at the 167-yard will be open to women in the state of Mary- Poindexter Cup 3 land who are 30 years old and over and will hole. be hosted by Lakewood Country Club in “I have been hitting it solid all year,” Team Championship 6 Rockville. This Championship will be a Tayman said, “and I felt like I was in Mid-Two Woman Championship 6 control of my game. Still, these greens were two-day, 36 hole stroke play tournament, USGA State Team 7 with prizes awarded for both low gross and very difficult for me. Congressional’s are low net. super-fast and these were soft. I probably MSGA-WD The Board will continue its efforts should have practiced somewhere else.” For Spring 2008 Newsletter on improving all aspects of tournament the round she had two birdies and two par Stacey Collins - Editor administration, as well as continuing to saves. John Stewart - Contributing Writer Laura Kurz - Design and Layout Spring 2008 Page Two

Suh Takes MSGA ers who had 36-hole scores, and won the Giusti wins Senior Women’s Open Title MSGA-WD Junior Girls championship Title with a two-day total of 83-77--160. This was two shots better than Suh Hwang, Ellicott City and Waverly Woods GC, and Hilary Lawson, Gaithersburg and Montgomery Village GC. Hwang had 78-84--162, and Lawson, an incoming freshman at the University of Maryland, 83-79--162. Hwang won the playoff with a par on the first extra hole. Lynch’s victory did not come without a struggle. She was six over par after four holes, then settled down to shoot one under the rest of the way. The effort included birdies at the sixth and the 11th, and a Women’s Open Champion, Jenny Suh bogey at the 14th. In age-group standings, Lawson was first enny Suh, from Fairfax, Va., who re- in 16-17; Kaitlyn Rohrback, the defending cently turned professional after building champion from Crofton CC, was first in a strong career as a Junior and a col- J 14-15 with 80-86--166; Mariana Sims, from legian, posted a 2-over-par 72 for a 36-hole Bethesda and TPC-Avenel, was first in Senior woman champion, Meg Giusti total of 140, and won the ninth annual 12-13 with 84-86--170; and Anne Rohrback, MSGA-WD Women’s Open champion- eg Giusti made her first apear- Crofton CC, led the 9-hole players, 51-67- ship at the Chevy Chase Club, October 16, ance in the MSGA-WD Senior -108. 2007 MAmateur a record-smashing Suh, 22, and headed for the Futures success at Piney Branch Golf Club in Tour qualifying school next month won by Hampstead, August 7. The 4-handicapper two shots when none of her closest pursu- from Montgomery CC set single-round ers could gain any ground. Patricia Frohna- and 36-hole standards with her winning Post, women’s golf coach at Georgetown 76-69--135. University and a perennial contender in Her 9-shot advantage on runner-up this event, also had 72 for solo second at Donna Kay Meyer, from Bowie CC, 142. was also a record, and her 69 broke the Amateur Jane Fitzgerald, from Kens- women’s course record of 70 set some 30 ington, making her first major competitive years ago. The course played at 5,318 yards appearance since 2001, showed little or no to a par of 35-36--71. affects of the layoff, as she put up rounds Giusti, 51, playing in the event for the of 73-71--144 for third place in the 68-player Junior Girl Champion Kelly Lynch (center) pictured with first time, and who admitted to an “up-and- Jean Mulcahey (left) and runner-up Suh Hwang (right) field that played a par 35-35--70 layout at down” round the first day, produced a solid 5,817 yards. New MSGA Board second round, driving well and hitting Suh who had four birdies and a double- approach shots that covered the flagstick. bogey in her opening 68, slipped back Members She reached 17 greens in regulation, miss- when she bogeyed two of her first three ing only the 17th, where she made one of holes, but responded later with birdies at Please welcome our new MSGA Board her two bogeys. The other was a three-putt the sixth and ninth to turn even. Com- Members: at the 14th. ing home, she bogeyed the 10th and 18th She birdied two of the first three holes, holes. “I had a headache for much of the Judi Hans, Chartwell CC turned in 2-under-par 33, then birdied the round and was just trying to focus on my 11th and 15th, and ended in even par for game,” she said. Focus she did. Marilyn Snight, The Naval Academy GC the nine. Two of the birdies were from inside 10 feet and the other two from just Lynch takes Junior Melly Tucker, Argyle CC outside that range. “I don’t know where that came from,” Girls Championship the champion said of her record round. elly Lynch, from Severna Park and “I never played like that before.” Her best Chartwell Country Club, had the previous score had been a 73. Klow second-day score of 77, one of only two to break 80 among the 33 play- Spring 2008 Page Three

2008 Tournament 2008 MSGA-WD Board Members Schedule APRIL 26, MAY 3, 10, 17-18 Team Matches Various Sites

MAY 20-21 Woman’s Mid Am Lakewood CC

JUNE 12 Mid Handicap Two Woman Chester River CC

JUNE 23-24 Girls Junior Hog Neck GC Front row: Past President, Stacey Collins; President, Emily DiCicco; Recording Secretary, Sue Bartnick; Treasurer, Paula Sovero; Corresponding Secretary, Criss Brient; Janice Calomiris. Back row: Retiring Member, Beth Carpenter; Vice President, Diane Herndon; Jean Mulcahey; Judi Hans; Marilyn Snight; Melly Tucker; Joankay Kent JUNE 26 Maryland/Virgina The 6th Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge 4 Lady Invitational Junior was held at the Country Club of North Fundraiser Poindexter Cup Caroline’s on the Cardinal course on Ocean City G&Y he Poindexter Cup is two days of August 4th and 5th, 2007. Four Maryland Match Play between 8 Maryland Junior Girls teamed up with four Virginia JULY 11-13 Tjunior girls and 8 Virginia junior Junior Girls and played against 8 Junior Girls Poindexter Cup girls. On the first day 4 Four Ball Matches Girls from both North and South Caroli- Turf Valley GC are played and on the second day 8 Single na. On the first day four ball matches were Matches are played. This year the Virginia held and the Maryland/Virginia Team tied Team hosted the event at the Fredericks- JULY 14-17 the Carolinas Team, 2-2. On the second burg Country Club on July 14 and 15, day single match were played. Maryland/ Woman’s Amateur 2007. Maryland tied Virginia on the first Virginia Team tied the Carolinas Team, Crofton CC day with a 2-2 score. Virginia roared back 4-4. Virginia-Maryland tied Carolinas at with a 6½ -1½ victory on the second day to the 6th Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge, 6-6 JULY 28 retain the Cup with the tournament score and the series is Carolinas 4, Maryland/ Mixed Two Ball of 8½ - 3½. Virginia wins the overall series Virginia 1 and 1 tie. Bulle Rock GC by 8-0-1.

AUGUST 2-3 Girls Mid Atlantic Challenge Danville GC

AUGUST 11-12 Woman’s Senior Amateur Hobbit’s Glen GC

SEPTEMBER 18 Two Woman Pine Ridge GC

OCTOBER 6-7 Woman’s Open CC at Woodmore Co-Captain Paula Sovero, Hilary Lawson (Gaithersburg, Md.), Audra McShane (Ellicott City, Md.), Caroline Sweet (Bowie, Md.), Hayley Milbourn (Baltimore, Md.), Lauren Smith (Crofton, Md.), Kaitlyn Rohrback (Crofton, Md.), Alex Brown (Potomac, Md.), Emily Kwak (Silver Spring, Md.), and Co-Captain Janice Calomiris Spring 2008 Page Four 3rd Annual MSGA-WD 4 Lady Team Invitational Come join us for a “Fun Day of Golf!” to benefit The Junior Girls’ Scholarship Program

When: June 26, 2008 Where: Ocean City Golf Club - Newport Bay Course (Ocean City, MD) Time: 9:00 Shot Gun Start

Entry Fee: $400 per team ($100 goes directly to the junior fund)

Our MSGA Junior Girls will be interacting with the field. 50/50 and Silent Auction during Awards Luncheon

Entry fee includes: Breakfast, lunch, drinks on course, cart fees, door prizes, 2 mulligans per person, and participation in the junior shootout!

Format: Best Two Balls of Foursome - Prizes for Gross and Net

Entries open May 3, 2008 and close June 19, 2008 Please send entry form and check(s) for $400 to:

Maryland State Golf Association - Women’s Division Attn: Paula Sovero 11810 Man O’War Lane Berlin, MD 21811 410-935-5585 Check should be made payable to the MSGA-WD

Name: ______E-mail: ______Club: ______Handicap: _____

MSGA-WD Presents Comprehensive One-Day Golf Rules Seminar Given by USGA Rules Instructors Clyde Luther and Ann Guiberson

Where: The Elkridge Club When: Monday, April 28, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Format: Morning Session - PowerPoint lecture and discussion Afternoon Session - On course instruction at bunker, teeing ground, water hazard, putting green, etc. (Please dress appropriately for outdoor session. No jeans, no cell phones). Cost: $40 (includes continental breakfast, lunch, and a copy of “The Rules of Golf” for 2008-2009)

Attendance will be limited to the first 90 entrants. Golf professionals and amateurs are welcome to attend. No refunds after April 14, 2008

Make $40 check payable to MSGA-WD and send to: Jean Mulcahey, 5615 Hydes Road, Hydes, MD 21082 For further information, call 410-592-8708

Name: ______Phone: ______Address: ______E-mail: ______Spring 2008 Page Five 2008 Team Championship Get your club team together! It’s time to sign up for the MSGA-WD state team matches. Teams consist of 8 women from the same club. Format is four ball match play. Champions bracket and a consolation bracket, so each team will play at least two matches in the competition. Great way to play other member courses in the state of Maryland and get to know other female golfers in the region. Sign up deadline is March 31, 2008. There are only 32 spots available in the bracket, so please get your entries to Marilyn Snight, team match officer in charge, as quickly as possible. See you on the golf course this spring!

2008 Team Championship Entry Form

Tournament Entry Fee: $125 Entry Due Date: March 31, 3008

Club Name: ______

Team Captain: ______

Address: ______

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Home Phone: ______

Cell Phone: ______

E-mail: ______

Send to: Marilyn Snight 936 Mastline Drive annapolis, MD 21401 410-266-5321 [email protected]

credit card to pay for their entry. Other policy will be posted on the web site and be Mid Amateur features of this program allow us to update included in tournament information at our Championship tournament results in real time, email play- championship sites. Look for the clocks on ers with tournament information and allow the golf course so that you know you are at coming in 2008 the player to see that her entry has been the right place at the right time! he MSGA-WD has added another received by the MSGA office. We hope you Championship this year. The Mid enjoy this new feature. TAmateur Championship is open to Maryland golfers 30 years and older. The Pace of Play Policy USGA LOCAL competition will be 36 holes of medal play ver the last two years, the USGA over two days. The Championship Trophy QUALIFYING DATES has instituted a new “pace of play” will be awarded to the low gross score at JULY 8 policy at their National Champi- the close of the competition. Prizes will O Woman’s Amateur Qualifier onships. It is based on timing the entire be awarded for both Net and Gross scores. Chestnut Ridge CC group and requiring them to complete a Our inaugural event will be at Lakewood set amount of holes in a set amount of CC on May 20-21, 2008. AUGUST 12 time. The results of this new program have Woman’s Mid Am Qualifier Sign Up On-Line been excellent and have reduced the time Chevy Chase Club of championship rounds by an average of in 2008 30 minutes. The MSGA-WD is looking AUGUST 14 n 2007, the MSGA-WD upgraded our at our pace of play policy and plans on Woman’s Senior Am Qualifier tournament web site to “Blue Golf”. implementing a new pace of play policy this The Elkridge Club This new software allows our players golf season based on the current USGA I guidelines. Details of the new pace of play to sign up for an event on line and use a Spring 2008 Page Six Their round of 33-32--65 over the Silver Spring course was 6 under par of 36-35--71, with the men playing at 6,413 yards, and the women, 5,686 yards, in the selected drive-alternate shot event. Sandee Carmen, from Mountain Branch GC, and Chris Baloga, from Eagle’s Nest, won low net with 72-10-62. Eve Andrzejewski-Steve Comings, Fort Meade, collected second net with 78-12-66. Lane and Talbert take Mid-Two Championship ev Lane narrowly missed a winning chipin for birdie, but the ensuing 2007 Women’s Maryland State Team Champions - Congressional Country Club. Back row: Janice Calomiris, CeCe Brooks, tap-in was enough to produce vic- Christine Brown, Corrie Tayman, Sunny Alsup, Linda Smith. Seated: Maggie Brady, Erin Williams, Deborah Williams, Alex B Brown. Not pictured: Sara O’Neill tory for her and partner Karen Talbert on the fourth playoff hole of the 10th annual Congressional Country Club. During this run, Congres- MSGA-WD Two Women Mid-Handicap sional never lost more than 3 points in any Championship at Whiskey Creek Golf Does it Again! match. Club in Ijamsville, August 28. ongressional Country Club won Team members who helped their clubs The Congressional CC team was tied the 2007 MSGA Women’s Team get to the finals but who did not play on with Hunt Valley GC’s Donna Eich-Nicky CChampionship Sunday, May 20, sunday were congressional’s Cece Brooks Vornholt at the end of regulation, as each 2007 by defeating Sparrows Point Country and Linda Smith and Sparrow’s Point’s returned 40-41--81 to head the 36-team Club 8 ½ to 3 ½ . On this sunny, blustery Janice Dent. field. At the playoff holes, they went bogey- afternoon, the Congressional team claimed In the first flight, Maryland Golf and bogey-par before Lane’s winning effort. its fifth consequtive victory. For the Country Club defeated Towson Golf by a The winners teamed well, especially in fourth straight season, Sparrows Point was score of 8 ½ to 3 ½. the overtime, where Talbert drained putts runner-up. from 20 feet at the second playoff hole (No. At Congressional, team captain Corrie Lawson and Kim 1) and 15 feet at the third one (No. 18) to Tayman and her partner Sarah O’Neill extend the session won the 8th and 9th holes to take the front Two Ball Champs Eligibility required a combined index nine one up over Jessica Fernandez and of at least 30, with no individual handicap Toni Lekas. The back nine remained a tie higher than 36, and a difference of no until Tayman made a birdie on 16 and par more than eight strokes between the part- on the tricky 17th hole to claim all three ners. Lane is a 13 handicap and Talbert, a points. The team of Maggie Brady and 17. Deborah Williams also won the front nine 1 up and closed out the match on 17 to win all 3 points from Sparrows Point’s Jan Peterka and Beverly Santel. The strongest showing by Sparrows Point was the 3 points won at their club by team captain Cindy Peterka and her partner Amy Tolton against Janice Calomiris and Erin Williams. In the second match Winners of the Two Ball Championship, Joseph Kim and Hilary Lawson at Sparrows Point, Congressional sisters Christine and Alex Brown took 2 ½ points. eenagers Hilary Lawson, from Mont- They split the front nine and went on to gomery Village G&CC, and Joseph close out Janice Misey and Lillian Suliga on TKim, Redgate GC, birdied the first the 16th hole. three holes, added three more on the back On their way to this final match, nine, and won the annual Mixed Two Ball Congressional followed a first round bye tournament conducted by the Women’s with wins over Montgomery Country Club, Division of the MSGA at Argyle Country Mid-Two Championship Winners Karen Talbert and Beverly Holly Hills Country Club, and Argyle Club, July 27. Lane Page Six Spring 2008 Page Seven Larrimore and USGA State Team he USGA State Team Champion- players, they were all on the same page Tayman Two- ship was played at the The Wood- when it came to playing like Champions! Woman Champs Tlands in Houston, TX this past Maryland finished in 15th place out September. The women of Maryland of 51 teams representing the United were well represented by Corrie Tayman, States. A great showing for 3 players Congressional CC, Lisa Schlesinger, who had never played in this national Norbeck CC and Kaitlyn Rohrback, championship and who had never played Crofton CC. together as a team until they all met up This year’s team spanned 3 genera- in Texas. More importantly we beat our tions of players. Lisa Schlesinger was neighboring states of Virginia, Delaware, affectionately known as G-Ma by our Pennsylvania, West Virginia and the youngest contestant, 15 year old Kaitlyn District of Columbia. Rohrback and Corrie Tayman repre- Please pass along your congratula- sented generation X. Although there was tions to these fine players when you see Two Woman Team Champions, Corrie Tayman and Christy a difference in the ages of our Maryland them on the links in 2008. Larrimore orrie Tayman, from Congressional Country Club, and Christy Lar- Crimore, from the Suburban Club in Baltimore, each a past MSGA Women’s Amateur titlist, combined for a bogey-free 6-under-par 33-33--66, and a three-stroke victory in the 14th annual MSGA-WD’s Two-Woman Team championship in the rain at Manor CC in Rockville, September 11. Lisa Schlesinger-Deb Pearson finished second in the 34-team field with 34-35--69. Schlesinger previously had won this event three times with Andrea Kraus, who is now a professional. Schlesinger and Tayman, along with Kaitlyn Rohrbach, 15, from Crofton, represented Maryland in the USGA’s annual State Team championship (54 holes, stroke play) at The Woodlands, outside of Houston, Texas, Sept. 18-20. For the victors; Larrimore, the 2004 Amateur champion, had four birdies, including a 20-foot putt for one of them, and Tayman, who beat Schlesingeer for the 2007 Amateur crown in July, chipped in Maryland State Team at the USGA Team Championships in Woodlands, TX: (l to r) Corrie Tayman, Kaitlyn Rorhback, and Lisa Schlesinger twice. Schlesinger had four birdies in the first 13 holes, but the pair followed with two successive bogeys, before Pearson got Sign up for MSGA- Thinking of being a one back with a birdie at the 18th that ensured the runner-up position. WD Team Matches Volunteer? Entries are now open for the MSGA-WD The MSGA-WD is always looking to get Team Match Championship. Get your women involved in our state organization. team together and come out and play this If you are interested in tournament admin- Check out Spring! Applications are available on our istration, the rules of golf, course rating or web site at www.msga.org. Questions about would just like to help promote the game all the latest the event should be directed to the Officer in the state, please let us know who you are. news at in Charge – Marilyn Snight. She may be Send an email to [email protected] reached at the following email address: and let her know your interests. www.msga.org [email protected]. Spring 2008 Page Eight ask the staff at your club. As an alternative, MSGA Women fill IGN Required on your full IGN number is printed on your Entry Forms handicap label each month, along with USGA Leadership your local handicap number. he MSGA now has the capability Roles to automatically verify handicap Tindexes of all amateur competitors Join MSGA-WD for who enter an MSGA Championship, but the system does not work if the player does Rules Clinic not provide the correct IGN number on lease join us at The Elkridge Club on the entry/registration form. April 28, 2008 to brush up on your What is your IGN number? PRules of Golf Knowledge (see page Your International Golf Network num- four for more information). ber (IGN) is what you use to post scores on the handicap computer at another club for return to your home club. The IGN Stacey Collins – number is made up of your five-digit club USGA Women’s Committee number, including the suffix. For example, if your club number is 20530, and your Pat Kaufman – handicap number is 555-1, your IGN num- USGA Executive Committee ber is 20530551. If your club does not use Jean Mulcahey – suffices, then the final digit is “0.” So, for USGA Women’s Mid Amateur Committee #20530 and golfer number 1234, the IGN number would be 2053012340. Rules Chair Jean Mulcahey at work during the MSGA-WD Emily DiCicco (not pictured) – If you do not know your club number, one day rules clinic USGA Regional Associations Committee

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