September 2012 - Plantation Bay - Golf & Country Club

Golf News
CLUB DE BONMONT WOMEN’S
GOLF ASSOCIATION
The CDBWGA
finished their season
on April 26, with a
closing luncheon and
election of officers.
The 2012-2013
Board consists of
Carol Widerberg as
President, Diane 2012-2013 CDBWGA Officers:
Huber as Vice Marian Gamin, Diane Huber, Carol
Widerberg and Marie Connolly.
President, Marian
Gamin as Secretary and Marie Connolly as Treasurer. Sally
Marsh and Dawn Laylock will be Tournament Co-
Chairpersons. A sincere “thank-you and job well done” to
the retiring Board: Anita Gentile, President; Ellie
Glaysher, Vice President; Pat Miller, Secretary; and Debbie
Zorn, Treasurer.
Our Member/Member tournament was a 2-week event
held April 5 & 12. The winning twosome was Lois
Wilhelm and Frankie Fundis. Congratulations to them,
and to all the other winners of this great event!
Seven members of our league participated in the
Volusia County Women’s Golf Club tournament on April
23 & 24 at LPGA, playing both the Legends and
Champions golf courses. Five ladies finished in the money,
so congratulations to Diane Huber, Frankie Fundis, Carol
Widerberg, Anita Gentile and Shirley English!
We are still playing on Thursdays during the summer,
so come out and join in the fun! Sign-up sheets are posted
on the bulletin board.
See you on Opening Day, September 20!
Carol Widerberg, President
386-586-7194, cweed50@bellsouth.net
PRO TIPS BY ULRIKA SMITH
With a creative short game, you can save a lot of
strokes around the greens. A good rule of thumb is
anytime you can get the ball rolling as soon as possible,
the fewer margins for error. One club that comes in
very handy around the greens is the hybrid. The reason
why it works so well is that it has enough loft for the
ball to get slightly airborne so it doesn’t get caught up
in the grain. The other advantage is that the hybrid
slides through grass easily because of its rounded sole.
Hybrids come in a variety of lofts (18, 21, 23, 27 etc.)
but if you don’t yet own one, a fairway wood (7, 5, 3
wood) will do the trick as well.
How to play the shot:
Think of this shot as a putt, only replaced by your
hybrid/fairway wood. Place your hands farther down
the grip, almost to the shaft and use your regular grip
or putting grip. Take a narrow stance as well as get
really close to the ball. You can tweak the ball position
to your liking, just remember that a ball placed closer
to the target side in your stance will come out a little
higher and softer than one in the back of your stance.
The ball tends to come out with a lot of speed, so
you can hit this shot very gently and still get the
desired result.
When to play the shot:
• When your ball is nestled up right between the
fringe and the green.
• When you are off the green and have a little too
much fringe to go through for the putter.
• When your ball is caught up in the rough right
next to the green.
• When you face a bare spot that will be tricky to
chip from.
JANET LEONARD
Hole-In-One, #4 North
3/27/12
NILA PITILLO
Hole-In-One, #5 West
4/3/12
IDA COMMINS
Hole-In-One, #6 North
4/10/12
Hip, Hip Hooray!
Congratulations to our members who
excelled on the courses this quarter!
JOYCE MCCARTHY
Hole-In-One, PW #11
4/22/12
CAROL BANKS
Hole-In-One, PW #7
5/12/12
TOM MCCALL
Eagle, #8 North
3/9/12
OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENT
DANNAE KARINS
Eagle, #1 North
3/15/12
JOE ORR
Eagle, #5 & #6 South
3/17/12 & 5/26/12
BILL FUNCHEON
Eagle, #2 North
3/27/12
KRISTEN BISHOP
Shot Personal Best - 68
5/3/12
JOHN WARNE
Eagle, #8 PW
GEORGE
HUTCHINSON
Eagle, #6 South
5/5/12
SONNY HOWARD
Eagle, #18 PW
5/11/12
MIA PORIS
Eagle, #14
4/24/12
PAT HUNT
Eagle, #1 North
5/10/12
ED RASKIN
Eagle, #6 South
5/24/12
RICHARD
STUTCHFIELD
Eagle, #9 North
5/31/12