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Please join us on Sunday, August 15, 2010 for a round of golf and a delicious summertime dinner at Mendon Country Club, one of the finest private golf clubs in the Rochester area.
This event is open to EWGA members and non-members.
Prizes for the golf event will be based on the Callaway scoring system, a popular way to score one-time events where competitors may not have established handicaps.
We’ll be teeing off at 1:00 pm. The cost is $75.00 for EWGA Members and $90.00 for Non-Members, and includes 18 holes of golf, cart, dinner, and prizes.
But don’t delay! The deadline to register is August 9, 2010.
You have two options to register. You can download a form here and mail it to us with a check.
Or you can register online and pay by credit card or Paypal. (If you do choose this method, please note that there is a $3 surcharge to cover processing fees.)
See you on the course!
We’re done — we think — tweaking our new forum!
As we announced in our latest email, we’ve created an online forum where our EWGA chapter members can connect with other members to set up “golf dates.”
This is a private forum. You need to register to post to it — or even view it.
To register, follow the link under FORUM on the left hand sidebar.
And please let us know if you run into problems! This is all new functionality for our site. We think we’ve worked out all the snags. But then, we also thought we were going to play scratch golf last weekend ha ha ha ha ha
 The Champion Hills club house. Does it get any better than this? Nine-hole fun scramble with great wine and food — at Rochester’s newest private golf course?
We think not!
Let’s start with the course.
Champion Hills Country Club
Champion Hills County Club is a beautiful, 9-hole private golf course that just opened this spring. It was designed by Golf Course Architect Barry L. Jordan, who, according to the Champion Hills website, “believes that a golf course that exhibits sound design principles, compositional beauty, and thrilling golf, is the product of an Architect’s ability to arrange its features and forms in both an artistic and functional manner.”
 View of the 9th green at Champion Hills Country Club. The Golf
What better setting for a round of golf? Our Wine & Nine will feature a nine-hole fun scramble. Carts are included with the registration fee.
You’ll be one of the first in the Rochester area to play this great new course!
Our event will also feature food, wine, and prizes.
Are you ready?
Mark your calendar! This event is Friday, May 21. Tee-off is at 5:00, registration begins at 4:30 pm. Champion Hills is located at 675 Championship Dr. Victor, NY.
The cost is $50 to EWGA members and $60 to non-members.
Deadline for registration is May 13, so download your registration form here today.
Think learning golf rules is boring?
Think again!
Our Rules, Etiquette, and Handicap Clinic (Tuesday, April 27, 6-7:30 pm, Ravenwood Golf Club) is going to be FUN.
How much fun? We caught up with PGA Pro Todd Riolo, who is teaching the rules and etiquette portion of this clinic to ask him what he’s got in mind.
(Wendy Bolton, our Handicap Chair, will host the handicap presentation after Todd finishes his portion of the clinic.)
Hands-On = Faster Grasp of Rules Procedures
One thing that caught our interest: Todd will be taking us right out onto the course for hands-on demonstrations of golf rules.
Why do this? Because seeing how golf rules are applied in a real-world situation makes it easier to understand them.
“It’s not always easy to understand from someone’s description, or from a diagram on a board,” Todd explains. “What does it mean to take two club lengths? What direction do you take them? When you actually see someone demonstrate procedures, you really understand how to do them yourself.”
Todd emphasizes that he won’t be covering little-used or obscure rules, just the ones he calls “every day rules of golf:” the rules we use all the time when we play — or try to. “You’d be surprised how many people don’t know the rules very well,” he says.
Even the pros need help, sometimes!
That includes pros, Todd adds. At this year’s Friday round of the Augusta Masters Tournament, for instance, Ernie Els nearly took a ball drop when he didn’t need to (he thought his ball had gone into a water hazard on #15 but it hadn’t — it was still in play). Had he not been stopped by fans, he would have taken an unnecessary 1-stroke penalty.
“Rules are there to help the player,” Todd explains. “If you know the rules, you can take advantage of them to help you put up the best possible score.”
Another situation Todd sees all the time: people think it’s okay to set rules, as long as everybody in their group agrees. “Just because everyone else in your foursome says ‘yes’ doesn’t mean you’re following the rules.”
On the contrary: you can incur a penalty just for agreeing to break a golf rule!
A supportive setting
Todd is also committed to helping clinic attendees feel comfortable. “I want people to ask questions.” Sometimes people worry that their question is “dumb” — but they shouldn’t. “The person sitting next to you probably has the same question,” he says.
Have a rules or etiquette question you’d rather not ask in front of the group?
No problem! Just write it down and give it to Todd before the clinic starts, and he’ll cover it anonymously during the class.
There will be dinner specials. Wine specials!
We said it was going to be fun, and we meant it!
Ravenwood — which has a completely new and gorgeous bar and dining room — will be offering dinner and wine specials to clinic attendees.
It’ll be a great chance to socialize and enjoy one of Rochester’s premiere public golf facilities.
And . . this clinic is free to EWGA members
Not only that, but we’re now making it easier than ever to register. Just enter your name, phone number, and email address below.
(Non-members, if you register using the form below, please bring your $10 payment the evening of the clinic.)
 Personal trainer Helene Sallerson emphasized proper form during the Rochester EWGA women's golf fitness class. Her routines included many core strength exercises like this one, for abdominals. We’re almost there!
This coming Saturday is the sixth and final week of the EWGA Golf Fitness Class with personal trainer Helene Sallerson.
And what a great experience it’s been! Helene has been fantastic. She’s helped us strengthen all the major muscle groups we need to swing a club, from core and upper body to glutes.
Yes, we found ourselves a bit stiff and sore the next morning — especially those first few weeks. But we’ve also seen results — and we’ve learned some great new fitness techniques and habits.
And just in time for the 2010 golf season, too!
Our golf clinics, described here, are an inexpensive way to tune up your game.
But what if you want more in-depth help?
No problem. Just sign up for our Golf Instructional Series, a program that provides four hours total of instruction offered over two sessions. You get “hands on” instruction in a small group setting — enabling the pros to give you more personal attention and focus than in our clinics.
We’re offering two Instructional Series programs this year.
Saving Strokes
The Saving Strokes Series is geared toward more experienced golfers.
Tuesdays, May 25 & June 1
6:00 – 8:00 pm @ Irondequoit Country Club
Brian Jacobs, PGA Professional
Download a registration form for Saving Strokes here.
Get Golf Ready
Get Golf Ready is targeted at inexperienced or beginning golfers.
Wednesdays, June 9 & June 16
6:00 – 8:00 pm @ Ravenwood Golf Club
Ann Pangman Esterman, LPGA Professional
Download a registration form for Get Golf Ready here.
The cost for each instructional series is $125 for EWGA Members and $ 150 for Non-Members. Participation is limited so be sure to sign up today!
Whoo hoo, we’ve got our 2010 women’s golf leagues scheduled!
It’s another great line-up this year, everything from a 6-week beginner’s league at to our weekend travel league!
See below for the list — and here’s what else you need to know if you’re interested in signing up for one of our leagues:
- After the kick-off: League registration forms will be posted for download from this website no later than Monday, March 22. (Click on the Subscribe button in our left hand sidebar to join our mailing list, and you’ll receive a notice when the forms are posted.)
- League spots are granted on a first-come, first-served basis. Sign up ASAP to help ensure you’ll have a chance at your league of choice. (And did we mention, come to our Kick-Off?)
- EWGA members get preference for league spots! We do allow non-members to play in our leagues, however, until March 30, EWGA members will be moved “to the front of the line” for open league spots. EWGA members also receive discounts on league fees.
Our Leagues
- Ravenwood GC League Session 1. Mondays 5:30 PM. Start date: May 3, runs 8 weeks.
- Ravenwood GC League Session 2. Mondays 5:30 PM. Start date: July 12, runs 5 weeks.
- The Brookwoods CC League. Tuesdays 5:15 PM. Start date: May 4, runs 10 weeks (non-consecutive).
- Champion Hills Beginners League. Tuesdays PM 5:30 PM. Start date May 25, runs 6 weeks.
- Victor Hills GC League. Wednesdays 5:00 PM. Start date: April 28, runs 16 weeks.
- Country Club of Mendon League. Thursdays 5:15 PM. Start date May 13, runs 11 weeks (non-consecutive).
- Weekend Recreational Golf League. Plays at Courses throughout the Rochester Area. Start date May 23.
We’ll be posting additional information about league format etc. in the coming days.
We’re also working to form a league on the west side, so stay tuned for news on that as well!
As promised, here is the registration form for the 2010 Kick-Off Brunch of the Rochester Region, NY Chapter of the EWGA.
- Location: Midvale Country Club, 2387 Baird Rd., Penfield
- Date: Saturday, March 20
- Time: 10:00 am – noon
- Cost: $20 (includes brunch)
- Dress: Country club attire is requested; no denim, please.
This event is open to all Rochester women golfers. Seating is limited, so please get your registration form into us ASAP.
It’s going to be a great event!
Our featured guest is Sports Psychology Consultant Shannon Walton, who will be giving a talk on “golf and positive self-talk.” Click here to read our website interview with Shannon.
And that’s not all
We’ll be giving away door prizes.
We’ll be holding a drawing for a free one-year membership, open to women who register to join the EWGA for the first time at the kick-off.
Former member thinking of re-joining? The EWGA is waiving the $25 reinstatement fee to former members who re-join at the chapter kick-offs.
The kick-off is also your opportunity to sign up for our EWGA chapter leagues, clinics, and mentoring program.
Rochester women’s golf leagues
The Rochester Region, NY Chapter of the EWGA runs a number of leagues at various courses for women golfers throughout the Rochester area — and we’ll have details and sign-up sheets at the Kick-Off. Note that although our leagues are also open to non-members, we give priority to EWGA members, and some of our leagues do fill up quickly. Members also receive discounted pricing on leagues.
Golf clinics to help women work on their games
We’ll have details, dates, and locations for our 2010 EWGA golf clinics available at the kick-off. These clinics are a great way for women golfers in the Rochester area to improve their golfing skills!
Mentoring program
New to the game of golf? Why not sign up for the EWGA Fairway Friends golf mentoring program? Through this program, beginning women golfers are paired with experienced golfers who will answer their golf-related questions and take them golfing at least twice during the 2010 season. Click here to read more about this program.
EWGA membership information and registration forms will also be available at the event.
Remember: Seating at this event is limited! Please download and mail your registration form today to reserve your seat!
Country club attire requested. No denim please.
Are you a Rochester woman interested in learning the game of golf?
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a golf mentor to help you?
We think so, too! That’s why the Rochester Region, NY Chapter of the EWGA is thrilled about the 2010 EWGA Fairway Friends golf mentoring program.
EWGA members who sign up for the Fairway Friends program will be assigned to an experienced woman golfer who can help answer golf-related questions.
Your mentor will also play golf with you at least a couple of times this summer to help you learn your way around a golf course. And she’ll help you identify EWGA activities you might want to participate in — so you can meet other women golfers and work on your game.
Program mentors — and “mentees” — also receive free gifts
But wait! There’s more! The Fairway Friends program sponsor, Be the Ball 4U, is giving a free ball marker and divot tool to all Fairway Friends mentors. Fairway Friends mentees receive a free golf accessories pouch.
Sound interesting? We’ll have a Fairway Friends sign-up sheet at our March 20 Kick Off event at Midvale Country Club.
Or drop us a note using the form below, and we’ll contact you about the program as we get closer to the golf season.
We just got some great news from national: as a special incentive, EWGA is waiving the $25 reinstatement fee for former members to join at Chapter Kick-Off events.
This means you can more affordably renew your membership.
So if you’re a former member thinking of rejoining, please plan to join us on Saturday March 20 at Midvale Country Club, 10:00 am to noon. See you then!
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Contact Rochester Region, NY Chapter of the EWGA
PO Box 863 Pittsford, New York 14534
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