When planning an EWGA LI Golf Outing, there are three things that you keep your fingers and toes crossed for : that everyone will have an enjoyable day, pace of play will be strong and the weather will cooperate. For the EWGA LI Meet & Mingle held on June 20th at The Greens in Melville Golf Course, all three things worked out very well. Based on the smiles and laughter that were evidenced all day, it appeared the 66 ladies who came out to play in the event had a wonderful time.
According to Terry Wolters, "This is by far the best Golf Outing! The course is wonderful, the food is great and it's so much fun!"
The theme for the event was "FLOWER POWER!" But no one had to be told what the theme was, as there were obvious telltale signs everywhere! There were multi-colored tissue paper flowers on every golf cart, flower shaped balloons everywhere you looked, a florally decorated cart program, flowered golf flag centerpieces, flowered golf cart signs, floral decorated drawing prizes and each foursome had the name of a flower on their name tags! Members and their guests also showed off their floral fashion attire very creatively and those who went above and beyond were recognized with a special trophy! The overall florally fashion winner was Vivian Zaffuto.
After enjoying a lovely brunch, the ladies headed out to play 18 holes on the very well maintained, extremely women-friendly and well manicured golf course. There were several Closest to the Pin Contests, Longest Drive contests and a few fun holes where players could only use one club from tee to green. On another hole, no putters were allowed. You had to get creative with one of your other clubs to put the ball in the hole. A lot of laughs were had and a good time was had by all.
The Closest to the Pin Contest winners : Bobbie Turner (<24), Barbara Bartoszak (25+), Stella Klepper (<24) and Barbara Hoffman (25+).
The Longest Drive Contest winners : Maureen Mahoney (<24 ; 2 holes), Carmela Murphy(25+) & Frances Motolla (25+).
Best Ball/Scramble team winners :
Best Ball Low Gross team : Frances Mottola, Liz Rye, Vivien Schecter & Terry Wolters.
Best Ball Low Net team: Barbara Bartoszak, Barbara Gil, Lenore Graham, & Theresa Oropallo
Scramble Team : Denise Leto, Kitty Leno, Jean Pascale & Barbara Hoffman
Upon returning to the Clubhouse for cocktails & dinner, the ladies feasted on various passed hors d'oeuvres while looking over the drawing prizes and making their selections. A lovely assortment of drawing prizes was on hand; one prize was nicer than the next, which made it hard to decide which prizes you wanted to take a chance on! Several sponsors provided some of the grand prizes such as a Hot Tub Weekend from the Hot Tub Factory. Chick on the Go provided an outfit and Tangers offered several gift cards.
The dinner buffet included a delicious fresh seafood spread set out on a larger-than-life ice sculpture of the EWGA logo. There was filet mignon and turkey at the carving station, grilled vegetables, various cheeses, pastas and salad plus much more!
A very special THANK YOU to the Golf Events Committee whose tremendous efforts made the day a huge success! Liz Rye, Wendy Wansor, Carole DiPaola, Sue Foehrenbach, Vivian Zaffuto, Alice Miller, Jill Kornman, Helen Ferro, Lorraine Bocci, Barbara Bartoszak, & Annamarie Gargan-Caerbert.
See you at the next outing at Cold Spring Country Club on August 15th.!
