Portland Newsletter                  "9 and Unwind"  Month                    May 2016
In This Issue
IMPORTANT REMINDERS

2016 Portland Chapter Championship
Our involvement in the world's  largest golf tournament for women amateurs starts July 16 with our Chapter Championship at Quail Valley Golf Course
in Banks.
You must establish a handicap by July 1 and have posted 2 18-hole rounds by then. 
 
NEW MEMBERS
Welcome to EWGA
 
Bonnie Stutzman 
Megan McCarthy 
Priscilla Kisling   
Margaret Mathews  
Marie Morris   
Joni Shimabukuro   
Marti Bowne   
Anita Harlan   
Diane Keleher  
Kathryn Stromvig   
Jennifer Wood   
Angela Nutt   
Jennifer Kimble  
Tammy Mills  

If you are a new member but your name has not appeared in the newsletter yet, HQ may still be processing your info. Contact Marilyn Morfitt at memberrecruitment
@ewgapdx.com with
any questions.

BIRTHDAYS
Happy Birthday this month to members:

Lindsay Braukman
Tiffany Helleson
Jennifer Piper
Ronnie-Gail Emden
Holly Danks
Mary Wise

2016 EWGA-PDX BOARD
President
Jodenne Scott
president

Marketing Director
Allison Lindsay
 
Communications
Director
Holly Danks
newsletter
@ewgapdx.com  
 
Finance &
Records Director
Judi Speck
 
Golf Programs &
Services Director
Leslie Riester

 

Member Recruitment
Director
Marilyn Morfitt
 
Member Services
Director
Cherie Maas-Anderson
Events Director
Susan Weiner

 

Leagues

Mary Pat Wlazik

league@ewgapdx.com 

 

Education

Bonnie LaFord

education@ewgapdx.com

  

Handicap

Jeanne Biggerstaff

 

For a chart on the 

Flex Board Model and what our directors oversee, click here.  

 

Your Board usually meets the first Tuesday of each month at the Gustav's across from Washington Square.
 Members are welcome.

  
PIN HIGH WITH THE PRESIDENT
Jodenne Scott
Season starts with golf and sharing
Our Portland Chapter stacks up with the best and biggest, Jodenne learned at the recent EWGA 25th Anniversary Conference. Read her letter to find out what made her proud and what she is bringing back to make us even better!  
MEMBER NEWS
Terrie Mashall and
Nancy Lopez
Terrie Marshall out-
drives LPGA legend  
Terrie Marshall, longtime EWGA-PDX member, scored another Bucket List dream when she played recently with golf superstar Nancy Lopez.
Ms. Scott goes to Washington
EWGA-PDX president energizes DC  
Our own Jodenne Scott is such a go-getter and vibrant speaker that she is being recognized by the Department of Energy for her work making Shari's Cafe & Pies more energy efficient. She is attending a Better Buildings Alliance Energy Summit and a special recognition dinner at the White House. Tuesday, before 800 attendees at the Summit, Jodenne will give a 5-minute "Ted Talk" on Shari's energy efforts. And it all started, Jodenne says, "because I got bored one day" and was looking at her job description. Click here to read her speech.

MEMBER RECRUITMENT 

Welcome Back, Welcome Aboard
Spots going fast for Welcome Scramble    
Sign up tonight for one of the few spots left and save $5 on our first event of the season. Click here to read details on next Saturday's Welcome Back, Welcome Aboard Scramble, Brunch & Orientation at Claremont Golf Club. If the tee times are filled, please still sign up to attend for the socializing, food and info on the website, handicaps, golf rules and etiquette. Click here to register. You may be placed on a waiting list for the golf. 
Marilyn Morfitt
Member Recruitment

Entice friends with $10 off and win!  
Invite a friend to play at any of our events or leagues in May and you will be entered to win a foursome at Pumpkin Ridge. Read details of our New Members & Friends Contest here. And new and prospective members get $10 off events the rest of the month.
2016 KICKOFF
Sierra Burgess, blind golfer, tells her story  at the Kickoff
Kickoff raises money, awareness, fun 
The recent Kickoff, with nearly 90 attendees, raised $200 for The First Tee of Greater Portland and $640 for our Chapter on a sunny, fun day at Charbonneau Golf Club. Read details here and click here for photos.
LEAGUES
Mary Pat Wlazik, League director
Register by May 25 for June Leagues  
All Leagues will be up and running in June, including the morning League at RedTail. Sign-up deadline is May 25 for June Leagues. Click here to register for Leagues. And don't forget to sign up to sub if you can't commit to playing every week. 
WEEKEND EVENTS
Ann Akre at Stone Creek 2011 CC
Stone Creek
Try out 4-Ball Match Play at Stone Creek 
Here's a chance to try Match Play in a comfortable setting on Memorial Day. Click here for details of the May 30 event at Stone Creek Golf Club. Those new to Four Ball will be teamed with experienced players -- and EWGA-PDX boasts the best in the country! There is a stroke-play option if you don't want to try Four Ball. Click here to register by this Friday, May 13, for Early Birdie savings.  
 
Judi Speck skirts trouble at Quail Valley No. 2
Practice makes perfect, or so it goes 
If you plan to play in our Chapter Championship or just want to enjoy a relatively flat course on a nice day in June, read about our Mock Championship at Quail Valley here. The Early Birdie deadline for the June 18 event is June 1. Sign up here. 
 
Brasada Canyons, near Redmond, is on
our trip calendar
Have clubs, will travel -- plan now!   
It's not too early to start planning for our big trips to the North Coast in August and Central Oregon in September. Spots on these fun golf adventures fill fast and you need to book your own lodging in advance. Read about the trips here and then sign up here.
 
EDUCATION
Colwood Skills Clinic

3 skills, 3 pros and practice at Colwood 
Sharpen your short game before the Chapter Championship with our last clinic on June 11. You'll get immediate feedback playing Colwood's Par-3 course afterward. Click here to register by May 27 for Early Birdie savings. 
COMMUNICATIONS
Do you use ewgapdx.com's hidden helpers?
Check out Charity Events, other tabs 
Ewgapdx.com is more than a place to register for events and find out the latest news. Did you know there is a Charity Events tab under the Events heading on the green bar? Click it to find worthy causes that offer golf. If you have a charity event you know of or want publicized, email newsletter@ewgapdx.com. And if you want to publicize a non-charity event, such as a women's club tournament, you can always post it yourself on our website by going to Resources/Chapter Blogs.
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NATIONAL NEWS
National Golf Day
 
Join the conversation Wedneday, May 18, the ninth annual National Golf Day, to tout the impact golf has in this country. With an economic impact of $70 billion a year and a charitable impact of $4 billion, golf has created more than 2 million jobs and 15,200 businesses. Plus it's a great way to spend the day outdoors, having fun with friends and burning calories.
Tell everybody you know that you love golf -- and EWGA!

Women's Golf Day
The inaugural Women's Golf Day is planned for Tuesday, June 7. Women and girls will be especially welcomed to golf facilities throughout the world that evening. Watch your  ewgapdx.com website and blasts to see what is planned locally. 
 
THANKS TO OUR
CHAPTER SPONSORS

Please patronize our Portland Chapter sponsors and our EWGA National Sponsors and Vendors!

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