Highlights & Milestones

• 2022 –
  

  Couples 2 Lady Scramble:

  With the “feels like” temps soaring well over 100 degrees, the ladies braved the heat wave and posted some fine scores :  The winners [survivors ?] were:

  • Annika Flight – Linda Knight / Louise Jacobson – 85
  • Lydia Flight – Sandy Pogue / Jackie Wright – 85
  • Nellie Flight – Patti Smith / Cathy Walker – 103

  Note : By popular demand, the marks the final Couples 2 Lady Scramble…..the end of an era !! In the future we will be playing 4 Lady Scrambles exclusively.

  4 Lady Scrambles:

  8 a.m. starts and cooler weather were blessings ! The winners were:

  Wednesday at the Palmer Course:

  • Annika Flight – Lali Publow / Jackie Wright / Sandy Pogue / LuAnn Klevecz – 75
  • Lydia Flight – Marilyn Gustin / Linda Knight / Kathy Morrison / Mary Lujan – 79

  Thursday at the Player Course:

  • Annika Flight – Judy Rowe / Sandy Pogue / Louise Jacobson / Jackie Wright – PD ’71 !!
  • Lydia Flight – Cathy McClelland / Kathy Morrison / Sara Martin / Linda Knight – 80

  Friday at The Brute:

  • Patti Smith  / Cordy Arnold / Sandy Pogue – 73                 

  Summary:

  We were delighted to have a total of 21 ladies who tee’d it up 82 times across the 4 days. By far, the highlight of each round happened at the ladies table at the lunch afterwards. Hubbies could not understand why their ladies were cool and already served by the time they straggled in. All look forward to our return to the Penn National venue in Fall of 2023.

• 2019 – Hard to believe that it has been 16 years since we sold the 3 first ever ladies teams in the high stakes Calcutta at the Albuquerque Shootout in 2003.  Good news : Our ladies seem to be getting younger and more beautiful ever year ! We had 26 of our lovelies tee it up at Fayetteville. It was particularly nice to welcome rookies : Cathy McClelland, Cathy Walker and Barbara Nido. We were also delighted to have guests, Bev Land and Robyn James [ Class A Ladies Professional !], along for the ride. The 4 competitions were exceptionally tightly contested each day….a putt here and there made all the difference. Here is how is went : Couples 2 Lady Scramble : The perennial powerhouse team of Linda Knight and Louise Jacobson smoked the Annika Flight by 6 shots`with a 71 . Then Barbara Nido and Carol Erwin won the Lexi Flight in a scorecard playoff with the outstanding score of 64! At Iron Forge, Lou Rhyne, Sandy Poque, Linda Knight and Cordy Arnold brought home the bacon in another scorecard playoff with all teams finishing within 4 shots of each other. At Waynesboro CC, the winners were Susan Nelson, Val Yakovac, Barbara Nido, Carol Irwin and Robyn James. This team was stacked! At the Founders Course, Janet MacLaren, Anne Schrader, Carol Irwin, Lou Rhyne and Val Yakovac just nipped the 2nd place team by a single shot as all teams again finished within 4 shots of the lead. ….and a great time was had by all and all of us looking forward to Lake Geneva ! Its been too long !!
• 2012 – Sandy Pogue records first LGA Ace ever!!!
• 2011 – Ladies{36}/Couples{26} set pool & academy participation records!
• 2009 – The Inaugural 2 lady Scramble Competition is held in conjunction with Couples play. The “Pink Lord” joins the LGA staff to establish 2 lady team handicaps. Molly Jensen and Sandy Pjesky are the first ever 2-Lady Scramble Champions!!
• 2006 – Some of the ladies start playing all 4 days.
• 2005 – Scramble entry fee raised to $10/rd . Team closest to the pin prizes initiated.
• 2004 – Couples Golf gains traction : 4 ladies played in the “practice” round paired w/ their husbands.
  Inaugural 4 Lady Scramble Competition : $5 entry fee and cash “team” prizes awarded.
  Ladies played on the 1st and 3rd competition days.
• 2003 – The LGA is born !!! Three 4somes formed to play scramble format and were sold in the Calcutta at great expense to their respective husbands.
  The Birdie Chicks: Cathy McHenry, Magdalena Socea, Jean Ritchie, Lali Publow
  The Bogey Babes: Sara Martin, Barbara Rhodes, Chris Brooks, Deb Schnabel
  The Hacker Honeys: Merci Hutchison, Cordy Arnold, Janet McLaren, Lynn Richardson
  Note : Lali Publow broke some sort of barrier when she played with a men’s 4some in the 1st round of the competition.
• 2002 – See first ever lady golfer photo at link.
• 2001 – First ever couples foursome played : Merci and Scott Hutchison w/ Cordy and Arch Arnold
• 2000 – The first lady golfer sighting in conjunction with the Shootout. Sara Martin, Lynn Richardson, Chris Brooks, Jean Ritchie, and Debbie Schnabel teed it up !

2022 LGA - Lake Geneva, WI

USMA 1971 Shootout Ladies / Couples History

The LGA evolved over several years to eventually blossom in 2003 as a 4 lady A/B/C/D scramble. The idea was to attract all skill levels to a team game of low stress and high fun. Over the years we added a Couples Day on the first day of the competition and then a handicapped 2 lady scramble competition in conjunction with the Couples round. A great time is always had by all. Newcomers most welcome!

2002 – First Ever LGA Group Photo

Left to Right: Sara Martin, Jean Ritchie, Val Yakovac, Chris Brooks, Cordy Arnold, Cathy McHenry, Katie Melesky, Merci Hutchison