Rancho Murieta Women's Golf Club

There were 59 members of the Rancho Murieta Women’s Golf Club teamed for a role in the game of Good, Bad and Ugly on Tuesday, August 24th. Each hole score depended on the associated par. Three-pars needed three best-balls, while four pars required two best-balls. But, the zinger was adding the “worst net score” of one player on the par fives. The results showed a lot of ugly golf kept teams from top ratings. Teams had to keep their powder dry on a day of 100 degree temps and shooting miscues on the par fives.  Read more »

From left:  Cheryl Berg, club champion; E. Jane White, low-gross winner, and Joan Lake, low-net winner, both in the first flight.

The Rancho Murieta Women’s Golf Club played a three-round Club Championship, produced by Tournament Chair, Sally Davis, beginning August 10th and ending August 17th. Amid a standing “O”, the low handicapper, Cheryl Berg, took the trophy for the ninth time since 1999. She carded 235, just 17 over par for 54 holes and winded up ten strokes under E. Jane White, last year’s champ, who placed second. Jane commented that Berg’s short game was really something and that she easily escaped from trouble, which made the difference.  Read more »

Holes-in-One are not so elusive to the ladies at Rancho Murieta. For the last two decades, 55 aces have been recorded by the Women’s Golf Club members. Several ladies have had more than one. Some were lucky shots and some drew on years of practice to go flag hunting and to achieve the pinnacle of golf.  Read more »

The pace was slow and it was hard to get into a rhythm, as the Women’s Golf Club stumbled around the North Course again Tuesday, August 3rd, trying to hone their games for the upcoming Club Championship. As the course always proves to be demanding, the pin placements were most troublesome in this LowGross/Net Game. Despite this, three ladies brought their game. Debra Canadas, Gwen Von Seeger and Bev Brown showed up the rest of the field and played under their handicaps to win their flights.  Read more »

Six of twelve Past Captains displayed their leadership and had game enough to take a prize in the annual Captain/Past Captains’ Tournament played on Tuesday, July 27th, on the North Course, just recently reopened after course renovation.  Past captains of the Rancho Murieta Women's Golf Club were honored by a field of 64, for a  Low Gross and Low Net Game including captains from the 90’s:  Shirley Anderson, Bev Brown, Peggy Clauss, Mary Anne Corsaut, Connie Heimbecker, and Janet Novak; and captains from the 2000’s:  Doris Hanson, Margaret Niederberger, Nan Parquette, Diane Raggio, Liz Stenstrom and E. Jane White.  Read more »

Sixteen foursomes took the tee for an early round of golf on the South Course, Tuesday, July 20, playing one of a string of Low Gross/Low Net Games in the 2010 season for RMWGC.

Shooting a “lights out” 77, Cheryl Berg was the clear winner by 4 strokes over E. Jane White, who posted 81, in the First Flight.  Berg birdied the first hole and knew it could be the start of something good.  And, she was right.  Read more »

The Rancho Murieta Women's Golf Club will once again be sponsoring the Rancho Murieta Country Club  Junior Putting Contest.  This year's event will be held Sunday, July 18th from 1-3pm with awards to follow.  The younger children will putt earlier, followed by the older children.

The registration form is below.  Click it for further information.

The women 18-holers paired up with senior dandies to make foursomes for the Annual Sadie Hawkins Tourney, played June 23rd, on the South Course.  This hoe-down was divided into the Hatfields and McCoys for the Best Ball game.

The First Place team of Joan Shannon, Ron Qualls, El Louise Waldron and Mike Carney had the one, two punch for the Hatfields.   And, for the McCoys, the team of Mardi Bryant, Frank Renwick, Judy Leezer and Jim Monical had the better aim by one stroke over their foes.  Read more »

Twelve tee groups played a Cha Cha Cha format on Tuesday, June 15th, on the South Course at Rancho Murieta.  A few of the 18-holers were dancin’ on the green with chances for birdies and a chance to top the field.  And, the flags were dancin’ ’in the breeze, but not enough to deter those from sticking it close to the cup. 

Jackie Monical measured the closest on Hole 4 and Dale Parks nestled her ball just feet from the pin on Hole 15, to claim the revered range token as the prize.   Mardi Bryant took second place and just steps behind was Candy Koropp, placing third on Hole 4.  On Hole 15, it was Claudia Faeth and Koropp for second and third place, respectively.  Read more »

Pre-match competitors, from left:  Joan Lake and Marilyn Ramsey in the championship pairing; Sandy Huddleston and Jo Mills paired for consolation finale.

The North Course was the showcase for two tournaments for the Women’s Golf Club on Tuesday, June 8th, starring the Championship Round of the Handicap Tournament.  Marilyn Ramsey, the high handicapper coming out of Flight Three, took the trophy after 16 holes, in a match with Joan Lake.  Ramsey had been runner up just three years ago.  In the Consolation Round, Sandy Huddleston bested Jo Mills at the end of Hole 15.  After five rounds of the Handicap Tournament, additional prizes were presented by Tournament Chair, Fran Mezzio.  Awards went to the runner ups that lost in the semis including Dale Parks, Lil Ray, Fran Mezzio, and MaryAnn Amburn.  Read more »

While the 18-Holers are amid a five-round Handicap Tournament, the finale will be on June 8th.  Along with the finale, a separate game will entertain the ladies not playing for the Championship.  Read more »

If it is Tuesday, it is game day for the Rancho Murieta Women’s Golf Club, and May 25th, marked the beginning of a five-round Handicap Tournament.  With handicaps ranging from 5.5 to 32.8 ( maximum allowed), there is a wide range of talent.  While only two women have single digit handicaps, there are three with handicaps over thirty.

Thirty-two ladies took the stage for this match play event.  Half the field will move on to the “winners” bracket and the other half will play the “consolation” bracket.  This offers hope to the first round players who lost their matches, but live to play another day.  Read more »

Photographer Bill Gengler caught Day 1 of the Invitational in all its color.

The Rancho Murieta Country Club was alive with color and creative costuming for the Women’s Golf Club’s  annual Murieta Classic Invitational, May 12-13.  Serapes, sombreros, and pinatas carried the theme with cactus and bright-colored flower centerpieces adorning the tables.   Read more »

Sixteen groups of the RMWGC took the tee on May 4th, with a Most Net Pars game on the South Course.  The ladies welcomed new member, Merry Morris, and newly retired but seldom seen, Dale Parks, to the competition, during a sun-splashed and breezy day.

Highlights included the dead-eye putting of Vi Thatcher.  She was on auto-pilot with one-putts from outside 15 feet on at least five holes, and she bested her handicap.  With rare back-to-back chip-ins on Holes 16 and 17, Evelyn Manss demonstrated her best short game near the end.  Additionally, there were only three birdies all day, one each by Candy Koropp, Jean Paik, and Charlene Steving.  Read more »

The Rancho Murieta Women’s Golf Club played a Par Points game, the format for the annual Ham Hunt tournament on Tuesday, April 6th, and a nice lead-in to Master’s Week.  Gals dressed in vibrant spring colors dotted the North course, albeit, with no hams, but gift certs to Plaza Foods for the winners.  Divided into four flights, Scott  de Borba, Asst. Pro,  announced the winners during the luncheon.

There was some masterful playing by Dianne Larson, shooting a 43, and outscoring the field of 64.  And, there was some stiff competition in the Third Flight, with three ladies scoring a 40, requiring a super tiebreaker to determine the winner, Gail
Lewandowski.  Read more »

On Tuesday, March 30th, the theme was oh so British for the Women’s Golf Club Guest Day.  After a spot of tea and a typical Brit breakfast at tables adorned with floral teapots and the union jack, the ladies headed to the links in a Londonish mist, (well, light rain). After just minutes, though, those Irish eyes were smiling as the sunshine ended a need for brollies for this Low Net Team play and Low Gross/ Net Individual Game. The brisk breeze was quite a help to downwind play, but not so much hitting into the wind.  Read more »

18-Holers enjoying the breakfast meeting prior to teeing up for the Two Best-Ball Game.

On a nice sunny Tuesday, March 9th, The North course turned out to be a rough experience  for many in the Women’s Golf Club. The rough was upwards of six inches and mostly eight inches of thick and juicy, unmown grass.  Lots of chatter could be heard, at the Clubhouse after the round, about how the rain-effect cost the players valuable strokes in the Two Best-Ball Foursome format. Keeping the ball in the short stuff and choosing the right club was the winning combination for the steady, down-the-middle players.  Read more »

The weather, again, impacted our field in more ways than one.  Just 32 ladies of 58 sign-ups, took the tee in the weekly Rancho Murieta Women’s Golf Tuesday game on March 3rd.  But only 27 finished enough holes to “play the game”.  In Criss-Cross, the golfer needs only to count the best score from either the front nine or back nine for holes one through nine.  Read more »

Nineteen threesomes took the tee on Tuesday, February 23rd, in a Best Ball event, put on by the Women’s 18-Holers.  However, beating the rain was part of the game, with just a hand full of groups playing “dry” golf, and three groups deciding they were not up to the game, as a steady rain drenched half of the field, by early afternoon.

Jean Paik was on her game, though, sinking several putts outside of seven feet to bring first place to her team in the first flight.  And, Marlene Duncan and Gail Lewandowski both had net eagles on par threes to bring the gold to their team in the second flight.  And, they finshed the last four holes in a downpour, as did the third flight winners.  Read more »

With comfortable golfing weather, in the mid-60’s, the Women’s 18-holers played the South  Course in a format called Valentine Ball.  Fourteen groups teed it up for this game, a  version of two best-balls, with a rotating “valentine” who’s score had to be counted in the two scores for the hole.  Read more »

Playing the South Course on Tuesday, February 2nd, was more than Groundhog Day. Although, our shadows could be seen, the Irish Ball format of progressively counting more players’ scores as the round is played was telling. For the last few holes, all player’s scores were in the total team score. The winning team cleared the field by three strokes.

The team of Debra Canadas, April Carlson and Soon Lee, scored 156 to take First Place.  Read more »

After days of rain, just 11 ladies braved the cold and muddy conditions, on the North Course, to play a Bramble, January 29th.  A breakfast meeting warmed the players before slogging their way around the course.  The winning team of Masako Matano, Margaret Niederberger, and E. Jane White persevered with a score of 132.

Closest to the pin winners on Hole Two included Joan Lake at eight feet, eight inches, San Robinson at nine feet, five inches and Margaret Niederberger with 18 feet, 10 inches from the flag.  E. Jane White was the only one on the green on Hole 16, just 11 feet, 4 inches away.

Congratulations to all of the ladies for boldly facing the elements.

-- RMWGC Publicity Chair, Candy Koropp

The Women’s 18-holers played the South Course the first Tuesday in January, before a spate of rainouts. Despite temperatures in the mid-40’s and fog, team winners nosed out their competition by only a point.  Read more »

The Rancho Murieta Women’s Golf Club announced their 2010 Board Members at the annual holiday party in December. The gavel was passed from Diane Raggio to new Captain, Melinda Frost.

Melinda had previously been the Tournament Chair and Co-Captain of the Club in recent years. She has chosen a new board from a membership of nearly 150.

The following is the complete slate of helpers.  Read more »

Diane Raggio planned a delightful celebration of her tenure as 2009 Captain of the Rancho Murieta WGC.  Festive table decorations by Janet Watson of red Poinsettias and white teddy bears adorned each table.  While waiting in line for cocktails, the ladies’ enjoyed watching a video of member golfers being themselves, produced by Cheryl Stepps Johnson!

The festivities began with the review of the 2009 Major Tournament and winners.  Diane thanked her executive board and the committee chairs for all their dedication and effort to make the year such a success!  Read more »

RMWGC’S E. Jane White wins Club Championship in a nip and tuck battle.  This was E. Jane’s 3rd championship win, (2001 – 2006 – 2009). 

The 2009 RMWGC championship is the culmination of the gross scores of 3 18 hole rounds, (54 holes).  After 36 holes, the competition tightened between Angie Friedrich and E. Jane White.  Angie began the final round 1 stroke ahead of E. Jane.  By #16 (North Course) E. Jane was ahead by 2 strokes.  Angie chipped in for a birdie on #17 to pull within 1 stroke of tying E. Jane – Not to be this year, Angie.   Congratulations to both women for a fantastic match!

Club Champion:        E. Jane White (248)  Read more »