Senior


SENIOR STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP & 49'ers PARTNER ECLECTIC EVENT Riverside Golf Club Grand Island, NE August 8-10, 2011
Entry Fee/Format	$145 which includes 54 holes of stroke play, mandatory cart, flight and eclectic prizes, Monday Dinner following play, conttnental breakfast Tuesday and Wednesday, and Wednesday awards luncheon following play. Monday and Tuesday lunches are available for purchase. *Full refund minus administration fee given before the deadline.
Tournament Field	Tournament field is limited to the first 104 entrants 49 years or older. A player may enter teh Senior Stroke Play Championship as an individual, but must have a partner to participate in the Ecletic Event. Participants with a handicap index of 12.0 or fewer will be automatically accepted. Each partner in the Eclectic Event must quailfy for automatic acceptance for teh team to be automatically accepted. If this is not the case, the team will be accepted on teh same basis as other team entries. All flights in Stroke-Play Championship will be determined according to the Tournament Guidelines.
GHIN Transmission Date	August 1st.
Registration	Monday August 8, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Starting Times	Monday, August 8, 12:00 p.m., shotgun Tuesday, August 9, 8:30 a.m., shotgun Wednesday, August 10, 8:30 a.m., shotgun
Entry Deadline	Entries must be recieved or submitted online no earlier than July 4 and no later than August 1. All entrants will be notified of acceptance and first round pairings. If you must withdraw from the tournament it must be done before 5 p.m. on the date of the entry deadline.
Entry Form	Register online. -OR- Send entry form (p11) and check payable to "Senior Stroke Play" to: NWAGA, Senior Stroke Play, 6618 South 118th Street, Omaha, NE 68137
Practice Rounds	Green fees are $40 with cart fees $14 per person. Please call 308-382-2684 to check available times and to arrange practice rounds.
Lodging	We are setting up a group rate at Best Western. Please be sure to tell them you are with NWAGA Senior Stroke Play Championship to get the rate of $89.99. Also, it is just three blocks from the course! Best Western Grand Island Inn & Suites, 308-381-8855
Course Directions	Riverside Golf Club 2820 Riverside Drive Grand Island, NE 68801
Tournament Contacts	Karen Colan, 308-384-8935 Pam Gallagher, 308-237-8587 Johnna Rathje, 402-505-4653
Senior Stroke Play Guidelines	Please link here to view the Senior Stroke Play Guidelines.
2011 Event Results	Grand Island- Defending her 2010 title, Susan Marchese of Omaha, won the 2011 Seniors Stroke Play Championship held at Riverside Golf Club. Marchese shot a three day total of 228 (82-74-72). Coming in three strokes behind Marchese was Julie Hall of Norfolk with a 231 (79-78-74). Rounding out the top three was the two day medalist, Pat Linson of Papillion with a 233 (76-79-78). For a complete list of results please see the following link. Final Results As for the 49'ers Eclectic Event, there was a tie for first between the team of Kendall Terjak and Judy Hansen and the team of Susan Kindscher and Nancy Vanicek with a score of 58. Placing third was the team of Amy Bear and Tari Maaske shooting a 59.
2010 Event Results		Columbus was the destination for 108 women to compete in the 2010 Senior Stroke Play Championship / 49er’s Eclectic at Elks Country Club. This year we had a tight race for the top five spots. We crowned a new champion this year, Susan Marchese of Omaha, who fired a three-day total (77-75-76) 228. Four-time defending champion Jane Pohlman, also of Omaha, came in second with (77-80-84) 241. Coming in close behind was Pat Linson, (78-84-80) 242 and Tracey Whitley, both of Omaha, (82-85-80) 247. Rounding out the top five was Diane Hull of McCook (79-83-87) 249. Final Results
2009 Event Results	York - Jane Pohlman of Omaha is crowned the 2009 NWAGA Senior Stroke Play Champion for the fourth year in a row! Pohlman fired rounds of (76-81-74=231). Pohlman led all three days and took home medalist honors after round two. Pohlman won her first Senior Stroke Play Championship in 2006 at Pacific Springs, she repeated in 2007 at Kearney Country Club and 2008 at Oak Hills Country Club in Omaha. She won by six strokes this year over Peggy Williams of Omaha at York Country Club in York. Williams carded rounds of (80-80-77=237) for a runner-up finish. Nine strokes back from the lead was Julie Hall of Norfolk with scores of (77-83-80=240). Link here for final individual flighted scoring results.
2008 Event Results		Omaha - Jane Pohlman of Omaha is crowned the 2008 NWAGA Senior Stroke Play Champion after firing rounds of (76-85-82=243). Pohlman led all three days and took home medalist honors after round two. Pohlman won her first Senior Stroke Play Championship in 2006 at Pacific Springs, she repeated in 2007 at Kearney Country Club and won by three strokes this year over Peggy Williams, Omaha at Oak Hills Country Club. Williams carded rounds of (80-84-82=246) for a runner-up finish. Seven strokes back from the lead was Dee Mayben, of Columbus with scores of (84-87-79=250). Link here for final individual flighted scoring results.