Wow!  Whitney Oaks was the challenge we anticipated for the final Tower Bridge Tour event.   Our top Fourball duo of the day, with a net score of -6, was Maggie Raybourn and Laurie Hochmuth.  They crushed it!  The next best team was 3 strokes back, Pam Katros and Paula Plesha.    They were the only two teams under par.  Hearing the talk after, it sounds like we left a lot of stray balls in the weeds at Whitney Oaks. 

There were definite changes for a few players who moved up the leaderboard to the prize spots.  And a few who were so close and won nothing.  Congratulations to everyone who participated and made it a fun time.    The final leaderboard can be found under “quick links” on our website.  I hope everyone had as much fun as I did watching the TBT from start to a great finish.   Only a few points separated the winners at top and bottom. 

Congrats to Lori Lucius who snatched the top prize in Flight A from Andra Saxe by .7.  Those net birdies add up.  Also cheers to Cheryl Vivas who would not let go of first place in Flight B.   She topped Marian Kubiak by 1.2 points. 

It was interesting to note that most of the prize winners did not compete in all of the events.   And, in a stunning leap up the leaderboard, Laurie Hochmuth showed up 4 times, played great golf, and snatched the final prize spot in Flight A.  (I didn’t even give her extra points for playing on her birthday at Whitney Oaks.)  There was a tie for the 15^th spot in Flight B which resulted in prizes awarded down to 16 players. 

I will have prizes for distribution at the first Capitol City Tour event on July 12 at Wildhawk.  (If you have questions about the CCT, there is an explanation under “quick links”.)

 PWGA LEGACY TEAM PLAY

Our Chapter qualifier was conducted at Whitney Oaks on June 29 as part of the Tower Bridge Tour.  We had 6 teams competing for 4 spots.  It was a close competition on a tough course.  The teams who will be advancing to represent the Chapter at the Area Qualifier are:

LPGA Amatuers Sacramento 1: Lori Lucius, Marcia Whiting, Nanci Smith, Kris Corbridge

LPGA Amateurs Sacramento 2: Pam Katros, Paula Plesha, Marian Kubiak, Jan Richmond

The Area Qualifier will be held (at Whitney Oaks again!) on July 14.  Best of luck to both teams.  It would be great to have both of our teams qualify for Finals in September. 

SACRAMENTO CHAPTER CAL CUP

After all the qualifying events, election of a captain, captain’s picks – we have a complete team to represent Sacramento in the August Cal Cup.  Be sure to send good vibes to these ladies if you cross paths in upcoming events.  We will be conducting some match play events to help them get fine tuned for match play.  Our team:

Lori Lucius, Captain

Beryl Scott

Vicki Philpott

Maureen Hannan

Pam Katros

Chao Chen

Maggie Raybourn

Marian Kubiak

Karen Garcia

Sunny Shimabukuro

Marcia Whiting

Andra Saxe

Many of our members have been busy competing in local tournaments.  It is fun to see our members step up to competition and serve as great representatives for our chapter.  It really isn’t that intimidating…once you take the first step.  Interested in learning how to take that step, contact golfevents@lpgaamateurssacramento.com for information.

90^thSacramento City Women’s Championship at Bing Maloney Golf Course, June 21 and 22. 

It should not come as a surprise – Karen Garcia (pictured on right side) won the Senior Division, low gross with a two day total of 145!  She shot 69 on day 2 with five birdies!  Wow!   Low net in the Senior Division went to Marcia Whiting (pictured 2nd from right) with a two day net total of 144. And in the Handicap Division, after a tough two day battle, two players were tied for first place.  Following a scorecard playoff, the victory went to our member, Rosie Ho! (pictured on left side).  Third place in the Handicap Division went to Doreen Freund (picture 2nd from left).  She finished with 9 net birdies and her net 149 was two strokes better than the next competitor.    Congrats to all of our champs!

Others who played and helped cheer on our members include Jen Gregory, Jan Richmond, and Lori Lucius (reflected in the window?)  (Players not pictured:  Rebecca Birch and Theresa Garcia)

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Low Gross over the entire field-Pam Katros with a sizzling 81 and she needed every one of those strokes to grab victory!  

Missing out by one stroke, shooting 82, Lori Lucius won 2^nd low net in Flight A.

Winning a scorecard playoff for 3^rd low net in Flight A, Vicki Philpott shot 83.

 Esther Garcia, net 71, was enough to give her 3^rd low net in Flight 3.

Theresa Stamey, net 74, won 3^rd low net in Flight 6.   

In addition to individual awards, the LPGA Amateurs Sacramento Chapter enters two teams in each event earning points for the end of year TEAM PLAY award. 

At Haggin Oaks, the team of Lori Lucius, Pam Katros, Vicki Philpott, and Theresa Stamey finished in FIRST PLACE with a team score of 127.   

Our other team, comprised of Esther Garcia, Maureen Rolfs, Marcia Whiting, and Paula Plesha finished in THIRD PLACE with a team score of 136. 

Wow!  It has been an exciting week of tournament golf!

The PWGA Legacy Spring Partners Tournament was held June 17 and 18.  Players competed at The Ridge and Winchester Country Club.  We had 27 chapter members participate!  That is awesome representation and it was fun to see everyone in “tournament mode”.  It was a fourball event -- the best ball between the two partners counted on each hole.  Everyone played hard on these two challenging courses…and we ended up with several flight winners.  

Our BIG winners turned out to be the team of Kristine Burke and Esther Garcia.  They finished 8 under par!  That is such good partner golf.  They were tied for 3rd low net overall and won FIRST PLACE in their flight.  Watch out for these two!

The team of Betty Galvez and Lori Williams finished SECOND in their flight.  This shows that all those practice rounds with the Tuesday Casual League actually pay off.  Way to go!

Also taking SECOND in their flight was the team of Karen Graser and Andra Saxe.  They played two steady rounds -- I'm sure it was all fairways and greens for these two.  Great golf!

Marian Kubiak and Ellie Jones finished THIRD in their flight.  They took 8 strokes off from day one to day two.  That is an impressive comeback!  Yeah!

Marsha Suter and Lynda Lapp played steady with 74 on both days to finish FOURTH in their flight.   Lynda is also a member at The Ridge so I'm sure her insider knowledge helped this team keep the ball in play.  Nice work.

Sunny Shimabukuro and Terri McCall finished FOURTH in their flight -- one stroke behind Kubiak and Jones.  Quite a good battle ladies.  That was a tough flight.  

The team of "Cheryls"...took FOURTH in their flight, in large part to a first day score under par, 71!  Just enough to hold on to the spot on the podium!  Cheryl Beninga and Cheryl Warner!

Hmmm....Marcia is not thrilled when her name is not called in her flight....

...and everything is much better after Marcia (and Lori) receive FOURTH place in their flight via a tiebreaker correction.  (Lori appeared to handle defeat much better than Marcia)

And below is an assortment of pictures from some of the other Chapter members who competed. 

Yolanda Goff and Tyra Jarvis

Pam Katros and Paula Plesha

Laurie Hochmuth and Margie Longo

Beryl Scott and Kris Corbridge

Rita Langolias and Tammy Beckman

Kaitlin Jacobs and Theresa Garcia

We had a great event Saturday with 32 golfers competing at Timber Creek.  The Cal Cup team is quickly forming.   The first two members of the team came from Chapter Championship.  We have now completed Qualifier #1 at Mather, and Qualifier #2 at Timber Creek and can announce eight more team members.  The competition was close, I mean REALLY close and many chapter members would have been great players.  There is no perfect way to identify this team and I thank everyone who competed.  A few bounces of the ball one way or the other separated the winners.   

Our overall net winner at Timber Creek, with a great round of net 71, was Maggie Raybourn.  Following that, we had 17 players shoot in the net 70’s!  Wow!  That is impressive on a course with the challenges of Timber Creek. 

In fact was so close we had a 3 way tie at net 73 and used a card off tie breaker.  We had to go all the way to the back 3 to break the tie.  Unfortunately, Cinnamon Danielson played her way into the card off and was the unlucky player to be eliminated.  The net 73 was enough to qualify Maureen Hannan and Marian Kubiak.   

Cal Cup Team

Karen Garcia

Chao Chen

Pam Katros

Lori Lucius

Maggie Raybourn

Maureen Hannan

Sunny Shimabukuro

Marcia Whiting

Beryl Scott

Marian Kubiak

These players will select a Captain who will fill out the team with two Captain’s picks.  Our full team should be identified by July 1.  Congratulations to the team – I’m confident Sacramento will be well represented.

Also at Timber Creek, Tower Bridge Tour Points were earned by players net score after dropping the three worst holes.  Check out the TBT leaderboard.  If you scored 6 points you were in the top 11, 4 points for the next 11, and 2 points for the rest of the field.  Net birdies score .1 at each event.  

We have one more TBT event – June 29 at Whitney Oaks.  Be sure to compete and improve your spot on the final leaderboard. 

So, I tried to warn everyone – The Ridge is a challenging course!  However, we still had 16 players (half of our field) score in the net 70’s.  It does appear the course may have taken the upper hand on the other half of the field!  Don’t let the course win.  Be prepared to sign up and play next time The Ridge is in our rotation.  And, I hope this was a good practice round for multiple members who are playing The Ridge and Winchester in NCGA Spring Partners June 17 and 18. 

As for scoring at the event, players competed in 4 person teams to earn Tower Bridge Tour points.  It is a very exciting race to the finish line on the TBT.  Check out the latest results under “quick links” on the chapter website.

Shout out to Lynda Lapp and Lori Lucius who both shot net 71!  And, good job by Theresa Stamey with 9 net birdies!

6 points in TBT

123:  Cheryl Warner, Vicki Philpott, Lynda Lapp, Cheryl Vivas

131:  Sunny Shimabukuro, Terri McCall, Marian Kubiak, Maureen Hannan

131: Jan Richmond, Kris Corbridge, Chao Chen, Karen Graser

4 points in TBT

134:  Joanie Lew, Esther Garcia, Lori Lucius, Stephanie Clendenin

138:  Ellie Jones, Rita Langolias, Tracy Starkey, Cinammon Danielson

138:  Jeri Paik, Theresa Stamey, Tyra Jarvis, Yolanda Goff

2 points in TBT

Pam Katros, Andra Saxe, Becky Birch, Ramona Marshall

Kas Khachadurian, Theresa Garcia, Jennifer Gregory, Doreen Freund

From the NCGA Golf April 2025 Magazine:

Karen Garcia, member of the LPGA Amateurs - Sacramento Chapter remembers her win at the 2015 U. S. Senior Women's Championship with NCGA as they get ready to host the U. S. Women's Mid-Amateur on October 4-9.

Read the article HERE...

PWGA Legacy Play Day at Turkey Creek on May 12