It was a warm, sunny day in the wine country and twenty six members enjoyed a great day of golf. The course was challenging but we had beautiful views of the fall colors on the vines and the smell of grapes fermenting. A good time was had by all. 
We played a game of low net with two flights. The winners are:
Flight 1 Low Net:
Rieko Sato with a score of 71
Marie Reis with a score of 72
Bette Caan with a score of 73

Flight 2 Low Net:
Sara Cohn with a score of 70
Fran Koenig with a score of 74
Susan Davis with a score of 75
Congratulations to the winners!!!

We gathered after the round to relax, share appetizers and thank our two 2024-2025 outgoing board members: President Bette Caan and Treasurer Sara Cohn. And a special thank you went out to our event chairs Diana Van Kessel and Paula Molligan for their hard work organizing our amazing events this season.  

We had a glorious, warm, sunny October day in San Francisco with views of the city. The rough was thick, the greens bumpy so a test of our golf skills!  We welcomed two new friends from the Reno Chapter; Becky Haase and Cindy Buchanan (who were also attending the 49's game later in the weekend). 
A big thank you to Diana Van Kessel for the fun goodie bags which were a festive addition to the day.

We played a game of low gross, low net, with two flights, and also competition for closest to the hole on two holes. The winners!!!!

Flight 1 
Low gross: Jacqueline Graf-Reis with a score of 97
Low net: Becky Birch with a score of 75

Flight 2
Low gross: Cindy Buchanan with a score of 105
Low net: Samara Stein with a score of 76

Closest to the pin:
Hole #4: Becky Birch
Hole #15: Catherine (CJ) Healy

On Thursday, October 16th we gathered at the Peacock Gap Range Cafe to celebrate the end of the twilight league season. Attendance was great with 23 members joining us. Thanks to Pamela Ownings for organizing the twilight league and planning our end of season party! It was an evening filled with good conversation and sharing a variety of our favorite Range Cafe food, wine, and cupcakes. And in addition, everyone received an LPGA Amateurs golf gift.  

On Saturday, September 20th Sixteen members and guests enjoyed a spectacular day golfing at the Links at Bodega Bay Harbour at the annual Member-Guest Wine Country Chapter event.  The weather was picture perfect and the course was in great condition.  Competition was fierce.  Each foursome was given a ball which had to be rotated among the group throughout the 18 holes.  Prizes were awarded to any foursome that returned with the original ball.  One foursome lost the ball on Hole 2 and a few others held on to their ball until the back nine, but one foursome was able to keep the ball for the whole 18.  Congratulations to Tom Scott, Paula Molligan and Joyce and Craig Scheer. 

Our Wine Country chapter sent a 12 woman team to the Cal Cup August 1-3, held in Sacramento at Haggin Oaks. Eight chapters from throughout California and northern Nevada sent teams to compete in the 2-day match play tournament and our Wine Country team finished in 5th place. We want to congratulate Sacramento on winning the cup this year! The team enjoyed a long weekend of camaraderie, challenging golf and loads of fun times making for wonderful memories.

This year’s team members:
Denise Rose & Marie Reis as team co-captains, Agnes Manguiat, Bette Caan, Bridget Wilson, Cheryl Untermann, Diane Brocco, Gloria Landry, Jackie Graf, Kathy Herrero, Sara Cohn & TracyHogan with Mary Ann Villarreal as team alternate.

Next year’s Cal Cup is scheduled for November 6-8, 2026 at Anaheim Hills Golf Club. We look forward to building a strong team to send to Orange County next year to bring back the cup!

On Tuesday, August 5th we enjoyed a ‘FUN’ golf afternoon event at StoneTree. This included a 9-hole scramble, carts, networking, dinner, wine, and delicious cupcakes. Thanks to the 34 golfers that participated. Many golfer’s have never played StoneTree or have not played there in quite sometime. The weather was perfect, and everyone had a great time. It’s events like these that make 'Wine Country Chapter’ a unique golf experience for our members. 

Twenty golfers enjoyed a beautiful day golfing at Rancho Solano Saturday, July 26.  The course was in fantastic shape and golfers wer able to test their skills at each of the 18 holes.  The greens ran fast and putting was a key to keeping scores low.  

Golf Genius was programmed to ignore the three worst-scoring holes for each golfer to find the lowest net score for each golfer.  Vickie Marinovich and Cheryl Untermann scored 55 and Rieko Sato scored 56 to win Golf Mart gift cards.  Congratulations!

It was a warm and beautiful day of golf at Hiddenbrooke. The course was challenging but fun was had by all. The winners for net score are:
Tied for first: Marie Reis and Christine Czerkies
Tied for third: Diana Wilson and Diana Van Kessel

There was also a competition for closest to the pin and the winners are:
First place at 25 feet 6 inches: Gloria Landry
Second place at 27 feet: Denise Rose

The group gathered after the round to relax, share experiences and award prizes.

 On May 17th, members of the Wine Country and San Francisco chapters held our first "sister" event of 2025 at Corica Park South course. We had a great turnout with 24 golfers. It was a beautiful, sunny and "hang on to your hats" day with very gusty winds (from different directions!). The fairways were wide, the greens large with several levels and very fast. The winds made play more challenging, but a fun day was had by all.

Following our round, we gathered for appetizers and a charity raffle benefiting Pink Ribbon Good (PRG) Bay Area. There were wonderful prizes including Callaway golf balls, jewelry, purses, and the highly bid on round of golf at Corica and gift certificate for 3–25-minute sessions at Stretch Lab Greenbrae. Thanks to the generosity of our members, we raised $1,220 for PRG Bay Area. 

Thank you to all who participated in the event and the raffle. And thanks to the sponsors who contributed the great raffle prizes. We hope to see you at our next sister event October 18th at the Presidio. 

Team "Magnum Force", (Denise Rose, Vicki Cota, Karri Haven, and Linda Fong) represented our Wine Country chapter at the LPGA Amateurs Scramble Open Tournament at Red Hawk May 2&3. The team enjoyed two days of golf and camaraderie with 44 teams from across the United States.

Congratulations to Denise, Vicki, Karri, and Linda for placing 2nd for low gross in their flight. They shot 71 on Day 1 and 67 on Day 2 for a gross score of 138 for the 2-day tournament. A BIG THANK YOU for representing our chapter in the tournament.