Chapter News & Announcements
  • Stay and Play at Oglebay Resort 2025

    Fantastic end of September weather enhanced the Stay & Play at the Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, WV. LPGA Cleveland and Canton members finished out the 2025 golf reason. A total of 24 members and guests enjoyed the courses, laughs, food, camaraderie and housing. Rain prior to our arrival made the courses really wet and added to the challenges of the WV rolling hills and hollers. Thank you Carolyn Caplan for making all the arrangements and Wendy Shick for planning the games. Results were:

    Oglebay – Jones Course – blind draw 2-person low net team

    1st place – Terry Carbone-Baxter and Deb Kandel - score 166
    2nd place – Patty Wolfe and Wendy Shick – score 171
    3rd place – Donna Schreiber and Nikki Smith – score 172
    4th place – Susan Curtis and Kristen Miller – score 173

    Low putts – Kristen Miller - score 34 (even though she had a 4-putt)
    Lowest number of short putts – Terry Carbone-Baxter – only 1
    Best round of the day – Terry Carbone-Baxter gross 87, net 74
    Long putt #9 – Andy Shimek
    Long putt #18 – Susan Curtis

    Oglebay – Palmer Course – 4-person team – low net and high net total hole score, unless gross birdie then two low nets total hole score

    1st place – Lisa Bizjak, Susan Curtis, Wendy Shick, Deb Wilcox – score 157 (team had 1 birdie)
    2nd place – Carolyn Caplan, Kristen Miller, Becky Pittis, Andy Shimek – score of 160 (team had 2 birdies)
    High putts – Denette Ditmer -  score of 49
    Lowest number of short putts – Lisa Bizjak and Kristen Miller – only 2 for each
    Best round of the day – Wendy Shick gross 80, net 71
    Long putt #9 – Terry Carbone-Baxter
    Long putt #18 – Donna Byrnes

    Special Awards

    Donna Byrnes – WV hilly-windy roads and upset stomach
    Carolyn Caplan – Asking her GPS unit (instead of her cell phone) a question about George Thorogood drinking song after a “few” shots on the course
    Helen Oshaben – took picture of 5 foot snake out on the course
    Patty Wolfe – hit a tree, small pole that marked where to return to cart path and golf pin – all within a few holes



  • Year End Results

    63 golfers (most since 2012) gathered at Little Mountain Country Club in on September 19. We all traveled to the eastern section of the area for a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start. The weather was perfect for this late in the season. All enjoyed a gathering after with lots of baskets and door prizes. Everyone received a snack bag and “drink” bag. A big thanks to Helen Oshaben and many others for organizing a great day !!

    Teresa Kovach won the Most Improved Golfer award for 2025 based on her reduction in handicap – from 43.7 to 35.2 from April 1 to September 15. Unfortunately, Teresa wasn’t able to attend and missed hearing her applause.

    For the 50-50 drawing, Denise Rini was the lucky winner for $245. There also was a new drawing for 3 Super baskets valued at $500 each. Mary Beth Breckenridge, Sue Bryson and Lori Inks were the big winners for this.

    Missy Gedeon was low gross in the field with a 77 while Ann Shamess was low net in the field with 66.

    Deb Kandel was the low putts winner in the field with 30.

    Samantha Wright had the “best” round on the field after winning Flight 3 low gross, $68 for having 4 skins and skin shot for $138 total winnings.

    Nancy Kinnett just missed, by a couple of inches, a Hole-in-One on #12. She earned $20 for the Closest to Pin skill shot, but missed out on the $500 HIO offer from Mike Koler of Koler Financial.

    The following were flight winners – 1st and 2 in each category. First place received $50 and second place received $30. Low putts received $25.

    Flight 1 – Gross
    1st – Missy Gedeon – 77
    2nd – Eileen McCarthy – 85

    Flight 1 – Net
    1st – Jennifer Moissis – 73
    2nd – Nancy Kinnett – 75

    Flight 2 – Gross
    1st – Pat Blackmon – 97
    2nd – Rosanne Fiorilli – 100
    Deb Kandel - low putts 30

    Flight 2 – Net
    1st – Mary Beth Breckenridge – 76
    2nd – Sue Bryson – 78

    Flight 3 – Gross
    1st – Samantha Wright – 96
    2nd – Mary Hazlett – 99
    Debbie McCreery - low putts 37

    Flight 3 – Net
    1st – Ann Shamess - 66
    2nd – Debbie McCreery – 69

    Flight 4 – Gross
    1st – Terri Lanzara – 106
    2nd – Sharon Roediger – 121
    Sieman - low putts 34

    Flight 4 – Net
    1stKathy Lang – 70
    2nd – Judy Anderson - 79

    Skill Shots $20

    #2 – Closest to pin – Eileen McCarthy
    #3– Long Putt – Diane Kovachik
    #8 – Closest to pin, 2nd shot – Samantha Wright
    #7 – Long drive, Flight 1 – Terry Carbone-Baxter
    #7 -  Long drive, Flight 2 -  Sue Bryson
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    7 – Long drive, Flight 3 – Mary Hazlett
    #7 – Long drive, Flight 4 – Terri Lanzara (random draw)
    #12 – Closest to pin – Nancy Kinnett
    #15 – Closest to pin, any shot – Kasha Januszewski
    #16 – Long Putt – Ann Shamess
    #18 – Closest to pin, any shot – Mary Jane Boyle

    Skins

    Flight 1 – Missy Gedeon, Terry Carbone-Baxter, Nancy Kinnett, Kasha Januszewski (2) - $38: Diane Kovachik (1) - $18

    Flight 2 – Pat Blackmon, Mary Beth Breckenridge (3)  - $52; Elsa Arriola, Sue Bryson (1) - $18

    Flight 3 – Samantha Wright (4) - $68: Debbie McCreery (2)  - $34; Lori Spencer (1) - $17

    Flight 4 – Terry Lanzara (3)  - $45; Carolyn Caplan (2) - $30: Helen Oshaben, Judy Anderson, Loretta Robertson (1) - $15


  • West Repeats as Course Challenge Champs

    A hot weather day was on tap for the 2025 Course Challenge at Shawnee Hills Golf Course on Saturday, August 9. We had a great showing of 30 golfers. The golfers from the “West” courses (Seneca, Springvale, Sweetbriar, Valleaire) retained the Course Challenge title. The West team consisted of Lisa Bizjak, Susan Curtis, Emily Gauthier, Lisa Gianvito, Beth Kintigh, June Rickey, Denise Rini, Andy Shimek, Emily Stolfer, Nicky Sulandari, Martha Walther and Deb Wilcox.

    The format for play was two-person teams. The first 9 holes was best ball format in which both players played their own ball and used the lower score. The second 9 holes was a scramble. After play on the course, the golfers had a putting contest from 10 ft, 20 ft and 30 ft.

    The West golfers pulled out the win by scoring well in the best ball contest as they had the best net team as well as the best putter. Beth Kintigh and Andy Shimek had the best with a net 58. In the putting contest, West also had the best overall putter in June Rickey with only 43 inches.

    Other award winners were:
    Beth Kintigh and Andy Shimek - low net team with 58.
    Donna Byrnes and Sandy Sieman – 2nd low net team with 59 (tie breaker)
    June Rickey – best putter in the putting contest

    Skill shot winners:
    Long putt – Deb Wilcox, Diane Dittoe
    Closest to Pin – Beth Kintigh
    Closest to Pin-Any shot off green – Andy Shimek, Donna Schreiber/Elsa Arriola, Lisa Bizjak
    Long drive – Terry Carbone-Baxter
    Closest to pin on 2nd shot – Andy Shimek

    Special thank you for workers at the event: registration – Marcia Frankino, putting contest – Terry Carbone-Baxter, Rosanne Fiorilli, Beth Kintigh and Andy Shimek, Event Coordinator – Wendy Shick.


  • Ohio Valley Event 2025

    We had a beautiful day for golf and a great turnout for the Ohio Valley event at the Valley View GC in Galion, Ohio. A BIG thank you to Deb Kandel for her commitment to putting this event together!   LPGA Amateurs from Multiple Chapters attended.  Results were:

    1st place- Net score 127 - Terry Baxter - Cleveland, Rosanne Fiorilli - Cleveland, Susan Biehle - Cincinnati, Sally Lukemire - Cincinnati

    2nd place - Net score 130 - Lisa Bizjak - Cleveland, Debbie Kandel - Canton / Cleveland, Michelle Cordova - Canton, Kelly Wasicek - Pittsburgh

    3rd place - Net score 133 - Michelle Witte - Toledo, Lee Jagodzinski - Toledo, Wendy Shick - Cleveland, Olga Merela - Cleveland

    4th place - Net score 134 - Beth Kintigh - Cleveland, Leigh Murray - Cleveland, Andy Shimek - Cleveland, Leighton Kordak - Guest

    5th place - Net Score 138 (Tie Breaker) - Kelly McKenna - Pittsburgh, Lisa Schawalder - Pittsburgh, Judy Czarnecki - Columbus, Shelley Leister - Columbus

    Skill Contests:
    Hole 1: Closest to Pin 2nd Shot - Flight two - Susan Curtis (Cleveland/Canton)
    Hole 2: Closest to Pin - Flight one - Emily Bridges (Columbus)
    Hole 4: Long Drive - Flight one - Wendy Shick (Cleveland)
    Hole 8: Long Put - Cathy Bissonette (Columbus)
    Hole 12: Long Drive - Flight two - Susan Biehle (Cincinnati)
    Hole 14: Long Put - Michelle Witte (Toledo)
    Hole 16: closest to Pin - Flight two - Stephanie Wertz (Columbus)
    Hole 18: closest to pin 2nd shot - Leigh Murray (Cleveland)

    Trivia Contest - Golf 101
    Lisa Bizjak - Cleveland
    Debbie Kandel - Canton / Cleveland
    Michelle Cordova - Canton
    Kelly Wasicek - Pittsburgh


  • Tri-League+ Championship Results

    LPGA Cleveland golfers take 3rd place team with 3 flight winners at Tri-League+ Championship

    12 of our better golfers from LPGA Amateurs Cleveland were invited to participate in the Tri-League+ Championship held at Columbia Hills Country Club on July 28. The Championship invited six local golf associations to submit 12 golfers to compete. The Championship was organized by Northern Ohio Golf Association. It was an honor for LPGA Cleveland to be included as one of the participating organizations. A luncheon was provided after play.

    Back on April 1, a committee reviewed the existing membership and reached out to the lowest 20 qualifying handicaps of LPGA Cleveland. The first 12 to respond comprised the team. The team included: Terry Carbone-Baxter, Mary Jane Boyle, Lori Inks, Beth Kintigh, Eileen McCarthy, Malonie Moeller, Leigh Murray, June Rickey, Denise Rini, Wendy Shick, Deborah Wilcox and Allison Yohanan. 

    The competition was split between 4 flights. There was an overall winner plus 1st and 2nd place in each flight. A total of $1,200 was available for the winners who received gift cards from a list of selected area courses. Some of the top Northeast Ohio golfers attended. Flight 1 included 13 golfers of handicaps less than 9. The overall winner shot 1 under par.

    Eileen McCarthy won Flight 3 with a score of 88 and won $200.

    Mary Jane Boyle won Flight 4 with a score of 93 and won $200.

    Malonie Moeller placed second in Flight 2 with a score of 82 and won $100.

    The event also included a team competition. The lowest 6 gross scores from each team were added to determine the team score. LPGA Amateurs finished an awesome 3rd place. This included beating out the Greater Cleveland Golf Association’s 12 players that play Columbia Hills on a regular basis as well as Columbia Hills home-course players. LPGA players with the lowest 6 scores included Malonie Moeller 82, Allison Yohanan 86, Beth Kintigh 88, Eileen McCarthy 88, Wendy Shick 89 and Mary Jane Boyle 93.

    Our players endured a very hot, humid day as well as a 45-minute fog delay after most players had completed 4 holes. The fog was beautiful and a bit interesting to play in before the delay. Range finders were rendered useless and were reading 4-10 yards most of the time. The course played to 5,300 yards and included many elevated tees and greens as well as meandering Rocky River. 


    From L to R: Denise Rini, Wendy Shick, Mary Jane Boyle, Leigh Murray, Terry Carbone-Baxter, Debbie Wilcox, Allison Yohanan, Beth Kintigh, Malonie Moeller, Eileen McCarthy.  Missing was Lori Inks and June Rickey.


  • Star Spangle Scramble 2025 Wrap-up

    FIRST TWO-PERSON SCRAMBLE BIG SUCCESS      

    We had another warm day, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of 40 golfers as Gleneagles Golf Course on July 6th. This was the first time we tried this format and it was a great showing for our league. All endured the heat and enjoyed playing on a nice golf course.

    The format for play was two-person scramble with net placements for 1st, 2nd and 3rd as well as gross skins with two flights. Each player contributed $15 to the prize and skins pot.

    Flight 1

    1st – Missy Gedeon and Wendy Shick – net 64.
    2nd – Allison Yohanan and Peggy Allen - net 65
    3rd – Leigh Murray and Donna Schreiber – net 66 (tiebreaker) over Elsa Arriola and Kirsten Taylor-Billups

    Flight 2

    1st – Kate Vezdos and Donna Byrnes – net 69.
    2nd – Teri Lanzara and Judy Anderson - net 71
    3rd – Heidi Gallaher and Debbie Kandel – net 74 (tiebreaker) over Darlene Hillis and Angela Centa

    Skill shot winners:
    Long putt – Flight 1 - Wendy Shick; Flight 2- Mary Hazlett
    Closest to Pin – Flight 1 – Allison Yohanan; Flight 2– Shauna Campbell

    Skins:
    Flight 1 – Gedeon/Shick had 4, Arriola/Taylor-Billups had 3, Yohanan/Allen had 2 and Eileen McCarthy/Pat Blackmon and Murray/Schreiber had 1 each. Each skin paid $11.00.

    Flight 2 – Vezdos/Byrnes had 4, Gallaher/Kandel had 2, Mary Murphy/Dina Stier had 2. Each skin paid $15.00.

    Check out our photo gallery!


  • Cleveland Chapter Kick Off!

    More than 50 members & guests gathered at First Tee-Cleveland for a fabulous Master's themed Season Kick Off on Sunday, April 6th. Thank you for joining us, fabulous sponsors, Mike Koler (Koler Financial Group), and Karla Caton (KD's Crafts). Big shout out to our Events Committee for a really fun, creative day: Heidi Gallaher, Deb Wilcox, Cindy Trefny, Olga Merela, and Kate Vezdos.

    Special thanks to our First Tee hosts: Pat LoPresti, Executive Director, Mary Patton, Director of Marketing, Coach Dorothy Kaspar, Program Manager, and Veronica Savitch, Program support Specialist. Your facility is stunning, and perfect for our event. We are so impressed by the great work that you do in our community and appreciate learning more about ways we can be involved.  The First Tee - also donated a big raffle gift of golf items which was won by Cindy Trefny.

    Competition was fierce for Closest to the Pin - congratulations to Deb Wilcox (under 8 feet)!  Peggy Allen won the putting contest.   Bonnie Kowalski and Deb McCreery won Master's Trivia.  Judy Anderson's guess was closest to the number of tees in the jar!  It's always fun to win!

    Stay tuned for the grand prize winner of the Master's "Green Jacket" Competition!  This fundraiser allowed us to donate $500 to the First Tee - Cleveland.

    We are inspired and ready for the season.


     


  • Stay & Play at the Grand Resort

    Fantastic early October weather enhanced the Stay & Play at the Grand Resort in Warren. LPGA Cleveland and Canton members, 24 strong, enjoyed the courses, laughs, food, camaraderie and housing. Rain prior to our arrival made the courses a bit wet and added to the challenges. Thank you Carolyn Caplan for making all the arrangements and Wendy Shick for planning the games. Friday also was National Golf Lover’s Day. Results were:

    Avalon Lakes – blind draw 2-person low net team:

    1st place – Carolyn Caplan and Wendy Shick – score 149

    2nd place – Doreen Smith and Becky Pittis – score 162 (won tiebreaker)

    3rd place – Beth Kintigh and Olga Merela – score 162

    4th place – Diane Kovachick and Kristen Miller – score 163

    Low putts – Doreen Smith  - score 31

    Best round of the day – Carolyn Caplan net 74

    Squaw Creek – 4-person team – low net and high net total hole score, unless gross birdie then two low nets total hole score

    1st place – Kelli Chronister, Beth Kintigh, Kristen Miller, Doreen Smith – score 150 (team had 3 birdies)

    2nd place – Donna Byrnes, Leigh Murray, Wendy Shick, Andy Shimek – score of 153 (team had 1 birdie)

    Low putts – Helen Oshaben - score of 32

    Long putt – Judy Anderson

    Closest to pin – Kristen Miller

    Best round of the day – Helen Oshaben net 69

    Special Awards

    Judy Anderson – perseverance on putting green

    Donna Schreiber – had 4 Dolly Parton putts (round the hole and lip out)

    Kristen Davis – saved golf cart from rolling into water on the last hole Saturday

    Donna Byrnes – late-night swim at Grand Resort (with regular clothes on) in honor of Deb Solyan


  • Check out the Year End 2024 Results!

    Year End Results

    51 golfers, (most since 2021), gathered at Ironwood Golf Course in on September 21. We all traveled to the southern section of the area for a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start. The weather was perfect for this late in the season. All enjoyed a gathering after with lots of baskets and door prizes. Everyone received a snack bag and Golf Dotz. A big thanks to Helen Oshaben, Donna Byrnes, Olga Merela and Wendy Shick for organizing a great day!! Also appreciate the help of many others during the day.

    Mary Beth Breckenridge won the Most Improved Golfer award for 2024 based on her reduction in handicap – from 28.0 to 22.4 from April 1 to September 19. Unfortunately, Mary Beth wasn’t able to attend and missed hearing her applause.

    For the 50-50 drawing, the board decided to pull two names and return all the money to the members. That means we had a 100-0. Donna Byrnes and Helen Oshaben were the lucky winners. You had to be there to understand the fun aspect of the winners – too hard to explain.

    June Rickey had a great day on the course. She had the best gross and net score of the day – playing from Flight 2. She said whispered in my ear “I didn’t use her driver all day.” Very smart move and perfect way to adjust to how the course was playing.

    Olga Merela was the low putts winner in the field with 30. Connie Raiche was the only golfer in the field to birdie ANY of the Par 3’s. Beth Kintigh was the only golfer in the field to birdie #14 and Leigh Murray was the only golfer in the field to par #12.

    The following were flight winners – 1st and 2 in each category. First place received $50 and second place received $30. Low putts received $25.

    Flight 1 – Gross

    1st – Denise Rini – 84
    2nd – Leigh Murray – 86
    Leigh Murray – low putts 31

    Flight 1 – Net

    1st – Debbie Wilcox – 71
    2nd – Peggy Allen – 72

    Flight 2 – Gross

    1st – June Rickey – 82
    2nd – Kate Vezdos – 93
    June Rickey - low putts 33

    Flight 2 – Net

    1st – Shauna Campbell – 70
    2nd – Lisa Bizjak – 72

    Flight 3 – Gross

    1st – Olga Merela – 90
    2nd – Lori Spencer – 97
    Olga Merela - low putts 30

    Flight 3 – Net

    1st – Gloria Merritt - 67
    2nd – Ann Shamess – 71

    Flight 4 – Gross

    1st – Linda Delsky – 104
    2nd – Darlene Hillis – 110
    Angela Centa - low putts 32

    Flight 4 – Net

    1st – Angela Centa – 70
    2nd – Margaret Lynch - 75

    Skill Shots $20

    #2 – Closest to pin, any shot – Jen Moissis
    #4 – Closest to pin, 2nd shot – Jen Moissis
    #7 – Long Putt – Beth Kintigh
    #8 – Long drive, Flight 1 – Beth Kintigh
    #8 -  Long drive, Flight 2 -  June Rickey
    #8 – Long drive, Flight 3 – Lori Spencer
    #8 – Long drive, Flight 4 – Angela Centa
    #11 – Closest to pin – Leigh Murray
    #14 – Closest to pin, any shot – Cindy Trefney
    #16 – Long Putt – Nicky Sulandari
    #18 – Closest to pin, any shot – Marilyn Clark

    Skins

    Flight 1 – Beth Kintigh (2) - $66: Jen Moissis, Leigh Murray (1) - $32
    Flight 2 – Lisa Bizjak, Shauna Campbell, June Rickey, Kate Vezdos (1) $32.50
    Flight 3 – Susan Curtis, Olga Merela, Gloria Merritt (2) - $25: Karla Maschmeier, Connie Raiche, Ann Shamess (1) - $12
    Flight 4 – Linda Delsky, Emily Gauthier (2) - $20: Angela Centa, Darlene Hillis, Marcia Frankino, Sandy Sieman (1) - $1


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    Chapter News - June


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    Chapter News - May

  • Kick Off 2024

    Our annual Kick Off was held on Saturday, April 8, at Mallard Creek GC.   The event began with  a golf simulator competition, "swap meet", sponsor Karla Caton of KD's Crafts selling her beautiful golf accessories followed by lunch and President Helen Oshaben sharing details of the upcoming season.  Speakers were teaching Pro Pam Stefanik  (440-991-6117) sharing tips,  followed by sponsor Marcia Frankino of Style-In LLC demonstrated her skills as a personal stylist with golf clothing going from course to cocktails.  Sponsor Mike Koler of the Koler Financial Group attended and donated Dick's gift cards which were raffled off along with two certificates for TeeTimes golf pass books.  Following the event, some braver soles ventured out for a round of golf in cool but sunny weather.  A special thanks to members Olga Merela and Kristen Davis from the Events Committee for their planning, and all who helped and participated in this fun event!  


  • Kick-Off & Upcoming SPECIAL Events

    Kick-Off & Upcoming SPECIAL Events



  • News From Chapter - January 2024

    News From Chapter - January 2024


  • News from Cleveland Chapter - Our President's Thoughts - Gratitude & Fun
    A special message from President, Helen Oshaben

  • January Chili Open & Keynote Speaker

  • News from Cleveland Chapter - December 2023
    News from Cleveland Chapter - December 2023 - New League & Sponsor Spotlight

  • Stay & Play Weekend 2023.

    19 members enjoyed a fun filled weekend trip to play The Virtues GC and Eaglesticks GC with an overnight in Zanesville, OH.  The weather, beautiful hilly courses and laughs made it a memorable weekend.

    Virtues Course

    1st place, 2 score low net team – Lisa Bizjak, Donna Byrnes, Leigh Murray, Wendy Shick – score of 136
    2nd place, 2 score low net team – Kristen Davis, Nancy DeVault, Olga Merela, Jan Slaughter – score of 141
    Low putts – Olga Merela – score of 33

    Eaglesticks Course

    1st place, 2 score low net team – Denise Andres, Pat Blackmon, Eileen McCarthy, Gloria Merritt – score of 125
    2nd place, 2 score low net team – Lisa Bizjak, Carolyn Caplan, Leigh Murray, Donna Schreiber – score of 133Low putts – Leigh Murray – score of 30

    Special Awards

    Chris Kutsko – best score ever golfed
    Eileen McCarthy – best story, 2 eagles with hole outs from 80 and 100 yds
    Judy Anderson – high putts


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