I am  so excited to start our new year as your President! This year we have lots of fun golf, happy hours and events scheduled.  We have a-lot of new volunteers we will be introducing at our Kick Off March 7th, if you have not registered for that, please do so now. It is going to be so much fun, and we will have a brochure with dates and events going on throughout this year. We will also be having our Lone Star Cup team tryouts in March. Our theme for this year is “Gone Clubbin” so grab your clubs and join us as much as possible this year. We will have play days for beginner golfers combined with Dallas and Fort Worth new golfers, as well as competitive and fun play for everyone.

Our Happy Hours are the best and we have a great group planning those! You are always welcome to bring a friend to any of our events as well. If you have any ideas for events, or want to assist in one time event planning please reach out and let me know. We love volunteers! I am looking forward to meeting ALL of you this year. Let’s make our second year the BEST YEAR YET!

Sherri Elliott

President- LPGA Amateurs-Denton County

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Connect * Learn * Play * Belong

May 17: Funky Friday at Grapevine Golf Course with Fort Worth Chapter June 2: NTxS at Grapevine Golf Course - 9AM shotgun start June 3: Nine and Dine at Grapevine Golf Course June 5: Happy Hour - The Lost Colony "Fiesta de Ferano" June 20-22: Lone Star Cup at Grapevine Golf Course June 21st: Funky Friday with Ft Worth Chapter at Grapevine Golf Course July 8: Nine and Dine at Stewart Peninsula July 23: Chapter Playdate, 18 holes - Coyote Ridge Golf Course Events and details will be posted in our Events section with registration links once we have them.

Welcome to our new and returning members. This is our second year as a Chapter. I am looking forward to growing our membership, friendships and golf games. We are already starting off with so many new faces, and new volunteers as well. THANK YOU to all who have stepped up to help us become a great chapter for fun, learning and making memories. We will have monthly golf - 18 and nine holes, golf clinics, happy hours, tournaments including Lone Star Cup, Club Championship, as well as most improved golfers. Including those golfers who want to learn this great game. Bring a friend and come CONNECT*LEARN*PLAY*BELONG. We are ALL glad you are here. I am thrilled to be your President for the second year, and look forward to seeing all of you at our events this year.  Sherri Elliott President 2024 LPGA Amateurs Denton County Chapter   2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMTTEE CHAIRS Sherri Elliott, President Leigh Ann Lewis, Director/Events Chair Donna Hart, Director Julie Hill, Finance Officer Kim Watson, Information Officer Kathy Watson, Handicap Chair Beth Krause, Membership Chair  June Brown, Communications Chair

Hey Lady Golfers!!

It's that time to build our LSC Team.....What is the Lone Star Cup (LSC)? The LSC is a match play tournament among the LPGA Amateur Golf Association chapters from Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. The 2024 LSC tournament will be held June 20-22 at Grapevine Golf Course. (June 20th is a team-required practice day) The tournament is a two-day TEAM event modeled after the Solheim Cup. Day 1 of the tournament is team match play (four-ball and alternate shot) while Day 2 is singles match play. This tournament travels between chapters and the Dallas Chapter has the honor of hosting in 2024!  Denton County Chapter's team will consist of 12 players with hopefully 2 alternates. 

 It is worth noting, there are costs associated with this tournament, such as registration fees, travel expenses, team outfits, etc. Please see below for more details.

*Estimated* expenses for the event: $325 Registration Fee (includes 3 days of golf, Welcome Dinner and Awards luncheon)

PLUS Hotel (Not required as it is local this year)

PLUS 2 Team shirts (Required to purchase)

 If we have enough interest, tryouts will take place in March and April.  More information will follow if tryouts are needed.

A link to register for this tournament is posted on our events section.

We finished a great first year with an awesome turnout. Thank you to those who were able to attend. To all that were not able to attend - we missed you, and to each of our 8 new members..  Welcome, we are excited to have you join us!

In addition to the taco bar, drink tickets (to get you started), raffle, and goody bags, we had a wonderful time getting to know each other better and sharing some always welcome laughter.

Paula Bradley created and presented a slide-show of our year in review, and it was hilariously entertaining! Thank you Paula for that addition to our celebration.

Sherri Elliott spoke on details covering our past year, gave a heart-felt thank you to all our volunteers, discussed ideas for next year's events, and shared her vision of what we hope to achieve next year as a collaborative team/group.

A wide variety of gift baskets donated by members served as auction items, and we raised an impressive $1500.  The monies raised will be invested back into our group in ways that will benefit us as a whole.  In addition to funds raised through fund raising events, we have 9 new sponsors and we are truly excited to have them individually supporting us!

Our nine new sponsors are:

Aces Tattoos - http://acestattoos.com/2020/

Be Pro Be Proud - https://www.beprobeproud.org/

Law Office of Donna Hernandez - https://www.attorneyflowermound.com/

Freedom Title Flower Mound - https://www.freedomtitletx.com/flower-mound/

Life Credit Union - https://www.lifefcu.com/

NTX Garage Doors - https://ntxgaragedoors.com/

Paula Bradley, Coldwell Banker Reality - https://www.coldwellbanker.com/tx/flower-mound/agents/paula-bradley/aid-P00200000FSjhiPaL3FFGsMw4LzvQCKu6nwcsPDw

The Lash Lounge - https://www.thelashlounge.com/tx-flower-mound-robertsons-creek/

Travel Fore You - https://travelforeyou.com/

All in all a great year for the LPGA Amateurs Group of Denton County. Thank you to all the volunteers, to the board for all their hard work, and to all the members who make it possible.

Play Golf ladies!!

Our LPGA Amateur chapter offers an advertising opportunity via sponsorship.  If you or anyone you know are interested in this opportunity please reach out to any of our board members and a form will be provided.

Sponsor Levels range from $150-$1500 and include a range of benefits from Recognition/sponsor promotional materials at one Golf event to a full feature article in one LPGA Amateurs Denton County Newsletter.  Sponsorships can also include hand outs of flyers/business cards at monthly chapter events, logo on all LPGA Amateurs Denton County Newsletters, promotion of sponsor business events to Denton County members, and complimentary attendance at kick-off and/or year end celebrations.

Reach out to a business that would love to advertise AND offer support while doing it.

We will be having a member appreciation party November 2nd to celebrate our first year!  All will be invited and encouraged to bring a friend to join next year!

We will add more events and would love to have more volunteers!

Refer to events for more details.

We appreciate all of you!!!

Exciting News!!  Our Denton County LPGA Amateur Chapter will be heading to Baton Rouge, Louisiana mid September for the Lone Star Golf Tournament, which will be held September 14-16th.  Our Team is complete!

Ladies who will be representing our chapter are Paula Bradley, Laura Brent, Sherri Elliott, Donna Hart, Donna Hernandez, Julie Hill, Beth Krauss, Ellie LeClaire, Leigh Ann Lewis, Christi Sessions, Kellie Stokes, and Kathy Watson.

Game on Ladies - Let's Go Denton County!

**Update**

Thank you Donna Roberts Hernandez and Ellie Leclaire for being the captains in our first Lone Star Cup competition! Everyone had a great time and looking forward to next year!  ~ Sherri Elliott, President LPGA Amateur - Denton County

We didn’t bring the Lone Star Cup home to LPGA Amateurs Denton CountyTexas but had too much fun and can’t wait for next year. Get ready Houston, we’re coming for you! ~ Donna Hernandez, Team Captain

Thanks to everyone for your recruitment efforts!

Current Chapter Membership =  61 Ladies

New members in June:  Nancy Bartletta, Kay Fite, Lauren Larson, Brandy Porterpan, Brooke Sansom, Gwendolyn Spence, Robbie Hildebrand, and Cindi Haugh.

We are looking for a couple of volunteers to help on the membership committee. If you are interested, please contact Beth Krauss by email, lisbeth.krauss@unt.edu

 

The following events will be posted with registration links soon.

Nov 2, 2023 - Member Appreciation Party at Oakmont CC - 6:00-8:00 - Bring a Guest!

Nov 6, 2023 - Mo' Golf at Stewart's Peninsula in The Colony 9 holes of Golf - 3:00 tee times - $30