THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME 

(Golf Etiquette)

Unlike many sports, golf is played, for the most part, without the supervision of a referee or umpire.  The game relies on the integrity of the individual to show consideration for other players and to abide by the Rules.  All players should conduct themselves in a disciplined manner, demonstrating courtesy and sportsmanship at all times, irrespective of how competitive they may be.

New Rules 2023 approved by USGA and SNGA Jan 24, 2023

Holiday Party 2022

Eagle Crest

Jingle Balls 2022

Thank You

A special thank you to SNGABW members and friends whose generosity, time and talent made this a success.  Without your tireless efforts to solicit donations, make raffle baskets and be willing to volunteer when needed, we would not be able to deliver a quality tournament. 

Charities

Positively Kids.   Refuge for Women.   Little Miss Hannah Foundation    Safe Nest    Shade Tree

Congratulations to our 2022 Club Champions!

An exciting start to the Maary Smith Championship Finals!

Coming in March:

Maary Smith Founders Tournament

A 5 round Bracketed Tournament

For more pictures of Jingle Balls 2021, please go to photo gallery!

WSNGA MEMBERS FARE WELL AT STATE SENIOR!!!!!!! 

SEE WHAT SNGABW WERE A PART OF THAT!

Sierra Nevada Cup!

November 13, Highland Falls

November 21, Las Vegas National

Sierra Nevada Cup Format

SNGABW provides All women in Southern Nevada an opportunity to socialize and play golf at various golf courses in the area, to participate in special golf events including Team Play, Match Play, Club Championship, State Tournaments and the activities of the Women's Southern Nevada Golf Association.

Congratulations!!  BW Team Play 2021 

Overall Champions, 

Congratulations to Janet Trimmer for her Hole in One!

Hard Card Addendum

Flagstick:

A flagstick must not be removed from the hole for any reason. A player who removes a flagstick from the hole will be given a warning. If that player removes a flagstick from a hole again it will be a 2-stroke penalty. Any player who commits this offense for a third time will be disqualified from the competition. The act of removing a flagstick will trigger these penalties regardless if the player realizes it and puts the flagstick back in the hole before they make their stroke.

Scorecards:

For Tournaments not using live scoring.

Each player will keep their own official scorecard. Each player will have a marker in their group who oversees keeping track of all scores for the player they are assigned to as a marker. The player must sign their official scorecard, but the marker will not sign it. The Committee will require a verbal confirmation from the marker at the scoring table as to the validity of the player’s scores.

Bunkers:

Rakes in bunkers are not available. A player whose ball comes to rest in a bunker will have to play the ball as it lies unless these situations arise:

• Their ball comes to rest in a footprint.
• Their ball comes to rest in an abnormal condition that was caused because the bunker was unable to be raked by a previous group.

If one of the two above situations occur, the player will be afforded two options. They can lift the ball and place it within one club length, no nearer to the hole from where their ball came to rest, in a spot where the bunker has not been altered. The player’s second option will be to mark the spot of the ball and lift it. They can then smooth over the area with their foot or equipment to eliminate the abnormal condition in the bunker and then place the ball back where it originally came to rest.

NOTE: Not all lies in a bunker will be good lies. The player must be virtually certain that their ball’s lie is affected by the inability to have rakes in that bunker. Just having a bad lie with no real evidence that the bad lie was caused by a previous group not being able to rake the area is not in itself grounds to lift the golf ball and proceed under of one of the two above options. For example, a ball that plugs in the bunker is not caused by not having rakes present. If a player’s ball plugs in the bunker they will have to play that ball as it lies and are not entitled to free relief in that instance.

Pace of Play:

The Tournament Committee understands that we may have more players who choose to walk the golf course to do their best to adhere to social distancing guidelines. While this is encouraged for anyone who wishes to do so walkers will be held to the same pace of play standards as every other player in the field.

Check out our own member Tracey Blake's Blog: thewomangolfer.com

There is something for everyone!

Congratulations Karen Herness!

This terrific golfer managed to drop her handicap from an 8 to a 4 over the 2020 year. We can all appreciate what a feat that is. Karen has called herself a "very passionate golfer and the first thing after moving to Las Vegas was to seek out places to play golf." Karen belongs to several clubs and enjoys the social aspect but really enjoys the competitive aspect.

Karen wears many hats. Besides being an avid golfer, Karen serves as the President of the Women's Southern Nevada Golf Association, shares role of Captain for the Southern Nevada Silver Cup Team, and is the Team Captain for one of Chimera's Team Play teams. Karen takes all of her roles seriously and hopes to bring the same dedication to help all women in Las Vegas.  

We have 26 members signed up for our annual Christmas Party.

Save the date: December 14th, Eagle Crest GC, 9:00 AM shotgun start. The cost is $50 for golf and lunch, or $15.00 lunch only, $35.00 golf only.

PLEASE SIGN UP NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 6th and include your choice of golf and lunch or lunch/golf only.

Payment is to be mailed to Nicole Nolan at: 718 Nickleby Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89123. If paying by check please make payable to SNGABW.

We have a fun day planned including Beat the Pro. Everyone receives a free round of golf at Eagle Crest just for participating. If you Beat the Pro you will also receive a shirt of your choice from the Golf Shop.

Lunch will be served after golf in the Pinnacle Room upstairs at Eagle Crest.

We hope that you can join us to celebrate the Holiday Season and for a fun day of friends, food, and golf.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Golf Happy!

Jingle Balls Sign up sheet

The Championship Match between My Paulsen and Nicole Nolan was held today at Las Vegas National. While it was a crappy, windy day for golf, most of the members who signed up persevered till the end and cheered on My and Nicole.

Our 2019 Maary Smith Champion is Nicole Nolan! It came down to the last hole, so it was an exciting match. Many thanks to My and Nicole for playing their match today. They are both great match players.

Congratulations Nicole!

Christy Smith and Nicole Nolan had their Maary Smith match today which went one extra hole. Nicole came out the winner and is now in the Championship Match at Las Vegas National on May 19. My Paulsen and Barb Ford will be playing their match next Friday to determine who will meet Nicole for the Championship. Good luck to all! 

My Paulsen and Monica Fairbanks were able to make-up their third round match yesterday with My winning the match. My will now play Barb Ford in the next round. They will not be able to play their match with us on Saturday, but will be making it up before the Championship Match at Las Vegas National on May 19.

Three of the four matches in Round 3 of the Maary Smith match play tournament is in the books.

Here are the results:

Nicole Nolan defeated Karen Herness

Christy Smith defeated Audrey Jordan

Nicole will play Christy next round.

Barb Ford defeated Danielle Kaylor

My Paulsen and Monica Fairbanks will be making up their match next week.

Barb will play the winner of the My/Monica match.

The second round of the Maary Smith match play tournament was completed at Rhodes Ranch. We are now down to the Elite Eight.

Here are the results:

Karen Herness defeated Brenda Asato (19 holes)

Nicole Nolan defeated Christine Soscia

Karen will play Nicole next round.

Christy Smith defeated Tomoko Miyazono

Audrey Jordan defeated Margie Cashwell.

Christy will play Audrey next round.

Karen, Nicole, Christy and Audrey will be a foursome.

My Paulsen defeated Deb Koch

Monica Fairbanks defeated Karen Huckabay

My will play Monica next round.

Danielle Kaylor defeated Lorna Daniels

Barb Ford defeated Lai Rippee

Danielle will play Barb next round.

My, Monica, Danielle and Barb will be a foursome.

The first round of our Maary Smith match play tournament was held 3/24th at Las Vegas National. It was a beautiful day and here are the results:

Karen Herness moves forward as Suzanne Desmarais withdrew due to injury.

Brenda Asato defeated Kathy Faber.

Karen plays Brenda next round.

Nicole Nolan defeated Gail Chow.

Christine Soscia defeated Kathy Dunnuck.

Nicole plays Christine next round.

Tomoko Miyazono defeated Kim Bazzelle.

Christy Smith defeated Nancy Lauback.

Tomoko plays Christy next round.

Audrey Jordan defeated Melissa Miller.

Audrey plays the winner of the Margie Cashwell/Fay Geddes match to be played April 4.

My Paulsen defeated Maggie Bowgren.

Deb Koch defeated Verna Huiskamp.

My plays Deb next round.

Karen Huckabay defeated Leila Vasumaki.

Monica Fairbanks defeated Janet Veloz.

Karen plays Monica next round.

Danielle Kaylor defeated Rose Coker.

Lorna Daniels defeated Theresa Summers.

Danielle plays Lorna next round.

Barb Ford defeated Peggy Gore.

Lai Rippee defeated Karen Bernard.

Barb plays Lai next round.

Date:                     April 28-29, 2019

Deadline:              April 14, 2019, no refunds after that date

Format:                 36-hole, two-person team (team score is one best ball of the two players)

Location:              Mountain Falls Golf Club

Entry Fee:            $306 per team

ENTRIES:              Deadline to enter is April 14, 2019. No refunds will be given after that date. Incomplete entries will be considered void and not accepted.