2024 Club Champion Lori Stegink with Mark Karpe (photo by Andrea Gray)
Denise Cashmore
The 2024 MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association Club Championship, sponsored by Sonora Investment Management, was held on Nov. 5 and 6. Golfers competed in a two-day overall low gross score tournament to claim the Club Championship and grand prize. There were also flighted prizes for low gross and net and for KPs (Closest to Pin) on all par 3s. Both days of golf were held at MountainView Golf Course (since The Preserve course was recently overseeded and would have been walking only). It was a bit cool at first, both days, but golfers shed extra layers quickly.
Lori Stegink won the event for the second year in a row, with a low gross of 158 (80 on day one, 78 on day two), beating her score from last year of 169. Stegink is an environmental consultant who began playing with MPWGA in 2018. Her roles in the club have included sponsorship and treasurer, she is the current VP, and she is nominated as the 2025 club president. Stegink said, “I’ve been feeling like Jekyll and Hyde, because I haven’t been able to put two rounds together.” As is tradition, the past year’s winner organized this year’s event and picked out the trophy. Stegink happily accepted this year’s trophy of a wine carafe. She joked, “I was worried someone would win who didn’t drink wine!”
An Awards Luncheon was held at the MountainView ballroom where ladies lunched on a delicious chicken taco salad and chocolate cake. Resident pro Mike Karpe announced award winners. Congratulations to Club Champion Stegink ($125) and all of the flight prize winners (flight payouts: 1st $65, 2nd $45, 3rd $30).
Berg Flight: 1st Janey Clausen (170), 2nd Anne Green (174), 3rd Cathy Quesnell (176 playoff)
Lopez Flight: 1st Carey Ricard (175), 2nd Ann Martin (177), 3rd Barb Laskowski (179)
Shore Flight: 1st Andrea Dresch (179), 2nd Tina Donovan (184), 3rd Carolyn Harville (187)
Sorenstam Flight: 1st Jane Megrdle (177), 2nd Ann Cahill (184), 3rd Denise Cashmore (191)
Webb Flight: 1st Connie Plapinger (191), 2nd Cookie Kaplan (193), 3rd Corky Bosch (200)
Whitworth Flight: 1st Ann Van Sickel (198), 2nd Debbie Mielke (204), 3rd Connie Maslowski (211)
Inkster Flight (yellow tees, does not qualify for Club Champion): 1st Gross Jeana Hodges (174), 1st Net Jenni Farquhar (155), 2nd Net Andrea Gray (156)
Closest to the Flagstick Winners: Day One: #4 Jane Megrdle, #8 Ann Martin, #13 Tina Donovan, #17 Jeana Hodges; Day Two: #4 Janey Clausen, #8 Tina Donovan, #13 Lori Stegink, #17 Denise Cashmore
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