Lisa Graff, Jan Bukes, Lynn Wenzel, and Carol Sturman (photo by Carol Bidwell)
Ellen Avenoso
February began with our first major tournament: The Presidents’ Cup, which, of course, is played during the national Presidents’ Day holiday period. This tournament is a Net Match Play event that takes place over four days, following a qualifying round. This year, 36 players signed up for the qualifying round, which was then pared down to 32 Match Play qualifiers. It was also divided into four flights: Washington Bracket, Adams Bracket, Lincoln Bracket, and Roosevelt Bracket.
Winners of individual matches, runners-up in each flight, and players who made the quarterfinals, semifinals, and, of course, the finals all received prizes. Many of the matches went into extra-hole play.
And here are the results (trumpets please):
Match winners—Sue Dischner, Maggie Falconer, BJ Murray, Ann Stonecipher, Geri Sandilands, Gail Plimpton, Deb Sherman, Elaine Tews
Bracket winners—Washington Bracket: Takeyo Eakin; Adams Bracket: Judy Briney; Lincoln Bracket: Marie Kahng; Roosevelt Bracket: Yvonne LeCornu
Fourth place: Carol Sturman; third place: Lynn Wenzel; second place: Jan Bukes; and the Grand Winner: Lisa Graff
Keeping with the spirit of making sure there are fun events for all, we always have a Follow the Field game each Tuesday, even while the tournaments are going on. This gives everyone who (for whatever reason) can’t participate in the tournament a chance to play and to be a weekly winner.
Coming up is the SBWGA Club Championship beginning March 12.