NOVEMBER 2008

CHAIRMAN

~ SUZI OLSEN ~

Our focus this month is on our long awaited Mission Belles Member Guest. Patti Stringer and her excellent committee have put in tons of hours making sure we have the “best of the best” when it comes to golf tournaments. If you haven’t yet signed up, please do so! If you need a guest, we can find you one! This is our premier event when we have the entire course all to ourselves. Two full days will be filled with a fun and forgiving golf format, sumptuous food, fabulous prizes, and very cool tee prizes for everyone! You have until Nov. 4^th to sign up... We need each and every one of you to insure a successful event. Please support our biggest and best event of the year!

I’ll see you at the November 6^th General Meeting when we will be voting on our new slate of officers for 2009 as well as Bylaw changes. Until then... take care and stay well for the upcoming holidays!! Suzi

MEMBERSHIP

~ PK JENICAN ~

Total Full Memberships 145

Associate Memberships 24

New Full Members

Barbara Gray

e-mail: barbarag@cisco.com

31022 Via Mirador

San Juan Capistrano, CA. 92675

949-481-8020 hm

cell 408-888-6477

Jane Demeter

e-mail: jane_Demeter@yahoo.com

28422 Rancho Cristiano

Laguna Niguel, CA. 92677

949-525-0147

New Associate Member

Vickie Kramer

31672 Paseo Isabella

San Juan Capistrano, CA. 92675

2008 Schedule of WSCGA Tournaments

Date

Tournament/Division

Hosting Club

Entry Date

11/10

Div 1 Tournament of Champions

LaJolla CC

9/29-10/17

11/17

WSCGA Regional Championship

SCGA Golf Course

11/18

WSCGA State Championship

Red Hill CC

11/18

4-Person Event, Div 1

Arrange own foursome

California CC

Whittier, CA.

9/19-10/24

For more information on events and upcoming tournaments, go to WSCGA’s Website at www.womensgolf.org

CLICK HERE for WSCGA Site

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS

X

Sue Pebley                       11/2

Angel Burton                     11/4

Peggy Beal                       11/5

Lisa Shaw                         11/7

JoAnn Mercer                  11/18

Nannette Chaplain            11/19

Joan Hartl                       11/20

Jane Demeter                 11/20

Tricia Baumgardner         11/27

Eileen Krause                  11/30

Patricia Stites                   11/30

~ PLAYDAYS ~

JUDY DAVIS & KATHY LYONS

Great job October hostesses!!! Not only did Joey Knudson, Carol Warlick and Yours Truly serve as hostesses for October, I was the lucky winner of the most beautiful necklace. I am so delighted and will cherish it forever. Our hostesses for November are Connie Merlis, Kay Wood and Jaisoo Bahng. We are all “keeping our feet wet” on the course and our greens and fairways are very pristine…hit ‘um straight…you do NOT want to be in the rough right now.

WE STILL NEED HOSTESS VOLUNTEERS FOR NEXT YEAR. WE CANNOT HAVE PLAY DAYS OR GENERAL MEETINGS WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. THE HOSTESS SIGN UP SHEET IS NEXT TO THE COMPUTER IN THE LOCKER ROOM. I WILL BE AVAILABLE TO HELP ANY AND ALL HOSTESSES. I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME TO YOUR PLANNING MEETINGS AND GIVE ANY GUIDANCE YOU MAY NEED.

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER PLAYDAY RESULTS

September 27, 2008 - Low Gross/Low Net - Championship Tees

1st Place Gross Lisa Shaw 85

1st Place Net Dani Ratkelis 77

Low Gross Lisa Shaw 85

Low Net Lisa Shaw 69

October 2, 2008 - Rally for the Cure/General Meeting (see Rally results)

October 4, 2008 - Criss Cross - Red/White Tees

1st Place Georgianna Hales 31.5

2nd Place Jean Kelly 32

3rd Place June Kim 32.5

Low Gross Jean Kelly 86

Low Net Jean Kelly 72

October 23, 2008 - Odd Holes - Red Tees

Flight A

1st Place P K Jenican 33

2nd Place Carol Warlick 35.5

3rd Place June Kim 36.5

4th Place (tie) Kay Wood 38

4th Place (tie) Maxine Weinberg 38

Flight B

1st Place Marcia Smith 33

2nd Place Tina Russell 35

3rd Place Elena Miller 37

4th Place Sherri Romito 38

Low Gross Patty Collins 83

Low Net Elena Miller/PK Jenican 68

October 25, 2008 - Odd Holes - Red White Tees

1st Place Lisa Shaw 35.5

Low Gross Lisa Shaw 88

Low Net Lisa Shaw 73

October 30, 2008 Even Holes - Red Tees

Flight A

1st Place Dorothy Matsuba 36.5

2nd Place Yolanda Talbot 37

3rd Place Celia Francese 37.5

Flight B

1st Place Tina Russell 33

2nd Place Carol McLaughlin 39

3rd Place Maria Barger 39.5

Low Gross Yolanda Talbot 87

Low Net Tina Russell 68

HANDICAPS

~ RONA KIPPER ~

MOST IMPROVED PLAYERS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER

Old New Decrease

Connie Merlis 14.6 12.2 16.4

Sheryl Sauer 20.2 17.9 11.4

Susan Taylor 6.1 5.6 8.2

Congradulations Ladies!

CHIP-INS AND BIRDIES

~ HELEN HELBING ~

During the months of July, August and September, there were 44 chip-ins. Hole #5 had the most with 7. Bev Letter had the most with 4. Suzi Olsen won the drawing for $25 in scrip. Hole #12 had the most birdies. Bev Letter had the most with 8 and she won the drawing!

CLICK HERE for WSCGA Site

MEMBER-GUEST

~ PATTI STRINGER ~

The Mission Belles

November 19th & 20th

Deadline -November 4th

You will not want to miss our LCOM's premier event, The Mission Belles. Mark your calendar for November 19 and 20 and invite your favorite guest. This is just a two day event, but there is a lot of fun packed into these two days. You may also want to mark your calendar for the "just in case" rain date scheduled for Dec 3 and 4. The Mission Belles poster, sign up sheet, and entry forms are located in the ladies locker room. Don't miss out on the fabulous event.

November 4th is the deadline to get your Member- Guest Entry form into Patti Stringer. As soon as I receive your entry form and check, I will get your guest invitation to you. For those who have already done so, please e-mail me with your guest's phone number and for those who have not yet turned their form in, please include your guest's phone number on your entry form.

RALLY FOR THE CURE

GOLF TOURNAMENT

~ Jill Blurton-Jones ~

Marbella's "Rally for the Cure" was a tremendous success. We raised $6440. The average for Rally events in 2007 was $2515, so we more than doubled our donation. We had 59 ladies playing golf and about 66 ladies for a splendid lunch prepared by Chef Paul and his staff!

Thank you, thank you, girls! We just received a Certificate of Appreciation from Susan G. Komen for the Cure thanking us for our “commitment, passion, support, enthusiasm, and imagination… words that describe you, the individuals who are making a difference every day in the fight against breast cancer by being a part of the program. YOU make it happen, and we thank you so much for your continued support."

I would also like to thank all the hard work of my committee: P.K. Jenican, Patty Collins, Dani Ratkelis, Georgianna Hales, Joey Knudson, Tina Russell, Sally Orgera & Judy Davis...who was the lucky raffle winner of the diamond pendant necklace! Hats off to P.K. for her persuasive talents in securing the very generous donation from Nuggets & Carats. Our thanks to all our sponsors for helping us with our fundraising efforts.

The results of the tournament are as follows:

1st Place Gross Marquis, Lyons, Woodhouse, Sower 162

2nd Place Gross Jordan, Jenican, Sauer, McGlothin 164

3rd Place Gross North, Barry, M. Smith, Barger 167

1st Place Net Martensen, Tall, Szem, Minner 126

2nd Place Net S.Taylor, Orgera, Knudson, Cunningham 127

3rd Place Net J.Kim, Stringer, Russell, Lawrence 128

Closest to Pin- Hole #4 "The Rally Hole" P.K. Jenican 7'12"

Jill & Sally

Rally for the Cure

Judy Davis

Grand Raffle Winner

Maria, Ming, & Shana

Marie & Howie

LADIES FALL GETAWAY

The Links of Summerly

~ Sherri Romito ~

The October 7^th Getaway was a great success! We took the bus to the course in South Lake Elsinore. The staff was great,the golf course was a lot of fun and the food was delicious. Returning to Marbella was relaxing because we could drink and socialize and leave the driving to Ken, our bus driver.

Linda Travis & Lisa Shaw were the first place gross winners of our competition which was the better ball of partners. They had a score of 82. Katherine Szem and Dorothy Matsuba won the first place net with a score of 66.

Because we had a few extra players, we ended up with an extra $62. Rather than return $2.38 to each person, it is my recommendation that we donate that $62 to the Giving Tree this year. If anyone has a problem with that please let me know and I will give you your money back.

Pictures for the event are posted in the locker room.

COUPLES’ AUTUMN OPEN

COUPLES MEMBER/GUEST OR MEMBER/MEMBER

~ Jill Blurton-Jones ~

Saturday, November 15, 2008

$95 per couple + cart fee

11:30 Check in

12:00 Shotgun

Jack & Jill Flighted Format

Sign up by Nov 12th^th on ForeTees

or with the pro shop

(48 hr cancellation policy applies)

Come join in the fun. Find a couple from our Marbella membership or friends from outside the club to be your guests. After play we will have dinner and dancing, Gross and Net prizes will be awarded in each flight. If you have questions, contact Jill Blurton-Jones, Lisa Shaw or Carol Pugmire.

RULES

~ GEORGIANNA HALES ~

RULES

PROVISIONAL BALL
If a ball may be lost outside a water hazard or may be out of bounds, to save time the player may play another ball provisionally in accordance with Rule 27-1. The player must inform his opponent in match play or his marker or a fellow competitor in stroke play that he intends to play a provisional ball, and he must play it before he or his partner goes forward to search for the original ball.

The player may play a provisional ball until he reaches the place where the original ball is likely to be. If he makes a stroke with the provisional ball from the place where the original ball is likely to be or from a point nearer the hole than that place, the original ball is lost and the provisional ball becomes the ball in play under penalty of stroke and distance (Rule 27-1)

If the original ball is neither lost nor out of bounds, the player
must abandon the provisional ball and continue playing the original ball. If he makes any further strokes at the provisional ball, he is playing a wrong ball and the provisions of Rule 15-3 apply.

NINE HOLERS

~ KATHERINE SZEM ~

Welcome to Sandy Ewing, our newest 9-holer. Sandy joined a very large group this last Tuesday for a wonderful time playing golf and discussing what happens when an "outside agency" does something with the ball. As a reminder to all of us, when an "outside agency" moves the ball, the player plays the ball where it ends up. So if it is inbounds, then it is in play.

Laura Ristoff had an experience on Hole #2 where she thought she had hit it out of bounds to the right. However, one of the groundskeepers had thrown her ball back inbounds. She did not know that she could have played the ball where it had ended up "inbounds". She was so glad to learn that in the future, if this happens again, she'll be able to take advantage of the rule.

We are coming up to the time of year when the holidays are fast approaching and the calendar year is coming to an end. We plan to have a "Graduation" celebration with husbands invited to honor all the 9-holers that have graduated during 2008. We've had a very good year and we have made great progress. Our graduation celebration will be held sometime in January or early February. So be on the lookout for my e-mail requesting your input so that we can set the date. We are anxiously awaiting the return of Paula Staff coming back to San Juan Capistrano from New York. I think we'll be having another graduate before the end of the year. Maybe by November 1st. I'll announce it as soon as I know.

2008 Fall Team

FALL TEAM

~ MARIA BARGER & PATRISH STITES ~

The Fall Team concluded its season at our party at Barbara Behrens home in San Juan Capistrano. Be sure to check out the photos on the photo gallery.

LIBRARY NOTES

~ MARIE DI DONATO ~

I wanted you all to know how I handle the Library books. When a book first comes to our library, I date it. Each time a book comes back to the Library after being borrowed, it gets another date and so on each time it is borrowed. With this simple system, it is easy to tell if a book is popular and has been borrowed many times or if there has been no interest in it at all..

When we receive more books than our shelves can hold, I remove all the books that have not been borrowed for months. These books are then placed in plain view on the table with a note saying they are available for the taking, but are not to be returned to our library because of lack of interest. Books remaining on the table after a couple of weeks are donated to the San Juan Capistrano Public Library.

"OFF THE COURSE"

BUT FOR THE RECORD

After overhearing a RECORD number of comments and requests for the SALAD COURSE served at the Rally for the Cure luncheon, Joey Knudson consented to share her recipe...

GRILLED CHICKEN (SHRIMP) & FRUIT SALAD

WITH RASPBERRY FRAMBOISE DRESSING

Per Person:

1 small of ½ large chicken breast seasoned and grilled and cut into strips

(Or 3-4 large grilled shrimp) –

Assorted European baby salad greens

About 8 caramelized pecans

*Optional – crumbled blue cheese

Fruit: 2 orange slices (peeled and presweetened with equal or sugar)

2 slices kiwi

2 large strawberries

A few raspberries, blueberries and/or blackberries

(*Or any fruit that is colorful and in season)

1 -2 edible flowers

Place assorted greens on dinner-size plate. Place 3-4 slices of chicken (or large shrimp) and about 8 caramelized pecans over greens (add crumbled blue cheese, if desired). Arrange orange slices, kiwi, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries in one corner of plate and top with 1-2 edible flowers. Drizzle on dressing.

Raspberry Framboise Dressing:

(Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook)

3 Tbsp raspberry vinegar 2 Tbsp honey mustard

2 Tbsp dry white wine 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

3 Tbsp poppy seeds 1 Tbsp minced shallots

2/3 cup sugar ½ cup olive oil

½ cup vegetable oil Salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste

3 Tbsp framboise liqueur (Chambourd)

3 Tbsp crème fraiche

Whisk the vinegar, mustard & wine together in a small mixing bowl. Add the lemon juice, poppy seeds and shallots & stir to mix. Stir in the sugar. Gradually whisk in the oils and season to taste with salt and pepper. Finally, add the liqueur & crème fraiche and stir until smooth. Refrigerate covered until ready to use.

(Makes 2 cups)

PHOTOGRAPHER

~ MING GONZALES ~

We are working to upload all the photos from our Ladies Club events this year. Please check our Photo Gallery page by clicking on the link in the upper left hand corner of our website or below.

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO GALLERY

NEWSLETTER

~ TINA RUSSELL ~

Would like to thank all of you contributing to the Ladies Club of Marbella in so many ways...through volunteering, submitting articles "For the Red Tees", supporting our fundraising efforts, and enjoying golf and one another.

Past 2008 Newsletters