STXLAGA Play-day Chairman, Meg Christensen has scheduled a Play-day at Brae-Burn Country Club on June 1, 2016.  Mark your calendars.  More details will be sent out by Evite.

North South Ladies Amateur Golf Association Challenge

August 5-6, 2016, Friday and Saturday

Crown Colony, Lufkin TX

Press Release

March 11, 2016

The state of Texas has a new Tournament for competitive women golfers. Board members of LAGA and STXLAGA approved a friendly challenge between each organization. The challenge will be known as the North South.

The Inaugural event takes place on August 5-6, 2016 at Crown Colony in Lufkin, Texas. We are so pleased to play at Crown Colony, it is a wonderful golf course and a hidden jewel in East Texas, said Lynn Keefe, President of LAGA. The Challenge will consist of forty players, twenty representing LAGA and twenty representing STXLAGA.  This should be fun and social, as well as competitive, stated Julie Robichaux, President of STXLAGA.

Members of LAGA and of STXLAGA will compete in a Four-Ball Match Play, gross only competition. Four-ball match play is where two players play their better ball against the better ball of two other players.  Each match will compete for one total point on each hole. If a hole is halved, each side will receive a half point. The total points available for each match are 18 points.

More information will be out soon on how to participate in the North South. The purpose of LAGA and STXLAGA is to provide women with low handicaps, competitive events to participate in on a regular basis.

Log on to LAGA.org or STXLAGA.com and become a member today.

November 21, 2015

The Woodlands, Texas

Tournament Course at the Woodlands

The STXLAGA (South Texas Ladies Amateur Golf Association) held its Inaugural Challenge Cup placing the East verses West in a Four-ball match play competition. Forty players traveled from all over South Texas to The Woodlands to compete. Each match competed for one total point on each hole. The total points available for each match was 18 points.

Ten four-ball matches teed off in pouring rain with a cold front that howled producing 25 mph winds. The West won six of the ten matches and lead by 8 points until the last three teams from the East, came in totaling 22 points to overcome the deficit, for a winning total of 97 East points to the West 83 points.

The East four-ball winning teams were Karen Northcutt of The Woodlands and her partner April Staffa of Pasadena won 11 to 7, Sharon Rutherford of Houston and her partner Dawn Bryne of Kingwood, won by the largest margin 14 to 4, Paweena Bennett of Tomball and her partner Loretta Ilges of Kingwood won 12.5 to 5.5 and Margret Bosman of The Woodlands and Charlee Johnson of Houston won 11.5 to 6.5. Other members of the East Team were Meghan Moake of Houston, Lecia Alexander of Sugarland, Julie Robichaux of Kingwood, Leslie Henry of Houston, Meg Christensen of Houston, Cindy Gilkeson of Sugarland, Pam Almandoz of Houston, Suzette Kirchner of Spring, Michele Hurlburt of Katy, Karen Shrewbart of Houston, Diana Henigan of Montgomery and Mary Wolf of Houston.

STXLAGA was organized for all lower handicap female golfers to play together on a regular basis in order to experience the true interest and spirit of the game of golf. Members must be under a 15.0 index in order to join. For more information go to STXLAGA.com.

2015 Results below:

STXLAGA announces the teams competing in the First Annual STXLAGA Challenge Cup on November 21st, Saturday at the Tournament Course at The Woodlands. The Tournament will be an 8:30 a.m. Shotgun. Spectators are welcome.

The Challenge consist of forty players, twenty representing the East and twenty representing the West.  During the competition, each team will be paired from the low GHIN index to the highest GHIN index.  This will ensure similar handicaps are competing against one another.

The Format is Four-Ball Match Play, gross only competition.  Four-ball match play is where two players play their better ball against the better ball of two other players. Each match will compete for one total point on each hole.  If a hole is halved, each side will receive a half point.  The total points available for each match is 18 points.

At the end of the competition the team who has earned the most cumulative gross points is the STXLAGA Challenge Cup Champion.  Total points available is 180.

Thanks to the member support of STXLAGA, we made charitable contributions to two great organizations this year!

We contributed a gift of $500 to the TGA Alliance Campaign. The Alliance Campaign and its annual fundraiser, the Alliance Cup Tournament, were initiated in 2007 to find new ways to use the game of golf to enrich the lives of young girls. Junior Golf initiatives for girls and WTGA Scholarships are totally funded by and dependent upon the Alliance Campaign and Alliance Cup. Log on to TGA.org or http://www.txga.org/wtga-alliance.html for more information.

We also contributed $500 to the TGA Foundation Junior Girls Travel Fund. This program was established in 1986 to offset expenses for girls residing in Texas, age 17 and under, who qualify for the US Girls Junior National Championship.  The Nez Muhleman Golf Tournament better known as “The Nezzie” will be held on June 23, 2015 at Riverbend Country Club and is the main fundraiser for the Travel Fund.  If you are interested in participating in the Annual “Nezzie” Golf Tournament contact Ellen Earle at elle2@gmail.com.

Top Photo:

Ellen Earle, STXLAGA Board Member Lecia Alexander and Nez Muhleman

Bottom Photo:

Stacy Dennis, TGA Managing Director and STXLAGA Board Member Leslie Henry