Pleasant Ladies Golf League wraps up season with Fun Day and Awards
Thursday morning Pleasant Ladies Golf League all dressed for their favorite holiday. First row:Marylynn Doletsky, Judy Williams, Karlene Rydjord, Joan Iverson, Susan Daily; Second row: Paula Watts, Diane Hudson, Faye Moore, Nancy Osterberg, Jan Balluff, Delores Boos, Claudette Wilcox, Gail Thompson. Third row: Debby Cortright, Marilyn McPherson, Kim McGee, Lagaia Simon, Shelly Heaviland, Barbara Jo Smith, Marianne Tomasik, Pat Eichenberg, Barb Smith, Bev Halsey, Jean Buurma, Cheryl Holloway. Not pictured but present: Kathy McClinchey. Patrice Johnson, Fleta Miltenberger.
article and photos by Patrice Johnson
Twenty-seven members of the Pleasant Ladies Golf League rallied August 30 for their annual Fun Day season finale at Hankerd Hills Golf Course, Pleasant Lake.
Before foursomes set out to play two-person, best-ball scrambles on the Back Nine course, many players decorated golf carts to the theme of their favorite holidays.
Christmas and Fourth of July proved popular, but Halloween skeleton caddies and creepy-crawly spiders ruled the day. After member votes were tallied, winners were first place, Judy Williams and Karlene Rydjord; second place, Diane Hudson and Faye Moore; third place, Nancy Osterberg and Shelly Heaviland. Mariann Tomasik won best costume.
First place cart: Judy Williams and Karlene Rydjord.
For the past three years, President and Handicapper Joan Iverson and Secretary/Treasurer Beverly Halsey have voluntarily organized the weekly league. Starting May 30 this year, 37 women golfers joined the league and competed in A, B and C-level flights.
Iverson owns a home adjacent the front course and drives her own electric golf cart to play.
“I like helping organize the league,” she said. “Golf’s been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.”
Cheryl Holloway of Chelsea, Diane Hudson of Munith and Judy Williams of Unadilla Township comprised the three-person Fun Day Committee. When thanked for their hard work, each redirected credit to their fellow committee members.
Holloway, however, bore responsibility for aberrations on each hole. Thanks to her, golfers were challenged to drive wearing oven mitts or putt left-handed, and to use only two clubs per hole and alternate hitters.
“They put the fun in Fun Day,” Halsey chuckled.
2018 Pleasant Ladies Golf Season Award Winners
| Flight | Low Gross | Low Net | Pars | Low Putts | Most Improved |
| A | Bev Halsey: 40 Nancy Osterberg.: 41 (pink) | Diane Hudson: 32 Marylynn Doletzky: 32 (pink) | Joan Iverson: 18 Lagaia Simon: 18 | Marilyn McPherson: 14 | Kathy McClinchey: -4 (1 Eagle) Jan Balluff -4 (pink) |
| B | Cheryl Holloway: 44 Paula Watts: 46 (pink) | Barb Smith: 30 Pat Eichenberg: 33 | Gail Thompson: 13 (pink) | Claudette Wilcox: 15 Delores Boos: 15 | Kim McGee: -5 |
| C | Judy Williams: 50 Jean Buurma: 52 | Denise Tefft: 35 Debby Cortright: 36 | Faye Moore: 8 | Barbara Jo Smith: 14 | Shelly Heaviland: -3 |
Second place: Diane Hudson and Faye Moore
Third place: Shelly Heaviland and Nancy Osterberg.
Mariann Tomasi (L) won best costume. Cheryl Holloway (R).
Patrice Johnson and Joan Iverson
Paula Watts and Barb Smith.
Barbara Jo Smith and Marilyn McPherson.
Patrice Johnson
Editor in Chief of Stockbridge Community News. Author of national award winning, "The Fall and Rise of Tyler Johnson"