LAURIE CAMPBELL ended with six groups left on the course. SATURDAY, MAY 29 Play resumed at 7:15 and the cut was made at 7-over par. The tournament was now back on schedule with the third round beginning at 9:52 a.m. With 78 players and a double-tee start, the day seemed to be over quickly. It was another day of typical rulings except for Dicky Pride and Thongchai Jaidee. After lifting his ball on the green and tossing it to his caddie to clean, Pride was inadvertently given another ball that he replaced and holed out. The result was a two-shot penalty for substituting a ball when not allowed. I am not sure if his caddie is still employed. My most unusual ruling occurred when I was called to the No. 9 fairway. There I encountered Jaidee pointing at his ball in the fairway amidst a 2-foot branch with dense leaves. I explained the branch was a Loose Impediment and he was entitled to move the branch but would be subject to penalty if the ball moved. He seemed puzzled and I reiterated his options. He had no choice but to play the ball as it lies and was able to advance the ball near the green. As I retreated, I was approached
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The ace that pays This year has proven to be impactful. We had a full field of participants in our fifth WOGA Stableford Tournament at Lincoln Park Golf Course in Oklahoma City. That was followed by Bobbie Langford of OKC making a hole-in-one at our Senior Championship at Tulsa Countr y Club. WOGA began a hole-in-one pot in 2016. That year Denise Tillman of OKC won $485 with a hole –in-one on Heritage No. 5 during our Four Ball Partnership at Shangri-La. Since then the fund has accumulated over the last four years. Half of the unpaid funds at the end of every year was donated to the Junior Girls Grants and Scholarships fund amounting to more than $900. And with 2021 the hole-in-one pot grew to $1,252, won by Langford with her ace on No. 17. Our next event will be the WOGA Fundraiser on June 28 at Oak Tree Countr y Club. This event has allowed us to grant $ 500 to more than 100 junior and high school girls golf programs and 25 scholarships since we
became a 501(c) 3 in 2013. This year we have postponed the finalizing of the scholarship applications. Per Kathy West, the chair of WOGA Scholarships and Grants, “WOGA Scholarships for 2021 will be announced on July 1st due to our commitment to ensuring all scholarships awarded will be needed for tuition and/or housing beyond all additional scholarships awarded. This year some of our applicants had “local” scholarships which will not be announced until June. Thank you for your patience.” T he Fundraiser wi l l be fol lowed by t he WOGA Jun ior Girls Championsh ip, also at Oak Tree Countr y Club on June 29- 30. Come watch t hese young ladies play. Due to winter kill at Gaillardia, the WOGA State Am has been moved to July 12-15 at The Territor y in Duncan. We will close out our year with the Four Ball Partnership August 16-17 at Shangri-La in Afton and the WOGA Cup on Sept 27-28 at Meadowbrook Countr y Club in Tulsa.
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