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SEPTEMBER 2020 31 DeCordova Bend Estates LIFE

ladies golf association news

18 Hole: 1st Place Team: Mackye Walker and Shirley McClendon
2nd Place Team: Manon Thorpe and Karen Barclay
3rd Place Team: Mary Bloodworth and Nancy Thompson
4th Place Team: Kerry Carlton and Katy Clements
5th Place Team: Jerry Nallon and Carol Wingard
6th Place Team: Mary Jo Jung and Cheryl Marcia

9 Hole:
1st Place: Mary Martin
Nowana Cashiola
2nd Place: Madell Bailey
Marla Frye
Pars: Marla Frye and Joann Babich
Birdie: Mary Martin
Save the Date

8:30 AM Shotgun

September 3rd..............MINI Tournament – Orange Ball
September 10th............Club Benders – no play
September 16th-17th....LGA CHAMPIONSHIP-HANDICAP TOURNAMENT
September 24th............Quota (Pick your partner and play)

CLUB BENDERS UPDATE

Ladies and Gentlemen,
This year’s tournament will be different. COVID-19 hit us with a two-stroke penalty
before any of us teed it up. Those penalties will include: No formal, evening dinners just the golf facts
at the clubhouse due to state-mandated, capacity issues; our team auction will be
done virtually instead of a live, in-person event, and; The Shootout will be played It took 400 years for women to be able to play golf.
without spectators, and tee times will be assigned each day instead of our normal Among women leaders, Mary, Queen of Scots is known as the first woman to ever
shotguns Friday and Saturday due to social-distancing concerns.
play golf in the 1500s. It even caused the first golf-related scandal when the Queen
Concessions obviously had to be made to comply with state mandates, DeCordova of Scots was spotted playing golf only days after her husband’s death.
Bend Estates, its Board of Directors and staff, in addition to providing a safe Eventually, golf evolved as a pastime for nobles or businessmen of that time. Since
environment for our competitors. women had no place in business during these periods, they were excluded from
playing the sport. It was only on New Year’s Day of 1811 that women’s golf was
Breakfast and lunch will continue to be served in the clubhouse as in past years, officially recognized in Musselburgh, Scotland.
but food and drinks (including alcoholic beverages) also will be served on the
course at designated locations. The tournament also will provide tee gifts each of You are more likely to be hit by a car than score a hole in one in golf.
the three days. These will be done in lieu of our formal dinners. Generally speaking, a golfer has a 1 in 12,500 chance of scoring a hole in one
Our players also will be required to make concessions. Masks will be required in during a game. In the United States, you have a 1 in 4,292 chance of getting run
the clubhouse, and we also ask that you adhere to social-distancing guidelines over by a car. Also known as an ‘ace’ in the United States, hole in the ones are
during the tournament. much harder to achieve than it seems.

All of this will be done in order to play golf and stay safe. We’re looking forward to The average golf club can last for 10 years.
seeing you and your guest for our 2020 Club Benders! When properly maintained, a golf club can last for more than its average lifetime.
However, this does depend on the frequency of usage and the intensity it is used.
Let’s play A golf club’s lifetime is also dependent on what kind of material it is made from.
For example, a 3 wood is more prone to breaking sooner than most golf clubs.
golf! The 2010 record of most holes played in the year belongs to Richard Lewis.
Richard Lewis is a 64-year-old amateur golfer who holds the record for playing
over 600 rounds of golf within the calendar year. After walking over 2,500 miles
and hitting over 50,000 shots, Lewis was able to achieve this record in late 2010.
Because of this outstanding record, the Guinness Book of World Record listed him
as the world’s most avid golfer.