Westchester Women Dominate Tournament Field

In an unprecedented achievement, the Westchester chapter of the EWGA advanced not one, not two, but seven golfers onto the EWGA Championship, the largest women’s amateur golf competition in the world. The chapter is sending more winners to the national championship than any other chapter in the country.

photo courtesy of Westchester EWGA

The seven winners include
First flight
- Sherri Wilson (1st low gross 84), Related Properties Corp.
- Linda Stillwell (1st low net 89), Corcoran Group

Second flight
- Sherry Bruck (1st low gross 94), Harquin Creative Group

Scramble team (net 67)
- Cara Vietri, MasterCard Worldwide
- Cindy Crowley, Olshan Realty Inc.
- Carolina Madero, MasterCard Worldwide
- Melinda Ruffing, Altria

They all qualify to compete in the 16th Annual Championship Finals, a 36-hole event to be held in Palm Desert, California, Oct. 20th and 21st. They will join the qualifying players from the 15 Semi-Final Championship events around the country.

“Of course it’s an exciting year for our chapter to have an unprecedented number of competitors who have succeeded at the northeast regional level, moving on to nationals in Palm Desert, California, said Chapter President and winner, Sherry Bruck. “The important thing to note is that we are all working women who just share a love of golf. EWGA encourages women of all skill levels to play and gives them an opportunity to learn, connect and grow with golf.” More than 200 women who make up the Westchester chapter of EWGA, the only all-inclusive female golf organization in the Hudson Valley.

Each of the Westchester seven are already champions, having competed and won in the Westchester Chapter Championship (one of 120 chapters nationwide) and then having won at the Metro Northeast Region level which is comprised of eight chapters. There are fifteen EWGA regions in the country.

Since its founding in 1991 as the Executive Women’s Golf Association, the EWGA has touched the lives of more than 100,000 women by connecting them to learn, play, and enjoy golf for business and fun. For more information about the association and its membership, visit www.EWGAwestchester.com

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