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The entire WGA Season Tournaments have been posted.  Click here or see tab above.  Be sure to put them on your calendar.

First Play Day is this coming Tuesday, April 5th at 9:00  Click here for play day procedures and be sure to call the Pro Shop at 596-3112 to sign up: Full or Half Swing.

Member Guest invitation has been posted.    Click here to print one out and invite your guest or guests.

First Twilight! Sunday, April 17th

The sign-up sheet for the first Twilight Golf of the season is posted outside of the Pro Shop.  The date is Sunday, April 17 at 4:00 PM. 

The menu:  Salad, Barbecue chicken AND ribs, Broccoli, Scalloped potatoes, Bread and Rice Pudding for dessert

When you sign up, make certain that you mark how many will be staying for the yummy supper.

Just a reminder, we play 9 holes of Captain’s Choice golf, go into the Huntington Lounge for cocktails, and then to the Golf Museum for supper.  The cost of golf is $10 per couple plus cart fee, drinks are up to you, and supper is $12.95.

Click here for complete schedule!

WGA Kick Off Meeting

Women's Golf Association First General Membership Meeting

March 29th 2016

  10:30 am followed by lunch.

Call to sign up for lunch 595-3327. 

Registrations will be accepted.Click here to print form prior to the meeting

There will be a Business Meeting Highlighting:

 

Tournaments and Tournament Chairs

First ever Friday/Saturday Member Guest!

Tuesday Play (full and half swing) Format for 2016

Season Long Match Play 

Play with the Pro including women on Fridays

WGA has its own email and is on the WEB

Time change for Nine and Wine (open to all JRCC golfers)

Saturday Blitz (open to all JRCC golfers)

Monthly Socials with Quarterly Twist

Weekly update email.

Required voting on Budget and Standing Rules

Honoring Mary Lou Ledford Tomorrow Night

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:30 - 6:00 p.m. The Board of Directors will be presenting Mrs. Mary Lou Ledford with a resolution at the Board of Directors meeting on March 16.  If you would like to stop by and wish her well, you may do so between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m. in the North Room.

Game ON! Womens Golf Social this Thursday

"Game On"

Come join the fun at the JRCC WGA social where your inner Picasso can run wild.

Grab a drink at the bar and bring it on over to the North Room for a good old fashion "Girls Night" of laughter. 

LEGAL NOTICE:  JRCC WGA reserves all copyrights to masterpieces created during this social experience. Works that are too good will be thoroughly scrutinized to determine the artists eligibility to participate in this amateur competition.  All participants must submit themselves to all JRCC WGA, JRCC, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, rules, regulations, ordinances and laws. Oh yeah, because we are on the banks of the JAMES RIVER, all applicable Maritime rules and regulations will be strictly enforced.   JUST COME ON OUT INTENT ON HAVING SOME FUN, FUN, FUN !!!!!!!!

Sign ups have begun! Ice Breaker Golf Tounramant April 3rd

James River Country Club

 

ICE BREAKER TOURNAMENT

 

Sunday, April 3, 2016

 

1:00 pm Shotgun Start, 4 Person Teams: Any combination of male and female, although Mixed Teams are encouraged.  Each player must contribute a drive on the Front and Back nine.

 

All Welcome!  Partial Teams will be filled by the Pro

 

Captain's Choice, Flighted by Handicap
   Straightest Drive & Closest to Pin awarded for men & women 

 

Entry Fee:  $10.00 per individual for prizes.

Cocktails:  5:30 – 6:30

Dinner at 6:30, Spouses Welcome!

$17 per person, charged to account

 

Menu:

Sliced Roast Pork Loin w/sherry mushroom gravy

Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes
Fresh Steamed Vegetable Medley
Assorted Rolls & Butter
Tossed Salad Bowl w/two dressing

Carrot Cake, Coffee or Tea

 

Registration: Call or sign up in the Golf Shop before Friday, April 1st

757-596-3112

 

Ladies Member Guest May 20-21...Get your team now!

Let it be known that all ye maidens in the land

are invited to become

MARK YE CALENDARS

Fore the

2016 JRCC WGA

Annual Member Guest

 

FRIDAY May 20th in the year of our lord

"Thouest" may play ye Practice Rounds**

during the day,  but ye mustn’t be tardy for the

Royal Putting & Chipping contests

with High Tea and Pims 5:30-7

SATURDAY May 21 Early Risers Nibblies then

it’s off to the Links for a Shotgun start at

9 am with a Royal Luncheon to follow

Begin putting together your teams of 4

(only one non-member required per team)

**Practice Rounds may be played prior to the
20th as well

The Dr. Ernest P. Buxton III Memorial Golf Tournament Wednesday March 9

James River Country Club

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Registration& Box Lunch – 12 p.m.

Shotgun Start – 1 p.m. - 9 Holes

 

Hampton Roads Academy

Senior Project -Trip Gilmore - Class of 2016

My grandfather, Dr. Ernest P. Buxton III, was a significant part of the Hampton Roads community for the majority of his medical career. He started the first gastrointestinal laboratory in Newport News in 1974. This led to the opening of Peninsula Gastroenterology in 1976 with Dr. John R. Stephens. Dr. Buxton practiced medicine until his retirement in 2007.

One of his favorite activities after his retirement was playing golf with his friends, wife and grandson (me: Trip Gilmore). He was and still is a major part of my life. He introduced me to golf. We played countless rounds together at James River Country Club.

In September of 2011, he fractured his neck and had a long recovery. The day before his accident, I was fortunate to play a round of golf with him and G.G. Even more fortunate was that it was not our last round together. He told me that his accident improved his game, because it kept his head down.

He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December of 2014 and passed away in March 2015. My idea is to honor my grandfather’s memory by organizing a golf tournament in his name for my Senior Project at Hampton Roads Academy.  Please join us in a special
9 Hole Tournament on March 9, 2016. -       Trip Gilmore

Registration Form

Admissions Fee is $65.

Club sandwich and drink are included for lunch.
Prize presentation in Golf Museum after play.

Four members per group-invite your friends.

Number in group (including yourself): ______

Place me in another group: ______

Names of participants in my group:

1. _________________________________

Email: _____________________________

2. _________________________________

Email: _____________________________

3. _________________________________

Email: _____________________________

4. _________________________________

Email: _____________________________

Total Amount: $_______

Register online by sending an email to tripg@cox.net or register by mail with the following address:  

Mr. Trip Gilmore

2 Assembly Court
Newport News, VA 23606

Make check out to “John Gilmore III” and put “Senior Project” in the memo section. Any profit will be donated to Pancreatic Cancer Research.
You may pay by mail or pay on day of event.

 

 

 

Ladies Season Long Match Play-Ask a partner and Sign up in March!

Ladies Season Long Match Play

 All players with a handicap are eligible for Match Play.  The format is Four Ball Match Play with handicaps.  Each player plays her own ball, and each team uses the better net score of its two players. A hole won is worth one point and holes tied are worth a half point for each team.  Winners of each match will be awarded Pro Shop credits.

Players may choose their own partner for the season, or sign up to play and be paired with someone.  Sign-ups will be handled by the Pro Shop 596-3112.  The list of teams will be posted in the Ladies Locker Room and the Pro Shop will have a list. Teams will play against each other one time.

The 18 hole matches will be scheduled at the players' mutual convenience. When tee times are made for the match, the Pro Shop will make up a card for the match, listing players handicaps.

 Matches are to be played between April 1 and October 31.  Players are asked to schedule their matches on days other than Tuesday.

 

PRO Play Fridays

Reminder: Pro Play Friday at 12:30 is open to all golfers at James River!
Call the Golf Shop 596-3112 by 10 am to play
ABCD Team format:
1 Better Ball Net and 1 Better Ball Gross Combined
Golf Shop will  make pairings

Fridays that have Golf events there will be no Pro Play Friday. Click Here to see Golf Tournament Schedule

Ladies Only "Full Swing" Saturday Blitz @ 11am

Ladies Only "Full Swing" Saturday Blitz @ 11am

Come join the the Newest Ladies Golf Opportunity at JRCC

The Golf Shop will set up a Golf Format each week that creates fair group competition and allows each player to post their scores at the end of the round. Call the Golf shop by 9am Saturday Morning to compete in the group.