MWGA NAVY WEEK GIRLS GOLF PROGRAM COMPETITION
2012 MWGA-LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Program
9-Hole Junior-Adult Scramble at Idyl Wyld, Livonia, Sept. 8, 2012
September 12, 2012. Winners all — that was the 28 girls from the 2012 MWGA-LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Program who participated in the 3rd annual Michigan Women’s Golf Association 9-Hole Junior-Adult Scramble at Idyl Wyld Golf Course in Livonia on Saturday, September 8. As an official event of the U.S. Navy Bicentennial Celebration of the War of 1812, in addition to MWGA members, several members of the Navy and the U. S. Coast Guard were in attendance, including the Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard, Lisa Ragon. Another guest of honor at the morning scramble was First Lady of Detroit, Mrs. Yvette Bing.
At the lunch buffet following golf, Mrs. Bing and Commander Ragon encouraged the girls in the golf program to pursue their dreams. Several of the Navy and Coast Guard personnel as well as two students from Grosse Pointe South HS golf team shared their personal stories of the path they followed to get where they are today. The high school girls, Lily Pendy and Tenley Shield, are on the state champion school golf team.
Three teams in each flight were awarded medals:
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1st place – 33 Joy Defranco, Farmington Hills Cdr. Lisa Ragon, USCG, Detroit Leila Oaks, Detroit Sumayah Haynes, Farmington Hills |
1st place – 33 Curtis Grice, Detroit Pat Shelton, Farmington Riley Grice, Detroit Ammarah Haynes, Farmington Hills |
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2nd place – 33 Lily Pendy, Grosse Pointe Park Deb George, Harrison Twp. William Perkins, Grosse Pointe Park Kyla Oaks, Detroit |
2nd place – 34 Pat Witek, Livonia Linda Foster-Wells, Detroit Kailan Horn, Detroit Hannah Bigelow, Detroit |
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3rd place – 35 Ensign Jennifer Terry, Navy Barb Coury, Plymouth Houston Bigelow, Detroit Faith Jones Honey, Detroit |
3rd place – 36 Bruce Brown, Detroit Linda Bradfield, Southfield Nyla Smith, Novi Kamaria Perkins, Oak Park |
