Minnesota Golfer - Fall 2018 - 28

MGA NEWS
2018 MWGA Foundation
Scholars Honored
Sophia Yoemans
and Barb Hanson
at the 2017 MGA
Annual Meeting
MGA Annual
Meeting
October 29
Hopkins' Oak Ridge Country
Club will host the MGA's Annual
Meeting and Awards Banquet
Monday, Oct. 29. Social hour
starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by
presentations recognizing the
six MGA Players of the Year,
the Evans Scholar of the Year,
the MGA Volunteer of the Year
and the MGA Member Club of
the Year. Also honored are four
inductees into the Minnesota
Golf Hall of Fame: Art and Herb
Cohrs, Howie Johnson, and
Harold Bend.
This year, a new slate of officers
will be voted on, led by Tom
Smith, president; Mike Malone,
vice president; and a yet-tobe-named
secretary/treasurer.
Smith, the MGA's first golf club
owner to serve as president,
retired after a career in real
estate and insurance to purchase
the Brackett's Crossing
Country Club in Lakeville. He is
an accomplished competitive
golfer and has served on the
MGA executive committee for
more than two decades.
As an MGA member, you are
welcome to attend the awards
banquet. For more details,
contact Anne Colehour at
952-345-3969.
28
MINNESOTAGOLFER Fall 2018
The Minnesota Women's Golf Association
Foundation Scholarship recently awarded
academic scholarships to deserving young
women in need of financial assistance
with their postsecondary education. Here
are the 2018 honorees:
Ellie Balken
of
Dilworth, Minn., graduated
valedictorian from
Di lworth-GlyndonFelton
High School,
where she served on
the student council,
the National Honor
Society council and was
the varsity girls' golf captain. Balken will
attend South Dakota State University in
Brookings, S.D. She will be majoring in
pre-pharmacy and minoring in health
communications while participating in
the honors program.
Sydney Regalado of Rosemount,
graduated valedictorian from
Ellie Balken
Minn.,
Rosemount High School, where she captained
the golf and cross-country teams
and earned the Triple
" A " Award for excellence
in academics, arts
and athletics. Regalado
will
attend Gustavus
Adolphus College in St.
Peter, where she plans to
major in biochemistry
and molecular biology.
The academic scholarship
consists of $3,000 per year toward
undergraduate tuition, books, and room
and board and is renewable for four
years. Recipients are selected on the basis
of academics, financial need, and quality
of character as demonstrated by civic
and academic activities, in addition to
involvement in the game of golf (although
skill or excellence in the latter is not a
prerequisite).
If you know a deserving
young woman candidate (for the class of
2019), application requests are taken after
October 1 and due by March 31. Email
amy@mngolf.org for more information.
Sydney Regalado
USGA and R&A Release New Rules of Golf,
Plus Player's Edition
Golf's new Rules (effective Jan. 1, 2019) were published by the game's
rules-makers Sept. 12. The new and modernized Rules include the
Player's Edition of the Rules of Golf, a shorter, more user-friendly
version designed as the primary reference for all golfers, featuring:
* A more intuitive organization (10 topics)
* A " Purpose of the Rule " description for each rule to add clarity
* Full-color diagrams and visual aids to aid comprehension
* A simpler, more direct writing style
A new Official Guide to the Rules of Golf, which replaces the Decisions on the Rules of Golf,
is available in digital format and via the official USGA app (visit usga.org/rules, or the
Apple App Store or Google Play). Printed copies of the Rules can be ordered online at
usgapublications.com.
mngolf.org

http://www.usga.org/rules http://www.usgapublications.com http://www.mngolf.org

Minnesota Golfer - Fall 2018

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Minnesota Golfer - Fall 2018