Championship & Banquet (28 June 2010)

The last Monday of June saw our final regular event of our first season!

All the skills we've learned in the past 3 months were well used by the EC LUGGers to navigate Coach Mary's challenging 18 holes short game tournament set up on and around the Cottonwood Golf Course's practice greens.

The LUGGers were grouped in to pairings and counted every stroke as they putted, chipped, and tossed their way through the course under the watchful eyes of the coaches, moms, and other bystanders of various species.

When the dust had settled and all the scores were tallied and signed for everyone gathered around at the clubhouse restaurant for the prize presentations and dinner banquet of tasty chicken fingers and fries.

Congratulations to Madison for winning our first championship and a set of golf clubs (graciously donated by the WSCGA Foundation) along with our runner ups; Alexia, Bella, Marilee and Tara, who each won a prize!

SUMMER CAMP 2010
This concludes our first regular season. Coming up on our agenda is the first EC LUGG Summer Camp taking place three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) July 12 to 23 from 3 to 5 PM. Please contact Coach Mary at (619) 414-4495 or email mary.paulson@lpgapro.com for more information.

Father-Daughter Day (21 June 2010)

The EC LUGGers went co-ed for our Father-Daughter Day event with few granddads showing up to aid and abet the little (and not-so-little) LUGGers through Coach Mary's fantastic obstacle course relay race and 9 holes short game challenge course.

We started off at the shaded end of the driving range where, after a ball hitting session, the LUGGers and their granddads were grouped into different teams for the race. The balance pods were deftly navigated by most while the spinning disc proved quite tricky to manipulate by flat and full bellies alike. Patience was quickly learned by our youngest lasses at the ball tossing station, and the granddads really earned their cheers at the final ball striking station, scoring a ton of time-deduction by landing their pitch shot over the designated zone.

The short game challenge with rule-quizzes in the holes and chipping challenges on the pitching green went smoothly. It was a fun afternoon for both the LUGGers and their granddads, highlighting another great aspect of the game of golf - it allows for quality socializing time between family members (as long as we aren't counting the score or correcting the swings, that is).

Next Monday (June 28th)'s Eagle Division Championship & Banquet (register at 3:30PM with event running from 4-6PM) will be our last regular event of the year. The EC LUGG will take 2 weeks off before recommencing for our Summer Camp from July 12-23 (3-5PM Monday, Wednesday, Friday). We hope to see everyone next Monday for a proper wrapping of the El Cajon LUGG's first season!

Flag Day (13 June 2010)

The sun was shining bright on Flag Day as the EC LUGGers warmed up on the Cottonwood driving range after having picked up their LPGA Girls Golf membership kits along with a few other goodies.

A few swings were adjusted on the range before we all headed closer to the flag and spent the rest of the afternoon playing putting games with Coaches Mary and Pat on the east putting green. More putts were made in an hour on Flag Day than were made in many of the previous weeks, since our first putting game requires a one putt before the groups can rotate to another position.

The LUGGers' favorite putting game remains 'Freeze!', of course, though with fewer targets available this time around, our LUGGers took more time aiming and managed to knock off other players at a much faster rate than usual. Be careful challenging these girls to a putting game, folks... They are surprisingly deadly with their putter!

Our next event on Monday June 21 (registration on the Cottonwood GC driving range from 3:30PM with event running from 4-6PM) will be 'Father-Daughter Day.' See you and your dad (or grand dad) there!

Movie Release Day (7 June 2010)

Our turn out on Monday suffered a bit from a scheduling conflict with the 6th grade camp. Though that also meant that Coaches Mary and Pat were able to spend more time with our younger members on the range. 

Coach Mary kept us all well trained along with entertained with her newest configuration of a timed relay obstacle course game under the shade of the range canopy. After having labored over the balancing pods, spinning plate, and some touchily precise ball tossing, the LUGGers were quite more keen on making every drive count instead of just random hitting. Quite a few good hits were made and Haley even earned a bonus time for the winning team after sending a particularly good hit well over the range drop off!

 

The main attraction of the day, however, was the official premiere of the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf of El Cajon music video we shot on Movie/Rockstar Day at the Cottonwood Golf Club Restaurant. The video can be accessed online here.
                                      

Our next event on Monday June 14th is Flag Day! We will meet at the Cottonwood GC driving range at the usual time (3:30PM registration, event running from 4-6PM).

Memorial Day 9 Holes Scramble Fundraising Tournament (31May2010)

The weather was beachy and the long weekend (among other things) lured most of us away from the golf course by Monday, so our 9 Holes Scramble Tournament saw a smaller turn out than expected.

Things worked out for the best nonetheless and your curious coaches were grateful to use the extra time to finally finish up on editing the music video we shot on Movie Day a few weeks ago. We thereby gleefully replace the previously scheduled Special Guest Day on Monday June 7th with Video Release Party.

The group will meet at the usual time (3:30 PM registration with the event running from 4-6PM) at the far right end of the driving range at Cottonwood Golf Course. We will be working on full swing and balancing stations before removing to the clubhouse for the first screening of the music video!