Business Women's Golf League
Wichita, Kansas
2023 OFFICERS
Debbie Coan - President
Vicki Little - Vice President
Leta Miller - Treasurer
Cindy Renard - Secretary
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS
Annual Awards - Carol Shelton
Communications - Echo Tung
Handicap - Peggy King
Rules and Arbitration - Nancy Knopp
Social - Melissa Rodriguez
Team Play Captain - Nancy Knopp
Tournaments - Margo Nunn
Website Coordinator - Echo Tung
Weekly Awards - Nonya Horning
2022 CLUB CHAMPIONS
LOW NET CHAMPION
BARB WRIGHT
CLUB CHAMPION
NANCY KNOPP
CLUB CHAMPIONS
LOW NET CHAMPIONS
1993 - Nancy Knopp
1994 -
1995 - Ellie Keppy
1996 - Sandy Regier
1997 - Sandy Regier
1998/99 - Nancy Knopp
2000 - Rita Smith
2001/02/03 - Nancy Knopp
2004 - Valeda Bahl
2005 - Nancy Knopp
2006 - Sam Shaver
2007 - Nancy Knopp
2008- Jennifer Fry
2009 - Nancy Knopp
2010 - Valeda Bahl
2011 - Nancy Knopp
2012 - Vicki Smith
2013 - Vicki Smith
2014 - Sharon Emrich
2015 - Sharon Emrich
2016 - Patricia Totten
2017 - Nancy Knopp
2018 - Nancy Knopp
2019 - Nancy Knopp
2020 - Vicki Smith
2021 - Vicki Smith
2022 - Nancy Knopp
2011 - Sam Shaver
2012 - Cheryl Greiving
2013 - Pat Totten
2014 - Lanie Campbell
2015 - Cindy Renard
2016 - Vicki Little
2017 - Vicki Little
2018 - Cheryl Greiving
2019 - Cindy Renard
2020 - Vicki Little
2021 - Vicki Little
2022 - Barb Wright
WELCOME!
BWGL HISTORY / CURRENT STATUS
Our history is unchanged however our home course has changed quite a lot. We started at Echo Hills way back in 1982 where we stayed for 25 very good years. Then it closed. After Echo Hills, we went to Braeburn. When they closed we went to Clapp. With the closing of Clapp Golf Course in 2019, we found a "new home" at MacDonald Golf Course. This is our 3rd year at Mac and probably will be for the foreseeable future.
We have enjoyed our time at ALL of our "home courses" and have made many new friendships at each of them. And, as we move on, BWGL will continue to provide fun recreational golfing events and we do hope that others will want to join this 'nomadic' group of ladies. Our sites may have changed but our love of golf and all related activities persist. Each of our "course changes" only strengthens us!
LEAGUE PLAY
We hope League play will last the whole season this year without any interference from Covid and its offsprings! Our League play consists of 9-holes on Tuesday evenings or 9-holes on Tuesday mornings (players choice). We also have an 18-hole "club" tournament at various courses in the area once a month. Additionally, we have two weekend golf trips every season. We sponsor a Club Championship Tournament every year and sometimes even a Member-Guest Tournament.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
KCGA, KGA and KWGA have merged together to form Central Links Golf. The Home Base is located in Lenexa, Ks. This organization gives us many opportunities to meet and play golf with ladies from all over the state of Kansas and the Kansas City area. This includes Championship Tournaments, Special Events as well as many, many invitationals in Kansas and the Kansas City area.
WAWGA (Wichita Area Women's Golf Association) is very active with tournaments and other activities in Wichita and many of our ladies participate in these activities also.
2023 TOURNAMENTS
DATE COURSE
April 22 MacDonald (Kick Off)
May 6/7 Manhattan (Stagg Hill/Colbert Hill)
May 20 Cherry Oaks (Cheney)
June 24 Sim
July 15 Hesston (Hesston)*
August 5 Sand Creek Station (Newton)
August 19/20 Joplin (Eagle Creek)
September 9/10 Founders Championship
October 7 MacDonald (Last Blast)
* July 15 "Sister's Tournament" with the Business Women's Golf Club from Carey Park in Hutchinson is becoming an annual event!
Specifics regarding fees, times, formats, etc. will be on the entry forms prior to each tournament.
September 9 and 10 is the Club Championship at MacDonald. In 2021 our Club Championship was renamed The Founders (Memorial) Championship in remembrance and honor of the ladies who managed to get an evening golf club organized in Wichita. The goal was to accommodate the working women who loved to play golf and wanted to compete in the City League. Hence the Business Women's Golf League was formed!
2023 TEAM PLAY
May 5 - Sim at Sim
May 12 - Auburn at Mac
June 2 - Derby at Derby
June 23 - Tallgrass at Mac
July 21 - Reflection Ridge at Reflection Ridge
Aug 11 - Wichita CC at Mac
Aug 18 - Hidden Lakes at Mac
Aug 25 - Crestview CC at Mac
Sept 8 - Willowbend at Willowbend
Sept 15 - Terradyne at Terradyne
MEMBER GUEST CHAMPIONS
2009 - Jennifer Fry with Marla Lindameyer
2010 - Barb Anthem with Valeda Bahl
2011 - Sam Shaver with Rita Smith
2012 - Donna Jones with Hannah Johnston
2013 - Ann Wagner with Kelsey Rodenbaugh
2014 - Vicki Little with Beth Biehler
2015 - Vicki Little and Becke Parks with Debbie Hager and Beth Biehler
2016 - Vicki Little and Becke Parks with Monica Stahl and Beth Biehler
09-27-87 Nadine Roberts Echo Hills # 8
04-19-92 Becky Beddow Echo Hills # 5
04-22-95 Becky Beddow Kingman CC # 3
09-23-95 Nancy Knopp Echo Hills # 5
07-26-04 Nadine Roberts McConnell AFB # 2
01-24-06 Nadine Roberts Remington Park, FL # 5
09-28-09 Nancy Knopp Braeburn # 16
09-28-10 Peggy King Braeburn # 16
07-19-10 Nancy Knopp Braeburn # 17
07-22-11 Becke Parks LW Clapp # 7
09-25-12 Peggy King Braeburn # 16
11-23-15 Vicki Smith Sierra Hills # 8
05-05 16 Nonya Horning Sierra Hills # 5
07-04-16 Margo Nunn LW Clapp # 3
06-17-17 Vicki Smith Terradyne CC #15
05-08-18 Lanie Campbell Sim Park # 13
This was during the Sr/Super Sr Tournament!
07-26-18 Margo Nunn Auburn Hills # 12
07-23-19 Jennifer Fry MacDonald # 12
Jennifer claims 2 more - another on # 12 at Mac and one at ElDorado - doesn't remember dates or hole # at ElDorado, but it was at a BWGL Tourney
07-23-19 Barb Anthem MacDonald # 17
04-19-21 Lana Lyda Green Valley CC # 11
06-23-21 Nonya Horning Sierra Hills # 13
09-17-21 Lana Lyda Sim Park #13
05-14-22 Melissa Rodriquez Auburn Hills #12
10-08-22 Vicki Little Mac Donald #12
PAST PRESIDENTS
1982/1983 - Terry Chesnut
1984 - Linda Kraus
1985 - Irma Atherton
1986 - Irma Atherton
1987 - Joyce Smith
1988 -
1989 - Judy Johnson
1990 - Doris Cooper
1991 - Lois Vanskike
1992 - Linda Cannon
1993 - Nadine Roberts
1994 - Becky Burns
1995 - Polly Basham
1996 - Sandy Regier
1997 - Joyce Smith
1998 - Marty Baldassarre
1999 - Barbara Thompson
2000 - Gaylene Davis
2001 - Sam Shaver
2002 - Debbie Volpe
2003 - Patricia Adams
2004 - Patricia Adams
2005 - Jan Huitt
2006 - Nadine Roberts
2007 - Nancy Knopp
2008 - Nancy Knopp
2009 - Terry Chesnut
2010 - Terry Chesnut
2011 - Jeanne Vance
2012 - Jeanne Vance
2013 - Barb Anthem
2014 - Barb Anthem
2015 - Peggy King
2016 - Peggy King
2017 - Melissa Rodriguez
2018 - Melissa Rodriguez
2019 - Cheryl Greiving
2020 - Cheryl Greiving
2021 - Tammy Blunt
2022 - Tammy Blunt
2023 - Debbie Coan
