A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WOMEN’S SOUTH SHORE GOLF LEAGUE
In 1926 women from six golf clubs south of Boston banded together to form a golf league with the purpose of promoting friendly inter-club competition and social interaction during the summer months. They named it the Women's South Shore Golf League and wrote in it’s constitution that it would be a league composed of not less than 6 nor more than 8 golf clubs, eligible by their geographical locations. The six clubs are thought to be Cohasset, Duxbury, Hatherly, Marshfield, South Shore and Wollaston, but records are missing prior to 1948 to confirm this. Although these were the same teams comprising the league in 1948, an archived 1930 WSSGL Treasurer’s Report lists Crow Point (Hingham) and Scituate as members in 1930 and not Hatherly or Marshfield so it is uncertain just who the original six teams were.
Complete records begin in 1948 showing that Scituate joined (or rejoined) in 1952; South Shore withdrew in 1954; and Plymouth joined in 1955. The league was comprised of these seven teams for the next 18 years until Halifax joined in 1973, making our current total of eight teams.
The League Championship (now the two-day Four Ball Championship) was originally an individual championship, played over 5 days, with a qualifying round followed by flighted match play. It’s first recorded winner was Nancy Black in 1947 and she was the league champion a record 19 times.
The league has had many golfers attain state prominence for their dedication and contributions to the game: Edith Noblit Baker (Marshfield); Chris Eaton (Duxbury), Dolly Sullivan (Marshfield); Pippi Rooney O’Connor (Duxbury); Nancy Black (Marshfield/Cohasset); and Louise Mariani (Halifax), to name just a few.
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WOLLASTON TAKES LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM TEAM
For the past few years Wollaston has been struggling to field a full summer team and this year they announced that they could not field 14 players. At the Winter Board Meeting, Wollaston asked for and was granted a leave of absence from Team competition for the 2012 season. They will remain a full fledged member of the League, eligible for all special tournaments, and their situation will be reviewed at the Fall Board Meeting. Wollaston anticipates getting some of their newer members interested in playing on their team for 2013 and being able to compete with 14 players.
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LOUISE MARIANI AWARDED WGAM MAY JACKSON AWARD
The WGAM May Jackson Award, established in 1988 in honor of May Jackson, is awarded by the WGAM to "women who have contributed to growth and continuity of the WGAM. They have set the standard of excellence for all to follow". This very special honor has been given out only nine times since its' establishment. We are pleased to announce that this year's receipiant is our very own Louise Mariani of the Country Club of Halifax. Louise was President of the WGAM for 1992-93, served many years on their tournament committee and Rules Committee. She also served on their Centennial Book Committee. She was the USGA Ladies representative for Regional Affairs in 1991. Louise was President of the WSSGL 1974-75 and vice president 72-73. She was our Tournament Chairperson, 1968-69, and served on our 75th Anniversary Committee. She was also the Marshfield Womens Club Champion, 1974,75, 76 and 1978. Louise joins two other WSSGL who were also honored with this award, Nancy Black in 1990 and Pippy (Rooney) O'Connor in 1996. Congratulations Louise!
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| COHASSET G.C. WINS WGAM FALL CUP - CONGRATULATIONS! |
HATHERLY C.C. WINS WSSGL 2011 SUMMER
TEAM - CONGRATULATIONS! |
| For complete Team results click here. |
| April 23, 2012 Spring Meeting click here |
| January 12, 2012 Winter Meeting click here |
| October 13, 2011 Fall Meeting click here |
| September 1, 2011 Closing Field Day click here |
| June 14, 2011 Boros Meeting Special click here |
| June 23, 2011 Opening Filed Day Minutes click here |
| April 19,2011 - Minutes of Spring Meeting click here |
| November 3 , 2010 - Minutes of Fall Meeting click here |
| September 2 , 2010 - Minutes Closing Field Day click here |
June 17, 2010 - Minutes of Opening Field Day Meeting click here |
| April 27, 2010 - Minutes of Spring Board Meeting click here |
January 27, 2010 - Minutes of Winter Board Meeting click here |
| October 29 , 2009 - Minutes of Fall Board Meeting click here |
| September 3, 2009 - Minutes of Closing Field Day click here |
| September 1, 2009 - Minutes Summer Board Meeting click here |
| June 4, 2009 - Minutes of Opening Field Day Meeting click here. |
| April 29, 2009 - Minutes of Spring Meeting click here. |
| January 8, 2009 - Minutes of Winter Meeting click here. |
| October 21, 2008 - Minutes of Fall Meeting click here. |
| September 11, 2008 - Minutes of Closing Day Meeting click here. |
| August 12, 2008 - Minutes of Summer Meeting click here. |
| June 12, 2008 - Minutes of Opening Day Meeting click here. |
| April 1, 2008 - Minutes of Spring Meeting click here. |
| January 8, 2008 - Minutes of Winter Meeting click here. |
| October 30, 2007 Minutes Fall Meeting click here. |
| August 23, 2007 - Season Closing Meeting click here. |
| July 24, 2007 - Minutes of Summer Meeting click here. |
| June 14, 2007 - Minutes of Opening Day Meeting click here. |
| March 15, 2007 - Minutes of Spring Meeting click here. |
January 11, 2007 - Minutes of Winter Meeting click here. |
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