- April 23, 2024
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Shary Price and Becky Thomas
Peggy Cospello and Bonnie Chisling
Carol Meese, Noreen Ackerman, Barbara Sanandres and Bunny Skirboll
The results of the opening round were posted while the women dined.
The golfers ate under the mottled shade of the Longboat Key Club's oak trees.
Carrot cake was served for dessert.
Noreen Ackerman thanks those who made the event possible.
Carol Meese runs Jackie Tilton's award for "closest to the pin" shot to her.
Brenda Landry
Ann Sears and Helen Glaser
Shelley Reiner and Diane Patrone, who took third place for the day.
Terry Machnik and Linda Schroeder were the second half of the third-place golf team.
Sheryl Ruark, Elaine Boyer and Janet Hartman
Edna Fussner, Julie Henry and Eileen Merchant
The Key Niners, Longboat's resident nine-hole women's golf association, opened their 2020 season on Nov. 17 just like nearly everything else in 2020 — in a bit of a different fashion.
Instead of golf at the Longboat Key Club's Harbourside course and lunch in the ballroom afterwards, the women played at the Islandside course and ate lunch under the oak trees in the club's front lawn.
"I'm so glad to see everybody here," Key Niners President Noreen Ackerman said. "We weren't sure if we were going to be able to have an opening luncheon."
Originally, they were supposed to open their season on Nov. 10 at Harbourside, but Tropical Storm Eta's approach kept them away.
Scheduling conflicts dictated that the women play at the other side of the island for Nov. 17 and eat outside — an uncommon dining area but a beautiful one. Now that the golfers are finally back together, they're looking forward to a season of physical distancing on the golf course and some safe social interaction.
"Golf was the only normal thing I've been able to do all summer," member Bunny Skirboll said.
