Connecticut Women's Golf Association

providing competitive golfing opportunities for its members since 1919

Welcome to CWGA

Our 99th Year!

The Connecticut Women's Golf Association is a voluntary not-for-profit organization founded in 1919. CWGA provides competitive golfing opportunities for its members, promotes understanding of the rules of golf and encourages female junior golfers statewide.

CWGA now comprises 61 member clubs with a membership of about 500 women. Club membership in this Association is limited to private golf clubs in the State of Connecticut.

2018 Club Reps Meeting

Late Renewal Period Beginning May 2nd

We have moved from the USGA's Tournament Pairing Program ("TPP") to Golf Genius ("GG") for membership renewal and tournament management in 2018. Members who renew after May 1st must pay a $10 late fee and may not receive a 2018 Membership Handbook.

Renew Now!

Annual Reps Meeting - May 17th

The annual Club Reps meeting was held on Thursday May 17th at Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club. The guest speaker was Guy Yokum from Golf Digest, who shared a number of stories about professional golfers he has interviewed over the years.

Roseanne Nygard, president of CWGA in 1987-1988 and a member at Pine Orchard, was able to attend. Unfortunately the rain led to a cancellation of the nine-hole golf tournament that was to take place prior to the meeting.

Thanks to Pine Orchard for hosting this event.

2018 Tournament Schedule - Highlights

CWGA Championship - June 5-8 at The Golf Club of Avon
CWGA Seniors (July 30-31) and Legends (July 31) at CC of Farmington
CT/RI Team Matches June 1 at Farmington Woods
CWGA/SNEWGA Matches August 9 at Timberlin

NEWGA Championship July 9-11 at The Woodlands (ME)
Endicott Cup Oct 2-4 at Wyantenuck CC (Great Barrington MA)
CT Women's Open ** May 29-30 at Innis Arden GC
CT Women's Tournament of Champions ** June 28th at Pine Orchard
CSGA Mixed Team Championship July 24th at Torrington CC
CT Women's Amateur **August 14-16 at Hartford Golf Club
(for more information on the above 4 tournaments click on tournament name or go to csgalinks.org)
** part of the CWGA 2018 Women's Series

Opening Mixer - 5/9 at Aspetuck Valley, sign up by 5/1

To view the rest of the tournament schedule, click here.

Tournament Results

Opening Day Mixer - May 9th at Aspetuck Valley CC

Congratulations to the winning team of Hyde, Lewis, Rothwell and Sennett. Click here for full results.

Tournament Highlights

CWGA Tournaments - New Formats This Year

CWGA Championship at The Golf Club of Avon on June 5th-8th

The Founders Cup will be limited to those with a handicap index between 13.0 to 23.5, and entries can be made directly to the Founders Cup Division. Anyone with a handicap index 23.5 or lower can enter the Championship division.

Solheim at Highfield on June 18th

Registered players will be divided into two teams (Red Team and Blue Team). Tournament will consist of three 9-hole matches: best-ball, alternate shot, and scramble, and each match will be played as a two-person team, Red vs. Blue.

The Medallion at The Patterson Club on September 20th

This tournament will be scored a little differently than in past years. Rather than total strokes, the winning team will be the team with the highest aggregate Stableford score.

More information on these three tournaments as well as the rest of the schedule are available by clicking on the tournament name in the Tournament Calendar.

CSGA Tournaments

Connecticut Women's Open
Innis Arden is an exceptional site for the CT Women's Open and the CSGA is making this a 20th Anniversary to remember! They have two four-star hotels with rooms blocked off for the event at substantial discounts to make this a perfect Ladies Golf Getaway! Last year the out-of-state participation exceeded the in-state and they are hoping to broaden the participation and have a strong contingent from CT representing CT in our own Women's Open.

CT Women's Tournament of Champions
The eligibility for the CT Women's Tournament of Champions has been widely expanded from just 18-hole Club Champions to include current or former Champions from a variety of tournaments. For the CWGA, these titles include the Individual, Junior, Senior and Legends Championships as well as all Endicott Cup Individual Champions from CT.

CSGA Women's Series
Everyone who signs up by the Early Bird Registration deadlines for the CSGA Women's Series (i.e. Open, TOC, and Am) will receive a complimentary gift! Any player that participates in two of the three events in the Women's Series will be eligible for a grand prize drawing! Click here for more information on the CSGA Women's Series.

2017 Photo Albums

Click on the event name below to see event/tournament pictures:

CWGA on Facebook and Twitter!

Facebook: Enter TheCWGA or Connecticut Women's Golf Association in the search box when you are in Facebook to find it. You can also get there by clicking on the Facebook icon in the upper left corner of any page on this website. Tell your friends and like the CWGA Facebook page.

Twitter: enter #TheCWGA in the search box and Follow Us.

Invitationals & Charity Tournaments

Mercy Classic - 26th Annual Golf Tournament

8 Jun 2018 9:30 AM • Lyman Orchards Golf Club
2018 Shuttle Meadow CC Women's Golf Invitational

27 Jun 2018 8:30 AM • Shuttle Meadow CC
Indian Hill CC Ladies' Fourball Invitational (Jul 6&7)

6 Jul 2018 • Indian Hill CC, Newington CT

CWGA Publications

CWGA Publications

Nutmeg Golfer	Membership Handbook	CWGA Yearbook
Spring & Fall Bulletins	(for members only)	(2016 most recent)

A message to CWGA members from Nancy Lopez

Click on Nancy's picture to see a message from her to CWGA members.
(best viewed using a browser other than Firefox)

Golf Association Links

Connecticut Women's Golf Association
email: info@cwga.org

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