Alliance News
Issue 1 Fall 2012
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organization WGANC, felt that the
prospects for team competition in junior golf
were too sparse.
“Golf really becomes a different game
when it’s played as a team sport,” said
O’Brien. “These girls get to play in their
league but we wanted them to have an
opportunity to really compete together,
rather than relying on individuals. It was an
aspect of competitive golf we thought these
girls should have an opportunity to learn.”
The Lengfeld Tournament is in its third
year and has been rapidly expanding to
include more schools and provide the
opportunity to as many high school girls as
possible. This year the WGANC and PWGA
collaborative hosted 90 girls from 15 area
high schools for the annual tournament.
"We wanted to present these high school
girls golf teams with a quality tournament
experience, and were both excited at the
prospect of our associations collaborating on
a Junior Girls Golf event. We then named
the tourney in honor of Helen Lengfeld the
founder of the PWGA and a former
President of the WGANC and a true
champion of women's golf in Northern
California."
Lengfeld, who began taking golf lessons at
the tender age of 8 and went on to become
the youngest member of the now Peninsula
Golf and Country Club of San Mateo in 1912
would have been proud of the competition
held in her honor.
Appropriately named by Golf Digest as
one of the five most influential women in
golf, a diehard philanthropist and
competitive golfer herself, Lengfeld
continues to inspire and progress women in
the great game of golf even in her absence.
Whitney High school, which has been
competing since the tournament began three
years ago, is ecstatic about the opportunity
this type of competition provides young
women.
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Photo by Brittany Bradley of PWGA
Rocklin High School’s Danielle Lozano sizes up a
putt with her appropriately pink ball at the Sunset
Whitney Golf Course during the Helen Lengfeld
Memorial Tournament. Lozano was responsible for
an 87 of the Rocklin’s winning 418 points.
"Its fun, it’s a neighborhood tradition and
it’s right in our backyard," said Laura Faber
Whitney High School coach. " This promotes
and makes visible the benefits of having a
tournament for just the girls. So any time we
can promote the sport and support it, as
opposed to just being able to watch it on
T.V., is really good."
Despite the youth of the Lengfeld
tournament it's clear that this type of
competition is in demand for young
competitive female golfers. The turn out and
scores speak for themselves.
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