The Eleanor Keeler Trophy is awarded to the runner-up of the Georgia Women's Amateur Championship. This year's runner-up is Laura Coble. Laura has won the Georgia Women's Amateur five times (1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2007). Laura and Mariah Stackhouse were tied after 54 holes of play and Laura lost in a 3-hole aggregate playoff.
At right, Laura accepting the Trophy from Dale Perry, GWGA Board Member
The GWGA Ceil Maclaurin Trophy(formerly referred to the as the Golfer Trophy) is awarded to the golfer with the lowest 18-hole score in any round of the 54-hole tournamount. This year, the Ceil Maclaurin Trophy was won by Brenda Pictor with a low score of 70.
The Golfer Trophy, renamed this year the Ceil Maclaurin Trophy in honor of Ceil,was donated to the GWGA in 1954 by Helen Lengfield, editor and publisher of The National Golfer Magazine.
The GWGA Doak Cup is awarded to the club with the two players with the lowest aggregate qualifying scores after 36 holes. The 2008 Doak Cup winners are Susan Reheny(left) and Liz Butler of Reynolds Plantation.
The Doak Cup is named for Mrs. W. D. Doak, the first Georgia Women's Amateur Champion. Mrs. Doak won the Championship in 1930 at Radium Springs Golf Club in Albany and subsequently served for seven years on the GWGA Board of Directors in the 1930s, including two years as President. The trophy was donated by Mr. W. D. Doak in 1945 in memory of his wife.
The GWGA Burns Cup is awarded to the senior golfer (age 50+) with the lowest 36-hole qualifying score. The 2008 Burns Cup winner is Mary Helen McElreath from Augusta with a score of 153 after 36 holes..
The Burns Cup was donated to the GWGA in 1956 by Mrs. Roy "Burnsie" Burns, who served on the GWGA Board of Directors for thirty years between 1933 and 1964.
An ACE was made on Hole #4 at the Stonebridge Golf and CC by Noreen Healy on July 28. Noreen plays out of The Landings in Savannah.
State Amateur Awards
Award Winner
Champion Runner-Up Eleanor Keeler Trophy Medalist Billie Wickliffe Lowest 36 Hole Qualifier Golfer Ceil MacLaurin Lowest 18 Hole Score Doak Cup Club w/Lowest Combined 36 Hole Qualifer Reynolds Plantation
Butler-163/Rheney-149
Burns Cup Senior - Lowest 36 Hole Qualifer Hole-In-One
Tournament Results: Championship Flight Winners
Championship Flight A
First: Kathryn Fowler, Albany (left)
Second: Tess Fordham, Metter (not present)
Third: Amira Alexandra, Alpharetta (right)
Championship Flight B
First: Brenda Pictor, Marietta
Second: Michell Griffith, LaGrange (not present)
Third: Lauren Darnell,Gainseville (not present)
Championship - Flight 1
First: Sarah Ross,Carrollton (center)
Second: Claudeen Lindberg, Atlanta (left)
Third: Jodie Shepard, Newnan (right)
Championship - Flight 2
First: Leslie Elkins, Roswell(center)
Second: Regan Freville, Augusta (right)
Third: Cheryl Grigg, Sea Island (left)
Championship - Flight 3
First: Deana Atkins, Dacula (center)
Second: Marilyn Nolan-Johnson, Marietta (right)
Third: Kristie McCollister, Alpharetta, (left)
Low 16 Qualifiers - GWGA Commemorative Bag Tags
1) Mariah Stackhouse 9) Jayne Curtis 2) Laura Coble 10) Michelle Griffith 3) Tess Fordham 11) Mary Riley 4) Kathryn Fowler 12) Elaine Carsel 5) Susan Rheney 13) Jane Duggan 6) Erin Packer 14) Lauren Darnell 7) Mary Helen McElreath 15) Darlene Werhnyak 8) Amira Alexandra 16) Brenda Pictor
Back Row L-R: Brenda Pictor, Laura Coble, Mary Helen McElreath, Mary Riley,
Kathryn Fowler, Mariah Stackhouse
Front Row L-R: Elaine Carsel, Darlene Werhnyak, Susan Rehney
Not Present for Picture: Tess Fordham, Erin Packer, Amira Alexandra, Jayne Curtis,
Michelle Griffith, Jane Duggan, Lauren Darnell
Tournament Results: Forward Tee Flight Winners
Flight 1
First: Debbie DeVane, Albany (center)
Second: Helen Kirbo, Albany (right)
Third: Sandra Moody, Waynesboro (left)
Flight 2
First: Karen Sellick, Savannah (left)
Second: Joyce Doss, Carrollton (center)
Third: Donna McMikle, Albany (right)
Flight 3
First: Sandra Doyle, Dalton (center)
Second: Nancy Abraham, Albany (left)
Third: Annie Law Ma, Kennesaw (right)
Flight 4
First: Dale Perry, Carrollton (center)
Second: Ashley Dixon, Smryna (left)
Third: Glenda Eubanks, Albany (right)
Flight 5
First: Mary Louise Rucker, Augusta (center)
Second: Betty Rich, Villa Rica (right)
Third: Julie Hebert, Marietta (left)
Flight 6
First: Jessica Doyle, Dalton (center)
Second: Jeanne Dent, Savannah (right)
Third: Tina Hawkins, Macon (left)
"Golfer" Trophy Re-Named the Ceil Maclaurin Trophy
"Medalist" Trophy Re-Named the Billie Wickliffe Trophy
Ceil was honored at the 79th annual GWGA Championship by having the Golfer Trophy award re-named the Ceil Maclaurin Trophy, which is a large silver loving cup. It is presented annually at the Women's State Amateur Championship Tournament to the player with the lowest 18 hole score of the competition. It was first awarded in 1950 to Madge McDonald. Ceil has won this award 1951, 1959, 1967, 1968,1970, 1972, tie with Elaine Hand in 1973, 1974, 1975. |
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Robbie & Ceil Maclaurin admiring the newly renamed the Ceil Maclaurin Trophy.
Ceil was not alone in being honored at the annual banquet held at Stonebridge Golf and Country Club in Albany. Her fellow competitor, good friend and four ball partner was also honored, posthumously. The Medalist Trophy, a Paul Revere silver bowl that was donated to GWGA by the Golfer Magazine to honor Eleanor Keeler of Atlanta, was re-named the Billie Wickliffe Trophy in honor of Billie Wickliffe, who succumbed to cancer last December. This trophy is presented annually to the contestant in the Women's State Amateur Championship with the lowest 36 hole (or qualifying score) after the first two rounds of competition. It was first presented in 1954. Billie's name is listed 1964, 1966, 1970, and 1971. Both of these women are and have been icons in our State for Women’s golf.
2008 Final Round Scores by Flight - Championship Tees
2008 Final Round Scores by Flight - Forward Tees
2007 Final Round Scores by Flight - Championship Tees
2007 Final Round Scores by Flight - Forward Tees