Ould Newbury offers a very strong women’s golf program. All women are invited to join the Ould Newbury Women’s League which promotes sociability and good fellowship among members by sponsoring and participating in tournaments and club events.
For a formal weekly league, ONGC Women’s League offers the Monday night Ladybug League. Ladybug League is composed of teams of 4 women (A-B-C-D handicaps) playing against each other in fourball format. In addition, the Tuesday morning league invites all to participate in the weekly play (either 9-holes or 18-holes), the format of which changes every week.
Throughout the year, the women may also play in the organized club tournaments, such as Club Championship, Judy Hilton Invitational, President’s Cup and Ladies Fourball. The Women’s League also sponsors additional tournaments such as the Centennial Cup, Seacoast Classic, and Solheim Cup. There are also several tournaments throughout the season for those girls who just “wanna have fun!”
Ould Newbury has a long history of women’s golf and the Women’s’ League is always happy to welcome new members into its ranks.
Women’s League Overview
Women’s League Membership
Membership in the Ould Newbury Women’s League is in addition to the regular membership fees. The nominal fee of $65 per year allows the Women’s League to operate independently from the general club finances. Any woman member who would like to participate in the Tuesday Morning League, Ladybug League, Spring & Fall Cups, North Shore League and Women’s League sponsored tournaments, must be a member of the Women’s League.
Monday Night Ladybug League
Women wishing to participate in the Ladybug league must be Active or Full Members of Ould Newbury Golf Club.
Tuesday Morning League
Starting in 2025, all Tuesday Morning Women’s League players must be members of Ould Newbury Golf Club. A new membership category called a Social Membership, has been instituted for those who only wish to play in the Women’s League on Tuesday Mornings. Visit the Membership Page for options and pricing.
Season Long Contests
Birdies, Pars and Chip-Ins: What a fun opportunity to challenge yourself! There are 3 flights: women with a handicap below 20, from 20 to 30, and 40+ or no handicap. If you get a par (over 20 hcp only), birdie, eagle or an albatross any time you play, fill out a witnessed form (found in the locker room) and drop it in the box. At the Women’s League Closing Meeting & Dinner, cash prizes will be awarded to individuals with the highest number of pars, birdies, eagles, and (if a miracle happens!) albatrosses.
Dream Score: This is a fun season long way to see what could be if you had all your best holes of the season combined into a single round! Simply record your best score on each hole as the season progresses and we will calculate the results for the best round.
Most Imporoved: This designation is what it says – the award and recognition goes to the Women’s League member with the greatest decrease in handicap from the start of the season until the Women’s League Closing Meeting & Dinner.
Officers & Committees
2025 Women’s League Officers
- Prseidnt: Lucille Lang
- Vice President: Judy Burke
- Treasurer: Cindy Noftall
- Secretary: Bev Zagarri
- At Large Member: maggie Kickey
2025 Women’s League Committees
- Tournaments
- Louise Healey, Chair
- Judy Burke
- Jane McDonald
- Kathy Melia
- Dream Score, Birdies, etc.: Candace Erikson
- Member/Guest: Louise Healey, Lucille Lang
- Handicaps: Lucille Lang
- Tuesday League: Maggie Hickey, Carol Comeau
- Spring Cup/Fall Cup: Cindy Noftall
- North Shore League: Catherine Garnache, Cindy Noftall
Women’s Tournaments
Tournament Sign Up
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Major Club Sponsored Tournaments
- Club Championship: No handicaps for this event, it’s a hole-by-hole gross score. If more than 4 women sign up, a medal play qualifying round will be held and the top four women will go to semi-finals, then the top two compete for the crown on August 10th. There will be no net club championship this year.
- Judy Hilton Invitational Member / Guest Tournament: This 1-Day Member Guest tournament is in memory of Judy Hilton, long-time member of the ONGC family and wife of Jim Hilton, Club Pro and Pro Shop owner. The tournament is a 2-woman, best ball format and open to all women club members.
- President’s Cup: This is a handicapped event and the low net score on this one-day event wins the Cup. The entry fee is awarded in prize money to the top finishers. Last year we had a great turnout and won’t it be fun to celebrate our Club Champion and President’s Cup winner on the same day!
- Four Ball: This event is 5 nine-hole rounds of partner play, with the teams structured into two flights. The first nine-hole match starts Friday around 4 and Sunday concludes with dinner at the club. It’s a great weekend of golf, and ideally, we would have 32 women members participate, if not, the first 24 who sign up and pay will be in the tournament.
Women’s League Tournaments
- Centennial Cup: This is a blind draw, single elimination, bracketed tournament open to women members of ONGC with a handicap. The tournament starts in May and ends in September. You pick your own partner and organize your matches. However, you cannot play with the person you played with the preceding year; unless you are the defending champions. If you want to play but don’t have a partner reach out to the tournament committee and we will try to connect you with another interested player.
- Seacoast Classic: Introduced in 2022, the Seacoast Classic is an interclub four ball match play tournament against Rockport Golf Club. This year, Ould Newbury will host on Saturday and Rockport will host on Sunday, with a dinner following the event.
- Solheim Cup: This format is a modified version of the LPGA tour event. All participants are divided into two teams, USA and Europe with captains assigned for each team. Stay tuned for more details as the season progresses.
Teams
Spring Cup Overview & Teams
Spring Cup is organized and run by the Mass Golf Association to promote friendly competition with other clubs and develop women’s amateur golf in Massachusetts. Clubs from all over the state participate in Spring Cup. The format is singles net match played at 100% handicap allowance. ONGC members are eligible to sign-up in the fall. You can sign-up as a team member or as a substitute. A team is made up of the lowest 5 handicapped players who signed-up. In some years ONGC has had 2 teams, when we have enough players and substitutes. The MGA matches clubs up according to the average handicap of the teams and puts each team into a Cup. There is a general fee which is paid to the MGA, along with a weekly fee for carts and lunch paid to the host club.
Team #1: Cup 5
- Wendly Colby (Captain)
- Cindy Noftall
- Cindy Rodzen
- Judy Burke
- Kathy Melia
Playing against:
- The Golf Club at Turner Hill
- Wellesley Country Club
- Haverhill Golf & Country Club
- Tedesco Country Club
- Meadow Brook Golf Club
Team #2: Cup 11
- Carol Comeau (Captain)
- Carmen Zappala
- Karen Lamanuzzi
- Maggie Hickey
- Catherine Garnache
Playing against:
- Gannon Golf Course
- Brae Burn Country Club
- Wenham Country Club
- Thompson Country Club
- Bear Hill Golf Club
Ladybug League teams
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North Shore League
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Fall Cup
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Past Club Champions
- 2024 – Karen Richardson
- 2023 – Wendy Colby
- 2022 – Wendy Colby
- 2021 – Karen Richardson
- 2020 – Karen Richardson
- 2019 – Louise Healey
- 2018 – Wendy Colby
- 2017 – Karen Richardson
- 2016 – Karen Richardson
- 2015 – Wendy Colby
- 2014 – Wendy Colby
- 2013 – Cindy Rodzen
- 2012 – Wendy Colby
- 2011 – Jane McDonald
- 2010 – Cindy Rodzen
- 2009 – Amy Dickison
- 2008 – Karen Miller
- 2007 – Jane McDonald
- 2006 – Karen Miller
- 2005 – Louise Healey
- 2004 – Jane McDonald
- 2003 – Karen Miller
- 2002 – Mary Marengi
- 2001 – Karen Miller
- 2000 – Jane McDonald
- 1999 – Leea Osborne Trussell
- 1998 – Louise Healey
- 1997 – Mary Marengi
- 1996 – Mary Marengi
- 1995 – Patti Marsh
- 1994 – Mary Marengi
- 1993 – Leea Osborne Trussell
- 1992 – Dotty Burns
- 1991 – Dot Bragdon
- 1990 – Roberta Trussell
- 1989 – Dot Bragdon
- 1988 – Leea Osborne Trussell
- 1987 – Fennie McCombe
- 1986 – Roberta Trussell
- 1985 – Roberta Trussell
- 1984 – Dotty Burns
- 1983 –
- 1982 –
- 1981 – Dot Cullen
- 1980 – Mariella Hennigar
- 1979 – Mariella Hennigar
- 1978 – Lon Hazelwood
- 1977 – Roberta Trussell
- 1976 – Lon Hazelwood
- 1975 – Dot Cullen