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WGA 18-Hole Circle of Golf
By Bonnie Beauchamp
Members of the WGA 18-Hole Club pose for a photo between rounds. Photo courtesy of Cathy Brickner.
To spotlight our club for this month’s needed at least 25 people in order to form individual club, and with 121 members,
Sun Rays article, it only seems an official club in Sun City and both 9- our 18-hole group had its first and only
fitting that we start with a recent and 18-hole players gathered to form what sponsor for the year, First Texas Bank.
milestone. As the circle of golf goes, we now we know now as the WGA 18-Hole Golf Today, our club has 55 sponsors and 152
have a second generation WGA 18-Hole Group. In a recent interview, Coila Simms members. With membership growing each
member, Lynn Niedermeier. Her mother, mentioned that the first club president, year, it takes many hard working board
Ruth Niedermeier, was one of the original Norma Richardson, kept her notes on members and committees volunteering
57 chartered members of the Sun City sticky pads as the use of computers had their time to keep our club running
Women’s Golf Association, first conceived not taken hold yet. Fortunately, Coila has smoothly. Additionally, we are helped by
in the fall of 1996 after the Legacy Hills diligently maintained many of the club’s our computer system and, of course, all
Golf Course opened for play. We hope that original notebooks as well as her scrapbook the people who keep our three courses
this is only the beginning of many new from her first presidency in 2000. In ready to play each Tuesday morning. It
members who will continue to carry on writing and pictures, these notebooks is this circle of golf past and present and
their namesakes through the wonderful share the history of the early years and all the people now and throughout the
game that we play - and even sometimes many of the items discussed are still on years that have made our WGA 18-Hole
enjoy – known as golf. the agenda today; funny that pace of play Golf Group the outstanding club that it
was even an issue in 1996. is today. We welcome new members and
Those brave ladies back in 1996 met at the look forward to our next generation of
Legacy Hills Pavilion, which was the only In 2000, the 18-holers and 9-holers Sun City golfers.
place to hold meetings at that time. They decided that each was better served as an
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