The Tellico Village Ladies Golf Association’s 18-hole league gathered on the green for a final time this year Oct. 30 at Tanasi Golf Course.

Ladies participated in a 9-hole scramble, followed by a closing luncheon at the Yacht Club.

The team of Myra Germilhac, Nancy Hammar, Debra London and Rosemary Overton took first place on the front nine with a score of 35. The team of Susan Kastner, Karen Mathot, Vicki Schwerdt and Alice Williams took first place on the back nine with a score of 34.


“We closed our season with a 9-hole scramble, and it was a success,” Meri Coles, 2018 TVLGA president, said. “This year’s theme was ‘I Love Golf,’ and that was incorporated on each winner’s plaque created by the Tellico Village Woodworkers.”

The league held tournaments and special events throughout the year. Several tournaments were held to benefit good causes, such as donating to the Crisis Center for Women-Immediate Vital Assistant Services and the First Tee Program.

“A couple of special events held during the year were a member-member tournament and Bring-A-Man Day,” Coles said. “That raised over $1,600, along with other donations and contributions for the women’s crisis center of Lenoir City. We also ventured to Williams Creek Golf Club in Knoxville to support the First Tee Program. Car loads of golf clubs, bags, balls and shoes were donated.”

The league annually chooses a nonprofit organization to sponsor and help.

“Typically, we pick one organization to support over the year and this year, it was the Crisis Center,” Carol Gouty, 2018 TVLGA vice president, said. “We try to pick an organization that serves the counties that we live in and an organization that benefits women and children. We received suggestions from different folks and this year, the Crisis Center seemed like an organization we really wanted to benefit. They’re trying to expand their services, and there’s a huge need for these women and children to be.”

CCW-IVAS serves victims of domestic violence by providing safe shelter from abusers and helping those victims get back on the right track. The league presented Chris Evans-Longmire, CCW-IVAS executive director, a check for $1,606.25 at the Oct. 30 luncheon.

“We are a domestic violence program serving women, men and children,” Evans-Longmire said. “All of the folks that are being served in our Safe Haven shelter will participate in therapy. The Safe Haven can shelter up to 10 people, which could be five women and five kids. There’s going to be a community component that these women and children will talk to each other and support each other.”

Funds will help support mobile services to individuals or families in need. The league also donated linens, towels and bed sheets for the Safe Haven shelter.

“The money will be used to deliver services directly to women, children and any male victims that we may happen to get,” Evans-Longmire said. “Those direct services will include things like lifeskill classes, parenting classes, budgeting, legality advocacy and things like that. We would absolutely love to work with the TVLGA again in the future. I’ve already got some ladies that are interested in doing some volunteer work with us. We’re thankful for them.”

As the golf season winds down, Gouty is already setting her sights on 2019 and is hopeful to grow the league as the new president.

“I definitely want to grow our membership and get more women out on the 18-hole events,” Gouty said. “We’re looking at some different kinds of competition, like a Ryder Cup event. We already have an idea for our charity that we’re going to support next year. We have over 100 members right now, and we’d like to see 80 percent of those members out every Tuesday when we play. We’re also going to be educating our members on the new rules of golf because they change in January. I’m just excited for next year.”