Minjee Lee Wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship 2025
Congratulations to Minjee Lee, you have cemented your place as one of the true greats of Australian golf with a three-stroke victory at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at PGA Frisco in Texas.
Minjee is just 29 years of age, and becomes the fourth Australian with at least three major titles, joining iconic figures Karrie Webb (seven), Peter Thomson (five) and Jan Stephenson (three) in a truly exclusive club.
Minjee is the fourth Australian to win the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (Stephenson, Webb, Hannah Green) and adds to her victories at the 2021 Amundi Evian Championship and 2022 US Women’s Open.
JUNE MEDAL ROUNDS
Weekend Round 5 Golf NSW Medal
Division 1 - Michelle Alcock with a nett score of 79
Division 2 - Jenny Ogg with a nett score of 76
Division 3 - Sonya Bleakley with a nett score of 80
Club Medal Round - Multiday event
Division 1 was a tie between Chris Hill and Judy Mcalpine with nett scores of 74. Winner to be decided next stroke round.
Division 2 - Carol Warner with a nett score of 72
Division 3 - Susan Flaxman with a nett score of 78
NSW BOWL 4BBB EVENT
Winners
Rosemary Downing and Carole Turpie on CB with a score of 40.
We had 3 teams come in with a score of 40 - Chris Hill and and Jane Whittaker were the Runners up and Helen Egan and Meeghan Bourne came in 3rd.
Congratulations to all in a what was a very tight challenge!
JUBILEE FOURSOMES CHAMPIONSHIP
Winners
Leonie Carroll and Judy Mcalpine won against Helen Egan and Kate Flight. Well played by all and congratulations to our winners for 2025.
Judy Mcalpine, Leonie Carroll, Kate Flight and Helen Egan our Jubilee Foursome finalists for 2025.
BERNADETTE BROWN MEMORIAL TROPHY
Winner
Pam Barker won this event with a fabulous score of 38.
This was a very special win for Pam as Bernadette was a good friend of Pam’s. We played the event on the 26th June which was the 12th anniversary of Bernadette’s death.
Congratulations Pam on a wonderful win!
A special thanks to Chris Hill for her amazing photography!
It would seem that Chris Levy is looking larger than life probably due to her Donkin Cup win!
DONKIN CUP
Winner
This year our winner of the Donkin Cup was Christine Levy with a combined score from round 1 & 2 of 63.
Congratulations Chris on a well deserved win.
ROSEVALE PLATE - QUALIFIERS
1ST - Rosemary Downing
2nd - Susan Flaxman
3rd - Helen Chadwick
4th - Carole Turpie
5th - Anne Keys
6th - Diana Lindsay
7th - Sharon Rowe
8th - Kate Wegmuller
Congratulations to all.
BARBARA MCCARTHY MEMORIAL TROPHY - QUALIFIERS
1st - Jane Clifford
2nd - Jan Tuite
3rd - Andrea Tomlin
4th - Judy Mcalpine
5th - Chris Levy
6th - Meeghan Bourne
7th - Barbara Clayton
8th - Sue de Cseuz
The Knockout Playoff Sheets for both the Rosevale Plate and the Barbara McCarthy Memorial Trophy are up in the Women’s Locker Room. Get your rounds played before the weather gets any colder!
COWRA TRIP 2025
This year 15 of us headed off to Cowra for a 3 day Golf Fest!
Apart from the Tournament events we also had the Daily Bowral events and of course the coveted Cowra Hat was once again the ultimate prize!
This year Bowral was represented on the Winners podium by Jenn Worner! Congratulations Jenn, your first year at Cowra was a success!
The overall winner of the Bowral Competition and of course the very proud winner of the Cowra Cap is Susan Harrison. Sue wore the hat with such pride it was hard to get her take it off!
As you can tell the excitement of winning the hat was nearly too much for Sue!
Mixed Trophy Events
On Sunday the 28th June we played the 2nd round of the Mixed Foursomes Championship and the Wotton Trophy.
Congratulations to Virginia Wozniak and Simon Kemp on their win. The Mixed Foursomes Championship is the best combined Gross score over the 2 rounds.
The Wotton Trophy is awarded to the best combined Nett score over the 2 rounds and the winners this year are Leonie and Paul Carroll. Congratulations on your win!
Russell awarding the Wotton Trophy to Leonie and Paul
Wattle Day 2025 - 31st July 9 am Shotgun Start
Bowral Golf Club Wattle Day 2025
It’s that time of the year again. I will be sending an email out to all the women members with the Flyer for our Wattle Day attached. Please send this out to all your friends from other clubs. We would love to make this our biggest and most successful Wattle Day ever!
On Wattle Day we will run a raffle and if anyone would like to donate a prize for that it would be appreciated. Please note we are not doing a hamper but rather many individual prizes for the winners to choose from.
As well as the raffle we are going to have a Bake Table and we would appreciate all our great cooks donating a plate of baked treats to be sold on the day. If you able to assist please let Sharon Rowe or Pippa Palmer know.
All registrations for Wattle Day MUST be done on Mi Tournament. You cannot book through the club. Entry Fee is $60 per player and includes golf and lunch.
Thank you to everyone who has participated in the many events played.
Cheers, Jan