Club Committees

The Deer Valley Women’s Golf Club is a volunteer organization and is operated by the Officers and a number of operational committees. 
You are encouraged to support the club by volunteering.

LStarting in 2023, the Board will have a hierarchy of ‘Directors’ to whom the Committee Chairs will report.  The Directors will be asked to attend all Board Meetings and provide reports from their assigned Committees.  Committee Chairs may also attend Board meetings and give their reports.

The structure will be as follows:

Golf Co-Director Sherry Skogrand:
     AGA
     CAGD
     Rules
     Team

Golf Co-Director Linda Leng:
     Birdies/Chip-Ins
     Handicaps
     Ringers
     Tournaments

Social Karen Jones:
     Birthdays/Sunshine
     Bulletin Board
     Photographer
     Publicity

Membership Janice Runnels:
     New Member/Orientation
     Directory
     Returning Members

Administration – Sherry Skogrand:
     Monitor
     Safety
     Website Content Manager
     Board Advisor

AGA Rep –  Nancy Ward, member Pam Taylor

Birdies/Chip Ins – Mary Lawson

Birthdays – Teresa Gasaway

Bulletin Board – Joan Chiapputti & Julie Kanouse

Central Arizona Golf District Rep – Marsha Ross

Directory –  Janice Runnels

GPDT for 2024 – Marlene Gates

Handicaps – Linda Leng, CoChair Margie Zener

Membership/Orientation – Janice Runnels

Monitor –  Jim Dewitt   email at: jimd.dvw@gmail.com

Event Photography – Pat Roberts

Publicity – Marla Duffield

Ringers – Joanne Powell

Rules – Patti Anderson, member Sherry Skogrand

Safety – Teresa Pirkl

Social – Karen Jones, members Karla Millinovich, Sue Duncan, Jean Sturm, Marie Krause,  Marsha Ross, Martha Jacobs, Sandy Young

Sunshine – Terry Nicks

Team Play – Chris Falasco

Tournaments – Lois Petrik, members  Sharon Powell, Dorine Murray, Peg Wynkoop

Web Site Content Manager – Linda Leng

Advisor and Past President – Teresa Pirkl

Committee Descriptions

A brief description of what each committee does is provided below:

AGA:  The AGA Representative is the club’s liaison with the AGA (Arizona Golf Association).  The representative will conduct the State Medallion competition for her club and report the winners to the AGA.  She will be responsible to post all pertinent information received from the AGA for her club.

Birdies, Eagles and Hole-In-One Committee: The committee chair will record all birdies, eagles and hole-in ones each week.  A quarterly report will be posted on the bulletin board along with a year-end report.  She will be responsible for presenting the winners their money at the Christmas Luncheon in December. 

Birthday Committee: Shall be responsible for keeping an updated list of all members’ birthdays and compiling a monthly birthday list and posting it on the bulletin board.

Board Advisor:  Typically the previous year’s club President, the Board Advisor will provide insight, advise and assistance to the current year’s Executive Board as requested by board members.

Bulletin Board Committee:  Responsible for keeping both the outside and the inside bulletin boards in an organized manner with current information.

Central Arizona Golf District (CAGD) Rep:  Is responsible for signing up and collecting entry fees for members wishing to play in the Central Arizona Golf District blind draw events which take place one day in January, February, March, April & November as well as getting the results to the CAGD committee.

Chip-In Committee: The committee chair is responsible for compiling and posting a report each week, to include the names of the players and hole numbers of the chip in.  She then places the winnings for each person in an envelope to be distributed the following week.  All members, including social members, can participate by depositing $.25 in the jar and signing the chip in sheet.  Before you leave for the day, please record your chip-in and hole number on the sheet on the counter so that you are eligible to be paid.  A yearly report will be posted to include the double digit winners, the hole with the most chip-ins and the individual count for each hole.

Directory Committee:  Responsible for creating and updating a membership list to be distributed to all competitive and social members electronically in January of each year.  Provide supplemental updated membership/change lists as required.

Handicap Committee:  Responsible for all aspects of the USGA/World Handicap System, including the computation of each member’s Handicap Index.  Must verify that all acceptable scores are reported for handicap purposes, and that recorded scores are available for peer review.  In addition, has the authority to make the determination if course conditions are so poor that score posting should be suspended.   Attend a Handicap Workshop as required to retain Club Handicap Certification.

Historian Committee:  Is responsible for keeping all of our yearly history up to date in the binders that are kept at the club house so anyone can review them as desired.

Membership Committee:  Is responsible for enrolling new members and the renewal of members in DVWG. Facilitate membership in AWGA for GHIN Handicap system.  Maintain membership documentation and provide member lists and the updating of member information.

New Member Orientation/Photo Committee:  Is responsible for holding monthly meetings with all new club members to orientate to the club’s procedures.  Responsible for taking photographs of new members and posting on bulletin board and providing digital photo to Web Content Manager for posting on web site.

Event Photographer Committee:  Is responsible to take quality photos of officers, tournament winners and special events for posting on club bulletin boards, website, news publications and club historical book.

Publicity Committee: Is responsible for getting club news in the Rec Centers monthly newsletter as well as any other club business that should be published. 

Ringer Committee: IIs responsible for signing up full members to participate in the Ringers competition, posting the individuals best scores for each hole the 1st of each month for the prior month, and calculating and paying out Ringers awards at the Christmas luncheon.  Social Members do not participate in Ringers.

Rules Committee:  Responsible to have an overall understanding of the Rules of Golf and know how to use the Rule of Golf Book.  Attend a Rules of Golf Workshop as required.  

Safety Committee:  Is responsible to be on the alert for any hazards or unsafe conditions on the golf course or any of its environs.  Any unsafe conditions shall be promptly reported to the proper responsible individuals for resolution.

Social Committee: Will be responsible for forming a committee to plan, organize and carry out all social events for the club.  Attend board meetings and be prepared to present plans and progress for upcoming events.

Sunshine Committee:  Responsible for sending cards to any members that are ill or just need a little encouragement for situations that they might be dealing with.

Team Play Committee:  Will field a team of players for each scheduled match, prepare scorecards for each match with names and adjusted handicaps, act as chairwoman, when so designated, will be part of Committee for Resolution of Disputes, will announce DVWG clubs line up to opposing captains pursuant to tee time reservation requirements before each match and will keep an accurate, up-to-dates reconciliation of the overall matches.

Tournament Committee:  Is responsible along with the President, for setting up all tournament dates and run the following tournaments:  Match Play, Club Championship, President’s Cup and Ace & Aces.

Web Site Content Manager: Maintain the club’s web site, post news and information. Detailed job description can be found here:
Web Content Manager Job Description 2022-12-08 V1

Monitor: The club members employ an individual to schedule groups and book tee times, compile results and assign winnings (for competitive play), prepare score cards for each week’s play, and generally oversee play each Tuesday.  The ‘Captain’ of each group (typically the first person listed for the tee time) pays the Monitor for the group when she turns in the pouch for the group at the end of play.  The Monitor posts the results of each week’s competitive play on the web site as well as posting the tee times for the next week’s play. Post scores as “C” scores (Competition Scores) for Club Championship, President’s Cup, Medallion Play for all participants.  Post Match Play and Ace & Aces scores for all participants as a regular play score.  Print and post updated handicap index reports on the 1st and 15th of each month.