From the Executive Director


By Ed Gowan


AWGA keeps charitable component; AGA will house group’s golf activities


Jan. 1 as mentioned in past newsletters and the press releases. AZGOLF Insider will now encompass all the joint activities for Arizona golfers beginning with this issue and expanding coverage into future issues. Mary Pomroy is


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now the AGA’s Chief Operating Officer while continuing to support the reorganized AWGA as a charitable organization in its activities. Following are her perspectives for the integration just accomplished and the new vision.


We called our consolidation an “integration” and not a merger because the AGA and AWGA are not one entity. Rather, the AGA now houses the golf activities supported by a single staff devoted to all of Arizona golf’s members and activities for men and women while the charitable efforts of AWGA and the Arizona Golf Foundation will continue separately. The AWGA’s programs


will continue and expand under former AWGA staff leadership, coordinating with AGA’s programs and activities, which should benefit all golfers. By assisting each other


he AGA and AWGA completed their integration


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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS PRESIDENT.............................................................................Mike McWilliams 1ST VICE PRESIDENT .................................................................Bill Burgesser 2ND VICE PRESIDENT .....................................................................Bill Phipps SECRETARY ................................................................................Bob McNichols TREASURER ........................................................................................Tim Brown


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Tim Brown, Bill Burgesser, Vera Ciancola, Michelle Cross, Barbara Fitzgerald, Ed Gowan, Mark Jeffery, Jerry Huff, Tim Hulscher, Mike Kane, Leslie Kramer, Ann Martin, Scott McNevin, Bob McNichols, Mike McWilliams, Suzy O’Hara, Judi Polidori, Mary Pomroy, Juna Rowland, John Souza


and combining some roles, staff will be more efficient and be able to create better services for both memberships. The new AWGA will


continue the charitable aspects of what the AWGA has been doing for years as a stand- alone, public charity. The board of directors plans to support the same programs in 2019 as they supported in prior years: • High School Girls Golf — Build a TEAM.


• Junior Golf Association of Arizona.


• The First Tee programs in Phoenix and Tucson.


• LPGA-USGA Girls Golf programs of Phoenix and Tucson.


• The Arizona Silver Belle Championship.


• PGA Junior League of Northern Arizona. When you are asked


to contribute to the AWGA, know that the support you provide goes directly to these and other important initiatives that ensure the future of our golf community and that enable us to


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share the many ways that golf enriches our communities and our lives. The AWGA was the


leading women’s golf association in the country, but the time for men and women being segregated is past. There still is, and in my opinion always will be, an important need for separate events for women and men, but having joint administration will benefit both. We need to ensure that each gender continues to have a strong voice in the structure of their events and competitions. We need to ensure that communications are focused on the audience, whether they are messages for men, women, or both. But, the business and technical aspects of managing the association is not gender specific, and will be more efficient, effective, and produce better results as a combined entity. “I can’t wait to begin


the next chapter of Arizona golf together with the rest of our golf community.” n


Mary Pomroy & Ed Gowan


AGA STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR....................................................................Ed Gowan CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER ..................................................Mary Pomroy STAFF......................................................................Anj Brown, Le Ann Finger, Michelle Evens, Jim Franko, Paris Garcia, Sharon Goldstone, Erin Groeneveld, Vivian Kelley, Mike Mason, Derek McKenzie, Robyn Noll, Betty Saltzgiver, Alex Tsakiris, Susan Woods PARTNERSHIP CONTACT .............................................Chris Montgomery NATIONAL ADVERTISING CONTACT ....................................Brian Foster


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THE AZGOLF INSIDER STAFF PUBLISHER.....................................................................................Mark Nothaft EDITOR-IN-CHIEF .........................................................................Bill Huffman DESIGNER............................................................................Carl Bezuidenhout AGA EDITOR .................................................................................Lorraine Thies SENIOR EDITOR ................................................................................John Davis REAL ESTATE EDITOR ......................................Gremlyn Bradley-Waddell FOOD EDITOR ................................................................................Carey Sweet GENERAL ASSIGNMENTS .......................................................... Jeff Heisner PHOTO EDITOR .........................................................................Jane Zarzynski SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER .......................................................Dennis Scully SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER ........................................................Wade Moran CONTRIBUTORS .......................... ......................Ed Gowan, Lorraine Thies, Scott McNevin, Tom Mackin, Joe Passov, Cori Matheson


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BACKSPIN MEDIA GROUP PRESIDENT.......................................................................................Bill Huffman GENERAL MANAGER ................................................................Mark Nothaft BackspinMediaGroup@gmail.com


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