Joanie Barber, Sandy Shuster & Maeneen Klein
Go Outside And Play…The Other Side of Golf
Meeting three members of the Dataw Island Women’s Golf Association (DIWGA) at the pub next to the pro-shop was a delight. Joanie Barber, president, Sandy Shuster, treasurer, and Maeneen Klein, golf and greens committee member, joined me for an informative discussion about the organization. Though they are all three avid golfers, they stressed that for them, golf is about having fun.
The DIWGA, as it is known, has about 200 members. They play on Thursdays, Ladies Day at the two courses, Cotton Dike and Morgan River, and many other days of the week, as well. There are 12 tournaments in the year, and many special events, such as the hosting of collegiate women’s golf tournament the first weekend in March. Some of their members are serious, competitive golfers and travel around in the Coastal Carolina Ladies League, playing courses from Fripp Island to Sea Pines. But the majority of the women, they emphasized, play to have fun.