Ruth Raymond Jones Memorial
Senior Amateur Championship
Champlain Country Club — Swanton, VT
Tuesday – Wednesday, July 8-9, 2025
Format: Two-day stroke play tournament. Gross and Net awards.
Entry Fee: $165 includes entry, practice round, and lunch. Carts are not included in entry fee.
Entries Close: 3:00 p.m. Monday, June 23. Register through Golf Genius. All players will be placed on a “Pending Registration” list until two weeks prior to the event.
Refund Deadline: 3:00 p.m. Monday, June 23.
Eligibility: To participate in any VSWGA Major Championship Tournament, players must meet the eligibility requirements, listed below. Additionally, to participate in the Senior Amateur Championship, a player’s USGA handicap index must be 36.0 or less.
Senior Championship Age Requirement: All entrants must be at least 50 years of age by the first day of the tournament.
Field Size: The field size is limited to 100 players. If the maximum field size is exceeded, players will be confirmed based on Tournament Eligibility Requirements outlined below. A waitlist will be created and players will be informed of their place on the list as the tournament nears.
Awards: All players are eligible to win the overall Championship trophy, however the player that wins is not eligible for the Super Senior or Legend trophy. A player may win either Super Senior (age 65-69) or Legend trophy (age 70 and over) and additionally receive a gross or net prize. There will be an awards ceremony immediately following play on Wednesday. There are trophies for the Champion, Runner-Up, Super Senior and Legend Winners. The number and amount of Prizes and Universal Certificates will be awarded based on the number of players in the tournament. All certificates expire on September 30th of the following year. A Skins game may be offered with pay out in Country Club of Barre Pro Shop Credit.
Registration/Check-In: Registration/Check-in at all tournaments will be in the morning until one hour before the last tee time on the first day. Registration information will be emailed to registered players.
Caddies: No golf professional is allowed to caddie for any competitor.
2024 VSWGA Ruth Raymond Jones Memorial
Senior Amateur Championship
July 9-10, Country Club of Barre
Final Results
What a great day to be playing golf in our great state of Vermont! The Country Club of Barre, with it’s sweeping views of the green mountains was a picture-perfect setting for the final round of the Senior Championship.
I’m clearly focusing on the positives – which were great golf, an excited and competitive group of women, and the making and sharing of wonderful friendships (but for anyone that wasn’t there, we still contended with a storm delay, a bit of a deluge of rain, and some stifling heat). However, we persevered – and I witnessed many smiles in spite of the soggy clothes and equipment.
Now, for what you have all been waiting for… The 2024 VSWGA Senior Champion, by a commanding 6 strokes, is Lin Culver of Neshobe Golf Club. Lin shot a a 5-over par, 36 hole total of 149 (76,73). Congratulations to Lin.
Pictured l to r: Linda Jane Parson, VSWGA President, Senior Champion Lin Culver, CC of Barre PGA Professional Joe Dingledine
Shooting 155 over two rounds, the Runner-Up by match of cards is Reggie Parker of Ekwanok Country Club (80, 75) and third place was taken by Tiffany Maurycy of Copley Country Club (76, 79). Andrea Brown of Champlain Country Club held on for 4th with 157 (76, 81), and Kristin Mahoney of Neshobe Golf Club rounded out the top five with 159 (84, 75).
Gross Prize Winners l to r: Elizabeth Walker, Mary Brush, Becky Montgelas, Lin Culver, Reggie Parker, Andrea Brown, Kristin Mahoney, Tiffany Maurycy. Not pictured: Jeanne Morrissey, Vicki Goodrich.
There were only two competitors in the field from Ekwanok Country Club, but they both played well enough to take home some hardware this week. The winner of the Legend Division is Reggie Parker (155) and the winner of the Super Senior Division is Becky Mongelas (160).
Net Winners
In the Net Competition, first-time VSWGA Major participant Colleen Corrigan of Kwiniaska Golf Club carded a 10-under par total for two rounds to take 1st place. Joanne Priestley of Country Club of Vermont took the 2nd place price with a two day, 4-under par total.
Net Prize Winners l to r: Eva Mastalos, Harriet Murray, Jayne Magnant, Lucille Paquette, Joanne Priestley, Mary Beth Menduni, Sandy Bingham, Donna Becker, Colleen Corrigan, Sis Capeless. Not pictured: Kathy Allbright.
The Pat Job Team Competition came down to the wire, with the Kwiniaska women pulling off a last-minute upset of Team Williston by 1 stroke. The final tally was Kwiniaska 446 and Williston 447. Very closely behind them in 3rd place was the Burlington team with 451.
The Putting Competition was won by Rhonda Colvard of Kwiniaska with 29 putts.
Senior Amateur Awards Sheet
Please see the Leaderboard for detailed results and for Skins Winners. Results are also available on Golf Genius. Thanks to all the folks at the Country Club of Barre that helped to make this event successful and fun.