The 2007 Inaugural Golf Invitational was a huge success.  The event was held May 18-20, 2007 at the renowned Ginn Reunion Resort in Reunion, FL - home of the LPGA Ginn Open.  

Ladies from across the country attended for a weekend of Sister golf, Sister fun, and Sister networking.  The tournament, led by Tournament Director, Annie Ewings, had 113 golfers who competed for trophies in five flights - Championship to 4^th flight.  Three winners in each flight received beautiful trophies of polished glass artwork. 

 GUEST SPEAKER

The renowned, Renee Powell, LPGA and PGA member, of Clearview Legacy Foundation was our Guest speaker for Sunday’s Awards Luncheon.

Professional golfer and educator Renee Powell is one of only three African American women to ever play on the Ladies Professional Golf Association's
(LPGA) Tour. She is the daughter of William Powell, owner of the Clearview Golf Course in Canton,  Ohio, the first such facility designed, constructed,
owned and operated by an African American. Renee Powell graduated from high school in Canton in 1964 and attended Ohio University and Ohio State
University.

She began competing as a golfer at age twelve, and continued perfecting her game during her college days. She made her professional debut on the
LPGA Tour in 1967 , and her first tournament was the U.S. Women's Open conducted by the United States Golf Association. In 1980, when she finished
competing on the Tour, she taught golf in Africa and Europe and later returned home to Canton where she currently serves as the head professional
golfer at Clearview Golf Course. In 2000 , Clearview Golf Course was named to the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the
Interior.

The Powell family established the Clearview Legacy Foundation for education, preservation and turf grass research. In 2003, Renee Powell received
the First Lady of Golf Award from the Professional Golfers' Association.  Most recently, Renee Powell was the inaugural recipient of the Rolex For the
Love of The Game Award at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, March 27, 2007.

Our Sponsors & Contributors 

Saturn of Orlando in Casselberry, Florida was the Hole In One Sponsor, with a top prize of a 2007 Saturn AURA valued at $23,000. 
Other tournament contributors were Ginn/Reunion Resort, Reunion, FL -  MasterCard, Purchase, NY -  Tri-City Golfers, Orlando, FL
Legacy Club at Alaqua Lakes, Lake Mary, FL -  United States Golfers Association -  African-American Golfers Digest - Golf
for Women magazines - Edwin Watts - Executive Marketing Group - ReMax Properties.

The Sisters Across America 2007 Annual Award, sponsored this year by Humana MarketPOINT, Altamonte Springs, Florida, and
given in honor of Jim Huebner, was awarded to our Founding President, Esther Wilson.

1st        Annie Ewings            Orlando, FL
2nd       Gwendolyn Irvin       West Bloomfield, MI
3rd        Edna Buckley             Roseville, CA

 1st        Ruby Fields               Covington, GA
2nd       Carmen Swanson      Windermere, FL
3rd        Delphine Davis          Sanford, FL

 1st        Leslie Banks              Los Angeles, CA
2nd       Marva Cosby            Clayton, OH
3rd        Virginia Lockhart      Hollister, CA

1st        Gloria Roberts           Sacramento, CA
2nd       Katie Catron               Los Angeles, CA
3rd        Gloria Howard            Los Angeles, CA