Elks Lodge #2540 donates to First Tee-Delaware Cape Region programs

Written by Fritz Schranck. Posted in Golf Column

August 9, 2024

Representatives of Elks Lodge #2540 of Lewes presented a check for $1,800 to the First Tee of Delaware Aug. 6 during a First Tee summer session at Kings Creek Country Club.

The money supports scholarship stipends for children’s participation in First Tee programs in southern Delaware, especially in the Georgetown, Lewes, Milton, and Rehoboth Beach areas.

First Tee – Delaware’s sessions take place locally at eight Sussex County golf courses and eighteen Sussex County schools, as well as locations on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

The non-profit youth development organization uses golf to impart life lessons and character-building assistance to children. In 2023 First Tee – Delaware offerings served over 30,000 youth in Delaware and two Maryland counties.

Elks Lodge community initiatives focus on children and veterans. For more information about the fraternal organization, go to elks.org.

Cape Region First Tee programs for this fall include sessions at Rehoboth Beach beginning Sept. 18.

For more information about First Tee sessions or to make your own donations, go to firstteedelaware.org or contact Scott Allen, PGA at ScottTFTDE@gmail.com. 

Duca Del Cosma

Dress well, feel well, play well is a great formula for most golfers.

No, really.

I always feel better about my chances when I step onto the first tee in a nice outfit. I know I am not alone in feeling this way.

This attitude is among the reasons I enjoy checking out the high-end fashion side of the golf apparel companies who attend the PGA Show each January in Orlando, FL. These businesses understand this mindset and are committed to their artistic vision.

At the 2024 Show I stopped by the Duca Del Cosma booth once again. The Dutch company combines fine Italian leather with refined color schemes and classic designs, built with Portugese craftsmanship. This year it celebrates its 20^th anniversary.

I met Evelien Lauwers, the Dutch company’s Manager Director for North America and Global Sales. She showed me a great example of Duca’s fashion sense on the women’s side, the Belladonna ($199 SRP).

Offered in navy and white, the Italian Nappa leather uppers feature a reinforced top strap that buckles into place.

It’s a very old-school look from above, but the spikeless Airplay outsole is up to the minute.

A mix of nub and traction points provide a good base for the swing.

The Avanti is a spiked model with a sharp contrast between its embossed white upper and the red sole and trim elements ($279 SRP).

Lauwers highlighted its stability elements incorporated into the Airplay 6 outsole.

Among the men’s collections I liked the Dandy model the best ($249 SRP).

It draws attention to itself with a black and white houndstooth top piece fitted over the white upper, itself highlighted by an homage to wingtips with its tiny leather holes. It won a 2023 award from Golf Digest magazine.

Lauwers said the shoes sell at over 200 locations throughout the United States.

The company also does a brisk business with direct-to-consumer sales at its website (https://ducadelcosma.us).

Duca’s shoe designs always makes me smile. I think they would do the same for you.

McCrery wins 48^th PGA Junior Girls Championship

Congratulations to Avery McCrery of Wilmington for her victory in the Girls Division of the 48^th PGA Junior Championship, held July 30-Aug. 2 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD. She posted a 6-under total in the four-round contest, winning by two strokes.

McCrery won the 2023 DIAA State Golf Championship at Baywood Greens as a rising junior at Tower Hill School. She has committed to attend Duke University in 2025.

Sawyer Brockstedt of Rehoboth Beach, who took second in the 2024 and 2022 DIAA golf championships, also competed at Congressional, but missed the cut. She has committed to attend Notre Dame in 2025.

Local club competition results

The Mulligan’s Pointe Ladies played a Nassau game Aug. 6, in two flights.

Maxine Ansbach won the front nine for the first flight, with Brenda Lewes winning the back nine and Karen Feuchtenberger winning overall.

In the second flight, Terese Kane won the front nine. Tammy Findlay took the back nine and Sue Ahern won the overall category.

The Kings Creek CC Ladies 9-Hole League played a team 2, 1, 1 game Aug. 6. This format uses the two best scores for the par 5s and the single best scores for the par 3s and 4s.

Deb Chase, Polly Donaldson, Junita Wilson, and blind draw Kim Parks won first place.

Shelly Conaway, Atom Irwin, Beth Andrews, and Margaret Rebarchick took second, with Kim Parks, Dot Filbert, Tish Brey, and Ellan Hylton finishing third.

The Kings Creek CC Ladies 18-Hole league played an individual net Stableford game Aug. 1 in hot, muggy conditions.

For the first flight, Gale DiBona took first place, with Jackie Everett in second, Lesley Corydon in third, and Jean Chlastawa in fourth.

Katie Heintz won first place in the second flight, followed by Kathleen Nilles in second, Linda Kelleher in third, and Lori Guitson in fourth.

For the third flight, Melissa Soper took first place, with Shelly Conaway in second, Margaret Moore in third, and Darci Whitehead in the fourth spot.