Jorie's first year of teaching at EGGC was 1997, and that’s
when she met her friend Ann Gardiner Arnold.
After an
enjoyable summer of lessons, a bond was formed. In
August, Ann had a complaint. She couldn’t
understand why all the local golf tournaments were primarily
men.
She looked Jorie in the eye and said, “Jorie,
you need to do something about this, we need a tournament
for women only. Ann’s dream was to have a day
where women would play together and not feel intimidated.”
The following Sept., the “Ftorek Finale” was born
starting with 32 of Jorie's female students, including Ann. A
couple of years later it turned into a successful fund raiser
for local breast cancer survivors and local charities.
Ann
missed only 2 tournaments, one was in 2014. Our friend
and inspiration for the Ftorek Finale left us on Nov. 5.
Ann’s vision continued to live on thru 2018 and the 21st Ftorek
Finale. And now we had to say goodbye to the one that made Ann's
dream come true. We can only hope to carry on the dream.
