The WGAWP entered the new millennium with little fanfare and no issues with the Year 2000 concerns.  The organization was at its membership peak with over 800 members and 46 clubs.  

In 2000, the WGAWP began using the USGA GHIN system for handicap maintenance and tracking.  Some clubs did not utilize GHIN, so members from those clubs were required to provide scores to the Executive Secretary for updating of handicaps.  Also, in 2000, the Nemacolin Scramble had become so popular that a second Scramble was scheduled.

In 2001, the WGAWP was at Williams Country Club for the Fall 2-Day event when two planes struck the World Trade Center in New York and changed our world forever.  The participants in the tournament were slow to hear of the incidents as word got out as they made the turn or finished their round.   The tournament was cancelled as was the Bernie Biss Roast (outgoing President).  Some members returned home after the first day and others elected to stay and golf the next day.  Bernie Biss never got to enjoy her farewell as President.  

Membership dues in 2000 were $70, then increased to $80 in 2002, $85 in 2005, and $90 in 2008.  The qualifying handicap was 18.4 in 2000, was increased to 19.0 in 2004, then 19.4 in 2005 where it remained for the rest of the decade.

Team matches continued with good participation, though the levels fluctuated considerably during the decade.  In 2000 there were 7 divisions with 6 teams each.  In 2001 an entire new division was added as four clubs added a second team and Treesdale and Latrobe formed teams.  The eight divisions had a short life as the WGAWP dropped back down to seven divisions in 2004 and six divisions in 2005, where it remained through the end of the decade.  

In the Championship Division, Fox Chapel was the dominant team with four Championships, two at the beginning in 2000 and 2001, and two towards the end of the decade in 2007 and 2008.  Allegheny won twice in 2003 and 2004 and Diamond Run also won twice in 2005 and 2009.  Indiana captured a win in 2003 and Nevillewood won in 2006.    

The portfolio of events remained relatively steady through the decade.  In 2004, the second scramble that was introduced in 2000, was eliminated.  In 2005, the Tag Hill, that had been played as a 36-hole stroke play event since its inception in 1953, was changed to an 18-hole tournament.  The Player of the Year points were adjusted from 3 to 2 to reflect the smaller significance of the tournament.

With the proliferation of cell phones, in 2009 the WGAWP added the prohibition of wireless communication devices with the penalty being disqualification or ineligibility for future event.

While the events of 2001 made significant changes to our world and every-day security procedures, the WGAWP carried on with minimal impact and remained very healthy through the end of the decade.

To read more about the WGAWP in the 2000's click the link below.

Clubs joining in the 2000's:

• Kahkwa
• New Castle

In today's dollars:

• The $70 annual dues in 2000 is equivalent to $118.82 in today's dollars.
• The $90 annual dues in 2008 is equivalent to $122.18 in today's dollars.

Carol Semple Thompson was challenged by two young players in the 2000's decade, Katie Trotter and Jordan Craig. 

Katie Trotter won three WGAWP Championships in the decade in 2004, 2006 and 2007 and was runner up in 2005.  Katie was WGAWP Player of the Year in 2006.

Jordan Craig won the Championship once in 2008, was runner up twice in 2006 and 2009, and was runner up in the PA Women's Amateur twice in 2006 and 2009.  Jordan was WGAWP Player of the Year three time in 2005, 2007, and 2008.

But once again, Carol Semple Thompson is player of the decade, as neither Katie nor Jordan could quite match the achievement of Carol Semple Thompson in the decade, as listed below:

• 2000 - PA Women's Amateur Champion
• 2000 - US Sr. Women's Amateur Champion
• 2001 - PA Women's Amateur Champion
• 2001 - US Sr. Women's Amateur Champion
• 2002 - WGAWP Champion at Edgewood
• 2002 - PA Women's Amateur Champion
• 2002 - US Sr. Women's Amateur Champion
• 2003 - WGAWP Champion at Nemacolin
• 2005 - WGAWP Champion at Chartiers
• 2006 - PA Women's Amateur Champion
• 2008 - North & South Women's Sr. Champion
• 2009 - WGAWP Champion at Westmoreland
• Member of Curtis Cup in 2000, and 2002
• WGAWP Player of the Year in 2001, 2002, and 2003

Click the link below to read more about their accomplishments and head-to-head match ups.

• February 23, 2000 - Wexford native Christina Aguilera wins best new artist at the 42nd Grammy Awards ceremony.
• April 2, 2000 - Green Mountain Energy Company starts to build ten windmills near Somerset, Pa. for use as an electrical energy source.
• May 29, 2000  -Local racecar owner Chip Ganassi wins the Indianapolis 500 car race with driver Juan Montoya.
• July 25, 2000 - Dan Rooney, Pittsburgh Steeler owner, joins his father, Art, in the Football Hall of Fame.
• October 1, 2000 - Pittsburgh Pirates play last game at Three Rivers Stadium losing to the Chicago Cubs 10-9.
• December 16, 2000 - Steelers defeat the Washington Redskins 24-3 at the last football game at Three Rivers Stadium.
• April 9, 2001 - PNC Park hosts its first official MLB game. Pirates lose to the Cincinnati Reds 8-2.
• May 12, 2001 - Singer Perry Como, a Canonsburg native, dies at age 87. His career included fifty top 10 songs, three successful television series and numerous television specials.
• June 15, 2001 - H. J. Heinz Company secures naming rights to the new football staduim ("Heinz Field") by paying $57 million over the next twenty years.
• August 5, 2001 - Bill Mazeroski is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He is most famous for hitting a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of the seventh game of the 1960 World Series to defeat the New York Yankees.
• September 11, 2001 - After learning that two hijacked planes had been flown into the World Trade Center in New York City and another plane had been flown into the Pentagon in Washington, D. C., passengers of hijacked Flight 93 overcome their hijackers and crash the plane in a field in Shanksville, PA.
• October 7, 2001 - Pittsburgh Steelers play their first football game at Heinz Field, beating the Cincinnati Bengals 16-7.
• July 24, 2002 - Nine miners at Quecreek Mine near Shanksville, Somerset County become trapped 240 feet underground & rescued on July 27th.
• February 9, 2003 - Pennsylvania state stores allow Sunday sales of wine and liquor. Sunday sales had been illegal since before prohibition.
• February 27, 2003 - Fred Rogers, host of the children's program "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" on the Public Broadcasting System, dies at age 74.
• November 1, 2003 - Hepatitis A outbreak infects at least 650 people and kills three. The cause of the outbreak is traced to a supply of green onions at the Chi-Chi's Restaurant in the Beaver Valley Mall. Chi-Chi's eventually closes their nationwide chain after filing for bankruptcy.
• January 17, 2004 - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra becomes the first American orchestra to perform at the Vatican; Pope John Paul II is in attendance.
• March 28, 2004 - WQED, the nation’s first educational television channel, marks their 50th anniversary in broadcasting.
• April 25, 2004 - The Pittsburgh Steelers select Ben Roethlisberger from Miami University (Ohio) as their number one choice in the NFL football draft.
• November 13, 2004 - Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center opens the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum and the Smithsonian wing of the original building.
• July 22, 2005 - The Pittsburgh Penguins win the draft lottery and select teenage sensation Sidney Crosby as their first overall pick.
• February 5, 2006 - The Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XL in Detroit with a score of 21 to 10 over the Seattle Seahawks. This is the fifth Super Bowl win for the Steelers.
• July 11, 2006 - Pittsburgh hosts the Major League Baseball All-Star Game for the second time. The American League beat the National League by a score of 3-2.
• January 22, 2007 - Mike Tomlin announced as the new head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers; he is the first African-American to hold this position within the Steelers organization.
• April 26, 2007 - Pittsburgh named the most livable city in the United States by Places Rated Almanac.
• May 2, 2008 - Dick’s Sporting Goods announces its sponsorship of the 2009 Pittsburgh Marathon.
• February 1, 2009 - The Steelers claim their record sixth Super Bowl title against the Arizona Cardinals, 27-23.
• March 17, 2009 - Steelers owner, Dan Rooney, was nominated by President Obama to be the ambassador to Ireland.
• May 2, 2009 - UPMC opened the new Children’s Hospital in Lawrenceville. The old Children’s Hospital in Oakland closed that morning.
• June 10, 2009 - Pittsburgh named most livable city in the United States and ranked 29th worldwide in a survey by The Economist.
• June 12, 2009 - The Penguins earned their third Stanley Cup, defeating the Detroit Red Wings in seven games.
• October 6, 2009 - The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh received an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Medal, the highest honor for a library and museum.

• In 2000 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest player to win a Grand Slam in Golf.
• In 2001 the 911 Terrorist Attacks rock the United States and the World.
• In 2001 iTunes is released by Apple. 
• In 2001 Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia, goes online.
• In 2002 Kmart Corp files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
• In 2002 the Department of Homeland Security is created. 
• In 2003 the Concorde flies its last flight.
• In 2003 the US invades Iraq.
• In 2003 the “Do Not Call List” is created. 
• In 2004 Facebook is launched.
• In 2005 Hurricane Katrina demolishes New Orleans.
• In 2005 video-sharing website "YouTube" was founded.
• In 2006 Saddam Hussein is charged and found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging. 
• In 2007 Apple Computer Company announces the release of the very first iPhone. 
• In 2008 property prices continue to fall on both sides of the Atlantic in Europe and America causing hardship to many homeowners, and problems for the financial institutions.
• In 2008 Citigroup, the nation’s largest bank, joins a number of other high profile financial institutions and reported a fourth-quarter loss of $9.83 billion caused by the sub prime mortgage problems.
• In 2009 Michael Jackson dies in strange circumstances.
• In 2009 US Airways Flight 1549 has successful Crash landing in the Hudson River