Scott Baker The SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters faced off against the Highlands at Dove Mountain Men’s Putters for another of our quarterly Saguaro Cup tournaments. This quarter, the tournament was held at the Highlands Golf Course at Dove Mountain. The putting green was fast and seemed to have some hidden undulations that made it difficult for…
EJ Snearly The Mountainview Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) sent a team of two golfers to compete in the State Medallion golf tournament. The January 2024 State Medallion competition was held in Sun Lakes. Congratulations to the “overall” MPLN first-place winners, Marcy Tixier and Maria Miller. Marcy is the president of the MPLN organization. This competition…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg Chris Hubbard, PGA Golf Administrator for Girls Golf of Tucson, was recently given the distinguished Southwest PGA Youth Player Development Award. The award ceremony, held on Feb. 27 at the Phoenix Country Club, recognized Hubbard for his many contributions toward youth golfer development. This was Hubbard’s first award as a member…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg My friend Laura Benson kept saying to me, “You have to interview Jo Helms for an article!” After several months, I finally was able to call Jo to set up an interview. And what an interview it was! Jo Helms is the volunteer coordinator (17 years and running) for the MountainView…
EJ Snearly On Jan. 16 in the MountainView Ballroom, the MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners gathered for awards night. The golfers were welcomed by the 2023 president Charlene Leach. Special recognitions were given to the 2023 officers, board members, and event chairs. Before dinner, the Presidential Gavel was transferred to the 2024 president Marcy Tixier. After dinner,…
Steve Kotke At the Men’s Niners annual meeting on Jan. 17, members re-elected officers for the 2024 season. Our executive team for 2024 is Paul Belanger, president; Greg Diment, vice president and tournament chairman; and Don Taylor, secretary and treasurer. We have an exciting year of golf planned. Visit our 2024 Golf Schedule on the…
Ellen Avenoso The SBWGA 18-Holers never let an opportunity pass to compete and to celebrate and 2023 was no exception. On Dec. 5, 86 women competed to “beat the pros” (our head pro Jane Chanik and our 2023 president Nancy Sartor). The pros scored a net score of 72. Twenty-seven teams beat them by a score…
Wanda Ross When golfers make New Year’s resolutions, those resolutions often are to golf more, to improve their game, or to have more fun golfing. Joining Lady Niners is one way to achieve those goals. We golf nine holes every Tuesday morning on one of the three SaddleBrooke nine-hole courses. This gets us out on the…
EJ Snearly What a wonderfully fun play was performed by some of the MountainView Niners golf league members. This play, Mistletoe Mischief, was written by Niner Denise Gilliat-Norgard. Denise’s co-chair was Janet Ekkert. After multiple rehearsals, dressed and otherwise, the play went off without a hitch. Dec. 5, 2023, started off with a fun golf…
EJ Snearly Founded in 2007, the Folds of Honor mission is to provide educational scholarships to the spouses and children of America’s fallen and disabled service members. Their motto says it best: Honor their Sacrifice. Educate their Legacy. On Nov. 13 the Folds of Honor golf tournament was held at the SaddleBrooke One golf courses.…