Ann Lange On the eighth day golf was created. On the 18th swig, the number of holes was determined. On June 3, 1927, the first Ryder Cup began, and on Sept. 11 and 18, the second annual Ryder Cup Match took place between the MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) and the SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA).…
Tag: MPWGA
Generals, September 2019
Mark your calendars to battle cancer!
Linda DeWitt The continuing battle against cancer will again be supported on Nov. 18 and 19, as the MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) will host the annual “Take a Swing at Cancer” Golf Tournament. MountainView Golf Club will be the venue with an 8 a.m. shotgun start on Nov. 19. New this year will be a cocktail party and auction on…
Sports, June 2019
Hole-in-one for Loralee Horwedel
Ann Lange Eleven was heaven for Loralee Horwedel on April 16, the first golf day of the Member/Guest Tournament when she aced that par 3 at the Preserve Golf Club for her very first hole-in-one. Loralee and Susan Dell, members of MPWGA and their respective guests, Dede Crowder, SBWGA and Marion Ewing, SBRWGA, started on…
Sports, May 2019
Congratulations, Mary Kay Nordhill – MPWGA President’s Cup champion
Ann Lange Mary Kay Nordhill shined the brightest of the 42 star-studded Sparklers stylin’ in red, white and blue who played in the MountainView Preserve Women’s Golf Association’s President’s Cup. The players were grouped by handicap into six flights, each named in honor of a past president of the United States. This was the 19th…
Sports, March 2019
Bubba Hawkins 2019 edition
Rennie Temple and Jim Donat This year’s Bubba Hawkins (MPMGA version of the MPWGA’s Sadie Hawkins) golf event took place on Thursday, February 14 at the MountainView Golf Course. Signups started over a month prior so our golfers had plenty of time to seek out a willing Sadie golfer to join in this annual couple’s…
Sports, March 2019
MPWGA 2018 Most Improved Player
Ann Lange A big surprise and even bigger smile for Patti Shobe on January 29 at the MPWGA 2019 Kick-Off Dinner when Handicap Chair Betty Cole announced she had received the 2018 Most Improved Player Award. Patti had tears of joy as members stood for a big round of applause, topped off with Barb Sullivan’s…
Sports, January 2019
Congratulations to Janey Clausen, 2018 MPWGA Club Champion
Debbie McMullin Janey Clausen shot a two-day total score of 165 (80 at The Preserve on November 13, 2018 and 85 at MountainView on November 14, 2018). With no competitor finishing less than 170, Janey won the MPWGA 2018 Club Championship. This is her third time winning this coveted title, as she was also MPWGA…
Sports, October 2018
Mars and Venus vintage 2018
Bob Edelblut Wow! This year’s event was the fifth time this popular tournament has been played. It seems like only yesterday that the MPMGA and the MPWGA started the discussions that lead to the creation of this event. Is time really flying by this quickly? Most of you know that the prior tournaments were…
Sports, April 2018
Congratulations, 2018 MPWGA President’s Cup winner – Ann Van Sickel
Debbie McMullin On March 20 our 2018 President’s Cup Tournament ended in an exciting sudden death playoff. Two players, Bev Smith and Ann Van Sickel, were tied after two days (36 holes) of golf. During the playoff held on the tenth hole at MountainView GC, Ann scored a par to win the tournament. Congratulations,…
Sports, February 2018
Operation Dragon
Bob Edelblut Every operation has a mission, a purpose. Always it requires untold hours of planning, coordinating and the meshing of all the moving parts. Operation Dragon had it all and believe me when I say there is nothing more rewarding, more exciting, more fulfilling than being part of a good plan that works!…