Tag: SBWGA

SBWGA 2023 Club Championship

Ellen Avenoso Over the course of three days, 45 women played 54 holes on all three of our courses for our annual Club Championship tournament. This is a gross score tournament, which was divided into three flights: Championship, Seniors (65+), and Legends (80+). On the last day of the tournament, they encountered high winds, gusting…

SBWGA—Off and Running for 2023

Ellen Avenoso We started our new season with the induction of the new board. We also “adopted” a new community endeavor to sponsor: Girls Golf of Tucson. The first event we assisted with was a clinic at Omni Golf Course. We honored our tournament winners, new members, and hole-in-one achievements at our first meeting of…

Tournaments, Tournaments!

Shirley Hamann Several SaddleBrooke Women’s Golf Association (SBWGA) ladies have been participating in events outside of SaddleBrooke, sharing what SaddleBrooke ladies are all about. Arizona State Senior Championship On Sept. 7-9, 11 members of SBWGA-18 participated in the Arizona State Senior Championship Tournament. This was a 54-hole stroke play event held at Tonto Verde Golf…

President Anne Shares Her Talents

Shirley Hamann Anne Stonecipher, 2022 SaddleBrooke Women’s Golf Association (SBWGA) President, started sewing when she was just 10 years old, making doll clothes for her younger sister. She has loved sewing ever since. She was lucky enough to have a wonderful junior high school sewing teacher. The 8th grade girls made shirtwaist dresses with a…

Mulligan’s Island Revisited at SaddleBrooke

Jerry Keirn, Pam Bicknell, Sheila Clarkin, and Gary Stewart on 1st tee (Photo by Fred Pilster and Jane Chanik)

Fred Pilster and Jane Chanik The SaddleBrooke Women’s Golf Association (SBWGA) and the SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association (SBMGA) got together for a Summer Classic Golf Tournament called Mulligan’s Island. Forty men and 40 women formed two-person teams to compete in a fun golf tournament using the old Gilligan’s Island theme but renamed as Mulligan’s Island. Of…

SBWGA hosts its first scramble of the season

Tournament honorees, back row: Pauline Sousa, Irene Sorenson, Betty Michelsen, Opal Larkin, and Judy Mattson. Bottom row: Carolyn DiSanto, Bevin Wagner, Dixie Moriarty, Marilyn Webb, Marian Rogge, E.J. Lindquist, Wanda Hutchinson, Dudie Lewis, and Arlene Lipscomb. Seated: Kathleen Weiss.

Marsha H. Camp On Oct. 15, SaddleBrooke Women’s Golf Association (SBWGA) hosted a tournament and luncheon honoring past members and those who have given so much in support of our organization. Seventeen honorees joined us for this inaugural event. I hope that the members who missed it will get a chance to be a part…

SBWGA update

Marsha Camp I’ve been saving the Ace Day winners for a special occasion, today. January’s winners are Shawna Janson with a gross score of 80. Nancy Wylie shot 61 net. You may remember February was frozen out. For March, Debbie Green shot 78 gross and Ann Running scored 63 net. April’s winners were: Kerry Crowell…

SBWGA honors new net champion

Ret Convey Three cheers go to Judy Melo for her resounding over-all victory in our 2018 net championship, the Cactus Classic. Not only did Judy astonish with her three-day net score of 197, but she managed to pull it off from her position in the first flight (aka The Bonker Hedgehogs). Well done and congratulations,…

Cooling weather warms up the SBWGA

Ret Convey Our courses have been successfully reseeded and are in beautiful condition. Our winter visitors are trickling back and taking their rightful places among us. Our delicious luncheons and meetings have resumed, giving us the chance to get together again at long last. Everything is as it should be at the SBWGA…if only Mother…