Category: Sports

SBWGA-18 Club Championship, Walking, and More

(From left) Kathy DeMerritt, Kay McCollom, and Barbara Turriff

Marsha Camp Way back in February, you may recall, the last day of our Club Championship was bright, sunny, and confusing. Here is another accolade I missed. Congratulations to our red tees, flight 2 Club Championship winner, Kathy DeMerritt. Ace photographer Angie was able to snap a photo of all the flight 2 winners. Second…

SMGA Club Championships April Tournament

John Morales (center) SMGA Club Championship flight 3 winner with Troy Jewkes, head golf pro (left) and Mike Roddy, superintendent of golf and grounds (right)

Fred Pilster The SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association (SMGA) had one of their main events for the year over three days in April. Sixty-eight golfers of all levels played in a three-day Club Championship tournament with over $2,500 in prizes awarded to 38 winners. This was a unique tournament under the new Golf Handicap and Information…

Pickleball Press—Crazy for Pickleball

SPA members at the Ridgeview pickleball courts are Sandy Lindquist with 3.0 assisted play co-chairs Rich Reiner and Debbie Westwater

Nancy Dowell The pickleball craze is not going away any time soon. Data shows that, to stay relevant, senior communities new and old are embracing pickleball. Developments that offer pickleball as an amenity have a competitive advantage in attracting buyers. Buyers are demanding pickleball and builders, as well as existing communities, are responding. According to…

Monday Mixers

Nicholas T. Mares SaddleBrooke One and SaddleBrooke TWO Monday Mixers have been sidelined by the coronavirus. Monday Mixers was enjoying a record year, as was the number of putters enjoying the events. We look forward to restarting the putting soon.

MountainView-Preserve Lady Niners Club Championship

Eileen J. Snearly “I’ll be the last one standing; two hands in the air, I’m a champion.” (The Champion, Carrie Underwood) MountainView-Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) wishes to congratulate our new 2020 Club Champion Linda Rouse. After two days of play on April 6 and 7 and observing COVID-19 recommendations, the MPLN crowned their new champion. The luncheon and…

MountainView-Preserve Couples Golf for June 2020

Linda Rouse, MPLN 2020 Club Championship winner

Dan Hoshino The June MountainView-Preserve (MP) Couples Golf tournament will be held on Saturday, June 13, at the MountainView Golf Course. It will be a 7:30 a.m. shotgun start and the format will be a four-person, pick your foursome, multiple best balls event. Players must sign up on the ForeTees system by Sunday, June 7,…

MountainView Lady Putter Spotlight

MVLP’s Putter in the Spotlight, Sandy Strack

Kris Rudin Our Putter in the Spotlight this month is Sandy Strack. Sandy has been putting since 2001. Since the MountainView Lady Putters (MVLP) reorganized in 2004, Sandy has been a board member every year, but one. She served as treasurer and membership coordinator. Sandy and her husband moved here from Wisconsin in 2000. She has…

MPLN Gives Match Play a Try

Flight 1 first place winner Sue Wilson (17.5 points)

Eileen J. Snearly For four weeks in March, the MountainView Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) participated in a modified match play format. In order to finish with a possible score, players did not give putts or concede holes. The player with a lower net score than her opponent on a given hole earned one point for…