Denise Cashmore
The MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association started off spring with a sprint and a Member/Guest event on March 11 and 12. Donna Watson and Tina Donovan co-chaired this year’s “Derby in the Desert.” Entry tickets included golf and lunches and a fun afternoon “horse race” at MountainView.
The “Derby” golf event was two days (Preserve and MountainView), two-person teams with a max stroke differential of 10 strokes between partners (play from the same tees), with prizes for KPs (Closet to Pin). Final payouts were flighted and included Secretariat ‘73 (1st Janey Clausen and Jean Cheszek), Seattle Slew ‘77 (1st Cathy Quenell and Leann Biesterfelt), Seattle Slew ‘79 (1st Debbie McMullin and Jennie Renshler), Sunday Silence ‘89 (1st Jacque Twitty and Jeanne Jensen), Silver Charm ‘97 (1st Susan Dell and Sally Dreenen), and Street Sense ‘07 (Debbie Mielke and Vera Robl).
Then, on April 1 and 2, the ladies sprang into action for the Club Championship, sponsored by Sonora Investment Management. Golfers competed in a two-day overall low gross score tournament to claim the Club Championship and grand prize. There were also flighted prizes for low gross and net and for KPs on all par 3s. The event, dubbed by some as the “Windy Classic,” started with a blustery 7:30 a.m. shotgun at The Preserve. Day 2 was held at MountainView Golf Club.
Janey Clausen, who won the event with a low gross of 171, said of the weather, “It was very windy both days, but fun nonetheless. I think (especially the first day) conditions were a challenge for all of us. The scores weren’t very low.” This was Clausen’s fourth time as Club Champion. An Awards Luncheon was held at the MountainView ballroom.
Congratulations to Club Champion Clausen and all of the flight prize winners (an asterisk denotes a tie broken, according to USGA rules).
Flight 1: 1st Lori Stegnick (2024 Champion) (175), 2nd Cathy Quesnell (176), 3rd Denny Dalton (178), 4th Karen Wilson (186)
Flight 2: 1st Donna Watson (174), 2nd Melanie Bassham (179), 3rd Jane Megrdle, 4th Linda Schauer
Flight 3: 1st Suzan Carter (*185), 2nd Judy Grow (*185), 3rd Debbie Mielke (190), 4th Tina Donovan (191)
Flight 4: 1st Marianne Wicks (198), 2nd Connie Simonds (216), 3rd Connie Maslowski (220), 4th Donna Yon (229)
Flight 5: 1st Marilyn Brewer (151), Donna Roth Hills (*153), 3rd Susan Dell (*153), 4th Jenni Farquhar (160)
KP Winners: Day 1: #4 Donna Roth Hillis, #6 Tracy McGeorge, #11 Suzan Carter, #14 Susan Salmeri; Day 2: #4 Lori Stegink, #8 Debbie Ogle, #13 Marianne Wicks, #17 Melanie Bassham
Other news: The March Ace of the Month winner was Donna Watson (gross 81, net 69). Linda Linegar scored a hole-in-one on April 13 on hole 17 at MountainView, Denny Dalton scored a hole-in-one on April 11 on hole 8 at MountainView, and Marianne Wicks scored a hole-in-one on March 30 on hole 4 at The Preserve. Cathy Quesnell was the ladies winner in the Second Annual MountainView Par 3 Tournament.
See MPWGA.com for full results and upcoming news and events.