Eileen J. Snearly This is a story about a very special lady, Sydney Barber, and her grandmother, MountainView Lady Putter Mary Williams. Mary has been an active member of the MountainView Lady Putters and her SaddleBrooke community for years. Sydney Barber, Mary’s granddaughter, recently graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. This past spring, Sydney was…
Eileen (EJ) Snearly The MountainView Lady Putters members receive a free Christmas holiday luncheon every year. This has always been a wonderful time to thank all the members for their participation in making this organization a success. After putting on Dec. 13, the Christmas holiday luncheon was held in the ballroom at the MountainView Clubhouse.…
Eileen J. Snearly The MountainView Preserve Lady Niners held their pre-Christmas Holly Jolly event on Dec. 14. The golf format was a fun, step-a-side shotgun start at MountainView Golf Club. Reindeer Rice Krispies Treats made by Barbara Bloch were handed out at registration. The theme of the after-golf luncheon was Reindeer Games. There was a…
Alan Doan The Tournament of Champions, held this year on Jan. 13 at the Preserve, is an annual event for qualifying members of the MountainView-Preserve Men’s Golf Association (MPMGA). Participants are selected based on the number of points accumulated in MPMGA events throughout the previous year. Winning your flight in an individual event earns four…
Alan Doan The men’s golf clubs of both SaddleBrooke One and SaddleBrooke TWO just competed in the annual Javelina Cup that pits members of both 18-hole golf clubs in a two-day match play tournament played at the courses of both the MountainView Preserve Men’s Golf Association (MPMGA) and the SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association (SMGA). The Javelina Cup was played…
Wanda Ross The SaddleBrooke Lady Niners held their annual nine-hole Founders Cup on Jan. 21, in honor of their founders. We are very grateful to President June Hill and Vice President Liz Carlson, who founded this organization in 1990 when there were 39 charter members. Thanks to them, more than 30 years later, we continue…
On Jan. 3, 26 Verde Sputters and three guests donned their warmest weather gear and sputtered through 18 holes on the SaddleBrooke putting green. The money-hole winner was Sheelagh Simpson. Sheelagh, don’t spend that dollar all in one place! Mickey Levich had not one, not two, but three holes-in-one. There were a total of 23 holes-in-one, in…
David Cohen Aces Hole Number 4 at MountainView Alan Doan Dec. 30 was a once-in-a-decade kind of day for David Cohen. During a MountainView-Preserve Men’s Golf Association event, David put his tee shot in the cup on the par-3 fourth hole at MountainView. David used a 4-hybrid to launch the shot to a difficult pin…
Wanda Ross It’s a new year. How did that come so quickly? At our holiday party on Dec. 14, we thanked our outgoing president, Kat Danner, and the other board members for an excellent year of fun golf in 2021. We also welcomed our recently elected board members who are leading the Lady Niners club…
On Dec. 7, the SaddleBrooke Women’s Golf Association-18 (SBWGA-18) ladies held their annual Christmas celebration. It started with a golf event, Beat the Pro and President, in which two-person teams attempted to score better than the pro, Jane Chanik, and President Carol Bidwell. The pro and president team scored a net 69, and the team…