You probably remember the game show Let’s Make a Deal, in which Monty Hall would select contestants from the audience and trade items of value for another item. Let’s Make a Deal has come to a garage in SaddleBrooke! You can pick up ten gently-used golf balls, in exchange for your $5 bill. All golfers…
Tag: Golf
Sports, March 2019
SaddleBrooke Niners on the go
Dian Kupper Our Niners group is keeping busy as usual. In February our major tournament was the Founders’ Cup. This tournament is dedicated to those ladies who founded the 9ers League in 1990. In 1996, they held what was known as the Liz Carlson Tournament, the original salute to the group. Liz was one of…
Sports, March 2019
MPMGA Member-Member Match Play Tournament results
Jim Donat This year’s event was changed slightly with the intent to complete the tournament before everyone moved north for the summer. No longer would there be matches between flights to determine an overall winner. This allowed for better payouts, a shorter timeframe and the elimination of matches between teams with very different handicaps. In…
Sports, March 2019
MountainView Lady Niners play their best hand
Eileen J Snearly Cary Dowell and Joyce Sutay are the MPLN Ace of the Year winners who competed against the Ace of the Month winners on January 8, 2019. These ladies were recognized at the January 15, 2019 Awards Dinner. Caryl Dowell was also named most improved golfer for 2018. These 2018 Ace of the…
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
Hole-in-one for Eva Langdahl
Ann Lange January 24 was one holy day for Eva Langdahl when MountainView Hole 17 called her name during a round with her weekly Thursday Practice Group. This is “Eva the Acer’s” fifth season of golf and, no doubt, her first of many aces to come. As a member of both MPWGA and SDWGA, she…
Sports, March 2019
2019 MPMGA Tournament of Champions
Jim Donat Every year the MPMGA recognizes the winners from the previous year and invites them to play in the Tournament of Champions. To gain entry into the tournament, players at a minimum have to win a singles tournament, win two tournaments as part of a two-man team, win four tournaments as part of a…
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, March 2019
MountainView-Preserve Couples Golf schedule for April
Dan Hoshino The next Tournament for MountainView-Preserve Couples Golf will be on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at the MountainView Golf Course with a 1:00 p.m. Shotgun. The format of play will be a four-person, two best balls. Players must sign up on the ForeTees System by Sunday, April 7, 2019. Tournament results will be reported…
Sports, February 2019
SBWGA-18 news
Marsha Camp The January membership meeting included a healthy discussion and subsequent vote on the inclusion of those who play from the Red/Aqua Tees into our Ace Day tournaments. The vote to incorporate payouts for the R/A Tees for Gross and Net winners passed by majority vote. The new model of payments for Ace day…