Carolyn Brinkley The MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) is honored to recognize all of the members who volunteer their time to make the club run smoothly and to ensure that all of the members enjoy regular league play, special events and tournaments as well as making sure that the club is successful. It takes an enormous…
Bob Edelblut Rumor has it that the Men’s Club Hole-in-One Train is seriously damaged. The last hole-in-one was April 25, and it was only the fourth of the year. Morale is so low that the tournament director has started challenging the field at our weekly events to raise the bar, to get it done, to…
Barbara Johnson Now that we’ve weathered the triple-digit days and monsoon rains of August, the SaddleBrooke Lady Niners look forward to a busy and fun-filled fall. On September 24, we will enjoy our annual LAGOS Tournament. For anyone who doesn’t know, LAGOS stands for Ladies Amalgamated Golf of SaddleBrooke (the name was created by the…
Geri Sandilands Hearing about those treats makes your lips “smack” yummy … where can I get them? You would have had to play in the SaddleBrooke Cup (SBWGA) that was modeled after the Solheim Cup. Three different formats were played over 18 holes: Six holes of best ball, six holes of alternate shot and six…
Mark Vander Jagt Congratulations to Karen Vander Jagt for her hole-in-one on June 27, 2017. She hit her 7 wood on Catalina No. 8 as Ann Chatham, Brenda Brown and Nan Kartsonis cheered that ball all the way into the hole. Karen is the third member of the SBWGA to have a hole-in-one this year.…
Eileen J. Snearly The MountainView Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) accepted an invitation to join the MountainView Lady Putters (MVLP)) on Monday, July 10, 2017, dubbed the Red, White and Blue Putting Event, and was hosted by MVLPs. All ladies were dressed in red, white and blue to extend the Fourth of July holiday. All participants…
Written articles have interest, but what brings those words to life? Pictures! The SaddleBrooke Women’s Golf Association is grateful to photographer Molly Fullerton for the multiple pictures taken at our golf events. She moved to SaddleBrooke five years ago from Seattle and “active” became her middle name. As a police officer for 13 years, Molly…
Barbara Johnson Even during monsoon season the SaddleBrooke Men’s and Ladies’ Niners manage to make a great day of golf and fun! Every year the two groups come together for their annual Niners Unite Tournament and this year had a great turnout! After a record-breaking string of 100 degree days, as well as the first…
Geri Sandilinds Those of us who love this crazy game could be called “cockeyed optimists,” “tenacious bull dogs, or perhaps even “gluttons for punishment,” but one thing you can never call any golfer is “Faint of Heart!” We show up week in and week out, with no idea what small variable will be our undoing…
Please support your local American Legion Post and help us to help those in need. Oro Valley Post 132 is sponsoring a charity golf tournament Saturday, August 26 at the Sun City-OV Views Golf Club. All proceeds, 100%, will benefit local veterans in need and the families of the deployed soldiers of our adopted local…