Ret and Geri The SBWGA-18 Club Championship is the highlight of the season for two very good reasons: First is the joy of playing together in the competitive, three day tournament and second, of course, is the thrill of coming together to congratulate our winners at the Club Championship party. The 2017 theme, Birdies in…
Bob Edelblut The MPMGA Men’s Club held this year’s President’s Cup Tournament on Wednesday, March 30 and Thursday, March 31. Once again the Preserve and MountainView Golf Clubs provided all the challenge the contestants could handle and as all of you know so well Mother Nature was also a factor. A bit of everything described…
Connie Sherman scored a hole-in-one on Thursday, March 2, 2017. She holed her ball out on No. 11 at The Preserve, using a six hybrid. This was her first swing of the day, as her foursome (Ellen Victor, Kate Pope and Pam Burnett) started on No. 11 in the shotgun start. Congratulations, Connie!
Barbara Johnson On April 25 Debbie Thompson and her committee hosted a real favorite event for the SaddleBrooke Lady Niners – the annual Ladies Choice event. For this tournament, our ladies play with a gentleman who is not her spouse or significant other. It was a beautiful day, with all participants decked out in black…
No, they’re not practicing attorneys and please don’t call them about a medical malpractice suit. What they are are two winners in the annual competition for the Links Cup. This is the fourth year the cup has been contested and there has been a different winner every year. Alan Culley won the cup this year…
Carolyn Brinkley MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) is proud to celebrate Vice President Linda Rouse as their 2017 Club Champion. Linda shot a 92 that was the low gross score of the entire field; a great achievement. Seventeen MPLN members played in the 2017 Club Championship tournament that was promoted by Gold Level Sponsor, Charles Schwab.…
Bob Edelblut The MPMGA Member Member Match Play Tournament began on Thursday, March 2, and if nothing interfered with the plan it would be completed before the club’s monthly luncheon on March 31. All fingers were crossed. The tournament’s format did not change from prior years. Fifty two-man teams, 100 players, grouped into six flights,…
Janey Clausen The MPWGA Take a Swing at Cancer Tournament was held on March 7, 2017 at The MountainView Golf Course. With so many wonderful members working on the tournament, we were able to raise $12,000 for the University of Arizona Cancer Center. Presenting the $12,000 check to Katie James at the University of Arizona…
Gail Campbell is our 2017 MPWGA President’s Cup Champion! The tournament was played on Monday, March 20 at The Preserve and Tuesday, March 21 at MountainView. Gail’s two-day net score was 135, one stroke better than runner-up Nancy Emmons. Gail was presented the winner’s trophy by Debbie Mielke, last year’s champion, at our Awards Luncheon…
Bob Edelblut Hole-in-One number two for the MPMGA happened a mere 14 days after the ice had been broken. John Kraus, playing at SaddleBrooke Ranch on February 16, scored his first ever hole-in-one on the fourteenth hole. Congratulations! What an experience! His playing partners John Bidegain, Ted Knapp and Jerry Westra performed the witness function.…