Barbara Johnson Everyone here at the SaddleBrooke Golf Course is just overwhelmed that our Pro Bernie Eaton has received not one but two prestigious awards. The first one is the 2016 Southwest Section PGA Player Development Award. The second award is being named the 2016 Southern Chapter of the Southwest Section Golf Pro of the…
Barbara Johnson The SaddleBrooke Lady Niners held their last big event of 2016 on December 13 with their annual Holiday Luncheon. They started the day with a fun game of golf where they got to throw out their three worst holes of the day (winners were determined by their scores based on two thirds of…
Bob Edelblut It is really quite amazing the number of holes-in-one members of the MPMGA have recorded this year. Warren Tiahrt made it 16 on Saturday, November 12 at the Preserve Golf Club. This must be some kind of record! Warren’s playing partner Nick Nicholas said after Warren hit his shot, that he thought it…
The Christmas Holiday Luncheon is always a festive time for the SBWGA-18 and this December was no different. President Brenda Brown, in her jovial style, thanked the outgoing board for a tremendous year of unity and accomplishment. The new board was introduced taking the oath of office for 2017. President Sheila Clarkin, Vice President Venetia…
Bob Edelblut I truly thought there were no more seats on the hole-in-one train. Boy was I wrong. On Sunday, December 4 Don Plapinger aced the thirteenth hole at the MountainView Golf Course. Connie and Don were playing in their regular Sunday couples group and Jack and Debbie Hammer were their playing partners. Spouses are…
Gary Averett The 2016 SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association held its final tournament of the year November 30, December 3, completing on December 7. Ron Curtis finished the three day tournament with an overall low net score of 205, one stroke better than the second overall low net score by Doug Swartz at 206. He averaged…
Janey Clausen The 2016 MPWGA Club Championship was played on Monday, November 14 at The Preserve and Tuesday, November 15 at MountainView with beautiful weather both days. Denny Dalton and Ralene Peters were tied after the final day of play and had to compete in a sudden death playoff which Ralene won on the first…
Bob Edelblut The weekly schedule said that the finals for the Tournament of Champions would be played on November 17. This schedule is sacred and nothing, well almost nothing, will cause it to be compromised. Get the picture? There were several situations including the weather forecast that almost caused this popular event to be rescheduled.…
Diane Mazzarella Recent MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) Ace of the Month tournaments presented the following winners: September – Low Gross Charlene Grimm, Low Net Shirley Miller October – Low Gross Joyce Sutay, Low Net Susan Elliott November – Low Gross Carol Thompson, Low Net Judy Hendricks December – Low Gross Becky Fisher, Low Net Carol…
Bob Edelblut What is that age old saying – “Neither wind nor rain nor snow” will keep a golfer from making his scheduled tee time? Well, maybe I am off just a bit but I am sure you see the point. Not one player from the MPMGA or the SMGA was late for the 8:00…