Our snowbirds are gone and the golf season is slowing down, most of our tournaments are over and we are all looking forward to open tee times, margaritas after golf and dodging the rain and lightning from our monsoons. We just completed our Catalina Cup season which runs from October to May. Ten teams from…
Tag: Golf
Sports, June 2016
Viva Las Vegas
Due to the hard work of Jacque Twitty and her committee members and the generosity of our sponsor, Robson Communities, the MPWGA Member/Guest Tournament was a huge success. It kicked off on Sunday afternoon, April 24 with an ice cream social, horse race and appetizer party with DJ Steve Phillips providing music for dancing on…
Sports, June 2016
The Pima Cup season ends on a high note for MPMGA
Bob Edelblut The final event of this season’s Pima Cup schedule was hosted by the MPMGA at The Preserve Golf Club on May 4. The weather and course conditions were perfect and every player in the field had nothing but the highest of expectations. The champion would be determined today and when play began there…
Sports, June 2016
The Member-Member Stroke Play winners
Bob Edelblut This year’s Member-Member Stroke Play Tournament was held on May 18 and 19. Forty two-man teams signed up for the event and all were sure that they had a reasonable shot at victory. The players were grouped into five flights. Each flight held eight teams and all teams within a flight competed from…
Sports, June 2016
Doug Swartz wins SMGA Club Championship again
It can’t be luck! Doug Swartz has once again proven to be the master of the SMGA Club Championship Tournament. He has won seven of the last nine club championships and this one was no squeaker. He won low gross by six strokes under his closest rival. Doug has now won in 2008, 2010 through…
Sports, June 2016
MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners news
Diane Mazzarella MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) Ace of the Month matches are scheduled one play day every month and presented the following winners thus far in 2016: January – Low Gross Linda Allison, Low Net Rita Smith February – Low Gross Linda Rouse, Low Net Deb Bunker March– Low Gross Diane Mazzarella, Low Net Carol…
Sports, June 2016
LINKS caps off the 2015/2016 season
SaddleBrooke Links Players capped off its 2015/2016 season with the election of officers for next season and a tournament to decide the Links Cup Champion. Dave Thomas is staying on as president as are Roger Bales as secretary and Tex Whitney as treasurer. Joe Kasile becomes the new vice president. The new season will begin…
Sports, June 2016
Father-son team win 25th annual Roadrunner Classic
The Silver Anniversary twenty-fifth annual RoadRunner Classic Member-Guest Tournament was held April 21, 22 and 23 at the SaddleBrooke One Golf Course with guest participants coming from as far away as Florida to Hawaii to play with their SMGA partners. There were a total of 96 players entered in the tournament in eight flights. The…
Sports, May 2016
SBWGA would like you to save the date
Barbara Johnson Even though we haven’t hit those triple digit temps yet, we all know it’s coming. So how do the lady golfers survive the heat in late July? With a special tournament, of course! This year on July 26 the SaddleBrooke Women’s 18-hole and 9-hole leagues can team up to play a tournament to…
Sports, May 2016
Take a Swing at Cancer a HUGE success
MPWGA had a highly successful “Take a Swing at Cancer” golf tournament, which included lunch, raffle, and silent auction. Special Events Chair Gail Fosmire was pleased to present a check for $13,986.79 to Leticia Lovallo at the University of Arizona Cancer Center. A special thank you goes out to all who helped make this such…