MPWGA held its annual President’s Cup on Monday, April 18 and Tuesday, April 19. The two-day tournament was played at The Preserve and MountainView Golf Courses at SaddleBrooke. Debbie Mielke shot net scores of 66 and 65 to win the tournament by five strokes. Way to go, Debbie!
Bob Edelblut This year’s event was played on March 30 and 31 at The Preserve Golf Club and The MountainView Golf Course, respectively. Ninety-seven players, arranged in nine flights, signed up for the two day tournament and everyone hoped that the miracle of good golf and good luck would accompany them for thirty six consecutive…
Donna Gruninger and Trudy Rossi It has been a busy spring but things are beginning to wind down for the summer months. The Sputters were hosted by the MountainView Putters on Monday, March 14, another lovely SaddleBrooke morning. Our hostesses were delightful, the putting green was challenging, lunch was delicious, new friends were made and…
Julia Young Thanks to all of our volunteers and participants, our Charity Tournament for Children was a huge success again this year. We raised over $25,000 to benefit at-risk youth in Pima and Pinal Counties. The weather held out and almost 150 golfers participated to give back to our community. University of Arizona retired Coach…
Bob Edelblut On Monday, February 29 the Pima Cup Match, originally scheduled for February 1, was finally played at the Highlands at Dove Mountain. The thirty-six golfers representing the six golf clubs that compete in our bracket of the Pima Cup all thanked their lucky stars that they were able to play this match in…
Bob Edelblut If I were the eighth hole at the MountainView Golf Course I would be asking, “Why is everyone picking on me?” For the fifth time in the first two months of the year a hole-in-one was scored at this hole and the current winner is Bob Maruniak. By the way, this is the…
Gary Averett The SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association (SMGA) held the annual SMGA Match Play Tournament February 27 to March 5 at the SaddleBrooke Golf Course. Match play is a much different game of golf than normal stroke play in which only the total score determines the winner. In match play, whoever of the two competitors…
Bob Edelblut It is fairly well known that the MPMGA is on a roll when it comes to scoring holes-in-one—eight in the first ten weeks of the year. Then on Thursday, March 17 at the Preserve Golf Club the most unbelievable, unimaginable and off the chart happening took place. John McKinney had two holes-in-one! Yes,…
Bob Edelblut The Tournament of Champions is one of the relatively new additions to the Men’s Club portfolio of special tournaments. It was created with a single purpose in mind—to enhance the golf experience for the members of the MPMGA and by all measures it has been a major success. The TOC event is played…
Carmela Pankey February and March are a couple of the best months in the year to play golf here at SaddleBrooke. Except for a few frost delays here and there in February, the weather has been ideal. It’s also more the merrier with the winter visitors adding to the enjoyment. Congratulations go out to Geri…