Ellen Avenoso April started off with our annual member-guest tournament, the Quail Classic, in which 128 players braved the wind and the cold to compete over two days. The tournament included an introductory cocktail party, tournament play on all three SaddleBrooke nines, and two luncheons (including the final award ceremony). Additionally, we’ve had several holes-in-one…
Wanda Ross Congratulations to Sue Dischner who is the SaddleBrooke Lady Niners Club Champion for 2023. Sue has been golfing for about nine years, but she is new to SaddleBrooke. She and her husband Don moved here less than a year ago in July 2022. They are from Colorado but moved here from St. Augustine,…
Denise Cashmore The MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association held their 2023 Presidents Cup on March 13 and 14. This was a net tournament where participants must have played at least six Tuesday Play Days since the last Cup, and a maximum course handicap of 36 was used. Shotgun started on the Preserve course with nice weather…
On March 6 the SaddleBrooke One putting green was alive with color with Verde Sputters in their green shirts and MountainView Putters in their fuchsia shirts. Check-in of players was done by Jan Deer, Elaine Ackerman, and Barbara Turner. There were 72 players in teams of two Verde Sputters with two MountainView Putters. There were…
Eileen J. Snearly The MountainView Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) held their 2023 “Golfing with the Stars” Awards Dinner on Jan. 17 at the MountainView clubhouse. The 2022 MPLN board did a wonderful job planning and executing this fun night. The membership was welcomed by their new 2023 President Charlene Leach with special recognition given to past…
EJ Snearly On Feb. 24, Maria Miller, a member of the MountainView Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN), made her first hole-in-one on MV hole number 17. On a day that one could actually golf without snow, Maria played golf with friends Connie Simonds and Paulete Kasperski. Originally from St. Louis, Mo., Maria arrived in SaddleBrooke six…
Ellen Avenoso Over the course of three days, 45 women played 54 holes on all three of our courses for our annual Club Championship tournament. This is a gross score tournament, which was divided into three flights: Championship, Seniors (65+), and Legends (80+). On the last day of the tournament, they encountered high winds, gusting…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg What do softball, kickball, football, volleyball, track, shot put, basketball, and, more importantly, golf have in common? The answer: Molly Fullerton, LPGA Apprentice of the SaddleBrooke One Pro Shop. Molly’s life story, to date, falls under the rubric of “You Won’t Believe This.” As always, discussing a person’s history for an article…
Jim Grosjean The Mountainview-Preserve Men’s Golf Association (MPMGA) completed two special events in February: the Member-Member Match Play and the Stampede. Eighty-six players entered the grueling three-day Member-Member Tournament. Only six teams survived undefeated: Lee Leksell and Matt Kambic, Don Plapinger and Dan Schroeder, Mark Gingerich and John Cahill, Robert Johnson and Dave Smith, Dave…
EJ Snearly The annual registration for the MVLadyPutters (MVLP) was held Jan. 13 in the MountainView ballroom. This meeting is held for new and returning members of the MVLP. During this time, the new members are welcomed and orientated by the 2023 president Patty Stark. The new and returning members are encouraged to sign up…