Bob Edelblut This year’s Ryder Cup was played on February 18 and 19. On day one The Preserve Golf Club took on the field and on day two The SaddleBrooke Golf Club was the host. Each club loaded its team with sixteen low handicap players. As you can imagine they all play the game quite…
Tag: Golf
Sports, March 2016
SMGA names Johnson as 2015 Most Improved Player
At the January Partner’s Event luncheon, Rob Malik, Handicap Chair, announced the 2015 SMGA Most Improved Player winner. Based on the handicap indexes as of January 1, 2016, compared to the indexes from January 1, 2015, our 2015 most improved golfer is Clarance Johnson. On January 1, 2015, Clarance was playing to an index of…
Sports, March 2016
MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners annual dinner
Diane Mazzarella The MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners held their annual dinner meeting on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. Holly Riviere kicked off the festivities with a photo presentation that highlighted the major events of the past year. Joyce Sutay, president in 2015, formally handed off the gavel to the 2016 President Susan Elliott and Susan introduced the…
Sports, March 2016
Fred Kjar takes his seat on the hole-in-one train
Bob Edelblut On Saturday, February 20 at approximately 1:00 p.m., Fred Kjar became the seventh MPMGA member to record a hole-in-one this year. Remarkable! The MountainView Golf Course was once again the scene of the happening but this time the thirteenth hole was the victim. Fred was playing in his normal Saturday competition and his…
Sports, March 2016
Lady Niners’ Across the ‘Brooke Tournament
Diane Mazzarella The MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners hosted this year’s Across the ‘Brooke Tournament with the SaddleBrooke Lady Niners on February 10. Seventy-five players enjoyed a fun event, lunch, a beautiful day and the opportunity to meet and play with their counterparts. The winning team was Susan Elliott, Marilyn A. Webb, Beth Effenberger and Ruth Larsen.…
Sports, March 2016
SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters
John Martin The SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters (SBMP) Group, entering its nineteenth year, enjoyed a wonderful year in 2015. Membership grew to 123 putters and in addition to the weekly, quarterly and annual competitions, the first Jeff Shields/Charles Schwab Company Senior Men’s Putting Tournament was hosted by the SBMP in November. Jeff Shields has sponsored the…
Sports, March 2016
Warren Stephens wins 2015 SMGA President’s Cup
Gary Averett The 2015 SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association final tournament of the year is the President’s Cup always played in December. Warren Stephens finished the three day tournament with an overall low net score of 206, one stroke better than the second overall low net score by Bob Gabric at 207. He averaged a net…
Clubs & Classes, March 2016
Golf balls make a difference
Sports, February 2016
Verde Sputters news
Sheila Abraham, Donna Gruninger and Trudy Rossi The new year started off with loads of laughter at the January 4 lunch meeting. Ginny Porteous, Sylvia Bonesky and Sherri Wyland were very secretive about what they had planned for the fun portion of the first meeting of the year. Unbeknownst to all but themselves and 12…
Sports, February 2016
HOA 1 Men’s 9 Hole Golf League 2016 calendar
Edwin Sand Winter tee times begin at 9:00 a.m. with shotgun start (except for the third Wednesday of each month when the shotgun start is 12:30 p.m.). Effective April 1 all Men’s Niners events will begin at 8:00 a.m. (shotgun). Summer time play begins in May with 7:00 a.m. starting tee time. February 2016 17: Individual…