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…
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.…
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…
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…
Dick Kroese A story to be told: Jerry Davis, retired president of three major railroads walks every morning not on a road, but on places where few of us walk. He walks four miles along the rough of golf courses for the sole purpose of exercise. While he is walking he picks up golf balls;…
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…
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…
Carmela Pankey Happy 2016 to all. This is my first assignment as publicist for the SBWGA. I am really looking forward to reporting all the exciting events going on this year. Nancy Huffman, membership chair, introduced six new members to our association which shows this year is starting off with a lot of energy. We…
Carmela Pankey January has started out with some exciting news for the SBWGA. On January 17, Kerry Crowell and Geri Sandilands went to Phoenix to play in the State Medallion Tournament. They were in the top flight and shot a combined 149. The winners of the tournament shot a 148. Our ladies missed first place…
Bob Edelblut Most local meteorologists forecast that Saturday, January 9 was going to be a perfect day for golf. They wrote that after an early morning freeze, which did produce an hour frost delay at The MountainView Golf Course, the day would be full of bright sunshine with no chance of rain and with temperatures…