Shannon Martinell On May 11 our Happy Trails luncheon was held to bid a summer farewell to our snowbird members. The summer resident putters will also be on a putting hiatus from May until September while the MountainView Golf Course is being renovated. While we will not being holding our weekly putting sessions, we will…
Tag: Golf
Sports, June 2015
Ace of the Year
On April 21 the MPWGA played at The Preserve. The 12 winners of Ace of the Month (both gross and net) squared off to see who would become Ace of the Year. In the Gross category Denny Dalton won with an 80. Jo Helms and Ann Martin were right behind with 81. In the Net…
Sports, June 2015
Springtime for the SBWGA
Ret Convey First of all we would like to say goodbye to our friends who will be leaving us for the summer. We hope you all have a happy and safe summer. We will miss you and – look forward to seeing you when you return! May has been a busy month for the SBWGA…
Sports, June 2015
Two more Pima Cup matches for the M-PMGA
Bob Edelblut On Monday, April 20 six players representing the M-PMGA arrived at the Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club, the host club for this day’s Pima Cup competition. Doug Johnson and Fred Schneider were our A team. Our B team was Tom Fitzgerald and Richard Hicks and our C team was Ron Victor and…
Sports, June 2015
SaddleBrooke Lady Niners enjoy Ladies Choice event
Elaine Kienitz Ladies Choice, one of our favorite events, was played at the end of April. Our members invite a gentleman, not their spouse or significant other, to play golf. All had a terrific time, the weather was beautiful and golf was followed by a delicious lunch. Prizes were given out for five places and…
Sports, May 2015
MPLN Club champion Joyce Sutay
Carol Thompson It was a festive celebration complete with balloons and fanfare at the Mesquite Patio as the MountainView Preserve Lady Niners anxiously awaited the results of their Club Championship tournament. The two day annual event in April began on the Preserve back nine and finished on the MountainView front nine. No one could have…
Sports, May 2015
Ace on #17 – MountainView
Bob Edelblut On Thursday, April 9, a hole-in-one was recorded on number seventeen at the MountainView Golf Course by Dennis McCrossen. Dennis is certainly due all the praise and congratulations he received for registering his second career hole-in-one but he may be best remembered by his peers for accomplishing this feat during a Men’s Club…
Sports, May 2015
MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners compete at Tucson National Coyote Classic
Diane Mazzarella MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) were well represented at the Tucson National Coyote Classic Invitational Tournament on April 2, 2015. The field of 20 players from Tucson National’s Lady Niners plus 64 guests from 11 clubs included 13 MPLN members. In addition to playing nine holes on the course that recently hosted the PGA…
Sports, May 2015
MPLN plays with Sadie Hawkins and Lil’ Abners
Carol Thompson MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners invited someone other than their spouse or partners to this fun tournament on April 21. According to Co-chair Shirley Miller, “Not every tournament needs to be competitive” and competition did not show up at this event! Each of the nine holes played had a fun twist to the game. Putting…
Sports, May 2015
SMGA Crazy Pin Tournament still crazy
Every hear anyone say, “Golf is just a good walk spoiled?” Or ever play golf and recall a couple of greens where the pin was just in an impossible place? Try playing in a tournament where all the pins are in the most difficult, inaccessible, well—crazy places! 84 golfers signed up to try their hand…