Scott Baker The SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters held its Fourth Quarterly Awards Breakfast for 2022 at the Agave Lounge on Feb. 2. More than 50 members showed up for the breakfast and awards presentations. The following awards were presented: Fourth quarter winners: Best Average Gross Scores: 1st Tom Virant, 2nd Bobby Carbone, 3rd Craig Griffin Low…
Eileen J. Snearly There were two teams from MountainView Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) who competed in the State Medallion Competition. This tournament was held at Oakwood Country Club, Sun Lakes, on Jan. 13 with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. The MPLN league reimbursed each member of the qualifying team for hotel, meals, and transportation. This…
Denise Cashmore The MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) was well represented at the 2023 SaddleBrooke Activity Fair. Welcome to new (and future) members, including Sandi Cooper (previously handicap only), Lynda Coville (new winter resident), Dawn Roarty (new full-time resident), Connie Ward (previously handicap only), Roxanne Worthy (new to golf), Jill Martell (new full-time resident), and…
Denise Cashmore Author John Gray wrote, “Fortunately, perfection is not a requirement for creating great relationships.” Add to that … or to have fun on the golf course! And so began the Mars/Venus Golf Tournament, in very windy conditions. This year’s 10th annual event was hosted by the MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) on Feb.…
On Feb. 21, 23 lucky foursomes beat the rain and completed their biannual 3 Jills and a Jack tournament, celebrating with a delicious fajita bar prepared by the SaddleBrooke One Food and Beverage staff. Everyone was a winner, with both prize money for all and an enjoyable day of golf. One of our sponsors, Robert…
BK Koch If you are not a member of Verde Sputters, see what fun you are missing! For more information, please contact Opal Larkin at 520-444-6308 or OpalLarkin@wbhsi.net or Judy Loritz at 520-818-2308 or jkl37141@gmail.com. Beautiful weather arrived on Feb. 6 for our Fun Day. It was a very challenging course with Bertha Butt and nine…
Dennis Marchand The annual Javelina Cup was played with the teams of the men’s clubs from SaddleBrooke One (SMGA) and SaddleBrooke TWO (MPMGA). On Jan. 5, 92 golfers met to play on day one at the MountainView Golf Course, home of the MPMGA. Forty-six two-man teams played two nine-hole matches for one point per hole, for…
James Wetegrove, Publicity Chairman The new slate of 2023 SaddleBrooke Men’s Nine-Hole Golf League officers was introduced at the general meeting in the SaddleBrooke One clubhouse. We have an exciting year of golf planned. Visit our 2023 Golf Schedule on the Niners website sites.google.com/site/sbmens9ers/news-upcoming-events for the complete details.
Ellen Avenoso We started our new season with the induction of the new board. We also “adopted” a new community endeavor to sponsor: Girls Golf of Tucson. The first event we assisted with was a clinic at Omni Golf Course. We honored our tournament winners, new members, and hole-in-one achievements at our first meeting of…
Eileen J. Snearly On Dec. 13 “Jerome the Gnome” welcomed the MountainView Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) to a wonderful “Holly Jolly” celebration of the Christmas holiday. There were the popular “gnomes” this year everywhere. Even though many of the ladies couldn’t be “gnome” this Christmas, and because of the weather, there was no golf, it…