This is no foolin’—Doug Swartz won his sixth SMGA Club Championship title on April Fool’s Day, 2015. This ties the record for repeat victories in the SaddleBrooke Men’s Club Championship. The other six time winner is Ray Lohman who won six consecutive titles between 1996 and 2001. Doug has won in 2008, 2010 through 2012…
Elaine Kienitz Spring has finally arrived and some may even say summer with 90 degree days. But it is beautiful out there and a wonderful time to hit the course. Our course is in great shape thanks to you, Mike Roddy, and your staff. We played our annual Ladies Choice Tournament on April 28—where we…
Bob Edelblut On March 2, three two-man teams of M-PMGA players were scheduled to do battle with teams representing The Oro Valley Country Club in Pima Cup competition at the SaddleBrooke Golf Club. Once again Mother Nature intervened and the match was postponed. Finally, on March 30, the match was able to be played and…
On Sunday, April 19, 2015, Bill Cossari got a hole-in-one on hole number 17 at MountainView to the delight of his playing partners Mike and Marsha Thompson and his wife Kathy. It was Bill’s second hole-in-one (both at MountainView). The foursome celebrated after the round at MountainView. v
Trudy Rossi As always, winter has been very kind to the Sputters as we have been able to putt almost every Monday. However, on a blustery Monday, March 2, the Sputters played host to the MountainView Lady Putters and, while we could only play nine holes, we had a great time, laughed a lot, shivered…
Ret Convey Before getting to our news, I would like to extend congratulations to Andy Higgins for his promotion to the position of Head Pro at the Flagstaff Ranch Golf Club. The SBWGA thanks Andy for his hard work and efforts on our behalf and we wish him well in his new position. Congratulations to…
Diane Mazzarella Twelve MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) took part in the Oro Valley Gold Invitational Tournament on March 11, 2015. Each was teamed with golfers from the other eleven clubs participating in a scramble format. MPLN was well represented among the winning teams that played on two nines: Laura Walsh and Louise Bidwell, first place…
Gary Averett The 2015 SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association annual Match Play Tournament was completed on March 7 after four previous rounds of elimination from the initial field of 89 players. The Match Play is the only major SMGA tournament played in this format. It is a net only scoring event with matches conducted between two…
Shannon Martinell March 2015 activities for the MountainView Lady Putters included putting with the Putter Sputters at HOA1 on March 2. Those who attended braved the cool and rainy weather and enjoyed the time shared with our fellow putters from HOA1. On March 9 our monthly luncheon celebrated St. Patrick’s Day and featured a fashion…
The month of March means it is time for our annual Club Championship and we had a great one. The Tournament is a three day event played on all three courses. It is a low gross event so everyone plays with ladies with similar handicaps. To make it fun for all, the Stableford scoring system…