Kathy DeMerritt Our mornings are cooler, the days are shorter and the overseeding of our course is in progress. Many snowbirds are returning. Some of us are taking a holiday while the golf courses are being transitioned, while others are enjoying the quiet days of autumn. We are saying goodbye to the monsoons and the…
Joyce Sutay November 1 is the deadline to enter the Go Red FORE Women nine hole golf tournament and luncheon exclusively FORE women benefitting the American Heart Association on Tuesday, November 11. Women golfers of any level may enter with or without a handicap. Even if you don’t golf, come to the luncheon! You don’t…
Ann Martin The following ladies were recognized at the MPWGA August business meeting. Break Pins Breaking 100, Debbie Schmidt; Breaking 90, Connie Plapinger and Lonnee Plattner; Breaking 80, Connie Sherman and Barb Heaps. Also Janey Clausen, Ralene Peters and Jo Helms were recognized for having eagles!
Dan Schroeder On July 21 Jon Fisher stepped up to the 157 yard par 3 seventh hole at Sewailo Golf Course at Casino Del Sol Resort. With his 7 iron in hand Jon scored his first ever ace that day. Maybe it was all those sevens in the mix but it turned out to also…
Paula hit a 7 wood on hole No. 11 at the Preserve on August 7. She thought it was a good shot (it was a blue pin), but she couldn’t see the ball once it got close to the hole. She and her playing partners (Kate Pope and Barb Heaps) looked for the ball until…
Patty Elliott Many among us have enjoyed an evening of music with Ron Aeschliman in the past few years at area restaurants or the clubhouses at MountainView, SaddleBrooke or the Ranch. His karaoke nights are sellouts. His gospel, easy listening or Elvis music performances are wonderfully enjoyable. You and/or a group of your friends have…
Shirley Tié In the MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners’ Ace of the Month match for March, Kathy Schoenwetter won Low Gross and Jackie Webster won Low Net. For April, Linda Allison was winner of Low Gross and Raye Cobb for Low Net. Congratulations to all these…
Dan Schroeder Between February 27 and March 27, 106 players completed 70 matches to decide the winners of the 2014 Member-Member Match Play Competition. This year’s event turned out to be very competitive with 56% of the matches going 18 holes or further and 83% going 17 holes or more. With seven flights the flight…
Richard Hicks On April 23 Richard Hicks found what he had been searching for over the last 50 years, his first hole-in-one. Playing at MountainView with his buddies, Rich arrived at the 155 yard fourth hole with 7 iron in hand. Finally it happened; Rich got the elusive first hole-in-one after trying for 50 years.…
Kathy DeMerritt 112 ladies enjoyed the annual Quail Classic, April 13 to 15! Thanks so much to all the ladies and gentlemen who made it happen, especially our co-chairs Sandi Chester and Maire Ryan. The efforts of so many: Coyote Golf Cars (our major sponsor), hole sponsors, artists and artisans, our golf pros Bernie Eaton…