Wanda Ross Each year, the SaddleBrooke Lady Niners and the SaddleBrooke Women’s 18ers Golf Associations join together in a combined golf tournament and luncheon. This year’s theme was Pretty in Pink. How bright, beautiful, and festive we all looked dressed in our favorite shades of pink. Seventy golfers enjoyed this year’s LAGOS Tournament on Sept.…
Shirley Hamann Several SaddleBrooke Women’s Golf Association (SBWGA) ladies have been participating in events outside of SaddleBrooke, sharing what SaddleBrooke ladies are all about. Arizona State Senior Championship On Sept. 7-9, 11 members of SBWGA-18 participated in the Arizona State Senior Championship Tournament. This was a 54-hole stroke play event held at Tonto Verde Golf…
Ann Lange The backwards, backwoods, out-in-the-boonies village of Dogpatch was so small and closely knit that it was near impossible for the family lineage to stay in the lines, and if the kith and kin untangled the twisted branches of the family tree, they just might discover they were one big happy family of country cousins.…
The MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) annual golf tournament fundraiser “Take a Swing at Cancer” will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Registration will be open through Oct. 30 with sign-up forms available at the MountainView and Preserve golf shops in SaddleBrooke. This is a “just for fun” golf event. Handicaps are not required, and…
Eileen J. Snearly The MountainView Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) honored their 2022 sponsors with a nine-hole golf tournament and appreciation luncheon at MountainView Clubhouse on Sept. 13. The participating golfers were welcomed by golf professional Matt Hudson and MPLN President Caryl Dowell. The explanation of the golf game was shared before the shotgun scramble starting…
Eileen J. Snearly, Gay Uhl, and Karen Stott Hip Hip Hooray is a cheer called out to express congratulations toward someone or something. Three cheers to the MountainView Lady Putters for surpassing their goal of $3,000 for the rural area San Manuel/Mammoth Schools. A check was presented to Principal Dr. Michele Poppen for $3,043. This…
Eileen J. Snearly The MountainView Lady Putters (MVLP) gathered on the MV putting green on Sept. 12 to play Hawaiian Goofy Golf while dressed in colorful Hawaiian attire. After being welcomed by our colorfully dressed president, Roberta Wisniewski, there was time to introduce guests and receive names of those absent who need to get well…
Alan Doan On Sept. 17 Warren Tiahrt made a hole-in-one on hole number 6 at The Preserve, bringing his total number of aces to eight! On this scenic par 3 over a deep ravine, Warren grabbed his trusty Cobra pitching wedge and hit a solid shot that landed about 15 feet left of the pin, took…
BK Koch Labor Day took away many of our Sputters who were enjoying other pursuits over the long weekend. However, 20 brave Sputters endured the weather and were blessed with a cooling breeze which, in the words of our president, Helen Bellacqua, “kept the bugs away and ruffled our hair like we were in a…
Wanda Ross Lady Niners gladly welcomes new members. Ten new members joined this year, and more are joining. Most are new to SaddleBrooke. Many golfed elsewhere and are eager to golf here. Some already enjoy league play. Snowbirds often are members of Lady Niners, plus a league at their other homes. Some new members are…