Dana Eckhardt On Aug. 12, 2026 Jim Floerke hit a hole–in–one on the SaddleBrooke course hole #6, with Denny Yoder as his witness. Some of you may know Jim as “the nicest guy in town” but you may not know that he really is a Superman in disguise. Besides being our representative for unit 21,…
Diane Marchand On Aug. 20 Bob Ogle’s Wednesday group played The Preserve, and it looked like any other hot August day of golf, with 15 players and a bunch of friends fighting it out for the privilege of taking their buddy’s money. However, as the second group took to the tee box on hole 11,…
EJ Snearly A longtime golfer and member of MPLNiners, Sandi Dickmann, made her first hole-in-one. Sandi has been in SaddleBrooke for 22 years after growing up in Battle Creek, Mich. Other than golfing with her besties, Sandi enjoys watching her grandson Cayden play multiple sports here in Arizona. She also gathers with friends to play…
On May 23 Donna Sehn made a holein-one on SaddleBrooke number 2 using a pitching wedge for the 76-yard, overthe-water shot. It was witnessed by Jane Chanik, Jennifer Waggoner, and Patty Mawe. Congratulations, Donna!
On March 11 Joe Fischer, an avid golfer, made his first hole-in-one while playing alongside his wife Karen and Andy Nelan and Karen Beatty. Joe used his 7 iron on the 157-yard par 3 hole number 8 at the Catalina course. Joe and Karen, originally from Glen Ellyn, Ill., are now full-time residents of SaddleBrooke.…
Skip Knowles Multiple lessons from Jane Chanik, along with a very large dose of good luck, helped Janet Knowles reach her goal of getting a hole-in-one! She made the ace on Oct. 5, 2024, on Catalina number 8. Special thanks to witnesses Susan and Tom Cluley.
Friday Sistah’s Hole-in-One EJ Snearly On Feb. 7, 2025, a very special Sistah and good golfer, Janice Best, scored her first hole-in-one, also known as an ace. While golfing with three witnesses on the 6th hole on the SaddleBrooke One Catalina course. She picked a pink Srixon ball and used her Ping 7 iron to…
Ret Convey Congratulations go to Nancy Sartor for her hole-in-one on Jan. 14. She used her 7 iron to send her ball 104 yards on Catalina 8 to score her ace. Well done, Nancy! We also congratulate Sue Dischner, our January Ace of the Month Gross who shot an 82, and Lynn Stewart, our January…
BK Koch The Verde Sputters celebrated the 32nd anniversary of its inception, founded by Marj Cantrell. This annual event is played in her honor. On May 6 there were 50 players, consisting of members and their guests. It was a fun day for everyone, and even the weather cooperated. Hazel Roper was low scorer with…
Karen Fischer of SaddleBrooke, Unit 14, had her first hole-in-one on March 30. The event took place on the Catalina course, hole number 8, a par three. The distance was 136 yards with a blue flag placement. Karen and her husband Joe recently moved to SaddleBrooke from Glen Ellyn, Ill. The hole-in-one was also witnessed…