Jim Grosjean The new year is brimming with MPMGA (Mountainview-Preserve Men’s Golf Association) tournaments. First off, in January, was the three-day Member-Member Match Play event. The flight winners were John Cahill and Scott Lundgren in Flight 1, Mark Gingerich and Don Sanders in Flight 2, Dave Field and Carter Luther in Flight 3, Bill Messick…
Dennis Marchand The Javelina Cup is a decades’ old competition among 120 golfers from the SaddleBrooke One (SMGA) and SaddleBrooke TWO (MPMGA) Men’s 18-Hole Golf Associations. The tournament was held on Jan. 28 at the SMGA courses and on Jan. 29 at the MountainView course, home to the MPMGA. The tournament consists of four nine-hole…
Jim Grosjean With the rainy first weeks of January a fading memory, the MPMGA finally completed a tournament with no weather problems. The Member-Member Match Play event went off without a hitch and ended with the first luncheon of the 2026 season. It turns out that Christmas, New Year’s, and two rained-out tournaments didn’t help…
Jim Grosjean The Mountainview-Preserve Men’s Golf Association is looking forward to a year of the best golf we’ve had in many years. Both of our courses are in such excellent condition that we’ll no longer be able to excuse poor play for anything other than lack of talent. We also look forward to being led…
Dennis Marchand It wasn’t the tournament that was planned but, nevertheless, despite threatening weather, both the SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association (SMGA) from SaddleBrooke One and the MountainView Preserve Men’s Association (MPMGA) from SaddleBrooke TWO held their annual Ryder Cup tournament on Nov. 19 at the SaddleBrooke/Tucson courses of SaddleBrooke One. Normally they would play day…
Jim Grosjean As of Oct. 27, SaddleBrooke golfers were finally able to enjoy golf on both MountainView and The Preserve. Our members endured six weeks of staggered closures due to annual overseeding. MountainView opened first with the caveat that cart path only was required. That led to a few complaints, but the beautiful condition of…
Tim Benjamin The annual First Tee of Tucson golf outing was held on Oct. 12 at the MountainView golf course in SaddleBrooke. The First Tee is an international youth development organization introducing the game of golf and its inherent values to young people. Through afterschool and in-school programs, they help shape the lives of young…
Jim Grosjean Every year the MPMGA and MPWGA put on an event known as the Kings and Queens Tournament. Co-ed teams of four golfers are treated to 18 challenging holes, made more difficult with the addition of castles and moats, toy putters, and all manner of distractions. Everyone was a winner, since we were treated…
Jim Grosjean I wanted to call this column “What I Did on My Summer Vacation,” but I didn’t think anyone would want to read it. So, before I get to the good stuff, I’ll attempt to inform you about the last three weeks’ MPMGA tournaments. Some might call the hot months of summer the “silly…
Jim Grosjean July has arrived in SaddleBrooke, and those of us who are sticking it out through the summer heat can take solace in the fact that the MPMGA will continue to put on a thrilling golf tournament every Thursday. Back in scorching-hot June, we played a few events, beginning with the famed Summer Bash.…