Bob Edelblut The Tournament of Champions is one of the relatively new additions to the Men’s Club portfolio of special tournaments. It was created with a single purpose in mind—to enhance the golf experience for the members of the MPMGA and by all measures it has been a major success. The TOC event is played…
Bob Edelblut The MPMGA Cup is another of the relatively new additions to the Men’s Club portfolio of special tournaments. As its name implies, the model for this tournament is the Fed Ex Cup which every golfer knows has become a major force on the PGA Tour. The MPMGA Board concluded that if this format…
Bob Edelblut and Dan Schroeder The Dennis Marchand era officially ended in December at the Men’s Club Winter Bash when the slate of 2016 Board Members was approved by the membership. As was said that day by Bob Eder, President Elect, “You will be a tough act to follow.” Many others who served with you…
Bob Edelblut On Sunday, January 31 Dan Schroeder became the sixth M-PMGA active member to record a hole-in-one in January. No one questioned could remember that many aces occurring in that short a time frame—unbelievable. Dan’s hole-in-one was special for several reasons. It was his first ever in a career that began some fifty years…
Bob Edelblut This year’s Ryder Cup was played on February 18 and 19. On day one The Preserve Golf Club took on the field and on day two The SaddleBrooke Golf Club was the host. Each club loaded its team with sixteen low handicap players. As you can imagine they all play the game quite…
Bob Edelblut On Wednesday, December 9 the first Pima Cup Match of the new season was played at the La Paloma Country Club. Play began at 12:30 p.m. and everyone was expecting a warm sunny afternoon but once again Mother Nature said that what you golfers really need are cloudy skies with light winds and…
Bob Edelblut On January 14, the eighth hole at the MountainView Golf Course yielded another hole-in-one and the winner this time is Dan Nordhill. First of all, congratulations for getting your first hole-in-one and for doing same while playing in a regular Thursday M-PMGA event for, as you know, free beer will flow at the…
Bob Edelblut On Thursday, January 7 the first monthly luncheon of the year was held by the M-PMGA at the MountainView Ballroom. Under normal circumstances all members attending the luncheon would have participated in 2016’s first weekly tournament, but Mother Nature had other plans and after a brief early morning discussion the golf event was…
Bob Edelblut The annual MPMGA Club Championship was played November 11 and 12 at The Preserve and MountainView courses, respectively. A field of 94 players filled nine flights grouped by tee choice and handicap. The overall winner club champion would be the player who recorded the lowest gross score for the two day event while…
Bob Edelblut On November 7, the final match of this year’s Individual Match Play Tournament was played a full four months after the event began. As an aside, it was acknowledged by all when the competition began that summer travel schedules, weather and unforeseen happenings could possibly make it difficult for matches to be played…