Jim Donat and Mike Miller The new year is almost upon us. And if you like to play golf, now is the time to join the MountainView-Preserve Men’s Golf Association, also known as the MPMGA. If you are already a member, it is time to renew your membership. Membership is open to all men of…
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Clubs & Classes, September 2019
MP 2019 Mars-Venus Tournament
Ann Lange The relationship between men from Mars and women from Venus is a gray area, but here in our own little happy and harmonious universe, it is quite clear. We adore each other, share the same solar system, rotate around the same golf courses, and enjoy a good swing fling playing around together. This…
Sports, September 2019
MPMGA takes third place in annual putting tournament
Jim Donat For the last five years, SaddleBrooke One’s Men’s Putters has hosted a putting tournament at their facility. The tournament consists of 18 four-man teams representing various clubs from around Tucson. The tournament was held on September 13 this year on SaddleBrooke One’s putting green. SaddleBrooke TWO’s men’s league, MPMGA, entered two teams in…
Sports, June 2019
2019 MPMGA Member Guest tournament
Don Erickson and Joe Oczack The 2019 Member Guest tournament was held over a three-day period beginning April 4 with a shoot out in the afternoon followed by a BBQ at the Mesquite for all golfers and significant others in the evening. The shoot out is always a fun event with partners playing alternate shot…
Sports, June 2019
Ron Tie records his fifth hole-in-one!
Jim Donat As the foursome approached the fourth green at MountainView, they noticed that only three golf balls could be accounted for. Ron knew he hit a good shot but Paul Zapf, who was also in the foursome, did as well. Ron suggested to Paul that he should look in the hole for his ball.…
Sports, April 2019
Jim Donat records his first hole-in-one
Jim Donat How cool is this? As the new Publicity chair for the MPMGA, I get to write about my first hole-in-one. I have been playing this game for over fifty years now. I have seen quite a few hole-in-ones, both as a caddie and as a player. I was beginning to think it would…
Sports, March 2019
MPMGA Member-Member Match Play Tournament results
Jim Donat This year’s event was changed slightly with the intent to complete the tournament before everyone moved north for the summer. No longer would there be matches between flights to determine an overall winner. This allowed for better payouts, a shorter timeframe and the elimination of matches between teams with very different handicaps. In…
Sports, March 2019
Bubba Hawkins 2019 edition
Rennie Temple and Jim Donat This year’s Bubba Hawkins (MPMGA version of the MPWGA’s Sadie Hawkins) golf event took place on Thursday, February 14 at the MountainView Golf Course. Signups started over a month prior so our golfers had plenty of time to seek out a willing Sadie golfer to join in this annual couple’s…
Sports, March 2019
2019 MPMGA Tournament of Champions
Jim Donat Every year the MPMGA recognizes the winners from the previous year and invites them to play in the Tournament of Champions. To gain entry into the tournament, players at a minimum have to win a singles tournament, win two tournaments as part of a two-man team, win four tournaments as part of a…
Sports, February 2019
2019 MPMGA Board of Directors
Jim Donat The new year brings in many changes. Within the golf communities, it brings changes to the board of directors. For the men’s golf association there were several changes. We bid goodbye and a big thank you to the four members leaving the board, Larry Fox, VP; Dan Nordhill, Sponsorship; Greg Cahill, Membership and…