Bob Edelblut Every golfer for miles around knows just how unfriendly the weather has been in our area this spring. Remember the wind? Monday, April 17 was different. Clear blue skies, temperatures in the low 80s and not a whisper of wind; a perfect day for a Pima Cup Match hosted by the Ventana Canyon…
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Sports, May 2017
The 2017 President’s Cup belongs to Dean Hampton
Bob Edelblut The MPMGA Men’s Club held this year’s President’s Cup Tournament on Wednesday, March 30 and Thursday, March 31. Once again the Preserve and MountainView Golf Clubs provided all the challenge the contestants could handle and as all of you know so well Mother Nature was also a factor. A bit of everything described…
Sports, May 2017
MPMGA 2017 Member-Member Match Play champions
Bob Edelblut The MPMGA Member Member Match Play Tournament began on Thursday, March 2, and if nothing interfered with the plan it would be completed before the club’s monthly luncheon on March 31. All fingers were crossed. The tournament’s format did not change from prior years. Fifty two-man teams, 100 players, grouped into six flights,…
Sports, April 2017
John Kraus records his first hole-in-one
Bob Edelblut Hole-in-One number two for the MPMGA happened a mere 14 days after the ice had been broken. John Kraus, playing at SaddleBrooke Ranch on February 16, scored his first ever hole-in-one on the fourteenth hole. Congratulations! What an experience! His playing partners John Bidegain, Ted Knapp and Jerry Westra performed the witness function.…
Sports, April 2017
Jerry Westra cranks up the Hole-in-One Train
Bob Edelblut Some were beginning to wonder if something awful had happened to the MPMGA’s Hole-in-One Train. Tons of golf was played in January and not a single hole-in-one was reported. Were we heading into a drought, some asked? Jerry Westra quieted all the naysayers on Thursday, February 2 at The Preserve Golf Club. It…
Sports, April 2017
The 2017 Pima Cup season is underway
Bob Edelblut By mid-March the MPMGA had already played in four Pima Cup events. Look at this schedule: December 6 at the La Paloma Country Club, January 25 at the Forty Niners Golf Club, February 27 at the Highlands at Dove Mountain and March 6 at the SaddleBrooke Golf Course. Great courses and equally great…
Sports, April 2017
2017 Ryder Cup Face Off
Bob Edelblut The Ryder Cup, like the name implies, mimics the PGA’s Ryder Cup format. In this tournament the MPMGA and the SMGA have the opportunity to showcase their very best golfers. Each Men’s Club puts together a team with 15 of its lowest handicap players and one of its resident professionals. Yes, all these…
Sports, April 2017
Bubba Hawkins vintage 2017
Bob Edelblut This year’s Bubba Hawkins Tournament was hosted by the MPMGA and the club’s Tournament Director David Cohen asked Rennie Temple if he would volunteer to run the event. I believe that Rennie was truly made an offer that he could not turn down—got the picture? Of course, he accepted and to his credit…
Sports, March 2017
Kids’ Closet Golf Balls founder Jim Handrigan takes his bow
Bob Edelblut Thursday, January 26 was The MountainView-Preserve Men’s Club first luncheon meeting of the new year. Old Man Weather tried as best he could to freeze the field but our experienced organizers acted quickly to modify the event thus insuring that the buffet line and business discussions would begin and end on time. Cheers!…
Sports, January 2017
Warren Tiahrt takes his seat on the hole-in-one train
Bob Edelblut It is really quite amazing the number of holes-in-one members of the MPMGA have recorded this year. Warren Tiahrt made it 16 on Saturday, November 12 at the Preserve Golf Club. This must be some kind of record! Warren’s playing partner Nick Nicholas said after Warren hit his shot, that he thought it…