Ann Lange Eleven was heaven for Loralee Horwedel on April 16, the first golf day of the Member/Guest Tournament when she aced that par 3 at the Preserve Golf Club for her very first hole-in-one. Loralee and Susan Dell, members of MPWGA and their respective guests, Dede Crowder, SBWGA and Marion Ewing, SBRWGA, started on…
Ann Lange Mary Kay Nordhill shined the brightest of the 42 star-studded Sparklers stylin’ in red, white and blue who played in the MountainView Preserve Women’s Golf Association’s President’s Cup. The players were grouped by handicap into six flights, each named in honor of a past president of the United States. This was the 19th…
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…
Ann Lange A big surprise and even bigger smile for Patti Shobe on January 29 at the MPWGA 2019 Kick-Off Dinner when Handicap Chair Betty Cole announced she had received the 2018 Most Improved Player Award. Patti had tears of joy as members stood for a big round of applause, topped off with Barb Sullivan’s…
Debbie McMullin Janey Clausen shot a two-day total score of 165 (80 at The Preserve on November 13, 2018 and 85 at MountainView on November 14, 2018). With no competitor finishing less than 170, Janey won the MPWGA 2018 Club Championship. This is her third time winning this coveted title, as she was also MPWGA…
Bob Edelblut Wow! This year’s event was the fifth time this popular tournament has been played. It seems like only yesterday that the MPMGA and the MPWGA started the discussions that lead to the creation of this event. Is time really flying by this quickly? Most of you know that the prior tournaments were…
Debbie McMullin On March 20 our 2018 President’s Cup Tournament ended in an exciting sudden death playoff. Two players, Bev Smith and Ann Van Sickel, were tied after two days (36 holes) of golf. During the playoff held on the tenth hole at MountainView GC, Ann scored a par to win the tournament. Congratulations,…
Bob Edelblut Every operation has a mission, a purpose. Always it requires untold hours of planning, coordinating and the meshing of all the moving parts. Operation Dragon had it all and believe me when I say there is nothing more rewarding, more exciting, more fulfilling than being part of a good plan that works!…
Jane Clausen Kate shot a two-day score of 166 (88 at MountainView on Monday and 78 at TP on Tuesday). Her score tied two other golfers, Karen Wilson and Denny Dalton, which meant the three ladies had to compete in a sudden death playoff. They played the first hole at MountainView and Kate scored a…
Janey Clausen MPWGA Member Diane Cain not only had the privilege of attending this year’s Solheim Cup, but she also played in the Past Captains Challenge on a team of 12, with Kathy Whitworth as the team captain. It was match play format and her team finished in fifth place. Diane followed as a spectator…