Scott Baker The SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters faced off against the Highlands at Dove Mountain Men’s Putters for another of our quarterly Saguaro Cup tournaments. This quarter, the tournament was held at the Highlands Golf Course at Dove Mountain. The putting green was fast and seemed to have some hidden undulations that made it difficult for…
Scott Baker The SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters held its fourth quarter awards breakfast in January in the Agave Lounge in SaddleBrooke One. Awards were handed out for the following annual accomplishments: Bob Bowlin Award (Best Average Gross): Tom Young, 36.59 strokes in 29 rounds Syd Eagle Award (Highest Ace Average): Jim Jevne, 1.11 aces/round in 35…
Scott Baker On Nov. 9 the SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters held its quarterly awards breakfast at the Agave Restaurant in SaddleBrooke One. More than 50 members were in attendance for the breakfast and award presentations. The following awards were presented: Average Gross Score: 1st Roger Shamburg, 2nd Tom Virant, 3rd Dan Cavanagh. Monetary awards were presented…
Scott Baker A near-fatal home accident involving one of SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters’ longtime members has sparked awareness of a need in our community. Peter Rice, an 83-year-old gentleman who has cerebral palsy since birth, fell in his home in June. Peter has also had some minor strokes and lost his longtime companion and wife in April. He was…
Scott Baker The Saguaro Cup Tournament is a quarterly event between the Highlands Men’s Putters and the SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters. The tournament rotates location between the two clubs every quarter and has been going on for eight years. This quarter, eight members of the SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters (Don Stone, Scott Baker, Aaron Houser, Jerry Deppen,…
Scott Baker The SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters gave out the second quarter prizes on July 20. Tim Wilcox of Sonora Investment Management, one of our sponsors, was present to hand out the top prizes for Average Gross and Average Net awards. Roger Shamburg, club treasurer, handed out the Most Improved awards. The following men won prizes: Second Quarter…
Scott A. Baker The Men’s Putters had some good weather and a good turnout for all of our Thursday morning tournaments this spring. The second quarter Saguaro Cup was held on April 20 with eight members from Highlands Ranch Men’s Putters taking on the team from SaddleBrooke. SaddleBrooke won this quarter 312 strokes to 316…
Scott Baker The SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters held its Fourth Quarterly Awards Breakfast for 2022 at the Agave Lounge on Feb. 2. More than 50 members showed up for the breakfast and awards presentations. The following awards were presented: Fourth quarter winners: Best Average Gross Scores: 1st Tom Virant, 2nd Bobby Carbone, 3rd Craig Griffin Low…
The Jeff Shields-Charles Schwab, fourth annual Senior Men’s Putting Tournament was held Friday, September 7 on the SaddleBrooke One putting green. The purpose of the event is to raise money for charity. This year the leadership hats changed but the results were predictable: more money was raised for charity than in any of the previous…
Herb Kranze The second annual Jeff Shields/Charles Schwab Senior Men’s Putting Tournament, hosted by the SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters group (SBMP), was held on Friday, September 9. Lead sponsorships, hole sponsorships, raffle ticket sales, advertising and entry fees fueled the contributions to local organizations and charities from this non-profit event. The event netted $3000 which was…