Gary Averett The SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association (SMGA) held the annual SMGA Match Play Tournament February 27 to March 5 at the SaddleBrooke Golf Course. Match play is a much different game of golf than normal stroke play in which only the total score determines the winner. In match play, whoever of the two competitors…
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Sports, April 2016
Don Bilyk wins 2016 Super Seniors Tournament
Closing the two day Super Seniors Tournament with a score of 73, Don Bilyk, a new SaddleBrooke resident, shot a combined two day gross score total of 145 (one over par) for a seven stroke win over second place gross score finisher Warren Stephens. Don was recognized for his excellent play at the tournament Awards…
Sports, March 2016
MPMGA wins the Ryder Cup
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…
Sports, March 2016
SMGA names Johnson as 2015 Most Improved Player
At the January Partner’s Event luncheon, Rob Malik, Handicap Chair, announced the 2015 SMGA Most Improved Player winner. Based on the handicap indexes as of January 1, 2016, compared to the indexes from January 1, 2015, our 2015 most improved golfer is Clarance Johnson. On January 1, 2015, Clarance was playing to an index of…
Sports, January 2016
The M-PMGA is the Javelina Cup Champion for 2015
Bob Edelblut The M-PMGA and the SMGA battle every year for ownership of the Javelina Cup. It is two days of team competition with each association hosting a day at their own home courses. The format of play and scoring was the same for both days as each club hosted two nine hole matches, a…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
MPMGA Captures Ryder Cup
Bob Edelblut On the second and third of September the MPMGA and the SMGA battled for the right of ownership of the 2015 Ryder Cup. Each Men’s Club fielded a sixteen man team consisting of fifteen low handicap players and one professional for the two day competition. Our event followed a traditional Ryder Cup format.…
Sports, May 2015
SMGA Crazy Pin Tournament still crazy
Every hear anyone say, “Golf is just a good walk spoiled?” Or ever play golf and recall a couple of greens where the pin was just in an impossible place? Try playing in a tournament where all the pins are in the most difficult, inaccessible, well—crazy places! 84 golfers signed up to try their hand…
Sports, May 2015
25th annual SMGA Club Championship – Doug Swartz ties record with 6th title
This is no foolin’—Doug Swartz won his sixth SMGA Club Championship title on April Fool’s Day, 2015. This ties the record for repeat victories in the SaddleBrooke Men’s Club Championship. The other six time winner is Ray Lohman who won six consecutive titles between 1996 and 2001. Doug has won in 2008, 2010 through 2012…
Sports, March 2015
SMGA’s own now AGA President
SaddleBrooke resident and SMGA member Bill Lich was elected as the new Arizona Golf Association (AGA) President on Thursday, February 5. Bill and his wife Carol have been SaddleBrooke residents since 1999. He was originally involved in amateur golf as a USGA Rules Official in the Southern California Golf Association. After moving to Arizona, Bill…
Clubs & Classes, March 2015
Art Wieda is the 2015 SMGA Super Seniors Champ
Closing the two day Super Seniors Tournament with a score of 77, Art Wieda shot a combined two day total of 152 for a five stroke win over second place gross score finisher Warren Stephens. Art was recognized for his excellent play at the tournament Awards Dinner on February 4 and will have his name…