Wanda Ross Congratulations to Regina Pang for winning the SaddleBrooke Lady Niners President’s Club. This is an annual match play tournament played over multiple days. The match play format with two players competing to see who wins each hole is very different from our usual golf games. This tournament is handicapped so all levels of…
All right softball fans of the Brooke (and beyond), it’s deadline time for the mid-June issue of the Progress and your humble scribe is comin’ atcha with the latest and greatest (well, latest) in SaddleBrooke Senior softball action. Spring League Action Yeah, I know, it’s starting to feel like summer. But it’s Spring league time.…
Ed Davis Do you want to make a meaningful difference in the lives of local homeless veterans, veterans in need, and the families of deployed members of the Guard and Reserve? There is no better way than to support the American Legion Oro Valley, AZ Post 132. As a not-for-profit veterans’ service organization, our “care…
EJ Snearly This year the club championship and the President’s Cup were played together on two league days of play.The dates of this year’s play were on Tuesday league day April 7 and 14. These tournament days of play are an annual event. This year all league players qualify for the chance to win championship trophies by just playing regular golf on league day. Time…
Ellen Avenoso There was a time when SBWGA relied on paper scorecards, handwritten sign-up sheets, and a bulletin board full of tournament notices. Today, everything runs through Golf Genius—a powerful tournament management system that has transformed how we play. But systems don’t run themselves. Behind the scenes are the real “geniuses” of SBWGA—the dedicated volunteers…
Wanda Ross and Susan Goebel Congratulations to Theresa Mares, SaddleBrooke Lady Niners new Club Champion! The Club Championship is a challenging competition that takes place over three days. The winner is the player with the lowest gross score of the combined total from the three days of play. This year’s tournament took place during three…
Jim Grosjean In early April, the father-son duo of Jon and Tommy Bradley took first place honors in the MountainView Preserve Men’s Golf Association’s (MPMGA) member-guest tournament, better known as the Desperado. The tournament was won by a birdie on the Mountainview ninth hole, set up by Tommy Bradley’s brilliant 250-yard three-wood shot to a mere twelve feet from…
Joe Giammarino The Pool Players of The Brookes’ Billiard Club (PPB) hosted an 8-Ball Singles tournament on Saturday February 28, in SaddleBrooke One’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. This was the fourth of five 8-Ball qualifiers for the PPB Club Championship. The PPB was the sponsor of this tournament. The format of this 8-Ball…
St. Patrick’s Day Softball Tournament Well, it’s all over but the sighin’ neighbors. Yep. On March 14, the softballers banged out three games of softball “dramedy” and fun, food, music and neighborly camaraderie. Sponsored appreciatively by Harn Legacy—Estate Planning and Debra Miller, State Farm. Next up? Memorial Day Tournament at the end of May. Winter…
Jim Grosjean Here I sit in late March wondering what happened to Spring? I guess that happened back in January, because it sure seems like summer started in the last week of February. The balmy weather hasn’t affected the intrepid golfers of the MPMGA. We’ve been sweating through our usual varied and interesting Thursday tournaments without fail. On March 12, we played…