Debbie Ferguson Hello, golf fans! The date was July 24, 2023. The SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) and SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) combined for this action-filled event. Men and women competing for, you guessed it, bragging rights. Tension was in the air early Monday morning. The questions on everyone’s minds included, Would…
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Front Page, July 2023
SBRMGA Member/Member Tournament 2023
Tom Graham May 17 and 18 provided near perfect conditions with bright sun, fast true greens, moderate temperatures, a few buzzing bees, and fairways anxious for our 108 competitors to tee it up. The Member/Member, a two-man flighted team competition with an overall winner consisted of four distinct 9-hole formats. Day one front nine was…
Front Page, June 2023
Champions Dinner—A Tradition Begins
Tom Graham Each year on Tuesday evening during Masters Week, a Champions Dinner is held. Tradition holds that the host is the prior year’s winner who selects the menu and pays the tab. This year the champions from the Updegraff Cup and the previously named SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) Club Championship gathered for…
Sports, June 2023
SBRMGA Updegraff Cup Another Impressive Event
Tom Graham The SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) 2023 Updegraff Cup was held April 19 and 20. In 2022 Dr. Ed Updegraff, one of the two or three most-celebrated amateur golfers in America, endorsed our Club Championship through the renaming of the event, The Updegraff Cup. It is our premier low gross tournament of…
Clubs & Classes, May 2023
SBRMGA Ryder Cup Tournament 2023
Tom Graham Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night keeps SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) golfers from the swift completion of their scheduled rounds. Indeed, Mother Nature challenged the Ryder Cup teams. Not to worry, 104 resolute golfers plus some substitutes comprising two teams completed three days of competition. Team captains—Red Team,…
Sports, December 2022
SBRMGA Founders’ Cup Tournament
Tom Graham The Oct. 26 and 27 SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) Founders’ Cup Tournament ended in a playoff the following day. The Founders’ Cup is a 36-hole individual low net tournament. Eighty golfers completed the two-day tournament in near perfect conditions. Bill Borden and Jim Rodine finished in a dead heat at 1…
Sports, December 2022
SBRMGA Member-Guest Tournament 2022
Tom Graham The SBR Men’s Golf Association, together with the SBR Golf Club and the SBR Robson Community, welcomed 98 golfers to the 2022 Member-Guest Tournament. We entertained guests from Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Washington, and elsewhere in Arizona. In the days preceding the tournament, our guests arrived, visited our Ranch…
Sports, July 2022
SBRMGA 2022: What’s Happening
Tom Graham It’s been a busy 2022 thus far and looks to be even busier the rest of the year. In addition to the SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) weekly Thursday shotgun games, we held three special multiday events. The first was our three-day Ryder Cup with 100 members competing on two teams. Congratulations to…
Sports, July 2022
SBRMGA May 2022 Hole-in-One
Tom Graham The SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) recognizes its members’ achievements during competitive rounds of golf. In the month of May, Dennis Johnson recorded a hole-in-one on hole number 14. On the tee, 121 yards from the pin with the wind blowing, Dennis grabbed a 9 iron. With a silky-smooth swing that would…
Sports, July 2022
SBRMGA 2022 Member Member Tournament
Tom Graham May 18 and 19 graced our SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) tournament with bright sun, fast true greens, moderate temperatures, buzzing bees, and fairways anxious for our 96 competitors to tee it up. The Member-Member, a two-man team competition, consisted of four distinct 9-hole formats. Day one front nine was a 1 best…