Tom Graham The Ryder Cup is one of golf’s preeminent golfing events. It consists of 12-member teams from the U.S. and Europe competing over three days for the ultimate prize—winning. The SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) Ryder Cup event consists of two teams of 50 members each representing the blue and the red of…
Beth Chamberlin The SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) hosted the annual Presidents Cup Tournament on Feb. 28 and March 1. More than 40 members competed in the two-day tournament, which is also the first State Medallion tournament of the year. The competition in each flight was tight with many of the flights having at…
Jacque Hendricks, president, and Jodi Walker-Lowe, event coordinator, showcased the Ranchette Putters’ activities at the SaddleBrooke Ranch Club Expo. Photographs of fun events from prior years generated a lot of interest. Twenty-eight ladies signed up on the contact sheets and will be invited to join. The club welcomes all ladies at SBR who want to…
On Tuesday, Feb. 22, 80 wine club members gathered in the Sol Ballroom to enjoy the movie Bottle Shock and eat designer popcorn. In the movie, Steven Spurrier, a sommelier in Paris, comes to the Napa Valley to take the best he can find to Paris for a blind taste test against French wine. Without a…
Beth Chamberlin Every golfer knows that having a hole-in-one is a pretty amazing and rare occurrence. The SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association had two women with aces in less than three weeks! Mindy Hawkins was playing on Feb. 22 when she got hers. She used her 8 iron on hole number 5 to hit her…
Suzanne Marlatt Stewart I will speak for myself, but am sure a lot of you would agree, I have missed being touched. Not only hugs, but just a gesture of someone holding my hand or putting a hand on my shoulder. Dacher Keltner, PhD, University of California at Berkeley, explains that compassion is at our fingertips. “In recent years,…