Barbara Barr and Joe Guyton On Monday, Nov. 22, the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke will be holding its signature fundraiser for area children, the Fore For Kids Charity Golf Tournament, at the Oro Valley Country Club. If you have never played at this private club, this is your chance, but there are only a few…
Carol Mihal The SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) has had an unusual year of golf play in 2021 due to both COVID-19 and several months of playing a golf course undergoing renovation efforts. With our golf course scheduled to reopen on Oct. 2, with fully resurfaced greens and other major improvements, the SBRWGA tournament…
Camille Esterman The Ranchette Putters are hoping to see a sea of pink in the La Hacienda Club on Wednesday morning, Sept. 15, from 9 to 11 a.m. The Welcome Back Putters Party promises to be a lot of fun. There will be food, drinks, and door prizes! This will be the perfect opportunity to…
Carol Mihal On a beautiful morning in early May, 46 ladies of the SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) celebrated the fourth of May (a day earlier than Cinco de Mayo) by playing a game called The Mexican Hat Dance. This game entailed the players of each team deciding who “La Capitana” would be before teeing…
Carol Mihal The SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) members recently completed their participation in the La Conquistadora del Sud Tournament sponsored by the Southern District Women’s Golf Association (SDWGA) in southern Arizona. This is a two-day low net eclectic tournament, which was played on March 23 and April 13. An eclectic game results in one…
Toni Graves Oliphant, Inc. of Wisconsin is managing the work of replacing the current greens with fine-stemmed Bermuda grass. They have a long history of success with similar projects in the area. Residents at SaddleBrooke Ranch will see a large array of equipment and crews during the early summer months as all greens are dug…
Paul Knott The fourth annual SaddleBrooke Ranch Couples Golf Championship tournament, sponsored by PThomsen Consulting, LLC, was held on Sunday, April 11 at SaddleBrooke Ranch Golf Club. Twenty-six couples competed for gross and net honors, as well as for additional prizes for low net scores in four flights. Shirley Purcell and Bruce Haney won the…
Carol Mihal Fifteen ladies from the SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) participated in the 2020-21 City Women’s Golf Association’s (CWGA) Golf Tracks season competition in the Tucson area. The CWGA group, originally formed in 1951, organized five tournaments this year at various golf courses in and around Tucson. This multi-tournament event provides cross-city golf…
Carol Mihal On March 29 and 30, the ladies of the SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) competed in their first major golf tournament of 2021, the President’s Cup. This tournament is a two-day low net tournament where the winner is commemorated on a perpetual plaque in the trophy case, and she receives a nice…
Linda J. Sentivanac On March 11, the Ranchette Putters held a fun outing on the practice putting green. The next day, a pandemic was declared and all of our lives were changed. Since that time, we have hunkered down, awaiting a time when we could safely gather together again. We greatly miss the camaraderie of…