Pat Albu Due to the extreme summer heat, attendance at Putters has been down a bit, but we have our hearty core that holds the group together! Here are June’s winners: Low Gross First: Jacque Hendricks Second: Evelyn Silver Third: Gayle Richey Low Net First: Vickie Thomson Second: Karen Lambert Third: Gillian Cook 6 Holes-in-One…
Tag: Putters
August 2025, Clubs & Classes
May Putters Winners
Pat Albu Before the real Arizona heat set in, our Ranchette Putters had some very good scores in May. Here are our leaders for the month: Lowest Gross Average: Norma Tanner 34.0 Second Lowest Gross: Andrea Cothran 34.67 Third Lowest Gross: Linda Noble 34.75 Lowest Net Average: Debbie Penaluma 34.95 Second Lowest Net: Barb Cohn…
Sports, June 2025
Putters Family and Friends Tournament
Pat Albu On April 26, 70 Ranchette Putters and their partners gathered on the putting green for a more than challenging putting contest. Not only had our wonderful (and slightly sadistic) Hospitality Committee set up a very difficult course, but we were also dealing with very strong winds! It was an afternoon we won’t soon…
May 2025, Sports
Putters March Highlights
Pat Albu While our crazy Arizona spring weather seemed to be changing by the hour, the Ranchette Putters were able to play four times in March. Here are the statistics revealing our top putters for the month! March Gross Average Winners Lowest: Nancy Tagge, 35.75 Second: Norma Tanner, 37.00 Third (tie): Joyce Cox and Roxanne…
March 2025, Sports
When Your Mink Coat Comes in Handy
Pat Albu January was coooold! But our intrepid Putters, like Janice Hynes, figure out ways to deal with it when showing up in the early mornings for our weekly contests. (Photo by Pam Engelhardt)
March 2025, Sports
Putters Travel to SaddleBrooke!
Pat Albu On a chilly Jan. 20, the Ranchette Putters traveled all the way to SaddleBrooke for a fun tournament with the Verde Sputters. The teams were an even mixture of Putters and Sputters (try saying that three times in a row!), so it wasn’t a competition between the two communities. The Sputters had set…
February 2025, Sports
Putters December Winners
Pat Albu Even though the putting month was shortened by Christmas falling on a Wednesday, our faithful putters came out in droves and did some very good putting! Here are the results: December Gross Winners Lowest Average: (3-way tie) Sandy Buonarigo, Evie Falk, and Nancy Tagge 37.0 Second Lowest: Terri Menning 37.333 Third Lowest: Linda…
Sports, January 2025
The Snowbirds Return to Putters!
Pat Albu Our wonderful snowbirds have returned to the Ranch, and the Putters saw a real increase in attendance in November. Here’s a rundown of all the talented monthly winners: November Gross Prizes Lowest Average: Jacque Hendricks 38.0 and Arlene Tonges 38.0 Second Lowest: Sharon Steen 38.5 Third Lowest: Sandy Getter. 39.0 and Jan Junkin…
November 2024, Sports
Putters Family and Friends Tournament
Pat Albu Friday, Sept. 13 turned out to be a lucky day for three teams at our Family and Friends Tournament. They conquered the scary 18 holes set up by Susie Morrill and her incredible events committee. The committee had amazing decorations around the putting green to make the course more challenging and fun than…
November 2024, Sports
September Putters’ Stats
Pat Albu Due to the golf course being closed for two weeks in September (horrors!), the women only had two weeks to rack up their stats. Here they are: September Gross Winners Lowest Gross Average: Doris Carlin 34.5 Second lowest: (tie) Lu Legel 36.0, Linda Noble 36.0 Third lowest: (tie) Amy Donaldson 36.5, Evelyn Silver…