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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tom Graham The SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) Club Championship was held April 13 and 14, providing a welcome distraction before Tax Day. It is the MGA’s premier low gross tournament of the year. The field for the two-day tournament totaled 100 entrants, making it our largest field for the event. The 2022 championship…
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…
Tom Graham The 10th annual SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) Founders’ Cup Tournament was recently completed. The two-day, 36-hole, full course handicap tournament was an unqualified success. It’s a special event, as we have, continuing their membership, four of the original members of the MGA. We pinch our bill to Ken Hull, Paul Lapotosky,…
Tom Graham In a year of COVID and course improvements, the SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) was still able to conduct its premier event—the Club Championship Nov. 3 and 4. The Club Championship is a two-day low gross tournament. It’s open to all full members with a separate championship flight, and four additional flights…