Jeff French April play for the PVMGA was a full calendar of events highlighted by the 2023 John Dobson Memorial Member/Guest Tournament, which is a two-day event with lunches served both days after play for both the players and their invited guests. There were 56 teams participating in this highlight event of the year. Additional…
Jim Wegman, Publicity Welcome to April golf. The days are warmer, so our shotgun starts at 8:30 a.m. We are saying goodbye to our winter visitors. Some of our friends and neighbors may have already gone. Gentlemen, travel safely and come back to us in the fall. We will not be seeing John Gaudioso at…
The Play of the Day on April 18 was a surprise! It turned out to be the best poker hand! Winners in Flight 1 were Mary Perry, Karen Tucker, and Judy Darnell. In Flight 2 the winners were Julie Hastings, Barbara Anderson, and Jean Karich. Flight 3 winners were Linda Thrash, Carole Schmidt, Terry Jung,…
Club Championship Bruce Pape handily won the three-day IMGA Club Championship by an 18-stroke lead (202 to 220)! Bill Swed followed up his 2022 Super Senior 75 win with yet another in 2023. Don Noble won the Super Senior 80 Championship for the fourth time! Congratulations to the IMGA Champions! Flight Champions Championship Flight 2:…
Maggie Robson Well, after a long winter of cold weather, windy weather, rainy weather, and dust storms, we finally have warm weather hit Arizona again. In fact, not so warm as hot. Temperatures today were reaching close to 100 F, reminding us all that one of the most important things we can do while we’re…
Judy Onken Our winners of the Member/Member Tournament this year are Pat Shouse and Rita Healy. Zara Logan contributed pictures of each twosome, which can be reviewed on the CLGA website. These two epitomize the partnership required to win this event. Many cliches describe how well they played together: They ham and egged it, they…
Club Championship Final Results Playing from the blue tees, Bruce Pape won the MOGA Club Championship by a nine-point margin, and Bill Lewis won the Super Senior Championship by a whopping 15-stroke lead! Placing first in their flights for the three-week tournament were: Flight 2: Steve Engler, Flight 3: Daniel Kiska, Flight 4: Bruce McCorkle,…
Susan Lamb The results are in, and Tracy Rice is our 2023 Club Champion. She had to beat last year’s winner Mary Nelson in a play-off. Congratulations to Tracy and all the flight winners. Here are the results: Flight 1: 1st Mary Nelson; 2nd (tie) Paddy Newton, Terry Gaube, and Val Verbeck Flight 2: 1st Tracy Thornock;…
Sheila Barton Karen is teeing up on a par 4 and is not feeling confident at all, so she gets out one of her old balls. As she is teeing up, she hears a voice, “Karen,” it says, “use the good ball.” Karen looks around, thinks for a minute, then decides to go with her…
The annual Cottonwood Lady Niners Member/Guest tournament was held on March 16 with a field of 120 golfers. Prior to play of a fun-filled scramble, ladies could view (and hope to win) an array of beautiful gift baskets. They also had a chance to bid on an opportunity to play 18 holes of golf with each…