Bruce McCorkle If you had the privilege of working alongside your dad when you were a youngster, repairing things around the house, doing carpentry and electrical work, fixing cars, and basically doing anything that needed to be done, you have some insight into Bob Clark’s younger years. That partially explains how he was able to…
Bruce McCorkle Flying Pigs Are pigs now flying? Did the swallows stop coming back to Capistrano? Did the Cardinals win the Super Bowl? Are Canada geese now flying North for the winter? Did Hell freeze over? Well, something is amiss in the universe, because for the first time in recorded history, the IMGA Ryder cup team…
Bruce McCorkle Canadian Bill Pender recently became a U.S. citizen and is the IMGA Golfer of the Month. Born in Toronto, Canada, Bill was the youngest of four. His construction worker father and stay-at-home mother created a stable environment where the kids could play and work with full family support. His youthful employment included shoveling…
Bruce McCorkle New Members of IMGA Board Two of IMGA members have “stepped up to the plate” and volunteered to serve on the IMGA Board. Bob Clark is our new vice president. Richard Rathburn is our new chair for the prize committee. Thank you, Bob and Richard, for being willing to serve. Your Course Handicap is…
Bruce McCorkle Congratulations to all our IMGA Club Champions! Well done! IMGA Club Championship – Larry Horner stormed to his third IMGA Club Championship and won by a hefty 10 strokes! Super Senior 75 Championship – Don Noble squeaked out a victory in the Super Senior 75 Championship over Rich Pavlak by a narrow margin…
Bruce McCorkle Club Championship: Unfortunately, the final round of the IMGA Club Championship was rained out, so as of this printing, the results are unknown. Here are the standings going into the final round: Blue Flight: Larry Horner holds a 7-stroke lead over Steve Westhoff, an 8-stroke lead over Mark Saylor and an 18-stroke lead…
Bruce McCorkle Ironwood Cup: The Ironwood Cup is now history… and, wow, was it a close one! Bernie Dugan edged out Bill Beltz by two strokes… and Jim Martin was a close third. Bernie is the new Ironwood Cup Champion. Congratulations, Bernie! The first-place finishers by flight were: Flight 1 Bill Beltz, Flight 2 Mark…
Bruce McCorkle Growing up in a small West Texas town of 12,000 people didn’t hinder Ross Serold’s success. He worked in his parents’ Home and Auto store and played trombone in his high school band… and is the March IMGA Golfer of the Month. After high school, he found that New Orleans was quite an…
Bruce McCorkle New IMGA Executive Board – We congratulate (and thank) our newly-elected board for 2019: Joe D’Amore, president; Tom Hewitt, vice president; Ross Serold, secretary; and Dan Jonker, treasurer. This is Dan’s eighth year as treasurer! Wow! Thanks, Dan! Retiring – After 21 years of volunteering with IMGA in many different capacities, Don Dinkleman…
Bruce McCorkle It is an impressive thing to create something that didn’t previously exist… and not only have it last, but thrive. That is only one of Bill Bartoo’s accomplishments. Growing up in Indianapolis, Indiana, was a happy time, filled with family events and lots of basketball. After high school, Uncle Sam had his own…