Janet Baron PVLGA and CW participants hosted their most successful ever annual fund raiser for the University of Arizona Cancer Center. Our Golf for Life Tournament was held on November 19. The amount of monies donated totaled $12,000, several thousand more than years past. Many of our players were themselves battling this dreadful disease. Their…
Janet Baron, Publicity Chairman 09/02. Labor Day again was remembered; 70 years ago the Russians invaded Poland resulting in the beginning of WWII. There are very few weekly tournament results to report this month due to the record amount of rain that forced the closing of our golf courses. Overseeding is another reason. The rains…
Janet Baron, Publicity Chairman The prevailing weather conditions in Arizona contributed to the wretched heat and humidity we experienced during the month of August. Some of our fearless ladies found their way to Palo Verde golf course every Tuesday morning to indulge in their passion for the game. They were determined to ignore the existing…
Janet Baron Publicity Chairman Hot-hot-hot! “Giving off great heat, being at a high temp, warmer than normal, causing a burning sensation.” We have experienced all of the above and much more these past weeks as it brought a record breaking temperature of 111 degrees; in spite of all, our course is in pristine condition. Most…
Janet Baron Publicity Chairman The longer I live here, the more I realize that the meaning given in the dictionary for desert, “a dry barren area of land that is characteristically desolate, waterless and without vegetation,” does not do justice to our unique Sonoran Desert with its amazing plants and animals, spectacular bolder formations and…
Janet Baron, Publicity Chairman On May 6 the first round of the Eclectic play took place. The second and final day was May 13. First of all, congratulations to Dolly Schaedel for her hole-in-one on No. 6. The flight winners in the Eclectic rounds were: 1st Sandy Patton-Joseph, 2nd Ann Hammond and 3rd Dolly Schaedel;…
Janet Baron Publicity Chairman Match play was introduced this year; the second day of play took place on April 9, the third has yet to be completed. The Member/Guest was coordinated by Ann Hammond and her committee. The gift baskets were enticing and the raffle was a big success. The play was a little longer…