Larry Wolfe Unlike Bad, Bad Leroy Brown who was from the south side of Chicago, Harry “Hoot” Gibson is a proud north sider from Libertyville. That explains his affinity for everything about the Chicago Cubs, but it doesn’t explain his nickname. Known as “Hoot” since he was four years old, his nickname apparently was derived…
Marcella Brown We begin 2017 with our Home and Home event with Sun Lakes Ladies League. This is a two day tournament that begins on Thursday, January 5 with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun at Ironwood. The second shotgun will be on Tuesday, January 10 at Sun Lakes, with a luncheon to be held after play…
Carol Ruff and Sandy Eeds The Palo Verde and Cottonwood Ladies’ Golf Associations held their annual golf tournament to benefit the University of Arizona Cancer Center on November 15 at the Palo Verde Golf Course. The day proved to be a record breaking success as participants, donors, merchants and benefactors opened their pocketbooks and their…
Jim Wegman, Publicity The 2016 Golf Expo was a success. The golfers spent thousands of dollars, won gifts and had a great time trying out new golf equipment. November 3 was opening day. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate; rain, wind and hail dampened morning play. Our league fielded 38 intrepid golfers and three guests.…
If you are interested in joining a great group of people to play golf as a couple, consider joining Oakwood Couples 18 Hole Golf League. Our goal is to play golf, have fun and meet new people. You do not have to live in IronOaks or Sun Lakes to be a member. We generally play…
John Concannon, Publicity I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas and I wish you a happy and healthy New Year. As we enter 2017, the IMGA scheduled special events are rushing toward us starting with the 2016 Awards luncheon on January 11. It will start at 11:30 a.m. in the Ironwood Clubhouse.…
Each month, Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood will publish the winners of local tournaments in the Splash and non-local tournaments, too! It’s an honor to have these great players in our midst and they should be recognized. We need to know about them though, so if you know of any, please let us know, too! Pictures…
Janet Baron Publicity Chairman 12/01. The participants in the Low Gross play enjoyed another beautiful day in Arizona. The results are as follows – Flight 1: Tracy Rice, Mary Nelson and Kathryn Campbell; Flight 2: Joan Seckles, Jo Crook and Pat Mcroberts; Flight 3: Nancy Gelbach, Sandy Chavez and Noella Bannister It’s over at last!…
President Ed Campion welcomed back the tennis players at the November 19 welcome back tournament. On December 10 a holiday tournament as well as the Christmas party was held. Coming up in January we have a tournament with SunBird on January 7, the hot dog tournament on January 14 and the January potluck on January…
Ruth Rees, Publicity The OLGA ladies have started the after over seeding season with great enthusiasm. After the first play day in November, we had a pizza party. One aspect was to catch up on our lives during the past months. At the business meeting, we heard the recommended changes to the Constitution, Bylaws and…