Reggie Wegman Welcome to our newest member Ginger Wilson and our returning member Dottie Holme. We hope you enjoy your golf and meeting our terrific seasoned members. After golf, some days we enjoy lunch or a coffee on the patio of Stone & Barrel. We are socially distanced but are still able to have a laugh…
David Zapatka This 12-common-mistakes column began after playing with some very excited, highly-motivated, new pickleball players at our community courts recently. After playing a couple games, this question was posed to me: “What should we do to improve and become 3.5 players?” We reviewed the first four mistakes the past two months. This month, we…
Steve Engler Happy New Year, MOGA members and friends! 2021 is now here, and March will be a very busy month with the Member/Member event (Chapman) and then three weeks for the MOGA Club Championships (Gross Stroke event). In April, we will have events such as Individual and team Stableford, Individual Low Net and Beat…
Violetta Armour Cottonwood Lady Niners golf has a new club champion! The overall winner is Jacque Smith, and Michelle Dubusschere is the low net champion. Additional winners in their respective flights were: Christine Lacoutre (Flight 2) and Lola Bernadelli (Flight 3). Keeping up with our primary mission of fun golf outings, on Feb. 11 the…
Larry Wolfe As a young man, Mark Durben admits that he got in with the “wrong crowd” back in his hometown of Racine, Wis. He worked at jobs in a foundry and snowblower plant after graduating from Horlick High in Racine before deciding at age 23 that he needed to escape. As a self-professed “hippie,”…
Sheila Barton As we settle into what appears to be a new normal, I am thankful for the comradery shared by the Sun Lakes Lady Niners. On Jan. 26, a Pizza Party was held at Mulligans to celebrate and congratulate the 2020 award winners. Money was given out, balls were given out, and pins were…
Buddy Meola The new year started with a Stableford competition by flights on Jan. 2. A Stableford format awards points for each bogey, par, birdie, eagle, or hole-in-one, posted in the round by each competitor. First Flight: Winner Gary Hunnel, Second Place Steven Bennett, Third Place Jack Goyer; Second Flight: Winner Dennis Chenier, Second Place…
Ruth Andersen As reported in the January Splash, Team 6, So Close (Joanne Ragan-Foster, Pat Smith, David Dahl, and Steve Hull), came in first place. Team 8, EFPC (Frank Smith, Fran Bowman, Bob Brogan, and Tammy Visser), came in second place. Congratulations to all! High Scratch Series: 1/04. Men: Hank Mathias 539, Rick Bell 629;…
Judy Wegener January kicked off with our traditional Home and Home with the Ironwood 18-hole League. Congrats to Brenda Heyink and Lavaughn Pietz for participating in the State Medallion held at PebbleCreek this year. Jan. 5 Low Net Flight 1: 1st Judy Bray, 2nd Nancy O’Donnell, 3rd Brenda Heyink; Flight 2: 1st (tie) Dori Winchester…