Jim Wegman, Publicity Gentlemen, we have experienced a most unique month in the history of the Niners. The league played no tournaments due to COVID-19 restrictions. Some of our members did get out for golf on Ironwood or Oakwood courses, via the Chelsea requests for tee times. No shotgun starts were permitted. Utilizing the Arizona…
Tag: golf
Sports, June 2020
Sun Lakes Lady Niners Playday Results
Sheila Barton League play for the 2019/20 golf season kind of fizzled out at the end of April for the Sun Lakes Lady Niners. Even though we were practicing “safe golf,” some chose to stay safe at home. There will be no organized play from May l through Oct. 31, but you can still play…
Sports, March 2020
IMGA Golfer of the Month
Bruce McCorkle The Nazis invaded Poland, The Wizard of OZ premiered in Hollywood, gas cost 10 cents per gallon, and Richard (Dick) Winkelman was born in his parents’ bedroom in Belleville, IL. Dick is the IMGA Golfer of the Month for March. Born into a working-class family with his dad working in a munitions plant in…
Clubs & Classes, March 2020
Cottonwood Lady Niners Turn 25!
Lorri Morgan, Publicity The Cottonwood Lady Niners are celebrating a big birthday this year. Twenty-five years ago, about 60 ladies began what has become home to about 130 lady golfers. Scrapbooks in the Pro Shop reveal that in the first year, Jean Watson (January 1995) was State Medallion winner for the Niners, and this year,…
Generals, March 2020
Golf to Help Veterans in Need
Jim Treacy East Valley Marines, Detachment 1296, is sponsoring their Seventh Annual Charity Golf Tournament to benefit our Arizona service members. The tournament is on April 3, 2020, at the Oakwood Country Club. It is a four-person scramble with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Check-in is 7 a.m. with coffee and doughnuts. You will…
Sports, February 2020
Cottonwood Lady Niners — “We Take Our Golf Very Seriously”
Lorri Morgan, Publicity Wow, actually had some rain this winter. So as of this writing, there were two Thursdays of no Niners’ play, one of them Thanksgiving. Dec. 12 was our Ugly Sweater play day, and nearly everyone joined in the fun. The club provided pizza and wings after golf, and some of the Cottonwood…
Sports, February 2020
OLGA News and Scores
Sports, February 2020
December 2019 PVGMA Results
Jim Roberts, Publicity December was quite a month of golf. In spite of the many distractions of the holidays, along with cold temperatures and rain, good fun on the golf course was in abundance. Playing golf at the morning shotguns in December is quite different than in March, April, and May. Folks were known to…
Sports, February 2020
IMGA News and Events
Bruce McCorkle IMGA Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast It takes a lot of work to run a successful golf league, and IMGA is fortunate to have some great people who have stepped up to make it a great place to play golf. Some of our volunteers were recognized at Stone & Barrel with a complimentary breakfast. Thanks…
Sports, February 2020
IMGA Golfer of the Month
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…