Viki Mendenhall and Beth Zdeblick It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere was the theme for the Ironwood Lady Niners golf invitational. On March 20, 108 golfers from all over the valley came to Ironwood to not only enjoy a fun day of golf, but to support a great charity: Arizonans for Children. Golfers from Pebblebrook, Sun Lakes,…
Lorri Morgan, Publicity The Cottonwood Niners’ Member Guest on March 14 was Serious! Serious fun, that is. One hundred forty-four participants enjoyed luncheon and golf with the theme of Clowning Around the Course. We had gift baskets and auctions and door prizes and surprises, beautiful weather and Fun. We also had a purpose; we raised…
Wayne Karp, Men’s Oakwood Golf Association Are you new to the area or just looking for a great way to spend time on the course and meet some new friends? You don’t have to be a resident of IronOaks to join our group. We have over 350 members with golfers at every level. MOGA (Men’s…
Liz DeMIchael The Palo Verde Ladies Golf Association (PVLGA) members concentrated on golf in March and not basketball. It paid off, too, but none of the tournaments they played in were a “slam dunk.” 3/5. Eclectic. The second round of the Eclectic Tournament was played this month. The am/pm winners were: Flight 1: Paddy Newton…
Jim Wegman, Publicity The annual Membership Meeting-Awards Luncheon was held on March 28 at the Oakwood clubhouse. The major focus of the meeting was to make changes in the C&B L’s and conduct the election for the new board of directors. I am pleased to announce that Lloyd Schaeffer is now the president, Bill Pender…
Carol Smith We have crowned a new OLGA Cup winner for 2019. Congratulations to Cathi Pospisil. She won the OLGA CUP. It was a two-week tournament. The Flight winners were Flight 1: 1st Dori Akin, 2nd Judy Darnell, 3rd Roselyn Hoiby; Flight 2: 1st Shirley Weaver, 2nd Joan Hammond, 3rd Barb Anderson; Flight 3: 1st…
Buddy Meola The Cottonwood Men’s Golf Association had a very busy March. It started with an Ace of Aces Qualifier on March 2. There were five flights with the Low Gross and Low Net players qualifying for the Ace of Aces tournament held at the end of the year. Flight 1: Low Gross Paul Brauer,…
Sheila Barton March madness/frustration. Golf is a game of limitless frustration. Like when you have the perfect drive and it hits a hard surface and bounces into the water, when you miss a six-inch putt, when you are on the green in two and then you four putt. That one perfect drive, or hole, is…
David Mork The Men’s IronOaks Niners’ 5th Annual Fundraiser supporting the Hamilton High Boys Golf Team (HHGT) raised $2,755 for the HHGT through the use of the Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) Tax Credit program. The funds will offset the HHGT expenses for traveling to and at their future tournaments. The Niners have raised, cumulatively,…
If you have been keeping up with us, you will have seen that many of the members have a fetish for dressing a little outlandish… some more than others. Somehow, members of the golf cart union found out. I did not know they could read, but I was told that it was the pictures that…