Sun Lakes Fire Department Captain Cory Evans and Cottonwood Lady Niner Sandy Jackson selling raffle tickets at the March 10 Member-Guest. A song and dance routine set to the music of You’re So Fine serenaded Sun Lakes firemen attending Member-Guest festivities March 10. Led by President Bette Lu Buchanan at the mic, the Lady Niner…
John Concannon, Publicity The tournaments have been completed and the champions crowned. Congratulations to the 2016 Ironwood champions: Peter Yoon, Club Champion, Don Noble, Super Senior Club Champion and Richard Scranton, Ironwood Cup Champion. Last year the Ironwood course yielded only one ace. This year, we have our first hole-in-one already in the first quarter.…
Palo Verde 2016 member/guest champions, Gary Zahnow (left) and Gerry Kuczek Bob Armstrong, Publicity Just as the days were becoming comfortably warm, our snowbird friends either started (or began thinking about) packing for the trek north where we know there is always a chance of snow. We full-timers just don’t understand it. The March report…
The Oakwood ladies have enjoyed playing under mostly beautiful skies with their golf buddies for the past few weeks. Of course, there have been some fierce winds but the ladies are up for any challenge! It seems we are glad the bunkers on the Lakes and Palms have been renovated, but not so much that…
Niners and Hamilton Golf Team had a great time on March 17 (photo by Steve Kanner, Hamilton High coach). David Mork, Niners League member On March 17 the Men’s IronOaks Golf Association, known as the Niners, hosted a fundraiser for the Hamilton High School Boy’s Golf Team for a round of nine holes, with each…
Nancy Davis, Publicity Summer Play: Yes, the Ironwood Lady Niners will have summer play while the Ironwood Course is closed for renovation. We will move our play day to Tuesday and join the Oakwood Lady Niners. We will continue to play as a league during the summer and will provide details soon. Game of the…
Dixie McQuaid presents the check for $6,500 to SLFD’s Deputy Chief Dan Guerra. Pictured left to right are Barbara Schmoekel, Dixie McQuaid, Deputy Chief Dan Guerra and Bette Lu Buchanan. The Cottonwood Lady Niners, represented by Barbara Schmoekel (co-chair Member Guest Tournament), Dixie McQuaid (co-chair Member Guest Tournament) and Bette Lu Buchanan (President Cottonwood Lady…
Marilyn Mitchell and Cathy Sullivan still smiling after finishing the putting their ball into the clown face to kick off the Member Guest Tournament Partners Tournament play off team 1st in Flight, Joanne Malackanich and Mary Ann Sorenson Partners Tournament Play off team overall winners Mary Lu Esget and Nadine Sanders Mary Nelson During the…
When you stage a charity golf tournament and offer chances to win golf carts and cars on select par threes, you normally don’t expect anyone to win. There are tremendous odds against it. An amateur golfer’s chance of shooting an ace is 12,500 to one. Happily, Dick Jakubowski (visiting snowbird from Nebraska) didn’t know that…
Ann Rounthwaite A flock of brightly colored birds invaded the Oakwood Golf Club at dawn on March 8. They were there for the culmination of months of work – the OLNGA Member/Guest day, themed this year as “Bye, bye, Birdie.” With the help of volunteers and club staff Barbara Solomon and Gary Vien, event chairs…