Bruce McCorkle In the mid-morning hours of February 22, 1967, a task force from the 173rd Airborne Brigade jumped into history by making the first United States combat parachute assault in the war against the enemy in South Vietnam – and the first such assault since the Korean War. Paul Dinardo made that jump and…
Bruce McCorkle Congratulations to the IMGA/Phase 1 Home and Home Champions – 1st Place: Ed Norris, Joe Rizzi, Chris Bell, Jon Kelley. The Home and Home with Phase 1 was well attended, and a good time was had by all. Hole-in-One: Bob Deken got a hole-in-one on No. 10 during IMGA play. Congratulations, Bob! Weekly…
Bruce McCorkle “It’s been a life accented by wonderful memories and good fortune, but also great tragedy,” recounts Danny Smith, our IMGA Golfer of the Month. Born in 1948, he grew up in a modest neighborhood only a few blocks from Grosse Pointe, the mansion-filled suburb of Detroit on Lake Sinclair where the automotive elite…
Bruce McCorkle Congratulations to our 2017 IMGA Tournament Champions: * Club Champion – Larry Horner * Super Senior Club Champion – Don Noble * Ironwood Cup – Bruce McCorkle The 2017 Club Championship is now “in the books” with Larry Horner winning the title by a three-stroke margin in a tight race to the finish.…
Bruce McCorkle IMGA Photo Album – Are you tired of seeing someone whom you’ve played golf with multiple times and saying, “Hi buddy, how are you doing?” (because you forgot his name)? For those of us who have difficulty connecting names with faces, we are creating an IMGA photo album which will be posted on…
Bruce McCorkle He was sitting on the curb with his mother, his sister and four suitcases. It was December of 1941, just after Pearl Harbor, and his family had been evicted from their apartment because his single mother had been laid off from her $18-a-week job. How did that youngster become a well-respected attorney who…
John Concannon – Publicity As I mentioned last month, the activity here at Ironwood Golf Club is hot and heavy. The Ironwood Cup completed play, and the flight winners are as follows: 1st Flight – Bruce McCorkle, 2nd Flight – Dale Bassi, 3rd Flight – Larry Birlin, 4th Flight – Paul Jordan, 5th Flight –…
John Concannon – Publicity I’m very happy to introduce my IMGA Personality of the Month, Bruce McCorkle. Bruce will be taking over as Publicity Chairman for IMGA, ending my 12-plus years of covering IMGA events and activities. Bruce was born in Denton, Texas, in 1949 but grew up in Breckenridge, Texas, a small town of…
John Concannon The 2016-2017 Season is in full swing with the Ironwood Cup about to wrap up. Results will be published in the next issue of the Splash. However, results can be viewed on the IMGA web page in another week or so. The annual Member/Guest tournament is scheduled for February 7. IMGA provided the…
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.…