John Concannon, Publicity This month’s Personality of the Month is Jim Wegman, a six year member of IMGA. Jim was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1941 and grew up in Ozone Park, Queens where he was active in the CYO athletic programs. When Jim graduated from John Adams H.S. he had no aspirations about furthering…
John Concannon IMGA recorded its first Ace of 2015 when Tom Wheaton scored his on the 13th hole using a Five Hybrid. Tom also scored an Ace last year at Oakwood. I hate when that happens, but, congratulations, Tom. It is a bit surprising that we have seen a drop off in the number of…
John Concannon- Publicity Bill Ranney, my IMGA personality of the month, was born in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, a small town about 130 miles southwest of Chicago and home to State Farm Insurance Co. Bill’s early education culminated in his graduation from Bloomington High School. After high school Bill took a job with State Farm Insurance, a…
John Concannon, Publicity The sole Home and Home event of 2015 was completed at Sun Lakes Country Club on Thursday, April 23. The IMGA winners included the following: 1st Duane Coking and Bud Derene, 2nd Bill Ranney and Gary Hatch, 3rd Frank Wellwerts and Jim Poole. For those who plan ahead, be aware that Ironwood…
John Concannon, Publicity My Personality of the Month this month is none other than Joe Rizzi, one of Ironwood’s marshals, a job that he has held for the last six years. I have to say that after interviewing Joe, I had to stop, take a breath and try to assimilate his past. Joe is a…
John Concannon, Publicity This month my subject for this column is someone known, not only to IMGA members, but throughout IronOaks; not because of his golf prowess, but, because of his current occupation. Don Dinkelman, in addition to his activity in IMGA, is what I call a vacation watch manager, but more on that later.…
John Concannon, Publicity The 2015 IMGA Member Guest Tournament was completed on February 17 and according to the reports, it was one of the most successful, if not the most successful, Member Guest tournaments held in recent years. The flight winners are (with guest in brackets): Flight 1: Joe Vitton (Greg Heimemann); Flight 2:…
My golfer of the month for April is none other than “Deano” Dean Bierly. Deano is probably one of the most recognizable IMGA members because of his many years behind the desk of the Ironwood Pro Shop. Deano was born in Washington, D.C. and was raised in suburban Maryland. While attending Oxon Hill high school…
John Concannon, Publicity This month the IMGA golfer of the month is none other than our six time club champion, Jack Lehmkuhl; (he also placed second five times in club championship competition). Jack grew up in the small town of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, located about 40 miles north of Green Bay. He was always active…
John Concannon, Publicity The main focus this month is on one of the premier events of our year, The Ironwood Cup Tournament. The overall winner is Mike Woldt. He also won the 1st flight with a total three day score of 177 followed by Bill Beltz (181) and Mark Saylor (185). Flight 2 was won…