Peggy McGee Thirty-five Lady Putters brought joy to the hearts of the Green Valley/Amado Food Bank Staff with their outpouring of donations to support the food bank whose shelves often run bare during the heat of the summer. Ladies dressed in red and green and sporting holiday jewelry brought in 93 lbs. of groceries and…
Tag: golf
August 2017, Sports
Putter Patter group moves to new location
Peggy McGee With the closure of The Grill, the Putter Patter group lost their meeting place. After a one-week’s break, they found a new location in the relocated Oasis Room, now called the Madera Grill Bar/AKA Gold Room. The group meets immediately after putting each week to catch up on personal news, share travel adventures…
August 2017, Sports
Vicki Mahr receives Putters Award
Left to right: Vicki Mahr is all smiles as Putters President Cathy Thiele presents her with the Coveted Quail Award. Vicki had a low net score of 32.5 for the May through June timeframe. This is the first time in her 10 years as a Putter that Vicki has ever won an award; photo by…
July 2017, Sports
Congratulations, Jacquie
Congratulations to Jacquie Owens, member of the QCLGA. Jacquie won the 2017 Southern District Telegraph Tournament!
July 2017, Sports
Flag Day pride
Sylvia Perry remembered it was Flag Day as she dressed for Putters on June 14; photo by Steve Perry.
July 2017, Sports
Golf practice range improvement project, Phase III
Robert Lewis, Green Committee The Golf Practice Range Improvement Project (New Cart Staging Area), Phase II, was completed in late June 2017. If you remember, Phase I was the leveling of the practice tee area. This project has been two years in planning and the culmination of numerous Green Committee working group ideas and discussions…
July 2017, Sports
Lady Putters earn more awards
Peggy McGee With the heat, attendance was sparse at the putting session on June 7. Most teams had only three players who showed a lot of enthusiasm and shared many laughs — and a few groans — when the ball did not cooperate! After putting, the ladies adjourned to the coolness of the clubhouse for…
July 2017, Sports
QCMGA Individual Match Play Tournament results
Tim Phillips The QCMGA offers only two match play events during its schedule. The first of these events was held on June 13, 15 and 20. This was an individual match play – mano a mano. There were six flights of eight players with flights decided by ranking in handicaps from lowest to highest. The…
July 2017, Sports
QCLGA hosts 3-man shamble
With this excessive record breaking heat upon us, the Tournament Committee decided a three-man team playing in a shamble would facilitate a much faster game. So 42 ladies formed their teams and braved the heat for another fun day for the QCLGA.
July 2017, Sports
Superintendent’s Revenge—New twists in 2017
Tim Phillips The 17 teams assembled for the fourth edition of the Superintendent’s Revenge were surprised at 7:25 a.m. to have Superintendent JR Kies announce that there would be “obstacles” to overcome on some of the greens this year to make the competition even more difficult. These were not moveable obstacles but ones to be…