On Saturday, February 13, Shel Jahn was playing at the Preserve with Dennis Marchand, Joe Oczak and Don Plappinger. On hole number six, Shel selected a nine-iron for a 140-yard shot over a dee… Read more

For the past five years, I’ve volunteered for the PGA Tour Champions tournament in Tucson, held at OMNI Tucson National Resort during the last week in February. As a walking scorer the last th… Read more

The MPMGA Tournament of Champions was held at the Preserve on January 13. Participants in the tournament are selected based on the number of points accumulated in MPMGA events held throughout … Read more

Pool Players of The Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) want to thank our generous sponsors Leah Kari of Secure Senior Health Solutions [(520) 484-3807, leahkari4@gmail.com] and XPERT Automotive in Ca… Read more

The member-member match play tournament was held on Monday, January 18, Sunday, January 21 and Thursday, January 28. The 48 two-man teams were separated into six flights and seeded one through… Read more

Many moons before Earth landed on Mars or Venus, Martians and Venusians landed on Earth to explore evidence of extinct or fossilized microbial life, and to determine if it had ever been a livi… Read more

Some of SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association INC’s (SPA) newest members have yet to experience pickleball “drop-in,” which is one of the most accessible and fun parts of playing. To backtrack t… Read more

The passing of the torch is relinquishing responsibilities, a tradition, practice, or knowledge to another. This metaphoric expression alludes to the ancient Greek torch race, in which a light… Read more

Whether you like a challenging game of competitive golf or only to play for fun, SaddleBrooke Lady Niners may be just the golf club for you. Read more

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The calendar page has turned over to January 2021. January 1 was always a gray day in my hometown and probably was for many of you as well. And then, we’d turn on the television to the Rose Pa… Read more

Michael Schumacher is not an experienced softball player but it didn’t stop him from signing up to play in the SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Sidewinder League this winter. Read more

Monday Mixers has decided that this year’s 2020 to 2021 season will be cancelled. This is due to the coronavirus and our desire to make sure that the health and safety of our members be protected. Read more

SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association Inc (SPA) members are buzzing about the upcoming 125 rule revisions and additions to the 2021 USA Pickleball Official Rule Book. These rule changes go into … Read more

The MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (“MPWGA”) took a COVID-19 mulligan on the Presidents Cup, originally scheduled last March. The two-day COVID-19-revised event was teed back u… Read more

I’m lucky to do what I do, Jay said as we were sitting down for my interview for this article. And, truth be told, it shows every day when we see Jay conducting golf lessons on our driving ran… Read more

The SaddleBrooke Lady Niners are very grateful to June Hill and Liz Carlson who founded this organization in 1990. Thanks to them, over 30 years later, we continue to enjoy our many golf games… Read more

The MountainView Preserve Men’s Golf Association planned to conduct their 2020 Club Championship on Monday, November 9 and Thursday, November 12. The November 9 round was scheduled for The Pre… Read more

It was a “swinging good time and exciting FUNdraiser” at the MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association’s (“MPWGA”) annual event for the University of Arizona Cancer Center. The calendar o… Read more

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Each year, 15 members from the SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association (SMGA) along with one of their PGA Members play a competition against the MountainView Preserve Men’s Association (MPMGA) wit… Read more

Since its origin in the 15th century, it has been called names like goiff, gowfe, gouf, and golve. Those who lament that the best four-letter words were already taken often pronounce it backwa… Read more

As is our tradition, the SaddleBrooke Niners gathered to celebrate the season and close out one year as a new one begins. The 2020 board led by Edie Crall has done a superb job under difficult… Read more

when Annika Sorenstam was playing competitive golf, she was interviewed many times on television. I found one interview particularly memorable. The interviewer commented on how straight her sh… Read more

Friendships, social connections, and pickleball prompted Gail and Hewitt Montgomery to make SaddleBrooke their permanent home. After living in an active adult community in Redmond, Washington,… Read more

SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) is thrilled to announce that Northridge Dental, located in Catalina, has confirmed a donation to SaddleBrooke’s new Pickleball Complex. Their generous… Read more