Tag: golf

Canadians’ last hurrah for the season

  Marcia Hogan March saw the SunBird Canadians tee it up for their final social event of the 2017/2018 season. Over 100 fortunate northerners who enjoy their winter in the resort played an 18-hole scramble on March 18. Once again, our local realtors, Ruth Ann Hobbs, Theda Portanova, Dana and Scott Smith, Dave Meyers and…

SunBird Ladies 18ers in full swing

Dana Marrs April finds our SunBird Ladies 18ers in full swing. Congratulations to Team USA on the win of our annual Solheim Cup. Team USA collected 32.5 points, and Team Canada + Friends collected 27.5. Most of all, 148 golfers teed it up for two weeks in multiple formats including match play. Many golfers earned…

SBMGA update

  Norm Ott The SunBird Men’s Golf Association held its second to last monthly meeting of the 2017-2018 season on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. The main item on the agenda was the election of officers for the 2018-2019 season. Those elected were Fred Nixon, vice president, Patrick Leach, treasurer, and Gary Popelka, secretary. Dan Carroll,…

SunBird Golf Association Shoot Outs

  There were two golf association shoot outs held since the last report. They were the Men’s Golf Association Net Shoot Out held on February 18 and the Couples Gross Shoot Out sponsored by both the Men’s and Ladies’ Associations held on March 4. Qualifying to play in these shoot outs is done during regular…

From The Pro Shop

  Jerry Lingen It’s April, and we already see our snowbirds heading to their summer homes. This tells us who stays here to look forward to summer months and the summer heat. With the heat approaching, or it may have already arrived, we will be going to 7:00 a.m. shotgun and tee time starts on…

SunBird Lady Niners news

  Pam Tiffany Twenty-five SunBird Lady Niners enjoyed golfing with the Sun Lakes Lady Niners on February 27. We were greeted with coffee and pastries at check-in and played a fun scramble with each member receiving a free mulligan and a lucky putt. Fellowship, luncheon and prizes after golf completed the day. Scores were low,…

SunBird Couples Net Shoot Out

  Norm Ott It was a beautiful, warm and sunny Sunday afternoon on January 14, 2018, when 10 couples representing both the SunBird Lady’s Golf Association and the SunBird Men’s Golf Association teed off in the annual couples nine hole net shoot out. The couples participating were Fred Fraga/Marcie Hogan, Jim Croghan/Jackie Huyghebaert, Ron Jarvis/Dee…