Jerry Lingen As I write this article, it’s the first week in July and we just finished celebrating the 4th of July. Hope everyone had a great day celebrating our country’s independence. We celebrated at SunBird with our annual 4th of July Golf Tournament. It was a very good tournament. The number participating (56)…
Tag: golf
Card Games & Sports, July 2018
News From The Pro Shop
Jerry Lingen Hot, hot, hot! That’s what we keep facing as we enter the month of July. It seems that the extreme heat came earlier this year, and it sure has affected the golf play here at SunBird. I guess we forget sometimes that we live in the desert. For the months of July…
Card Games & Sports, June 2018
From The Pro Shop
Jerry Lingen It’s June, and the Heat is on. Summer came extra early with some 100-degree days in April and May. With the heat bearing down on us, we see very few players in the afternoons. With that in mind, we will go to our summer hours for the remainder of the summer months.…
Card Games & Sports, May 2018
The way you do anything is the way you do everything…
Dana Marrs SunBird’s Lady 18ers finished up the season with the Club Championship, with Karen Gilmore prevailing in a close two-day test. She played Gilmore Golf – smart and very consistent. Congratulations, Karen, you are a wonderful ambassador for women’s golf. First place in the flights were Flight 1: Cindy Vig, Flight 2: Dee…
Card Games & Sports, May 2018
SBMGA Club Championship highlights
Norman Ott The month of March saw the completion of several of the main events of the Men’s Club 2017-2018 season. These were the Club Championship, the Men’s gross shoot out and the Ladies’ and Men’s combined step aside scramble and awards luncheon. The Club Championship was a two-week, total gross score tournament. This…
Card Games & Sports, May 2018
Bandits golf outing
Many SunBird Bandits gathered at Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, on April 4 for some golfing competition and lunch. Fun was had by all!
Community News, May 2018
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…
Front Page, April 2018
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…
Clubs & Classes, April 2018
SunBird Golf Course benefits from annual Bandit Golf Tourney
Stephen Sargeant The annual Bandit Golf Tournament was played February 14, 2018, on a somewhat cool and overcast Wednesday morning. One hundred six determined souls competed in three different formats for monies and recognition in three different flights. Over 60% of the field was rewarded with winnings, as well as prizes in raffles and…
Card Games & Sports, April 2018
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,…