Tag: golf

Wildhorse Lady Niners Partner with Denton Hearts for Homes for Holiday Charity Project

WLN Communications For the fourth year, the Wildhorse Lady Niners (WLN) chose Denton’s Hearts for Homes as their holiday charity. This organization helps low-income seniors in need of housing repairs and other assistance. Each Christmas, community organizations are asked to donate food and non-food items to help fill seniors’ pantries. The need this year was…

Wildhorse Lady Niners Install New 2021 Officers

Deb Williams, Sandra Waggoner, Megan Wiegand, and Paula Saunders

WLN Communications The Wildhorse Lady Niners (WLN) installed new 2021 officers in December. Megan Wiegand was selected as president, Paula Saunders as vice president, Deb Williams as treasurer, and Sandra Waggoner as secretary. These women will serve as the executive board, and will select other Niners to head various committees and assist with golf operations.…

Equipment Donations Make a Difference

Lawry Cohen and Brenda Galez-Magyar with the First Tee of Fort Worth

Kevin Murphy The true colors of the golfing community at Robson Ranch keep coming through for all to see. This time, the recipient of the Men’s Golf Association’s philanthropic nature was the First Tee of Fort Worth. Spearheaded by Lawry Cohen, he and our director of golf, Craig Pullen, gathered together donations from the members of the…

Hole In One: Ann’s Hole-in-One

Lee Ann Kirby On Dec. 9, Robson Ranch Women’s Golf Association (RRWGA) member, Ann Brehm, made her first hole-in-one on number 2 North course. She used an 8 iron to sink the shot from 91 yards. Ann had three MGA members witness her hole-in-one. They were Ann’s husband Rod Brehm, Rob Spurling, and David Ferneding.…

RRWGA 2020 WGA Mixed Invitational Highlights

First place winners 1st Flight: Doyle and Gale Hicks, Guy and Diane Bent

Lea Ann Kirby The 2020 RRWGA Mixed Invitational was held a week late, on Nov. 3 this year, due to weather! We ended up playing on a 70-degree day instead of a 30-degree day! We had 64 people turn out for this annual event on a beautiful day in November. Our event chairs were Connie…

Tooting Our Own Horn: Wildhorse Golf Club

Cindy Sterling, Tournament Chair The recent Avid Golfer magazine named our Wildhorse Golf Club at Robson Ranch number 4 for 2020 Dallas/Fort Worth golf course rankings. Here are their comments: “One of our favorite courses on the west side for 2020 is the Wildhorse at Robson Ranch. Although conditions here are always great, we were floored to…

Lady Niners Finish Season with a Spooctaculor Event

Lawrence Wheeless Over 40 Lady Niners joined together to finish the 2020 season in a spooky nine-hole challenge designed by DeeDee Karabetsos and Mary Sholty. Dressed in appropriate costume, every golfer faced a unique opportunity to excel on each hole, and the best player was rewarded with a prize. At the end, all scores were…

RRMGA Crowns Two New Shootout Champions

White Tee Championship: Doyle Hicks (left) and Ed Dorman

Kevin Murphy Congratulations to this year’s RRMGA Shootout Champions Doyle Hicks and Scott Lancaster. Doyle outlasted Ed Dorman for the White Tee Championship, when they tied on the last hole, and the champion was determined by a putt off. Ed went first and lagged a lengthy putt to within a foot of the cup, and…

RRWGA Club Championship and Robson Cup Tournament

Lea Ann Kirby On Oct. 6 through 7, the Robson Ranch Women’s Golf Association held its annual combined RRWGA Club Championship (gross) and the RRWGA Robson Club Championship (net) tournaments. We had two beautiful days with a record 43 participants this year. We would like to thank Mansell Family Dentistry and Orthodontics for sponsoring the…