John Burkholder, MGA9 Communications So you think you’re a long-time, avid RR Denton golfer, huh? Well meet another guy that sets the mark, Frank Ruggiero. Frank and wife Judy moved to Robson Ranch, Denton, from North Carolina in May 2003, having bought their lot in December 2001. That’s 13 years this month; either one year…
Steve Shepard and Virginia Wheeless On April 18, 2016 we sat down with Ryan Coffman, Director of Golf and Common Area Maintenance, to learn more about him and what he does at Robson Ranch. Ryan reports to Kent Coleman, General Manager at Robson Ranch Texas, and Mark Giannonatti, Operations Director at Robson Communities (AZ). Ryan…
Steve Pettigrew The Robson Ranch Men’s Golf Association sponsored a formal Member-Member Tournament on April 20 and 21. The event was organized and directed by Donny Reed and Larry Casazza of the MGA. The 26 teams competed in best ball competition on day one followed by nine holes each of alternate shot and scramble formats…
Virginia Wheeless As more new residents come to Robson Ranch, golfers are creating opportunities to welcome them and introduce them to the Wildhorse Golf Club. Using a model from the past, residents on Crestview Drive have formed a group of six couples who will play on Sundays and meet for a social following the game.…
Mary Ornberg We all wore green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. There were green shirts, green hats, green socks, wild glasses and green jewels bedecking all of our wonderful members. There were those of us that even wore crowns. The Wildhorse Lady Niners could not have picked a better day than on Tuesday, March…
Linda Farmer The Women’s Golf Association began the 2016 season on Tuesday, March 1. Twenty-one ladies braved the strong north Texas wind for the first organized golf play day in 2016. The wind made golfing just a little “tricky,” but it was fun getting back on the course with all our golfing friends. Although all…
Steve Pettigrew The Robson Ranch Men’s Golf Association sponsored an “Invite a Lady Tournament” on March 23 and were honored by the attendance of 30 lady golfers. The event was organized and directed by Guy Bent and Donny Reed. Each team of four included two men and two women, with the lowest net score for…
John Burkholder, MGA9 Publicity As I explained in my February Pioneer Press MGA9 article, I started playing golf only after moving to Robson Ranch Denton in July 2014. Actually three months later as it took a while to get settled in our new Ranch home on the third tee of the beautiful Wildhorse course. To get…
Steve Pettigrew As amateur golfers, we know how rare it is to shoot a hole-in-one. For some it can happen multiple times in a golfing career, while others may never experience a single hole-in-one. In the Men’s Golf Association there is an annual pool of the members who participate in the hole-in-one contest. Of those…
John Burkholder, MGA9 Publicity In 1955 then Massachusetts junior senator, John F Kennedy, wrote Profiles in Courage, the inspiring true accounts of eight unsung heroic acts by American patriots at different junctures in our nation’s history. With that tome as our literary model, over the next two years MGA9 will publish, in these hallowed Pioneer Press pages,…