Tag: golf

Invite a Lady Tournament

Left to right: George Cummings, Ok Cha Cummings, Kitridge Kerby, Rick Masey, Mary Van Sant, Glenn Headley, Deborah Reed, Donny Reed, Nancy Freisheim, Dennis Jacobson, Kelly Close, Dan Close, Gabie Bull, Paul Bull, William Vess and Patricia Sands

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…

RRMGA Hole-In-One winners in 2015

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…

MGA9 membership Profiles in Discouragement numero uno

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,…

Welcome to spring golf

Stephen Shepard With the daylight savings time change and warmer weather, spring golf is here. With an unusually warm winter, the golf course continues to improve and show its colors. The Pro Shop will switch to summer hours on March 15 and be open 6:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Please note that the ball machine has been…

2016 SOT Charity Golf planning begins

Sam Goodrich The 2016 Fidelity Support Our Troops charity golf tournament will take place on Friday, May 6, and the golf tournament committee is already hard at work to make this another record-breaking year. In 2015 the tournament raised a record $18,000 for the SOT charity, had a record number of Fort Hood military guests…

Latest news from the RRMGA

The 2016 Executive Board of the MGA, consisting from left to right of Joe Cooper, president; Glenn Headley, vice president; William Vess, treasurer; and John Claudy, secretary

Steve Pettigrew The Robson Ranch Men’s Golf Association is pleased to announce the election of its 2016 Board of Directors. The Executive Board members are Joe Cooper, president; Glenn Headley, vice-president; William Vess, treasurer; and John Claudy, secretary. The at-large board members are Donny Reed, Larry Casazza, Harry Anderson, Steve Pettigrew, Bennie Beninato and Guy…

Pro’s Corner

Jason Whitehill, Director of Golf Q. My swing speed is slowing down as I age. What shaft should I have in my clubs? A. A good way to determine what shaft flex is suitable is to try the different flexes at one of many demo days we have here at PebbleCreek. A regular shaft might…

Wildhorse Golf Course readies for season

Bunker at Mustang 5

The January issue of the Pioneer Press gave residents a view and description of the new golf course sand bunkers. Work has progressed more quickly than expected thanks to the fine work of the Robson Ranch golf and common areas employees under the leadership of Ryan Coffman, Director of Golf Course and Common Areas Maintenance, and…

Thank you cart owner drivers

John Burkholder, MGA9 Publicity New to golf just last year, I don’t own a golf cart. Thought it a good idea to hold off purchasing until I determined if I enjoyed the game and could play it without making a fool of myself and/or spoiling the rounds of my golfmates. After a year and several…