NINERS’ NOTES

April ~ 2020

Vol 21~Issue 4

Editor ~ Maria Byers

Dear SaddleBrooke Lady Niners

I had a dream the other night. It was a doozie. It was a Tuesday, the sun was shining,

we were playing SaddleBrooke. I had a hole in one on #2. After the round, in the

Road Runner, drinks all around, Cobb Salad, ranch on the side, iced tea (light ice,

extra lemon). Lots of fun that day.

THEN, I woke up and realized that it was a dream and that we were all still hunkered

down in our homes. BUT, with time and patience, I am sure that the dream will

someday come true (well, maybe not the hole in one) but the rest will come back to

normal.

Taking a walk yesterday I was heartened to see very special people walking ahead of

me - they had chalk and every so often stopped, bent down, and wrote something

happy and inspirational on the pavement. “Hang in there”, “We love you”, “We are

all in this together”. I thought then, as I do now, we are fortunate to be where we are,

surrounded by others.

May this all end quickly. Be well, be safe, support each other. Anyone in need, please

reach out - we can all be that Hole In One to each other.

Edie Crall

President

SaddleBrooke Lady Niners

The following is a recap of notices sent out by our Pros

- KEY REMINDERS -

Corona virus safety procedures

- Please Call or Email the Golf Shop to Check in to play golf -

- Avoid going inside the golf shop -

- Avoid standing in close proximity in groups larger than 10 people -

- Check in with your starter; and put your green fees on your house

account -

- Stand 6 feet away from your other members of your golf foursome -

- When checking in with your starter; please respect the 6 feet rule -

- Wash your hands often; use alcohol based sanitizer -

- Do not exchange scorecards, pencils & golf balls -

- Leave the pin in the hole when putting -

- Golfers may take their own golf carts when playing golf and ride

alone -

- Two Golf Carts must remain the path and two can drive on the grass

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Temporary Local Rule; Ball coming to Rest in

Bunkers

Effective March 22nd, 2020 - Until Further

Notice

Temporary Local Rule – Free Relief from disturbed or un-raked

areas of the Bunkers the following Local Rule is now in Effect.

• When your golf ball comes to rest inside or resting up

against a bunker; And the ball lies in an old footprint, un-

raked spot or in a disturbed area of the bunker:

Players may now - - With No Penalty Strokes

1. Mark the ball where it lies in the “disturbed” area in the bunker

2. Pick up the ball

3. Player may clean the ball

4. Player may then “place” the ball in an Un-disturbed or smooth part of the bunker, behind or adjacent to the original marked spot; No Closer to the hole

5. Placement of the ball must remain in the bunker; may not change playing surfaces (placed on grass is not allowed)

6. Ball is now in play - No Penalty Free relief

TEMPORARY GOLF CART RULES

March 13, 2020

In an effort to adjust to the current situation regarding the COVID-19 Virus, the current restriction of a maximum of 2 golf carts per foursome has been temporarily suspended until the end of March. The suspension will be re-evaluated at that time.

Only 2 carts may be on the golf course turf at any one time throughout the round of golf. The third or fourth cart in a foursome must remain on the golf course cart path.

Note: If you choose to use this option when you play please notify the starter of your intentions.

Thank you for your cooperation

Scorecard 101 Each of us has an opportunity to make the work of the tournament chair go much more smoothly by doing a

good job on the scorecard. I have a scorecard pictured below that was not used on March 17 because of canceled

players. I have inserted scores for Edie. She had a very good round.

My first request is that the numbers be legible. It can be difficult to determine between a 5 and a 3 or even a

wavy 7. If you are the player keeping the scorecard, please make sure the numbers can be read.

Secondly, complete the scorecard. If you need to use a calculator, we all have them on our phones, please use

it. If the scorecards are completed in each cart, and then compared, there is less chance of an error. The

handicap needs to be subtracted to give the net score.

We are trying to give you the pops on the scorecard. Please use them. We are to pick up when we reach Net

Double Bogey. That means that on a par 3 in the example above, Edie would reach double bogey at 5 and with

one pop she would pick up at 6. That is her maximum score for the hole.

I would like for us to sign the scorecard in the area at the bottom. I have a black rectangle on the sample

scorecard above to show where that would be. This means that the signatures are not on top of the printing. I

need to see what was printed on the scorecard when I am inputting the scores.

Thank you for using these requests to make my job easier.

Sheryl Nugent

Tournament Chair

Greetings Lady Niners!

This year’s Social Director is sending out best wishes as we are all hunkered down waiting for life to return to normal. Although it’s an oxymoron for the Social Director to be social distancing, I have already started thinking about the decorations for our June meeting. Some of you are thinking “she needs to get a life”, but in these times we need to do those things that bring us happiness and that does. I leave you with a thought from our favorite “Peanuts” character: Worrying won’t stop the bad stuff from happening, it just stops you from enjoying the good. Stay safe, stay healthy. Vicki Long

MUSINGS OF AN OUTSIDE INVITATIONAL CHAIR

I just finished The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, a fabulous book, and I couldn’t help but feel

that the title described my committee life perfectly. Just a few short weeks ago I was riding high! I

was caught up in the excitement of posting sign-up sheets, chasing down checks and defining menu

options. Do I need a more full life? Well, most of it was fun. Where did it all go? How could I be

washed up in the first year on the job? Did I make a major mistake, did I miss a tournament? No, there were only two Invitationals before everything stopped. I was feeling a bit blue and too focused on the

virus invading our lives. I had the chance to experience the job for only a short time and I am grateful

for Oro Valley and the Highlands. Now nothing!

Then something happened; a neighbor offered fresh oranges (from a distance of six feet of course) and another produced a basket of the most beautiful grapefruit. This morning I’m heading out

to play golf with some of the wonderful Lady Niners. There will be more Invitationals and I will have

the chance to hunt for GHIN numbers and find out each of The Niners menu choices once again. In the

meantime I have the pleasure of golfing on our beautiful Saddlebrooke courses and waiting for our

amazing mountains to turn pink. There’s ALWAYS Grapefruit Margaritas! LIFE IS GOOD!

Terri Tindal

THOUGHTS FROM THE TREASURER

Hi Ladies,

I am writing this from deep inside the bank’s vault so I can keep an eye on our money during

these unusual times.

HAHAHA…just kidding.

We are so fortunate to be able to be outside on our beautiful golf courses enjoying the

sunshine, our friends and this game we love.

My wish for everyone is to be safe and stay healthy. SANDY WAGONER

LADIES CHOICE TOURNAMENT

POSTPONED

Kat and I are sorry to announce that our annual Ladies

Choice Tournament will have to be postponed! In light of

all the issues with the dreadful Coronavirus, we all felt it

best to not proceed as planned. We had our theme all picked out and were

ready to put up the sign-up sheet, but in our current situation we knew it

was best not to hold it at this time. Even if we all had 4 carts in our

groups, we would have just been handed a box lunch to take home, and

without being able to go inside with a group of our size we would have had

to find a spot outdoors where all 60-70 of us would have to stand 6’ apart

to hear who the winners were and then leave immediately. We will try

postponing it to the Fall, but with course closures due to over-seeding and

maintenance, as well as other re-scheduled events and pre-planned events,

we certainly can’t guarantee anything. We always look forward to this fun

event, but unfortunately we’ll have to wait to enjoy it!

Barb Johnson and Kat Danner

2020 INVITATIONAL

A big THANK YOU to all of you for supporting the cancelled Invitational ! Thank you to

those of you who signed up to play and enjoy the day and to everyone who is part of the

Invitational Committee. The support and enthusiasm has been inspirational.

Just remember that we are GOING ON A – we just don’t know

when yet.

Love and Thanks, Maria and Edie

Calendar information is subject to change

DATE TIME COMMENTS

4/7 8:00 Shot Gun CHELSEA SIGN-UP

4/14 8:00 Shot Gun CHELSEA SIGN-UP

4/21 7:00 Tee Time CHELSEA SIGN-UP State Medallion

4/28 7:00 Tee Time Paper Sign-up Make Your Own Foursome

DATE TIME COMMENTS

5/5 7:00 Tee Time CHELSEA SIGN-UP

5/12 7:00 Tee Time PAPER SIGN-UP Presidents Cup

Follow the Field – CHELSEA

5/14 7:00 Tee Time Presidents Cup

5/16 7:00 Tee Time Presidents Cup

5/19 7:00 Tee Time Presidents Cup & Follow THE Field - CHELSEA

5/21 Presidents Cup Reserve

5/26 7:00 Tee Time CHELSEA SIGN-UP State Medallion if needed

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