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From The Golf Shop
Golf Shop Hours
6:30am - 5:30pm
Junior Camps
New this Spring at Tonto Verde, we are offering week long junior golf camps! The objective of the junior golf camps is to provide an opportunity for juniors to further develop their golf skills, etiquette, ethics, and knowledge of the game through an organized quality program consisting of: instructional clinics and games in a fun, friendly learning atmosphere.
Dates: March 21-24, 28-31
Ages: 6-10 (2-3 pm), 11-15 (3-4 pm)
Cost: $125 for week (Monday-Thursday), 4, 1 hour lessons, $35 for a single clinic
*Price includes a shirt, hat, and a daily snack
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Don't forget the TVGC Town Hall Meeting March 28th
Annual Meeting and April Board March 31st
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From The Membership Committee
Offer expires March 31, 2016
*Applicants responsible for $20,000 joining fee and $125.00 Monthly Capital Assessment.
NO monthly golf dues until January 1, 2017.
Equity not included. Flex Members opting-in will be responsible for full membership dues beginning January 1, 2017
For additional information or questions, please contact:
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From The MGA
We need ONE MORE TEAM for the Desert Classic. The Desert Classic is April 6th though the 9th and we need one additional team to fill our flights. If you have a friend nearby who would make a good match play partner and you want to play, contact Jeff or Justin in the Golf Shop and they will get you all the details. Chairman Bob O'Roark and his committee have done an excellent job securing sponsors for this years event and with the additions to the activities, it should be the best Desert Classic ever.
The 2016 MGA Club Championship is in the books and Chris Bates is the 2016 Tonto Verde MGA Club Champion. Chris posted rounds of 78 and 72 to take this year's crown at 150 gross. Chris beat Don Holliday (77 and 74) by one stroke. Davis Elliot took the Championship Flight Net Score with a 144. First Flight winner was Pat Echelbarger at 157 gross and Steve Radermacher took the net at 142. Second Flight gross was Bill Banholzer with 159 and Harry Holden was the net winner at 138. Third Flight went to Harry Ward at 161 and Bob Buhler took the net at 138. Fourth Flight winner was Ken Adams at 167 and Tom Spaeth took the net at 146. Fifth Flight was won by Ron Zinke at 170 and Bob Fletcher was the net winner at 143. Sixth Flight winner was Keith Stott at 175 and Tim Gabrielse carded a 142 net. The Seventh Flight was won by Lee Hamilton at 181 with Marty Robertson at 144 net. Click Here to sign up for the March 30 Breakfast Meeting and Golf Event on the Golf Event Registration Tab. There are still points available to get into the MGA Cup On April 18th. As of today 17 points is the cutoff to get in, but that will change with the remaining points that are still available. Remember, the Desert Classic is a guaranteed 2 POINTS with a BONUS POINT if you can win your flight. If you are close, sign up for the Desert Classic. We will be playing for $6600 cash in the MGA Cup, all participants are guaranteed a minimum of $50 by playing both days. Did you know it is against the rules to brush the sand/gravel away from behind your ball when you are in the desert? Rule 13-2 states you may not "create or eliminate irregularities of surface . . . OR removing or pressing down sand, loose soil, replaced divots . . . ". You may pick up individual stones that are in front of or behind your ball, but you cannot "sweep them away". Just something to remember in your next Spring Best Ball Match or the upcoming Desert Classic and MGA Cup.
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Click Here For The Golf Event Calendar
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News From The WGA
This past week the WGA celebrated it's 2016 Hohokam Classic Women's Invitational. We had 104 participants this year and with the wonderful weather and superb golf course conditions as well as a lively theme, "N'awlins Bash at Tonto Verde!," who wouldn't have a good time!
The Gross winners of the various flights were as follows:
Hurricanes' Jeanne Mooty and guest, Annie Child with a 147
Dixie Chicks' Jamie Fisher and guest, Mo Howard with a 150
Saints' Lynn Robinson and guest, Helen Heele with a 165
Pelicans' Donna Watson and guest, Carolyn Kulson with a 164
Magnolias' Janet MeGee and guest, Susie Pringle with a 172
Gators' Laurie Furlong and guest, Barbara Hansen with a 174
First place Net Winners were:
Hurricanes' Kathy Mangarell and guest, Rosa Fowler with 134.7
Dixie Chicks' Marian Hamilton and guest, Sandy Ives with 130.8
Saints' Ging King and guest, Jane Wayne with 141.8
Pelicans' Lori McCormick and guest, Cheryl Tovsen with 136
Magnolias' Val Jessen and guest, Laurie Merchant with 139.1
Gators' Ann Tharp and guest, Jan Gute with 137.1
Nicely done ladies! Our Hohokam Chairman, Paula Newton-Lorry, and her creative and hardworking committee did a fabulous job organizing and staging this event. Our wonderful chef, Chris, Lynn Casebere and our clubhouse staff as well as Jeff Oslund, Mike Bishop and Cory Moran from our Proshop also did a fantastic job! Hats off to all involved in this year's most successful Hohokam Classic!!! Most importantly, HATS OFF to all of our WGA Members and their Guests who participated in this years' event! Because of all of you, this was a terrific Hohokam!!!
Big CONGRATULATIONS go to this seasons' Match-Play Champion, Kathie Sankey!!! She won her match over Marsha Heitzman, our second place winner of the Championship Flight. Other First and Second place winners are: 1st Flight, Chris Demma, Diane Spang; 2nd Flight, Mary Ann Campney and Ann Simons; 3rd Flight, Donna Daly and Rose Moore. Consolation Bracket winners are: Championship Flight, Deb MacLeod; 1st Flight, Donna Watson; 2nd Flight, Cari Sorlie and 3rd Flight, Lynn Robinson. Congratulations to all our WGA Match-Play Winners!!! Way to go, ladies!
Moving right along into the remainder of our WGA season ... the Annual Stroke Play Championship is scheduled for April 12 and14. Morning shotgun on the 12th. Afternoon shotgun on the 14th. Both days of stroke play are flighted by handicaps with prizes given within each flight for best Gross and best Net players. All Tonto Verde WGA Regular Members are welcome and encouraged to play. It costs nothing! On Thursday, April 14th let's gather on the Peaks 9th green around 4:30 to 5:00 and cheer the final groups in and applaud our new 2016 Club Champion. Light refreshments will be served to all gallery members and contestants. Click Here to signup on ForeTees.
As you read this many of our WGA ladies will be on the course and playing in our 8:30 shotgun followed by lunch and our March meeting. We've switched time slots today with the NDA as they are hosting their Interclub play-day. It's so nice we can all work together to make golf happen here in Tonto Verde! Our regular 12 noon shotguns will resume next week and continue on through the end of the season with our Closing Day 1:00 shotgun with dinner and Stroke Play Awards plus Annual Meeting taking place that evening. Lots of golf yet to play, however, before we reach that day!
Sign-up for Season 2016-17 Interclub is ongoing until March 31. All WGA regular members can sign up for Interclub. Click Here for Information regarding Tonto Verde Interclub and scroll down to WGA Standing Rules & Bylaws and Interclub Guidelines. Check with Donnielle in the pro shop for information on ordering team uniforms.
Until next time ... Keep hitting 'em long and straight!
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FromThe CGA
Don't forget to Click Here and sign up for the Friday Night Couples event this coming Friday, March 25. 3:00 shotgun on the Ranch followed by dinner off the menu. More detail below.
LAST 18 HOLE COUPLES TOURNAMENT of the season!!! Cinco de Mayo is on May 5. We will have a Best Ball shotgun in the morning and a Scramble in the afternoon. A wonderful Mexican dinner with stations in the dining room and on the patio will follow. Sign up starts April 5 on ForeTees, and you can sign in with another couple or as a twosome and the Pro Shop will pair you. Sign in early - this event is very popular and always fills!!
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Friday Night Couples
We are going to play the front nine of the Ranch as ALL Par threes - the staff will be resetting the tees so that the yardage will be a makeable Par Three for us on all the nine holes ( we will play holes 4 and 7 as they are from their respective tee boxes). Thanks to the staff!
- We will play one best ball per foursome
- Minimum of one score per player will be needed - be wise and patient here
- There will be no handicaps assigned.
- One mulligan per player ( Cannot be used on the green)
- Men from the White Tees and Ladies from the Gold Tees
- $10.00 Per Couple
Talking to a golf ball will not do you any good -
Unless you do it while your opponent is teeing off.
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From The NDA
Our final/closing luncheon and meeting is on April 12th (NOT on April 5th). Elections for the new 2016-2017 NDA Board will be held at that time.
The Past President's Farewell Party will be held poolside on April 16th and it is open to all NDA members and their spouses.
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From The Lady Putters
With the season in full swing, Lady Putters are looking forward to several more weeks of excitement on the Tonto Verde 18-hole putting course. Regular putting activities are scheduled for March 23 and 30 with registration at 10 a.m., announcements at 10:15 and putting promptly at 10:30, followed by lunch. No putting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 6 due to the MGA Desert Classic. The Lady Putters Closing Day event is scheduled for Wednesday, April 13. A late afternoon and evening event will take Lady Putters "Around the World in 18 Holes." Registration will begin at 3:30 p.m., putting at 4 and dinner to follow. Click Here to sign up for all Lady Putter activities on Fore Tees.
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Marketing Update
Marketing is pleased to report increased visits from interested and active prospects:
- The Tonto-On-Display Community Open House tour on February 13 brought 200 visitors to the community. Everyone received information on the new February Golf Membership Sale and a $20-off coupon to use in the Mesquite Grill. The great news is that several Realtors reported that visitors from the tour scheduled appointments to return to Tonto Verde and look at properties.
- The Discover Tonto Verde program is now booking "Discover Day" packages at Tonto Verde (since the 4 day/3 night Discover package is booked for February & March), and Realtors are reporting very engaged and interested prospects looking at ownership in Tonto.
- The Hospitality Committee has a fabulous Lobby Greeter Success Story! Thanks to a friendly Greeter who gave a tour to a "lost" visitors on Sunday, Valentine's Day and recommended they stop in at the "Realtor-On-Duty" Open House, the visitors made an offer on a home 2 days later! Without a Greeter in the lobby to catch this visitor, the opportunity would have been lost.
If you have just 3 hours a month to share your friendly smile and welcoming style by working as a Greeter in the Clubhouse Lobby, the Hospitality Committee would love to have you! Please call Pam Halpern at 480-223-2748 for more information.
Tonto Verde In the News (summarized from the blog on the Tonto website)
The 2016 Preview issue of Arizona Golf Insider magazine recently featured Tonto Verdes Mesquite Grill in an article written by Carey Sweet, food and wine writer for the Arizona Republic, San Francisco Chronicle and Scottsdale and Sunset magazines. Click Here to read the review. In highlighting the seasonal cuisine of talented and experienced Chef Chris Falconer, Ms. Sweet zeroes in on many of the menu standouts that Tonto Verde residents know and love including the Verde salad, chicken corn chowder, Scottish salmon, prime rib and decadent mud pie. She also praised the upscale territorial look of the dining room and the al fresco terrace with its unforgettable view of Four Peaks.
In a separate article, this issue of the Arizona Golf Insider magazine also mentions Tonto Verde as one of the 20 courses in Arizona awarded the coveted GEM (Golf Endorsed by Members) award. Click Here to see the article. Given by the Arizona Women's Golf Association (AWGA), this award is given based on data collected and compiled by AWGA members across the state. The objective is to select courses that provide a great golf experience for women in Arizona. The criteria include customer service, playability, clubhouse facilities, and restroom availability. (Note: this is the third year in a row that Tonto Verde has earned this coveted honor.)
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TVGC On The Radio
Click Here to hear LPGA Hall of Fame Pro Pat Bradley on Tonto Verde.
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Golf Clubs And Putters For Grandkids
The TV Lending Closet and the TV Golf Pro Shop have teamed up to provide your grandchildren with golf club sets for their use and enjoyment during their visits here in Tonto with you.
The clubs, made especially for youth by US KIDS GOLF, are height and weight appropriate. The sets currently available will fit youth from 39' tall to 63" tall. The Golf Shop has a measuring guide which will insure proper fit.
Because we have a limited supply of the clubs, both right and left handed, we are asking that they be checked out daily and returned daily to the Golf Shop (similar to the Demo Program) rather than once weekly to the Lending Closet so that there is availability for the next young golfer.
We also have a supply of putters, separate from the sets, for use on our Putting Course - also available on a daily basis through the Golf Shop. Watch for information from the Golf Shop regarding Junior Golf Camps here at Tonto Verde during schools spring breaks!
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Charity Roundup Recap
$100,000 of eFun at the 2016 Tonto Verde Charity Roundup
Over $100,000 was raised for VerdeCares, Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium, Arizona DAV and Sunshine Acres at the March 3, 2016 Tonto Verde Charity Roundup. The objective for the event was to raise as much money as possible for the four charities and to make sure all the participants had a ton of fun doing it.
And fun we had. As in prior years, the event consisted of golf scramble and best ball events, silent and live auctions and a terrific dinner. But there were lots of new ways to have fun this year. First, was a transition to electronic bidding where anyone from the community could bid from their smart phones or tablets from anywhere. While a few folks tangled with the change, the majority of the attendees enjoyed it and placed 600 bids from all around the clubhouse, the course and their homes. We also had a Golden Ticket raffle in which the winner got to select their choice of the live auction items. Congrats to Bob and Phyllis O'Roark on winning and selecting a Hawaii condo for a week. The live auction was the liveliest ever with over $35,000 raised due to 11 donations by generous community members. The bidding on the Green Bay Packer suite, donated by the Gabrielse's was one of the most fun to watch as the winning bid was for $6,500 and then Tim and Kris donated a 2nd package for another $6,000.
The golfers had something new this year as well. We had a break the glass event on the driving range. There was a wood box with a 3-foot square sheet of glass on the top, and only one person, Marsha Heitzman, was successful in breaking it. Additionally, Van Buick/GMC put up a Buick Enclave as a prize for a hole-in-one on the Ranch hole 15. Congrats to Don Cooke for getting a hole in one that day but he picked the wrong hole by knocking it in on #7. He did, however, receive a very nice consolation prize. Also, congratulations to the winners of the golf events. David Dyer, Janet McGee, Monique Wright and Kirk Naismith won the scramble with a score of 55.7. Steve Hamann, Jan Hamann, Larry Holden and Sally Storey won the best ball event with an amazing 116.
Those of you who were there know it was a great event with a terrific outcome for the four charities. It could not have happened, however, without a lot of help. Special thanks to Bob Buhler and the many ropers who solicited the silent auction items, Dave Burns who solicited and auctioned off the live auction items, Tom McGuigan & Mark Bloom for soliciting 15 corporate sponsors, Liz Brandanger for entering all the silent auction items into the BidPal software system, Donnielle Ostlund and the golf staff and dozens of other volunteers, and, finally, to Steve Peterman & Lynn Casebere for their tremendous support with the facility, food and beverage and administrative support.
Please put the 2017 event on your calendar, as it will be another fun way to support our local charities.
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TVGC Board Meeting Dates
March 28th - TVGC Town Hall Meeting
March 31st - Annual Meeting/April Board meeting
April 28th
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