Winter Road Trip: 1st Annual StoneRidge Golf tournament at Villa de Paz!

Did I ever tell you how much I miss wearing shorts?

The next leg of our Winter Road Trip took us to Phoenix Arizona where we met up with Stoneridge Pals Jim & Patty. We stayed with them in their motor coach at the Dessert Shadows RV park about 20 minutes from Villa de Paz golf club. Maggie got to play with her sister Sadie and stretch her legs. There were about 6-8 other Stoneridge coaches also staying there for the tournament. We had a mini reunion there and then followed that up with a pre-tournament party hosted by Harriett and Art at their home in Anthem. Nearly everyone was there! It was great to see everyone after 4 months away.

February 7th, 2010 the 1st Annual StoneRidge Golf Tournament at Villa de Paz commenced... and I got to wear shorts! We couldn't have asked for better weather; the sun was shinning with a few puffy clouds in the sky and temps nearing 70. Sign ins started at 8am where Cal & Vickie manned the sign in table. They did such a great job; everything was so organized. There were 52 players teeing off at the 9am shot gun start.

By 1:30pm most of us were through with our round and heading over to Cal & Vickie's house off of the 15th fairway. Now the party really started! With wine and beers to wet everyone's whistle after a day in the sun, it was tough trying to talk to everyone. After lunch was served Cal & Vickie announced the winners and gave out prizes.

Please enjoy the slide show then you can read all of the stats below. (don't forget to pause the "Mytunes" in the sidebar if viewing this directly from the blog.)




Attendees:
Terry & Truman Bennett
Jackie Baldwin
Charles Bently & Brinley Thomas
Mary & Steve Bradford
Ed & Brenda Brown
Cal & Vickie Coates
Larry & Cindy Cunningham
Rusty & Marci Davidson (Marci just came to eat)
Jerry & Darlene Gage (Darlene came to eat too!)
Fred & Thayle Ghio
Harriet & Art Epstein (Art couldn't play due to a hand injury, so guess what he did?)
Judy & Art Evans
Joe & Judy Gregonis
Jacquie & Dick Hawkins
Pat Howell
Val Kasper
Adair & Bruce Kelly
Neal & Betty Knappenberger
Diane & Aaron Knight
Sandi & Gordon Mizell
Jim & Patty Mosier
Hirro Murakami & Yoko Pizzo
Ferrick Nelson
Jim Pearson (he will be returning to Stoneridge in the Spring to teach)
Terry & Gabe Richter
Stew & Diane Stewart
Rick & Linda Swindell
Mary Ellen & Ron Taylor
Diane & Terry Walton (Terry's still recovering from shoulder surgery. He hung out with Art and also came to eat)
Buck & Sharon Wyles

The tournament was so successful I wouldn't be surprised that a lot more come next year.