CINCO DE MAYO SALE AT SADDLEBROOKE RANCH PRO SHOP

+EVERYTHING 15% TO 85% OFF

+EXTRA MARKDOWNS ON MERCHANDISE ALREADY ON SALE!

+LAY AWAYS ACCETPED ON MAY 1ST! 

The year 2024 just began, and already we are in April! We have had plenty of rainfall this winter. With the dormancy program for the golf course, and the care from Aaron and crew, we should soon see an abundance of growing Bermuda grass. We are looking forward to our best summer of turf since beginning the course restoration almost four years ago. Thick turf translates to a great winter dormancy for 2025. Stay in tune with the Forecaddie to keep up to date with everything Pro Shop and golf course related. In the sections following, you will find all the information relating to this month in golf, as well as contact information for our golf associations and our Greens Committee.

Pro Shop Hours – Open 30 minutes before the first tee time and 1 hour before shotguns. The pro shop closes at 5:30pm. Pro shop staff will carry the pro shop cell phone (520-561-1196) until 6:00. Staff are available until one hour before sunset. First tee time: 4-1 to 4-30: 7:00am Last tee time: 4-1 to 4-30: 5:30pm Shotguns: 8:00/1:00 Rate Periods: 3-1 to 3-31: Prime 7:00 – 11:52 Midday 12:00 – 1:52 Twilight 2:00 – 3:52 Super Twilight 4:00 – Sunset

A maintenance plan is put into place at the beginning of the year. Variance in weather and agronomic conditions may require changes to the schedule.

April Maintenance Schedule

The Bermuda base is rapidly emerging from dormancy and greening up. Painting the turf is done until the fall. With the turf actively growing, it is necessary for mowers to be out on the course more often. It takes a few days each week to keep all the areas cut and groomed to playing height, and this will put the machines into golfer traffic at times. Staff are instructing[1]ed to pull aside and idle their motors, but not shut them off as golfers play through. We will continue closing one hole per nine to cart traffic to help maintain the quality of the turf. We will also continue our program of resting the natural turf tee on the driving range one week per month, except in December and January, when it will be rested for two weeks in those months due to the slowing of the growth rate of the rye overseed and the heavy use of the driving range. Back Nine morning nine-hole times will not be available on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on a year-round basis to

Every month Mike and Ken will conduct a free golf clinic. All residents and their guests are welcome to attend, and there is no cost. Please sign up in the Pro Shop. The staff have a book behind the counter with all the scheduled clinics that you can sign up for. You are welcome to attend as often and as many as you like! The clinics will cover basic techniques and mechanics of each topic. Our golf clinics are great for learning a new skill or brushing up on a skill that needs some work. The next clinic will be in April and will cover the full swing. It will be held on Monday, April 29th at 2:00pm at the driving range tee. Please see your Chelsea home page event calendar for the full clinic schedule.

 

SaddleBrooke Ranch has the TOP Abba Tribute Band in the USA coming to perform a “Tribute Concert to Abba” on May 9th stating at 7 PM

• There are 30 tickets available at $30 per person.
• Tickets are available to purchase on the saddlebrookranchnoa.org website.
• Doors open at 6 PM.
• Bar is open from 6 PM to 8:15 PM.
• Concert starts at 7 PM.
• Concert is in the Sol Ballroom.

 

Dear Residents of SaddleBrooke Ranch,

Hope you all are doing well! Often our local golfers are those who gets us to the finish line on volunteer
numbers! I am asking for a small favor, only if it’s easy and some of you folks may be looking to engage
with College Golf coming to town in just a week for our Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate, hosted at
Tucson Country Club on March 18-19. We need only 5-10 more people per shift to have all our walking
scorers covered.

I wanted to see if any of you may be interested in volunteering for our home tournament at Tucson
Country Club on Monday and/or Tuesday of next week. We are basically looking for any “golfer” (nongolfers are certainly welcome too!) who would like to walk along with an assigned group to input scores on their mobile phone.

We plan to give each volunteer a UofA Golf polo, a UofA Golf hat, and lunch before/after/between a
shift. Here is the link to sign up and please share or forward this message anyone interested!

 Register here: Click Link for Info and Sign Up
 Contact for questions about volunteering – Blair Jensen, blairjensen@arizona.edu
The shifts are basically arranged for this:
Monday, March 18 and Tuesday, March 19
 Monday AM – 7:00am-1:00pm
 Monday PM – 12:45pm-6:30pm
 Tuesday AM – 7:00am-1:00pm

Even if you don’t want to score, admission is free and we welcome anyone to spectate!
Thank you for your support of our program. I have included contact information for our Volunteer
Coordinator, Blair Jensen, too. She is available via email too (blairjensen@arizona.edu) to anyone with
questions.

Bear Down,

Jim Anderson
The University of Arizona
Head Coach, Men’s Golf
+1.520.349.0710 – mobile
jimanderson@arizona.edu

https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/mens-golf

https://give.uafoundation.org/mens-golG

SaddleBrooke Ranch Golf Pro Shop has everything ON SALE from 15% to 80% off.

MULTI-VENDOR FITTING DAY (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY) IS MONDAY, MARCH 25TH

COME TEST & GET FITTED WITH:

• CALLAWAY GOLF
• COBRA
• CLEVELANDGOLD/SRIXON
• PING

Sign-up sheets in the Pro Shop. 

Walk-ups welcome only on a space available basis.

Location: SaddleBrooke Ranch Driving Range 10 AM to 2 PM

• Special pricing available only for orders placed the day of fitting.

Pottery, Woodworking, Phtography, Sewing, Paper Crafts, Jewelry, Painting, Weaving and so much more will be on display and for sale by some of the most creative artisans and crafts people that live in Saddle Brooke Ranch on April 5th from 1 to 5 PM and again on April 6th from 9 AM to 5 PM. Follow the sings from the front gate.

 

As we begin February, the days have already lengthened by 40 minutes, and we will add another 60 by the end of the month. More daylight hours mean more time to golf! This is especially important since we are in the busiest time of the year. Continue to monitor the Chelsea home page each morning as frost is very possible all the way through the middle of next month even with the increased daylight and ever-increasing temperatures. Look for our pro shop Valentines Sale Week running Monday, February 12 through Sunday, February 18. New inventory is in stock with great discounts! Stay in tune with the Forecaddie to keep up-to-date with everything Pro Shop and golf course related. In the sections following, you will find all the information relating to this month in golf, as well as contact information for our golf associations and our Greens Committee.

Pro Shop Hours – Open 30 minutes before the first tee time and 1 hour before shotguns. The pro shop closes at 5:00pm. Pro shop staff will carry the pro shop cell phone (520-561-1196) until 5:30.

Staff is available until one hour before sunset.

First tee time: 2-1 to 2-14: 7:45am 2-15 to 2-28: 7:30am

Last tee time: 2-1 to 2-28: 5:00pm

Shotguns: 8:00/1:00

Rate Periods: 2-1 to 2-28:

Prime 7:45/7:30 – 11:52

Midday 12:00 – 1:52

Twilight 2:00 – 3:52

Super Twilight 4:00 – Sunset

A maintenance plan is put into place at the beginning of the year. Variance in weather and agronomic conditions may require changes to the schedule.

February Maintenance Schedule

The Bermuda base is now fully dormant and a golden-brown color. In order to keep heat in the turf, to help it to stay pliable to resist damage from cart traffic, and to make it a beautiful green, we will be painting the fairways, greens, and tees every three weeks. During a painting week, a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday will have tee times starting one hour later.

We will continue closing one hole per nine to cart traffic to help maintain the quality of the turf. We will also continue our program of resting the natural turf tee on the driving range one week per month, except in December and January, when it will be rested for two weeks in those months due to the slowing of the growth rate of the rye overseed and the heavy use of the driving range.

Back Nine morning nine-holes times will not be available on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on a year-round basis to allow maintenance time to complete weekly tasks.

Every month Mike and Ken will conduct a free golf clinic. All residents and their guests are welcome to attend, and there is no cost. Please sign up in the Pro Shop. The staff have a book behind the counter with all the scheduled clinics that you can sign up for. You are welcome to attend as often and as many as you like! The clinics will cover basic technique and mechanics of each topic. Our golf clinics are great for learning a new skill or brushing up a skill that needs some work. The next clinic will be in February and will cover pitching. It will be held on Monday, February 26th at 2:00pm at the practice pitching green. Please see your Chelsea home page event calendar for the full clinic schedule.