Category: Sports

Pro’s Corner

Q. I am now 64 years of age and have been playing with a 10 year old set of clubs that have regular shafts. My swing speed is less than it was so should I think of moving to a more flexible and lighter senior’s shaft? A. It would be of use to attend one…

PCSSA names 2017 spring league champions

Fred Dresser Hong Dentistry won the PCSSA Spring League championship with a 12 to 6 win over Mary Couzens Realty on Saturday, June 14 where the temperature at PebbleCreek’s Field of Dreams reached over 100 degrees. Hong Dentistry was managed by Gary Jensen and Mary Couzens Realty was managed by Steve Fletcher. Hong Dentistry and…

Tennis players will not submit to heat

Tennis Club members held a Tequila Sunrise event in July with brunch and cold drinks.

Jill Santy Despite the heat of the Arizona summer, PebbleCreek tennis players refuse to give in to the scorching temperatures! By mid-July we had 50 plus days over 100 and more than half of those days were over 110! Add in the court temperatures and those of us who stay here in the summer are…

The Heatwave Challenge

Pam Smith So you heard about the Ice Bucket Challenge a couple years ago, well this is called the HEATWAVE Challenge. A record breaking day here in Goodyear, Arizona where the temperature reached a dry heat of 120 degrees at 4:00 p.m. Even though it means good weather for the residents of Arizona, it is…

PCLGA celebrates the 4th of July

Left to right: Carol Sanders, Sue White, Tricia Self, Ruth Shaffer

Bev Clinton Red, white and blue was everywhere as 40 members of the PCLGA celebrated the Fourth of July at Eagle’s Nest. Several carts were decorated and creativity was on display with some zany costumes. Play started at 6:30 a.m. with tee times rather than the usual shotgun. Each player was given a small (10…

Pat Kaer joins the Hole-In-One Club

Carol Horan, the PCL9GA representative to the Arizona Women’s Golf Association, presents Pat Kaer with a Hole-in-One certificate from the Association.

Patti Halbmaier Pat Kaer got her first hole-in-one on Friday, June 9, 2017, on hole No. 8 of Eagle’s Nest. She used her 7 iron with a distance of 104 yards to the pin. Upon getting up to the green, Pat’s ball was nowhere to be found. Well, if in doubt, look in the hole.…

Putters celebrate July 4

Putters Club celebrates Fourth of July in style

Maureen Campbell The PebbleCreek Putters Club was not discouraged when the Tuscany Falls Golf Operations were shut down the first week of July. Instead, it held its Fourth of July Patriot Tournament on July 12 when the facilities were again up and running. Although John Craven set up a tough 18 hole course covering both…

Debbie Sayre has a hole in one

Debbie Sayre with her hole-in-one ball

Bev Clinton Congratulations to Debbie Sayre for making an ace on hole No. 4 at Eagle’s Nest on Friday, June 30. The hole was playing 94 yards and Debbie used her 9 iron. She hit the ball high, landed it on the green about two yards from the hole and watched it roll in. She…