Howie Tiger On Wednesday, March 22, PebbleCreek held their fourth annual golf equipment drive to support The First Tee of Phoenix. Donations were accepted at Tuscany Falls in the parking lot just outside the pro shop. We thought it would be difficult to match last year’s response which was absolutely fantastic. We were optimistic though,…
Lynn Matousek Congratulations to Kathy Hubert-Wyss, the 2017 Medallion Low Gross Winner and to Sue Abercrombie, the 2017 Medallion Low Net Winner for the PCLGA! As a member of the Arizona Women’s Golf Association, the PCLGA designates four 18-hole rounds during its golf year as Medallion Qualifiers. The players who produce the two best gross…
Q. How high should I tee the ball? A. When the ball is on a tee and you are using a driver or fairway wood, the rule of thumb is to tee the ball so half of the ball is above the top edge of the club; therefore, it would be teed higher with the…
Bill Fenster The PebbleCreek Niners have a tradition of putting a dollar into a pot to award the player whose drive lands closest to the pin on the par three holes. When my foursome approached our first par three, one of our four, Dave Rossi told us how important it was for him to win…
Howie Tiger The annual PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association Member-Member tourney was played over three days, March 8, 9 and 16, utilizing both Eagle’s Nest and Tuscany Falls courses. Some members say, “The same guys win every year!” Not this time. In review of last year’s results, no team was a repeat winner. The weather and…
Maureen Campbell Members of the PebbleCreek Putters Club putt and have fun every week. Some weeks are more special than others. During the week of April 10, the Five and Ten Cent Store Challenge gave every PC Putter who scored a hole-in-one on Hole No. 5 or Hole No. 10 a reduction on their total…
Lynn Matousek Meet the Officers for the 2017-2018 PCLGA Executive Board: President Marilyn Reynolds, Vice President Chanca Morrell, Secretary Claudia Tiger and Treasurer Jenna Ridgeway. The Board president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer were elected by the PCLGA membership at the March 2017 General Meeting and installed at the Annual Meeting held on March 22, 2017.…
Erv Stein The incredibly exhilarating, once-in-a lifetime hole-in-one accomplishment by Dennis Ridgeway on Hole 3 of our PebbleCreek Lakes Course is far more often than not the elusive experience that all golfers dream about but so few actually have this happen. On Thursday, February 16, our hats off to Dennis Ridgeway who defied the astounding…
Erv Stein On the afternoon of February 23 under excellent temperate late winter weather conditions, a total of 108 participants, which included the PCM9GA members and their guests, conducted a highly successful and extremely enjoyable third annual Member Guest Tournament utilizing our Tuscany Palms and Lake Courses. Our sign-in procedure came off extremely smoothly in…
Lynn Matousek When running a tournament, it pays to be organized and have a Plan B, C and sometimes D. Fortunately, Co-Chairs Renee deLassus and Ellen Enright were the right people for the job when the PCLGA held its Member/Member Tournament on February 28 and March 1, 2017. Under the PebbleCreek Sun was the theme,…