Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association annual hole-in-one prize will be shared by five of its members. During the 2016 season the following scored a hole-in-one in a PCMGA event: Chuck “Gus” Gustafson, Jerry Monk, John Stergulz, Jerry Davis and Jim Bundschuh. When PCMGA members renew their membership, $5 is collected from each member…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association conducted its final major tournament for the 2016 season. The format for this three-day event was a four man scramble where the members chose their own teammates. The tourney was held on December 8, 14 and 15. The field, which consisted of 60 teams, was separated into five…
Lynn Matousek The Central Arizona Golf District, within which the PCLGA falls, has published its 2017 Tournament Schedule as follows: April 24, 2017 – Corte Bella Golf Club, Sun City West May 15, 2017 – Oakwood Country Club, Sun Lakes June 12, 2017 – Grand Canyon University, Phoenix October 2, 2017 – Cimarron Golf Club,…
Lynn Matousek The PebbleCreek RoadRunner team competed on January 9, 2017 at Briarwood Country Club in its third play date of the 2016-17 schedule. Despite the inclement weather (it rained heavily for a while), the team put in a strong showing. As it nears the halfway point of the season, PebbleCreek is in third place…
Erv Stein Kudus and our hats off to Rudy Possehl for his truly remarkable hole-in-one experience while participating in our Tuscany Lakes Course Cha-Cha Tournament recently conducted on January 12. It is likely that all golfers may either secretly or openly dream of the exceedingly rare hole-in-one experience which indeed is so very unlikely since…
Kathy Gorchesky Over 60 attended for a recent Wednesday morning. In fact, both putting practice greens at Tuscany Falls were used to accommodate the many golfers. Putters Club President Bettyann Baumgartner said that trying something new was a good thing. Other members of the board are Vice President Chris Mucha, Secretary Lynn Cline and Treasurer…
Pat Kaer Memory Matters The annual charity tournament was held on January 17 at the Tuscany Falls Golf Course. The tournament was planned by Kathy Dolan and Mary Lacy. This year’s theme was Memory Matters which supports Alzheimer’s Research. Members donated to Alzheimer’s Association Desert Southwest in honor of a loved one or friend. A…
Suzanne Rambach The PebbleCreek Irish American Club is sponsoring their eighth annual Charity Golf Tournament on Sunday, March 12 at Tuscany Falls. This event will benefit The Southwest Lending Closet, The New Life Center and a high school scholarship. There will be a nine-hole step aside scramble (starting at 10:00 a.m.) and an 18-hole best…
Erv Stein Our PCM9GA group conducted our first year 2017 tournament on the afternoon of January 12 utilizing both of Tuscany Lakes and Palms and Lakes Courses with an impressive participation total of 112 PCM members with outstanding temperate Arizona winter weather conditions. For this event, the CHA-CHA Tournament format was deployed in which each…
Q. I have problems when in the greenside mounding and when my ball is on an upslope it goes higher than normal and is tough to judge how hard to hit it. How should I approach this lie? A. Many golfers forget that when they are advancing the ball up a slope, the position the…