Carole Schumacher
The PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association (PCLGA) celebrates our champions each year during our major Club Championship Tournament when we strive to recognize the best of our best. The three-day event for 2024 was on March 19 (Eagle’s Nest), March 23 (Tuscany Falls East), and March 26 (Tuscany Falls West) and culminated with a celebration at Tuscany Falls Clubhouse.
The winners for 2023-2024 are:
Overall Gross Champion: Liz Mitchell shot a 79, 75, and 82 in three respective rounds and captured the crown to win the $100 purse and the beautiful trophy.
Overall Gross Runner–Up: Kittie Day with three rounds at 80, 78, and 81 for $75 purse and trophy.
Overall Net Champion: Kathi Curtis shot a net 69, net 72, and net 67 in three respective rounds for a total of 208 points to win the $100 purse and the trophy.
Overall Net Runner–Up: Nancy Moore with three rounds of net 69, net 70, and net 70 to win the $75 purse in a three-hole playoff following the tournament. Sharma Fleming and Nancy played hole 18 three times before Nancy parred to take the Net Runner–Up award.
Most Improved Player: Kathy Hubert-Wyss had a starting GHIN Index of 14.8 on March 16, 2023, and improved her Index by March 15, 2024, to 9.8. Using a formula that the USGA uses to determine the most improved player, Kathy’s improvement factor was 1.229. Apparently Kathy worked as hard on her game as she did serving as Major Tournament Chair for the past two years. Congratulations, Kathy!
Most Birdies Award: Ellen Enright scored 41 birdies during PCLGA play between March 16, 2023, and March 15, 2024. Stats are better this year with 187 members scoring at least one birdie (up from 167 last year), and 868 birdies scored by the club (808 last year). Six members scored more than 20 birdies! That’s a lot of birdie juice!
Champions were also named in five flights:
Flight 1: Margaret Dlouhy, 1st gross; Sheri Sears, 2nd gross; Mary Harris, 3rd gross; Laura Drummond, 4th gross; Barbara Rossi, 1st net; Brenda Cook and Suzanne Kanaly tied for 2nd net; and Carol Dick, 4th net
Flight 2: Cathryn Weaver, 1st gross; Susan Diamond, 2nd gross; Leslie Estelle, 3rd gross; Debbie Sayre, 4th gross; Mary Pinski, 1st net; Leslie Lowery, 2nd net; Gail Bradstreet, 3rd net; and Donna Staples, 4th net
Flight 3: Carolyn Apodaca, 1st gross; Joanne Pollock, 2nd gross; Mary Falso, 3rd gross; Polly Elliott, 4th gross; Bergitta Reese, 1st net; Kathy Ellis, 2nd net; Carolyn Suttles, 3rd net; and Denise Gardner, 4th net
Flight 4: Sharma Fleming, 1st gross; Glenda Spohr, 2nd gross; Vera Ilsley and Trish Wagner, tied for 3rd gross; Jackie Christianson, 1st net; Carol Langhardt, 2nd net; Deb Smedley, 3rd net; and Sally Maki and Pam Volm tied for 4th net
Flight 5: Tricia Self and Jeannie Alvarez tied for 1st gross; Sue White, 3rd gross; Esther Frehner, 4th gross; Judy Layton and Louise Levanti tied for 1st net; Judi Floyd, 3rd net; and Pamela Berg, 4th net
Following the tournament, Kittie turned over the PCLGA President’s gavel to incoming PCLGA President for 2024-25, Judy Newell.
Thanks to our Tournament of Champions Committee, Cathy Weaver, and Kathi Curtis for all their hard work in making this tournament a huge success!
Congratulations to the 2024-25 PCLGA Champions!