Jason Whitehill, PGA Q. What club do most of the PGA Tour players use when chipping near the green? A. Most basic chip or pitch shots are hit with a sand or lob wedge. Vijay Singh for example uses his 60-degree wedge most of the time as he can hit a low, checking shot with…
Sports, May 2016
Celebrating the Best: PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association
Mary Neeley The PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association held its annual Club Championship tournament on March 15, 21 and 22. The club champion is the lowest gross scoring player over three days of tournament play. The tournament started on March 15 with double tee times on the Palms/Lakes Course. The second day of play was a…
Sports, May 2016
Terrific weather at 2016 PCMGA Member Member
Howie Tiger Weather played a key role in the outcome of this year’s PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association Member-Member Golf Championship. Unlike last year when foul weather forced a change in format for the final round, this year we had beautiful sunny skies that encouraged super low scores. The annual event was played over three days,…
Sports, May 2016
Kathy Hubert-Wyss wins gold
Kathy Hubert-Wyss is the winner of the Dr. Pepper mountain bike and helmet donated by our new neighborhood Burger King on McDowell. Kathy had just been presented with her Gold Medal for her win in the Women’s Doubles Skill Group 2.5, then her name was drawn in the raffle on the last day of the…
Sports, May 2016
First annual Skeet Classic
Susan Knox Wilson The PebbleCreek Gun Club’s First annual Skeet Classic, held Saturday, April 9 at the Phantom Skeet Club was, well, classic! A few shooters showed up an hour or so too early, a few shooters who bothered to pre-register forgot to show up at all; one of the two fields was down due…
Sports, May 2016
Bocce Bandwagon keeps on rolling
Pat Milich More and more players are jumping aboard the PebbleCreek Bocce Ball bandwagon as the sport’s popularity continues to soar to new heights. A record was set in the Winter Season when 626 players signed up to compete on 64 teams in the Wednesday and Friday Day Leagues and the Tuesday and Thursday Night…
Sports, May 2016
The Back Tee Boys host Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha golf team
Howie Tiger Several members of PebbleCreek’s own Back Tee Boys played host to the University of Nebraska-Omaha (aka UNO) golf team who were here to compete in the Desert Shootout golf tournament. The tournament was held at Palm Valley Golf Course March 17 through 19. Lee and Donna Havener, Lyman Gallup and Marilyn Reynolds, Jack…
Sports, May 2016
Ace for Susan
On Friday, March 25, 2016, Susan Gleason joined the elite ranks of the hole-in-one players. Using her driver, Susan drove her ball into the cup on hole No. 8 on the Palms Course at Tuscany Falls. The drive was 99 yards from the red tee. The hole-in-one was witnessed by Linda Bolon and Lia McCormick.…
Sports, May 2016
PebbleCreek Hotshots win West Valley Senior 4.0 championship
Susie Anderson “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can,” said Arthur Ashe and that’s how we feel in PebbleCreek. The PebbleCreek Tennis Club is looking for good women and men to join us! We know there are more of you out there that have the desire to play. There are…
Sports, May 2016
Carol’s Ace
Carol Lumsden, a PebbleCreek resident, made a 77 yard hole-in-one on March 10, 2016, on hole No. 3 at the Palm Valley Course in Goodyear. Carol was using a 7 iron.