Pam Smith The Second Final Four Women’s Doubles event was held on Sunday, December 10, 2017. Teams played an initial seeding match and then moved into groups of four teams each. Each team played three games against the other teams in their group for a total of nine games. The team with the most wins…
Sue White On Sunday, December 3, the Sunday group played a team game entitled the 12 days of Christmas. In addition to playing golf, the teams were given one or two lines from a song and were asked to guess the name of the Christmas song. The best team guessed 10 of 12 of the…
Bruce Hulbert On November 30, 2017 the PebbleCreek Men’s 9 Hole Golf Association (PCM9GA) held a post-Thanksgiving tournament at Tuscany Falls on the Falls and Palms courses with 107 players. The format was a two low net format. The winning foursome on the Falls course consisted of Monte Page, Ted McGovern, Randy Prinz and John…
Bruce Hulbert The snowbirds are back! On November 16 the PCM9GA bimonthly tournament player numbers vaulted from the previous number in the 40s to 94! A Two Low Net tournament was held at Tuscany on the Falls and Palms Courses replacing the originally scheduled Shramble event. The weather was perfect and the courses in excellent…
Patti Halbmaier On September 22, 2017, Bobbie Wagner hit her hole-in-one on No. 8 of the Palms. She used an 8-iron and holed it at 104 yards. It was her second hole-in-one and she said it was still a thrill. She thought it looked like a birdie but the ball kept rolling into the hole.…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association conducts friendly golf competitions every Thursday for its members, except in October during overseed. The formats vary each week and include scrambles, best balls, goofy golf and several major events played on all of our PebbleCreek courses. Participation in these competitions by PCMGA members is the key to…
Pat Kaer The Lady Niners enjoyed a festive lunch on December 7 at the Tuscany Falls Ballroom. The theme of the Holiday Luncheon was Teddy Bear Magic. Teddy Bears were collected for the Southwest Family Advocacy Center and were on display during the luncheon. Also present were adorable therapy dogs Finnley and Cooper who work…
Howie Tiger For some, the number 13 can be a lucky one. It was for Ray Measles who on Monday, November 13 scored a hole-in-one at Wigwam’s Heritage Golf Course (aka Red course). It occurred during a Desert Interleague event as Ray, a PCMGA member, represented PebbleCreek in a match against the Wildfire Golf Club.…
Bev Clinton The PCLGA extended a warm welcome to nine new members at both our Kickoff Tournament on November 14, 2017 and again the next day at a luncheon at the home of Sharon Dawe. The new members who were able to attend the kickoff and/or the welcome luncheon are Jeannie Alvarez, Denise Byrne, Teresa…
Bruce Hulbert Despite the inconvenience imposed by closure of PebbleCreek golf courses for overseeding, this does provide an opportunity to play other courses one may not ordinarily play and to compare these courses with our own PebbleCreek courses. In these comparisons, our courses compare very favorably with these competitors and far better than some. The…