Sharon Hadley Halfway through the season, the PebbleCreek Roadrunner Women’s Team is tied for 1st place with Briarwood Country Club in the Gross Division! The Roadrunner league is highly competitive, with teams from eight different clubs across the greater Phoenix area. However, due to COVID, Red Mountain Ranch and Tonto Verde were not able to…
Cindy Sota PebbleCreek had the honor of hosting the Arizona Golf Association’s (AGA) Women’s 18-Hole State Medallion Club Tournament on January 9, flights 5 through 8, and January 10, flights 1 through 4, at the Tuscany Falls East Course. Forty-seven teams competed on the 9th and 65 on the 10th. Entrants in the tournament had…
Chris Mucha PCM9GA golfers began the new calendar year with optimism as they hit the links to show off their holiday golf gifts and a fresh start to fun! Weekly specials have replaced closest to the pin contests during the pandemic to avoid close personal contact, adding variety to special dollar payouts for Niner skills.…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association has named Duane Hagstrom its most improved player of 2020. Under non-COVID circumstances, the official announcement would have been made at the PCMGA annual meeting during the Member-Member Tournament luncheon. As background, Duane grew up in Long Beach, Wash. He attended high school in Ilwaco, Wash. and attended…
Donna Gillen What’s the buzz at the tennis courts this month? Well, it’s PebbleCreek’s ladies 3.5 tennis team, the Stingers! The Stingers have had an incredible year so far. They are first place in their league, with the fortune of playing most of their games at home. Doing their part to keep everyone safe, all visiting…
Carolyn Rota, Public Relations Due to COVID-19 concerns and the weather, the bocce winter session returned on Feb. 2 with many new players, new teams, and a new outlook that 2021 will bring us the best of health and a somewhat new normalcy. This session will end on March 26. If you’re interested in signing up…
Chris Stelplugh On Jan. 31, PCL9GA members beat the winter blues by enjoying a beautiful day of golf paired with their spouses, partners, or friends during the Winter Par-Tee Golf Tournament. Members and resident guests, totaling 138 players, participated in the event, and many pairs dressed in matching colors or themes. The tournament game played was…
Howie Tiger On Jan. 28, Ken Ogden made a hole-in-one on the 17th hole at the Tuscany Falls East course. This was the first ace of the 2021 season, made in a PCMGA event. As such, Ken now qualifies for the annual hole-in-one prize. The 17th hole was playing 128 yards from the white tee…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association conducted its fifth annual Mid-Winter Classic Tournament on Jan. 13 and 14. A total of 112 “form your own” two-man teams competed in this event, which incorporated two separate formats. Twelve teams competed in one flight playing the blue tees. Thirty-eight teams competed in four flights playing the…
Cynthia Schwartz Pam Cagle is the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club Volunteer/Player of the Month. While Pam is new to PebbleCreek and the club, she is not new to volunteering and helping others. Reflecting back on her childhood, Pam commented, “In grade school there was a girl who didn’t have shoes or clothes that fit her. Most…