Category: April 2016

Bocce players excel in 2016 Arizona Senior Olympics

Co-Ed Bronze Medal team winners Larry Blackburn, Carol Gwilt, Muriel Milewski and Roger Milewski

PebbleCreek’s Bocce Ball delegation made an excellent showing in the recent 2016 Arizona Senior Olympics, bringing home a total of four Gold and eight Bronze Medals. Over 34 teams of 136 Bocce players competed in four categories – Men, Women, Co-Ed and Singles – during the annual event held at the Bocce Complex in Sun…

Pro’s Corner

Jason Whitehill Q. My swing speed is slowing down as I age and I don’t hit it as far as I used to, so what can I do to get more distance? A. A good way to determine what shaft flex is suitable is to try the different flexes at one of many demo days…

Quail Creek takes Robson Trap Trials Trophy

Top women shooters, left to right: Lori Klug, JoAnne Pollock and Sue Wilson

Susan Knox Wilson It was a crushing blow to the PebbleCreek Gun Club trap shooters to lose the coveted Robson Trap Trials Trophy to the Quail Creek Gun Club for the first time since the event began in 2011. The PebbleCreek and Quail Creek teams both scored 342 broken targets and, despite some speculation that…

PCM9GA conducts 2nd annual Member-Guest

PCM9GA Member Guest Tournament – All Flight Winners

Erv Stein On a superb February 25 Thursday afternoon, a total of 124 highly charged golfers participated in our second annual Member Guest Tournament utilizing our Tuscany Lakes and Palms Courses. This year’s event was even more exciting and fun than our inaugural Member Guest event and tremendous praise is in order to Pat Moore,…

Eagle’s Nest Cholla Team

Nancy Fackelmann The members of the Eagle’s Nest Cholla Team are 1st row, Judy Newell, Gretchen Olberding, Cindy Sota, Karen Vagley, Joanne Pollock (co-captain) and Linda Julius; 2nd row, Judy Hauser, Cheryl Skummer, Sally Babbitt and Nancy Fackelmann (captain). Not present were Sue Abercrombie, Carolyn Apadoca, Lynda Bronzetti, Joanne Dagro and Rosemary Kurtz. Our season…

PebbleCreek Lady Niners “Bedazzled” Invitational

First Place Lakes, left to right: Nancy Strand, Diana Martell, Judi Williams

Suzanne Butler The PebbleCreek Lady Niners’ annual Invitational Tournament, this year themed Bedazzled – A colorful Event, was held on February 9. The Invitational is one of the largest annual events and this year had a record 215 players including 84 guest players from other golf clubs in the area. A total of nine guest…

PCLGA Cupid’s Divot

Flight 4 Winners, left to right: Kathleen Carney, Allen Carney, Sue White, Jerry White

Mary Neeley The PCLGA held its annual Cupid’s Divot Tournament on February 13 and 14 on The Tuscany Falls/Palms Golf Course. The weather couldn’t have been better in the 80s in February. The format of this year’s event was a four person team Eclectic Tournament. It was a team game using one low net score…

Join the Putters Club

Carol Hahn Looking for something fun to do and a way to meet new friends? Then you should join the PebbleCreek Putters Club. You do not have to be a golfer—just have a putter and a ball! There is a session on Monday morning and two sessions on Wednesday morning on the putting green at…