Hickory Golfer Jeff Furnia Makes a Hole-in-One with a “Pitching Iron” Howie Tiger On Sunday, Feb. 6, Jeff Furnia made a hole-in-one on the 13th hole of the Tuscany Falls East course. The really unique part was that he made it while playing with hickory shafted clubs dating back to the 1930s or earlier. Jeff…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) Club Championship was won by Wade Biddix. He shot rounds of 73, 70, and 76 for a gross score of 219. This PCMGA major tournament was held on Feb. 2, 3, and 10. At the end of the first round, Wade held a two-shot lead over Randy…
Dick Burns We hope everyone had a great time playing and cheering on all the pickleball players who attended our three-day 2022 USA Pickleball tournament. We had 531 participants from across Arizona and surrounding states. We’d like to thank all 250+ PebbleCreek volunteers for all their time and dedication—this tournament could not be a success…
Ruth Ann Mitchell The theme for the 2022 PCL9GA’s annual Member-Member Tournament was “Have Clubs Will Travel.” Golfers were encouraged to grab their clubs in red, white, and blue for a fun two-day tour of great courses across the USA. The tournament was held on March 8 and 9 and was played on three courses—Tuscany…
Carole Schumacher The PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association (PCLGA) welcomes the newest members to the PebbleCreek Ladies 18-holers! Our golf league now has 275 members and is always looking for ladies to join. If you would like to join the PCLGA, please go to www.pclga.org to complete a membership application. We play Tuesday mornings.
Carole Schumacher The PCLGA Member-Member Tournament on March 1 and 2 was a huge success with 194 players participating! The weather was fantastic with temperatures in the low 80s both days. It was so fun reconnecting in a member-member event after a two-year delay. The event was played on the Tuscany Falls East and Eagle’s…
Fred Dresser The 27th season is winding down, and what a season it has been. This was the first season in the history of this great league where the league was split into two separate leagues. The American League consisted of eight teams while the National League had 11 teams. Competitive games were played in…
David Zapatka The Volley Continuing our study of Pickleball Fundamentals Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, “A volley is a shot hit in the air before the ball bounces. It is used as a return of a ball that travels close to the top of the net and that is usually hit…
Diane Burns and Cindy Hurst The PebbleCreek Ladies Nine-Hole Golf Association (PCL9GA) celebrated 26 years with a birthday party on Feb. 22, 2022. The league was formed in November 1995. Wendy Wisser and Jinny Pearson were the two ladies who were responsible for organizing the league. Initially, they were met with strong opposition; some people…
Mimi Blythe Club Ratings: The approach to club ratings involves two major components: skills and competitiveness. Basic skills and criteria for each level are found on the club website. Rating sessions for each level occur once every two months during prime season and every three months during non-prime season. Players are able to request rating advancement…