Category: Sports

Champions crowned by PCLGA

2017 PCLGA Overall Low Net Champion Layne Sheridan with Golf Pro Jason Whitehill

Lynn Matousek The PCLGA held its Tournament of Champions on March 14, 21 and 22, 2017 co-chaired by Sally Babbitt, Donnie Meyers, Barb Rossi and Karen Vagley. Congratulations to Andrea Dilger, the 2017 PCLGA Overall Low Gross Champion and Layne Sheridan, the 2017 PCLGA Overall Low Net Champion! High Tea was the theme for this…

PCLGA 2017 Medallion Score winners

Sue Abercrombie and Kathy Hubert-Wyss

Lynn Matousek Congratulations to Kathy Hubert-Wyss, the 2017 Medallion Low Gross Winner and to Sue Abercrombie, the 2017 Medallion Low Net Winner for the PCLGA! As a member of the Arizona Women’s Golf Association, the PCLGA designates four 18-hole rounds during its golf year as Medallion Qualifiers. The players who produce the two best gross…

Eat – Sleep – Tennis – Repeat

Winners of Doubles or Nothing Tournament: Level A - Troney Hutchins and Melodie Boyer; Level B - Doug Stansfield and Lorinne Banister; Level C - Dennis and Norma Whitley

Susie Anderson March was a busy month with the start of lessons with JR and drills with John and the Doubles or Nothing Tournament and the Shamrock Social. In April we hosted the Many Happy Returns tennis mixer and the interclub social with Sun City West. We are so grateful for all the work John…

Summitt Financial Team wins travel practice league

Don DeCosta, Dick Gwilt, Bryan Bostock and Al Chandler

Bryan Bostock A new senior softball league, Travel Practice League (TPL), was started this fall. It consisted of four PebbleCreek teams. These teams represented players that participated in tournament play such as the June Pinetop tournament which enters a 60s team and a 65s team. On June 3 and 4, two of these teams will…

Pro’s Corner

Q. How high should I tee the ball? A. When the ball is on a tee and you are using a driver or fairway wood, the rule of thumb is to tee the ball so half of the ball is above the top edge of the club; therefore, it would be teed higher with the…

Ace Girls triumphs

Front row: Carol Mathias, Linda Julius, Maggie Eggleston, Rana Cukierski, Lauren Leonard (missing Linda Elliott); back row: Susie Anderson, Karen Colbert, Vanette Pinto, Leota Easley, Carol McKenna, Kay Wilkinson, Carolyn Curley, Norma Whitley

Susan Anderson This year our focus was to be more competitive along with our main goal of friendship and fun! Through the season with the help of JR’s drills and weekly practice we improved. We added two strong players to the roster and were cheered on by fans and spouses at home games. Our team…

The kindness of strangers

Lena Godebu and David Rossi

Bill Fenster The PebbleCreek Niners have a tradition of putting a dollar into a pot to award the player whose drive lands closest to the pin on the par three holes. When my foursome approached our first par three, one of our four, Dave Rossi told us how important it was for him to win…

Pickleball Mixed Doubles results

4.5/5.0

Pam Smith Day two of the Club Championship was Mixed Doubles. Play was excellent. Players had to beat their opponent plus deal with 25 mph wind gusts in the late afternoon. Congratulations to all the winners: Mixed 3.0 Doubles: 1st Andrea Dilger, Ron DeBrincat; 2nd Kathy Hubert-Wyss, Chuck Saunders; 3rd Karen Vagley, Ken Ogden Mixed…

No repeat winners at 2017 PCMGA Member-Member

2017 PCMGA MM Blue Flights Blue Flight Winners left to right: Jack Schafer, Butch Schoen, Larry Haiflich, Millard Smith, Mike McMahon and Norm Laurent

Howie Tiger The annual PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association Member-Member tourney was played over three days, March 8, 9 and 16, utilizing both Eagle’s Nest and Tuscany Falls courses. Some members say, “The same guys win every year!” Not this time. In review of last year’s results, no team was a repeat winner. The weather and…