All Winners – PCM9GA June 30 – Red, White and Blue Tournament, row one, left to right: Rene Lefebre, Ross Purpura, Ken Johnson, Ray Dombrowski, Walter Hohlstein, Jed Weisman; row two: Steve Shaver, Troy Booth, Mike Hession, Randy Prinz, Greg McKenzie, Frank Pierce; not in photo, Bob Caldwell
July 4 Costume Contest Participants – PCM9GA Red, White and Blue Tournament, left to right: Jeff Horan, Bob Mantucca, Ed White, Bob Schrader, Walter Hohlstein – Contest Winner Monte Page, president of PCM9GA
Erv Stein
Our PCM9GA group continues to expand our membership role by leaps and bounds and now with 350 plus members, we held our third annual Red-White and Blue Tournament, teeing off at our Tuscany Falls Course on Thursday, June 30 at 7:30 a.m.
Even with the seasonal mass exodus of many of our snowbird members, we had 56 highly charged participants competing and our quite common Scramble scoring format was utilized in which the best drive for each stroke was utilized for each successive stroke all the way through the concluding putting strokes for each hole. For the initial drive for each hole, a minimum of two drives from each team member was required to be utilized. On the surface, this best ball requirement may ease the pressure for team members which may have a few bad drives off the tee; however, when a team member must have his drive counted for the final hole, sure enough, considering just how tight the competition often is, one final errant drive or water ball will take a team completely out of the competition.
As per usual, the final team scores for each foursome were incredibly close with a mere six strokes separating the first place score of 32 and the high score of 38. Two teams wound up with a net 32 and tie breaking rules were invoked to declare the first and second place winners. Kudos to the first place foursome comprised of Steve Shaver, Mike Hession, Randy Prinz and Bob Caldwell. Congratulations to all the winning foursomes and Closest to the Pin Winners as follows:
Rank Team Score Winning Team Members
First Place 32 Steve Shaver, Mike Hession, Randy Prinz, Bob Caldwell
Second Place 32 Ken Johnson, Frank Pierce, Ray Dombrowski, Jed Weisman
Third Place 33 Tom Booth, Greg McKenzie, Ross Purpura, Walter Hohlstein
Closest to Pin Winners Bob Mantucca, Bob Schrader
Once again, in the Independence Day spirit, several of our members participated in our July Fourth Best Costume competition and congratulations to Walter Hohlstein for winning this time.
Our regular weekly event activities continue through the summer which will include PCM9GA and PCMGA Mixer event on July 14, our Club Sizzler Tournament on August 25 and our annual Summer Survivor Tournament on September 28. As always, we highly urge new interested members to join our truly outstanding fun-loving group which welcomes golfers at all skill levels. The $50 annual cost includes dues for the AGA membership which is essential for handicap reporting. Please visit the PebbleCreek PCM9GA website at www.PCM9GA.org or you may contact our current PCM9GA Membership Chairman Bruce Hulbert at 623-535-8761.