1st Place team winners over two-days of play.
Christopher Mucha
On March 20 and 21, the PCM9GA held its annual Member-Guest Tournament on the Tuscany Falls Links at PebbleCreek. This two-day event provided a combination of team play in several formats: a two-day 18-hole team event; a two-day 9-hole team event; and an 18-hole Putting Skills Challenge. This year’s event had a special charity target in mind. The Luke Spouses’ Club (at Luke AFB) is a multi-dimensional non-profit that connects to a variety of needs for our service men and women. The PCM9GA BOD met with LSC President Chris Wendall and her staff several months ago reviewing a number of the programs this organization shepherds. Through CY 2017-2018, LSC coordinated donations greater than $30,000 to their charitable causes. Of that total, LSC provided ten, $1500 college scholarships to military dependents. PCM9GA felt the Scholarship fund was an area it could support and help increase. To that end, PCM9GA will donate four, $1500 college scholarships to the LSC, as a result of this year’s Member-Guest Tournament and be recognized at a dinner April 25, at Luke AFB for its efforts.
PCM9GA thanks all its sponsors and golfers who donated to this exceptional cause and helped us increase the level of scholarships for worthy military dependents.
In between two days with sumptuous meals, camaraderie and tall tales of golf shots that only the most skillful professionals could have made, many of our Member-Guest participants walked away with gift cards for their golfing prowess. Here are the results:
One hundred four individuals participated in the two-day, 18-hole team event, which consisted of four flights.
Flight A: 1st Place, Gjersee, McCurdy, Oliver, Thomas; 2nd Place, Burke, Cowan, Michel, Petersen; 3rd Place, Heinz, Jerman, Michaels, Nasal.
Flight B: 1st Place, Eisenhart, Furnia, Gillfillan, Koehn; 2nd Place, Johnson, Johnson, Shaver, Shaver; 3rd Place, Clements, Guillaume, Lord, Sinder.
Flight C: 1st Place, Dick, Hill, Schroeder, Simons; 2nd Place, Bunn, Modderman, Ruehl, Strausbaugh; 3rd Place, Caldwell, Houser, Franklin, Rottger.
Flight D: 1st Place, Beaulieu, Beaulieu, Chu, Dombowski; 2nd Place, Grabb, McDonald, Morrison, Tackett; 3rd Place, Carren, Hallenbeck, Maus, Perzan.
Forty individuals participated in the two-day, 9-hole team event, which consisted of two flights.
Flight E: 1st Place, Andrews, Ward, Harper, Bristol; 2nd Place, Spano, Amarelo, Knox, Pedersen; 3rd Place, Poole, Fegler, Liddle, Swanson.
Flight F: 1st Place, Milo, Chyzyk, Jones, Gross; 2nd Place, Ward, Tietz, Stahl, Truax; 3rd Place, Soesbe, Lueder, Bradshaw, Larson.
One hundred thirty-four golfers participated in an 18-hole, par 36 Putting Skills Competition. This two-man team, alternate shot format was quite the challenge with only two teams scoring below 40.
Flight A: 1st Place, Mike Michel, Mike Burke; 2nd Place, Bjarne Kaer, Bob Buhler.
Flight B: 1st Place, Steve Shaver, Don Shaver; 2nd Place, Jeff Furnia, Don Gillifillan.
Flight C: 1st Place, Gil Butson, Clint Alston; 2nd Place, Tony Kovach, Don Drummond.
Flight D: 1st Place, Gordon Seaman, John Shaw; 2nd Place, Alan Hatfield, Steve Pancratz.
Flight E: 1st Place, Dave Amarelo, Bob Spano; 2nd Place, John Ward, Dale Tietz.
Flight F (the only two teams that shot gross scores in the 30s): 1st Place, Ted Milo, Jim Chyzyk; 2nd Place, Bill Ballard, Chris Mucha.
Golf Accuracy Awards
March 20
Closest to the Pin Awards: Mike Michel (2), D. Peterson, Jim Mitchel, Pete Pedersen, Dale Tietz, Mickey Ostereck, Steve Flynn, Denny Ernhardt, Mike Davis, Ruttinghaus, Rick Mattern, Ray Clements, Richard Hinkle, Kent Chu, Tim Mohler, Bruce Robinson, Tim Gunn.
Most Accurate Drive: Jim Swanson, Cliff Truax.
March 21
Closest to the Pin Awards: Don Kasper, Greg McGee, Steve Franklin, Joe Oliver, Jeff Furnia (2), Randy Dick, Louis Beaulieu, Paul Parker, Guillaume, Gil Butson, Gordon Seaman, Mike Burke, Clint Alston, Ed Morrison, Barlow, Jim Chyzyk, Willard Bradshaw, Raleigh Andrews.
Most Accurate Drive: Michael, Clements, Bunn, Armbruster.