Erv Stein
On Thursday afternoon, March 24, about 125 always enthusiastic PCM9GA golfers teed off for a regular Scramble Tournament utilizing both our Tuscany Lakes and Falls Courses under quite favorable early spring Arizona weather conditions.
Our PCM9GA Pairing Committee typically comes out with a myriad of seemingly new and intriguing tournament formats but this time they offered the simple and ever popular Scramble Format which means that after the initial tee shot required for each team member, the best ball (most favorably positioned ball location for each of the four team member drives) is utilized for each successive drive through the final putting stroke or strokes. Often this format minimizes any stress for the higher handicap golfers who may produce a few errant initial drives and so forth and not be too concerned about detracting from the team’s chances of winning. However, this format required that each team member’s initial drive had to be utilized twice for the nine hole event and sure enough, for the last few holes, if a team member’s drive must be counted for that hole, an errant water ball or otherwise funky drive could make the whole difference between winning or the sheer disappointment of likely being eliminated from having a competitive team score period.
Kudos to the winners as follows:
Falls Team Score Team Members
1st Place 31 Larry Gleason, Randy McConaughey, Tim Mohler
2nd Place 31 Gil Butson, John Heinz, Pat Sherlock, Tom Clark
3rd Place 33 Bob Mantucca, Joe Pariseau, Steve Rottger, John SantaLucia
Lakes
1st Place 30 Mike D’Onofrio, John Drevniak, Rob Risden
2nd Place 34 Clint Alston, Chuck Hendrickson, Rich McCurdy
3rd Place 34 Don Burrows, Bob Cowan, Duffy Heinle, Joe Nasal
Closest To The Pin Ed Force, Gil Butson, Pat Moore, Rob Risden
Moving on our full and exciting PCM9GA Tournament spring schedule includes our Mixer PCM9GA/PCL9GA Tournament on April 14 followed by PebbleCreek and Sun City Grand Mixer Event to be held at the Desert Springs Course on May 9 followed the May 12 event at our Tuscany Lakes and Palms Courses.
Our PCM9GA current membership role now is at about 350 members and later on in May our Thursday tee times revert back to 7:30 a.m. which will assure escape from the forthcoming furnace like Arizona summer heat. As always, we urge new, interested members to join our 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.