Tag: golf

PCM9GA Golfers Tune Up for the Holidays

Winners on Nov. 14 (left to right): Chris Mucha, Joe Duch, Lou Ceri, Bill O'Riley, and Jim Martin

Christopher Mucha Although it was not a scheduled tournament for the PebbleCreek Men’s Niners Golf Association (PCM9GA), the Golfing Niners turned out in mass to show off their golfing skills on the Tuscany Falls East Course on Nov. 14. Eighty-five golfers basked in the sunshine and blue skies while attacking the recently over-seeded layout. Low scores…

PCLGA Players Enjoy Fantasy Football Golf Kick-Off

“American Football Conference” players

Chris Duprey The Kick-Off Tournament for PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association (PCLGA) was held on Nov. 12, on both Eagle’s Nest and Tuscany Falls East courses, with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. Ladies in flights 1, 3, and 5 were dubbed the American Football Conference and played on Tuscany Falls East. Ladies in flights 2, 4, and…

Lady Niner’s Kick-Off a New Season

First Place Eagle’s Nest back: Claire Tupper, Kris Hanlon, Nancy Hume, and Karen Morgan

Pam Grimwood “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” was the theme for this year’s season kick-off held on Nov. 12, at Eagle’s Nest. Sheryl Dobbin did an outstanding job chairing the fun event. A salad buffet lunch was followed by nine holes of golf where we played a team game called, Barbie Mystery Game—the two…

PCM9GA Annual Holiday Party

Left to right: Joe and Patty McEnerney and Frankie and Chuck Veltri just prior to the beginning of the Winter Wonderland Holiday Party.

Christopher Mucha On the evening of Dec. 4, the PebbleCreek Men’s Niners Golf Association (PCM9GA) hosted its annual holiday party at the Tuscany Falls Clubhouse. Approximately 170 members of the Golfing Niners, their guests, and our PebbleCreek Golf professionals participated in the gala. The evening began with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the Chianti Room…

PCLGA Roadrunners 2019-2020

Back row (left to right): Kathy Hubert-Wyss, Renee deLassus, Kittie Day, Sarah Marsh, and Sharon Hadley; middle row: Ellen Enright, Layne Sheridan, Andrea Dilger, Jana Cunningham, Mary Harris, and Sheri Sears; Front row: Marilyn Reynolds and Cindy Sota; not pictured: Amber Rivera and Monica Lee.

Chris Duprey Each year, a team of PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association (PCLGA) members commit to represent PebbleCreek as members of the PebbleCreek Roadrunners traveling golf team. The Roadrunner league is a highly competitive league with teams from eight different clubs across the greater Phoenix area. The clubs are Anthem, Blackstone, Briarwood, Desert Mountain, PebbleCreek, Red Mountain…

Red Team Wins in PCLGA’s Reindeer Games

Red and Green team players

Chris Duprey PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association (PCLGA) members enjoyed playing in this year’s Red and Green Reindeer Games tournament on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4, on both Tuscany Falls East and West courses. All the ladies were in the holiday spirit and dressed in very creative red and green outfits. The two courses looked like…

PCLGA Members Do Well in Robson Challenge

Chris Duprey The 2019 Robson Challenge was held on Nov. 13 at the MountainView Golf Course in SaddleBrooke. PebbleCreek sent two 12-lady teams—Eagle’s Nest and Tuscany Falls—to play this challenging course. The teams were as follows: Eagle’s Nest: Chanca Morrell (captain), Kittie Day, Kathy Smith, Chris Urbatchka, Sharon Johnson, Barbara Chilton, Sally Babbitt, Mary Pinski, Sue White,…

PCLGA 2019-20 Cholla Teams

2019-20 Eagle’s Nest Cholla team—Back row (left to right): Claudia Tiger, Ellen Stergulz, Mary Falso, Liz Wenzler, Kathy Enegren, Peggy Steffan; Middle row: Barbara Rossi, Carolyn Suttles, Carolyn Apodaca, Michele Cattin; Front row: Debbie Sayre (captain), Chanca Morrell (co-captain), Teresa Christianson, Judy Hauser; Not pictured: Linda Krier, Joanne Pollock, and Nancy Fackelmann

Chris Duprey The PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association (PCLGA) has a long tradition of participating in the Cholla League, a two-person team match play comprised of teams from across the west valley. There are ten different golf courses represented in the league. PebbleCreek has two teams playing in Cholla, Eagle’s Nest, and Tuscany Falls. Team players are…

Ron Hagen: 50 Years as a PGA Professional

Ron Hagen celebrates 50th anniversary as PGA Pro.

Howie Tiger On Jan. 1, 2021, Ron Hagen will celebrate his 50th anniversary as a member of the Professional Golfers Association of America. Even though baseball was his first infatuation, the game of golf became his lifetime love. At age 12, Ron used to hunt golf balls near Jackson Park Golf Course in Seattle. He…