Chris Duprey The first tournament of the Ladies Arizona Summer Survivor Invitational (LASSI) group was played at Corte Bella Country Club in Sun City West, June 3, with a field of 112 players (56 two-person teams). Corte Bella Country Club is private and is built in traditional style with Bermuda grass fairways. Ladies reported that…
Pat Kaer, Publicity Co-Chair On May 23, the new officers for the PCL9GA 2019-2020 season were installed. Each was presented with a flower and words of encouragement from this year’s officers. Newly elected officers are Norma Guillaume, President; Bobbie Wagner, President Elect; Meg Chrisman, Secretary and Ruth Ann Mitchell, Treasurer. Their term began June 1…
Deanna Mendiola The second Central Arizona Golf District (CAGD) two-person, best-ball tournament was held at Alta Mesa Country Club in Mesa, Arizona, May 13, 2019. The course is a very challenging, members-only course that boasts lightning fast greens. There were four PebbleCreek teams who participated: Carol Sanders/Linda Thompson; Kathy Hubert-Wyss/Barbara Patrow; Jane Hee/Carolyn Suttles and…
Howie Tiger Pat Brisnehan and his guest, Vern Voss, were the overall winners of the 2019 PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association 24th annual Member/Guest tournament. The tourney was held on April 24, 25 and 26 at the East and West courses at Tuscany Falls. Ninety two-man teams competed in a match play format. There were three…
Christopher Mucha This past month, the PCM9GA, “Golfing Niners”, and the Sun City Grand 9-Hole Golfers hosted Home and Home Golf Mixer Events at Sun City Grand and Tuscany Falls. In addition to the camaraderie and prowess on the links, each event was followed by a luncheon and refreshments. The PCM9GA also raffled off a…
Maureen Campbell Do you ever think that you could “beat the pro” as you watch golf on TV or read the sports section? Members of the PebbleCreek Putters Club were able to test their putting skills against four of our PebbleCreek golf staff professionals on May 1, 2019. The club’s annual Beat The Pros Tournament…
Deanna Mendiola The Arizona Golf Association’s 2019 Weekend Classic was held April 27-28 in Wickenburg. It was two-days and 36 holes of four-ball stroke play format with a Women’s Division and Mixed Division (one female, one male). The tournament was played at two beautiful courses – Wickenburg Ranch and Los Caballeros Golf Course. There were…
Fred Dresser Can you believe it? Another PebbleCreek Senior Softball member records a hole-in-one. On Friday, May 10, Fred Schmidt scored a hole-in-one on the 125-yard 16th Hole at TF West. His weapon of choice was a nine iron. What makes this even more remarkable is that this was his first shot of the day!…
Deanna Mendiola Wow! What a great way to check-off a “bucket list” item! Ellen Enright used her pitching wedge to score her very first hole-in-one on the 96-yard Eagle’s Nest No. 17, Thursday, April 25. Witnesses to Ellen’s great shot were Karen Vagley and Jackie Christianson. Ellen has been a very active and involved member…
Pat Kaer, Publicity Co-Chair Ladies and Men’s Niners Mixer The Lady Niners hosted the annual mixer with the Men’s Niners on April 16, 2019. The theme of the event was “Kings and Queens,” and was planned by Suzanne Butler. Teams were made up of two women and two men. The afternoon included a nine-hole scramble,…