Howie Tiger On Thursday, May 30, the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association held their annual “Goofy Golf” tourney on the Eagle’s Nest course. This is a fun event where the members play from all sorts of teeing areas and the flagsticks are placed in precarious positions. The format was a four-man team scramble with a three-drive…
Pat Kaer, Publicity Co-Chair On May 14, the PCL9GA honored Jinny Pearson by throwing her a surprise 90th birthday party. The event was planned by member Alberta Hohn, assisted by club president Barb Hockert, fellow Niner Judy Myers and Jinny’s husband, Willard. There was breakfast following golf, stories about her involvement in golf and a…
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!…