Deanna Mendiola The 2019 PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association Member-Guest Tournament Committee is very busy working to finalize details for the 24th annual event. Kittie Day is the chair and her committee members are Alice Lewis, Karen Poturalski, Claudia Tiger, Chris Cook, Debbie Sayre, Donna Havener, Linda Glazar, Sheri Sears, Liz Mitchell, Carolyn Suttles, Pat Laatsch…
Howie Tiger Gus Gladding made a hole-in-one on Thursday, January 17 while playing in the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association four-man scramble tournament. He made it on the par-3 17th hole on the Tuscany Falls East course. The hole played 142 yards from the blue tee to a front pin. In calm conditions Gus hit his…
Howie Tiger On January 24 Ed Stadjuhar, president of the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association, presented the PCMGA Most Improved Player Award for the 2018 golfing season. The player’s background was provided by Howie Tiger. That player is David Burkhalter. The announcement took place at the Mid-Winter Classic tourney luncheon. Dave grew up in Palo Alto,…
Deanna Mendiola The PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association’s 2019 Senior/Super Senior Tournament co-chairs, Karen Stadjuhar and Julie Greek, have announced the tournament will be held February 19-20. The theme to honor our senior and super-senior players is “Mamma Mia! Here we go again!” The two-day event will be flighted and the format is individual stroke play,…
Pam Grimwood, Publicity Co-Chair On January 5 PebbleCreek hosted the AWGA 2019 State Medallion Golf Tournament. Six Lady Niners qualified to play in the 9-hole portion of the tournament which was a team format with a low gross player paired with a low net player. PebbleCreek’s Lady Niner teams competed with other 9-hole leagues from…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association conducted its final major tournament for the 2018 season. The format for this three-day event was a four-man scramble where the members chose their own teammates. The tourney was held on December 6, 12 and 13. The field, which consisted of 56 teams, was separated into five flights.…
PCM9GA, the Golfing Niners, are not just one of PebbleCreek’s major golf groups that focus on the game, having fun, and meeting new friends. The Niners are also committed to give back to worthwhile endeavors. This year they identified two groups to which they would provide support. Bruce Hulbert, Treasurer of the PCM9GA says, “In…
On November 29 the PCM9GA held an Orange Tournament, with members required to wear orange colored articles of clothing anywhere from their socks to the top of their heads. The scramble format was organized in two flights, with the A/B flight playing the front 9 holes at Eagle’s Nest and the C/D flight playing the…
After testing the past several months, PCM9GA golfers are using the USGA Tournament Management App on their smart phones during tournament play. The app allows players to score in “real time” during play; showing their individual progress as well as other players’ standing during tournament events and immediately provides final results when the event scoring…
On December 13 the PCM9GA hosted a Step-Aside Scramble Tournament at the Eagle’s Nest course. As is the custom with all tournaments, the Golfing Niners used the USGA Tournament Live Scoring system during play. A/B flighted groups played off the front nine, while C/D flighted players played the back nine holes. Winners were as follows:…