Pat Kaer Spring Fling and Election of Officers On March 28, the Lady Niners held the annual Spring Fling. This event included some interesting golf challenges and club selection. The score cards were randomly drawn to determine tournament winners. On the same day next year’s officers were elected; the Club Champion, Most Improved player and…
Pat Kaer The PebbleCreek Lady Niners held the annual Member-Member Tournament at Tuscany Falls on March 21 and 22. This event, chaired by Sally Melzow and Cidnee Lusk, was a two-day event, which included a putting contest, raffle prizes, door prizes and lunch on both days. Two-member teams competed in a scramble format on the…
Lynn Matousek The PCLGA has two teams that are part of the Cholla Travel League, a team from Eagle’s Nest and a team from Tuscany Falls. Even though neither team won this year, everyone had a great time. It was an opportunity to play different courses at a reasonable price. The Cholla teams play a…
Lynn Matousek Statistics matter! And when you have good people with great statistics, it’s worth writing about. Every year there are a few members of the PCLGA who go “above and beyond” in certain categories and consequently earn recognition for their outstanding achievements. This year, at the PCLGA Annual Meeting held on March 22, 2017,…
Lynn Matousek At the recent PCLGA Member/Guest Tournament, PCLGA member Sheri Sears invited Linda Port to participate as her guest. Sheri and Linda have been friends for over 10 years, both living in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Thirty years ago Linda was diagnosed with progressive hereditary eye disease and as a result lost all but…
Lynn Matousek The PCLGA held its Tournament of Champions on March 14, 21 and 22, 2017 co-chaired by Sally Babbitt, Donnie Meyers, Barb Rossi and Karen Vagley. Congratulations to Andrea Dilger, the 2017 PCLGA Overall Low Gross Champion and Layne Sheridan, the 2017 PCLGA Overall Low Net Champion! High Tea was the theme for this…
Howie Tiger On Wednesday, March 22, PebbleCreek held their fourth annual golf equipment drive to support The First Tee of Phoenix. Donations were accepted at Tuscany Falls in the parking lot just outside the pro shop. We thought it would be difficult to match last year’s response which was absolutely fantastic. We were optimistic though,…
Lynn Matousek Congratulations to Kathy Hubert-Wyss, the 2017 Medallion Low Gross Winner and to Sue Abercrombie, the 2017 Medallion Low Net Winner for the PCLGA! As a member of the Arizona Women’s Golf Association, the PCLGA designates four 18-hole rounds during its golf year as Medallion Qualifiers. The players who produce the two best gross…
Q. How high should I tee the ball? A. When the ball is on a tee and you are using a driver or fairway wood, the rule of thumb is to tee the ball so half of the ball is above the top edge of the club; therefore, it would be teed higher with the…
Bill Fenster The PebbleCreek Niners have a tradition of putting a dollar into a pot to award the player whose drive lands closest to the pin on the par three holes. When my foursome approached our first par three, one of our four, Dave Rossi told us how important it was for him to win…