Pat Kaer Memory Matters The annual charity tournament was held on January 17 at the Tuscany Falls Golf Course. The tournament was planned by Kathy Dolan and Mary Lacy. This year’s theme was Memory Matters which supports Alzheimer’s Research. Members donated to Alzheimer’s Association Desert Southwest in honor of a loved one or friend. A…
Suzanne Rambach The PebbleCreek Irish American Club is sponsoring their eighth annual Charity Golf Tournament on Sunday, March 12 at Tuscany Falls. This event will benefit The Southwest Lending Closet, The New Life Center and a high school scholarship. There will be a nine-hole step aside scramble (starting at 10:00 a.m.) and an 18-hole best…
Erv Stein Our PCM9GA group conducted our first year 2017 tournament on the afternoon of January 12 utilizing both of Tuscany Lakes and Palms and Lakes Courses with an impressive participation total of 112 PCM members with outstanding temperate Arizona winter weather conditions. For this event, the CHA-CHA Tournament format was deployed in which each…
Q. I have problems when in the greenside mounding and when my ball is on an upslope it goes higher than normal and is tough to judge how hard to hit it. How should I approach this lie? A. Many golfers forget that when they are advancing the ball up a slope, the position the…
Erv Stein With the annual reseeding operations completed in early November, our PCM9GA continued with our exciting late fall event schedule with the first two on-site PebbleCreek Tournament events utilizing both the front and back nine of our Eagle’s Nest Course. The participation for these events was again seasonally substantial due to the return of…
Lynn Matousek More special events are coming up in the PCLGA during the month of February. February 7 and 8, 2017 – Senior/Super Senior Tournament; Co-Chairs Pat Lohmiller and Lena Godebu. All eligible PCLGA members are invited to play in this tournament honoring the Seniors who are 65 to 74 years of age and Super…
Lynn Matousek On November 15, 2016 the PCLGA kicked off its fall season with a tournament denoting the celebration of friendship. And what a kickoff it was! Co-Chairpersons Linda Campbell and Pam Kale outdid themselves organizing this event. The field of 144 PCLGA members played in flighted four-person teams, the format being a scramble with…
Lynn Matousek On December 5, 2016 the PCLGA Roadrunners golf team kicked off the 2016-2017 season at the spectacular Chiricahua Course at Desert Mountain. This Jack Nicklaus course provided challenging golf holes, beautiful views and interesting animals on the course. Many of the team members were treated to their first views of Javelinas (also known…
Lynn Matousek The last CAGD tournament of the 2016 season was held at Trilogy Golf Club at Vistancia in Peoria, Arizona on December 1, 2016 in which nine PCLGA members participated. The PCLGA twosomes were Barbara Patrow and Kathy Hubert-Wyss, Ellen Enright and Marilyn Reynolds, Jane Hee and Carolyn Suttles, Carol Sanders and Ada Davison…
Jason Whitehill, PGA Q. I am hitting the ball solidly but it is flying higher than usual and I have lost a lot of distance. A. You are very likely not using your lower body efficiently and you are flat-footed at impact. Many players, including low handicappers, get trapped into this move and don’t feel…