Erv Stein Our PCM9GA completed our third of three off-campus tournament events at Coldwater Golf Club in Avondale, Arizona on a cloudy November 3 morning. Coldwater, while rated in the range of our five Pebble Creek nine-hole courses, is reasonably forgiving with mostly accessible and open rough areas with a minimum of heavy vegetation on…
Erv Stein From early October through the first week in November, our five PebbleCreek nine-hole courses are closed for the essential fall reseeding operations and for several years now, accordingly, our PCM9GA has conducted typically three or four off campus golfing events to continue our weekly golfing events. Our first event was conducted on October…
Erv Stein Our PCM9GA conducted the second of a total of three off-campus tournaments at the Coyote Lakes Golf Club in Surprise, Arizona. Coyote Lakes is a very beautiful manicured course loaded with pristine plants and trees and a host of wildlife including prairie dogs and, of course, jackrabbits. While the rating of Coyote Lakes…
Lynn Matousek Here’s a teaser for some of the terrific events planned by the PCLGA for November and December. The PCLGA plays various games every Tuesday that add a fun element to the game of golf; however, there are a few tournaments coming up in the very near future that deserve special mention. November 15…
Lynn Matousek Hey PCLGA members! What better way to celebrate the end of overseeding and “cart path only” than to play in the PCLGA Kickoff Tournament on Tuesday, November 15! If you are not already signed up, be sure and do so. The theme is all about celebrating friendship. Thinking of words like support, understanding,…
Erv Stein We are so very fortunate to live in the wonderful PebbleCreek Community and even with our absolutely brutal summer searing heat which our snowbird residents circumvent; it is so very rare that some of us as avid golfers encounter extremes in weather other than the furnace-like summer heat. That being said, a total…
Jason Whitehill Q. It has been suggested that I get my putter cut down as I am an inconsistent putter and when I take my address position my arms are quite bent at the elbows. A. I suggest you look at the players on television as all the great putters are putting with relatively straight,…
Lynn Matousek On October 7, 2016 PCLGA member Cherrie Pierson had a hole-in-one on Hole No. 8 of the Palms. She was playing with her friends, Sue Frens, a recent permanent resident of PebbleCreek and PCLGA member Carol Taylor. As Cherrie put it, she didn’t feel she made the perfect swing with her rescue club,…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association conducts friendly golf competitions every Thursday for its members except in October during overseed. The formats vary each week and include scrambles, best balls, goofy golf and several major events played on all of our PebbleCreek courses. Participation in these competitions by PCMGA members is the key to…
Pat Kaer Sun City Grand Mixer The PebbleCreek Lady Niners invited the Sun City Grand Nine Hole Ladies League for a fun day of golf on October 4. This was the second annual interleague play day with Sun City Grand. The weather was beautiful and everyone seemed to enjoy the golf and the lunch. This…