Jason Whitehill Q. I am having trouble with my irons. I do not take a divot but quite often the club head hits the turf well behind the ball resulting in “fat” shots. If I try to correct, I hit thin shots. Pro’s Note: “Thin means hitting the middle of the ball with the leading…
Tag: golf
Sports, June 2016
8th annual Marilynn Smith LPGA Charity Pro Am to honor Judy Rankin
Howie Tiger On Monday, October 10 the eighth annual Marilynn Smith LPGA Charity Pro Am will be played on the Tuscany Falls Course. Each team competing in the 8:00 a.m. shotgun scramble will feature one of 36 LPGA professionals playing with four men/women amateurs. The proceeds go to the Marilynn Smith Scholarship Fund to help…
Sports, June 2016
Skills Challenge at PCMGA Member-Guest
Howie Tiger On Wednesday, April 27 the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association provided several Member-Guest pre-tournament activities at the Tuscany Falls practice area. The activities included the TaylorMade/Adidas Pro Shop, practice rounds and a skills challenge just like the one on Golf Channel’s Big Break program. The skills event consisted of three separate challenges: an 18-hole putting…
Sports, June 2016
PCM9GA wins Mixer Tournament with Sun City Grand
Erv Stein Our PCM9GA group, which has conducted numerous exciting and innovative golfing events in the past two years, just ran an extremely well received second annual Mixer Tournament with the Sun City Grand 9-Hole group. This two round event was held at the Desert Ridge Sun City Grand facility on Monday, May 9 and…
Sports, June 2016
PCM9GA/PCL9GA conducts 8th Annual Mixer Tournament
Erv Stein On April 14, our two PebbleCreek sanctioned nine-hole golf groups, the PCM9GA and PCL9GA, once again closely cooperated and the result was an outstanding eighth annual Mixer Tournament. A total of 140 most enthusiastic golfing participants, organized in 35 foursome teams, teed off in the familiar Scramble format utilizing our Falls, Lakes and…
Sports, May 2016
Putters Club
Randy Prinz The weather was a little breezy when the 100 players started to putt – but after a while the players didn’t even notice the weather – they had to concentrate on the layout of each hole. There were laughter and cheers on the upper nine and the lower nine. I am sure that…
Sports, May 2016
PebbleCreek Lady Niners News
Suzanne Butler The annual two-day Member-Member Tournament held on March 22 and 23 truly looked like a Trip Around the World as the Lady Niners arrived on Day One dressed in attire suited to their favorite country. The event began with a Putting Contest, made even more challenging by a ring of international flags circling…
Sports, May 2016
PCM9GA hosts 10th annual Awards Banquet
Erv Stein Our PCM9GA tenth annual Championship Awards Banquet, conducted at the Tuscany Falls Ballroom on Friday, April 1 turned out to be a truly smashing success by every stretch of imagination. Well over 100 PCM9GA members and their guests started our festivities with an open bar at 5:00 p.m. which loosened us all up…
May 2016
PCM9GA Scramble results
Erv Stein On Thursday afternoon, March 24, about 125 always enthusiastic PCM9GA golfers teed off for a regular Scramble Tournament utilizing both our Tuscany Lakes and Falls Courses under quite favorable early spring Arizona weather conditions. Our PCM9GA Pairing Committee typically comes out with a myriad of seemingly new and intriguing tournament formats but this…
Sports, May 2016
Pro’s Corner
Jason Whitehill, PGA Q. What club do most of the PGA Tour players use when chipping near the green? A. Most basic chip or pitch shots are hit with a sand or lob wedge. Vijay Singh for example uses his 60-degree wedge most of the time as he can hit a low, checking shot with…