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…
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…
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…
Mary Neeley The PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association held its annual Club Championship tournament on March 15, 21 and 22. The club champion is the lowest gross scoring player over three days of tournament play. The tournament started on March 15 with double tee times on the Palms/Lakes Course. The second day of play was a…
Howie Tiger Weather played a key role in the outcome of this year’s PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association Member-Member Golf Championship. Unlike last year when foul weather forced a change in format for the final round, this year we had beautiful sunny skies that encouraged super low scores. The annual event was played over three days,…
Howie Tiger Several members of PebbleCreek’s own Back Tee Boys played host to the University of Nebraska-Omaha (aka UNO) golf team who were here to compete in the Desert Shootout golf tournament. The tournament was held at Palm Valley Golf Course March 17 through 19. Lee and Donna Havener, Lyman Gallup and Marilyn Reynolds, Jack…
On Friday, March 25, 2016, Susan Gleason joined the elite ranks of the hole-in-one players. Using her driver, Susan drove her ball into the cup on hole No. 8 on the Palms Course at Tuscany Falls. The drive was 99 yards from the red tee. The hole-in-one was witnessed by Linda Bolon and Lia McCormick.…
Carol Lumsden, a PebbleCreek resident, made a 77 yard hole-in-one on March 10, 2016, on hole No. 3 at the Palm Valley Course in Goodyear. Carol was using a 7 iron.
The PebbleCreek Golf Team, led by Director of Golf Jason Whitehill, held a Golf Expo March 16 at the Tuscany Falls driving range area. Over 600 attended this amazing event that included a putting contest, a mobile pro shop, golf apparel and equipment vendors and lots of fun. Vendors on hand that day included TaylorMade,…
Jason Whitehill Q. My swing speed is slowing down as I age and I don’t hit it as far as I used to, so what can I do to get more distance? A. A good way to determine what shaft flex is suitable is to try the different flexes at one of many demo days…