Tag: golf

Pro’s Corner – November 2014

Ronnie Decker, EN Golf Pro and Peter Boyce, resident and Canadian PGA member How do I get my swing started? This may seem like a simple question but it is an important one because many times I see a player set up in a perfect address position only to destroy it with a terrible, unplanned…

K9 Unit Charity Golf Tournament

Officer Sean Clarke with his canine partner, Leroy

Jim Ellison Time is running out to sign up for our sixth annual charity golf tournament in support of the City of Goodyear’s Police Department K9 Unit. The four person scramble (no handicap requirement) is scheduled for Saturday, November 15, 2014, 12:30 p.m. shotgun, on the Tuscany Falls/Palms Course. Cost of this event is $85…

PCM9GA hosts joint Falcon Dunes golfing event

PCM9GA and PCMGA executive officers at luncheon after Falcon Dunes event: row 1, John Krasnan and Bill Schaffer; row 2, Bob Caldwell, Gary Monk, Bruce Hulbert, Jerry Treece, Eric Lee, Ray Clements, Randy Prinz and Howie Tiger

Erv Stein For several years now our PCM9GA group has hosted typically four off campus golfing events during the annual October closure of our own PebbleCreek courses for the fall overseeding. This year we have scheduled a total of four events beginning with our just completed October 9 event followed by Tres Rios on October…

CAGD tournament results

Central Arizona Golf Association (CAGD) held its fall tournament here at PebbleCreek on September 15 at Tuscany Falls. There were 60 ladies from throughout the valley that participated and seven were from our PCLGA. The game was Partners Best Ball. From PebbleCreek, taking advantage of course knowledge, Jane Hee and Carolyn Suttles won first place…

PebbleCreek Lady Niners enjoy “away games”

PebbleCreek Lady Niners enjoy after golf social time at the Wigwam Club

Suzanne Butler The PC Lady Niners have been playing away games the past few weeks while the PebbleCreek courses were closed for the annual overseeding. It’s fun to visit other clubs and courses but always good to get back to our beautiful PC courses. The Lady Niners offer a big thank you to the course…

PCM9GA foursome wins Beat the Pros Tournament

Erv Stein On August 29, a total of 20 PebbleCreek foursomes, 80 golfers, which included our own PebbleCreek Pros as well as two PCM9GA foursomes participated in the well heralded Beat the Pros Challenge Tournament utilizing our Eagle’s Nest Course. While many of our non-golfing PebbleCreek residents may not be familiar with our resident Golf…

PebbleCreek Lady Niners news – October 2014

Seated left to right: Pat Kaer, Pat Engelmann and Irene Chapman; standing Kathleen Molony

Suzanne Butler The PC Lady Niners withstood the summer heat, playing every Tuesday either at the PebbleCreek courses or nearby clubs, but the recent unprecedented rains sidelined their weekly game on September 9! Could have gone swimming on the courses that day! And speaking of swimming, the PebbleCreek Lady Niners will be enjoying the always…

PCM9GA announces August 14 two low net tournament results

Winning First Place Foursome, left to right: Ken Gangl, Bob Brooks, Clay Troxell and George Nagy

Erv Stein Arizona is certainly a genuine mecca for golfing and typically, outside of our torrid summer months’ furnace like climate, our state attracts many thousands of visitors primarily for golfing activities. For the summer months, the mass exodus of many of our PCM9GA members takes place, yet on Thursday, August 14, our enthusiastic group…

PCMGA recognizes its most active players for 2013/2014

Ed White, PCMGA’s most active player for 2013-2014 season

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…

PCM9GA announces August 28 modified scramble results

Closest to Pin Winners Don Drummond and Erv Stein

Erv Stein With our PCM9GA snowbird members still widely dispersed in more temperate locations, our core group of close to 50 summer resident golfers teed off at our Eagle’s Nest Front Nine Course utilizing one more intriguing tournament format variation in which for the first drive only, the best drive, was utilized. For succeeding shots…