Erv Stein For golfers at all skill levels, arguably nothing more can create the sudden flow of adrenaline and sheer excitement than the thrill of driving the ball from the tee and seeing the ball approach the hole and then likely disappear into the hole. For the vast majority of us, we may come close…
Paul S. McGinnis After an incredibly busy season on the golf course, it is time to start summer maintenance and improvement projects. Here is a list of some of the upcoming maintenance activities: * Aerifying fairways – first with solid tines and then with hollow tines * Greens will be aerified two times this summer…
Erv Stein The vast majority of our PCM9GA snowbird members were still around and not departed yet to their remote summer destinations and therefore, on April 24 on an excellent sunlit and temperate afternoon, well over 100 PCM9GA golfers participated in a quite interesting tournament utilizing the Lone Ranger format at our Eagle’s Nest front…
Suzanne Butler As we head into the summer heat, many of the PebbleCreek Lady Niners are heading to cooler spots whether for the entire summer or just a few weeks’ respite. But regular Tuesday play and other club activities continue on. Officers for 2014-15 were recently elected and new board and committee chairs selected. Everyone…
Suzan Simons On July 22 there were 48 brave ladies that participated in the PCLGA annual Summer Sizzler Tournament. Each lady was given a FroggToggs Chilly Pad Towel when she checked in that morning. The game was Mad Dog Scramble with each team made up of ABCD level players. Even though the heat was on,…
Erv Stein Our mid-summer and somewhat seasonally smaller group of 44 non snowbird enthusiastic and loyal PCM9GA golfers teed off at our Tuscany Lakes Course at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, July 24. Most fortunately, our summer tee times from May to October start at 7:30 a.m. which means that our weekly nine hole events…
Suzanne Butler The PebbleCreek Lady Niners has quite a group of talented golfers. Over the past couple of years it was noted that every few months a PCL9GA member was attaining that ever elusive hole-in-one. Every golfer’s dream! These ladies were recognized by the PCL9’ers at the time of their hole-in-one. It seemed only appropriate…
Douglas McFarland The East Valley has the Waste Management Phoenix Open but the West Valley has the PebbleCreek Community Church annual golf scramble. For the fifth year church members and friends teed it up on March 16 at the Palm Valley Lakes Course. This was one of the monthly fellowship events of PCCC. While 32…