Christopher Mucha On April 25, representatives from the PCM9GA “Golfing Niners” participated in the annual Scholarship Reception Dinner at Luke Air Force Base. The gracious hosts from the Luke Spouses’ Club (LSC) Board of Governors were President Chris Wendall and Scholarship Chairperson Victoria Hagardt. This past year, the PCM9GA chose the scholarship program as its…
Christopher Mucha This year’s club championship within the PCM9GA, the “Golfing Niners” took longer than usual to decide. At the end of the two rounds of play, three members were tied for the overall lead. John Heinz, Steve Rottger and Fred Schmidt all shot the same low gross score so a three-way playoff had to…
Christopher Mucha On March 20 and 21, the PCM9GA held its annual Member-Guest Tournament on the Tuscany Falls Links at PebbleCreek. This two-day event provided a combination of team play in several formats: a two-day 18-hole team event; a two-day 9-hole team event; and an 18-hole Putting Skills Challenge. This year’s event had a special…
On March 28, 2019, the PCM9GA honored Bob Caldwell with a special Hawaiian Shirt Day Tournament. After more than ten years of service to the Golfing Niners, Bob is leaving PebbleCreek and returning to his Indiana roots. A huge turnout of his fellow neighbors, friends and golfers showed up to wish Bobby Joe Caldwell all…
Christopher Mucha On January 24, PCM9GA held a scramble tournament on both nines of the Eagle’s Nest Golf Club. The Scramble winners Front Nine 1st Place, Score 35 (Score Card Playoff), Rich McCurdy, Mike Davis, Rich Schmidt and Mike Strong. 2nd Place, Score 35 (SCP), Bill Hill, Clint Alston, Bob LeBernz and Dave Smith. 3rd…
PCM9GA, the Golfing Niners, are not just one of PebbleCreek’s major golf groups that focus on the game, having fun, and meeting new friends. The Niners are also committed to give back to worthwhile endeavors. This year they identified two groups to which they would provide support. Bruce Hulbert, Treasurer of the PCM9GA says, “In…
On November 29 the PCM9GA held an Orange Tournament, with members required to wear orange colored articles of clothing anywhere from their socks to the top of their heads. The scramble format was organized in two flights, with the A/B flight playing the front 9 holes at Eagle’s Nest and the C/D flight playing the…
After testing the past several months, PCM9GA golfers are using the USGA Tournament Management App on their smart phones during tournament play. The app allows players to score in “real time” during play; showing their individual progress as well as other players’ standing during tournament events and immediately provides final results when the event scoring…
On December 13 the PCM9GA hosted a Step-Aside Scramble Tournament at the Eagle’s Nest course. As is the custom with all tournaments, the Golfing Niners used the USGA Tournament Live Scoring system during play. A/B flighted groups played off the front nine, while C/D flighted players played the back nine holes. Winners were as follows:…
Great organizations have great leadership; those qualities include honesty, integrity, confidence, passion and commitment. The PCM9GA “Golfing Niners” are lucky to have people like Bob Caldwell, who live their lives with those qualities. And talk about commitment! Bob has been secretary of this group for ten years, working both ahead of and behind the scenes…