Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) held its annual “Ryder Cup” style tourney pitting two 122-man teams against each other over three days of competition. The event was played on Jan. 9, 11, and 16 and used two PebbleCreek courses each day. Kurt Eelam, PCMGA president, captained one team and Joe Grande, vice…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) 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 three of our PebbleCreek courses. Participation in these competitions by PCMGA members is the…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) conducted its final major tournament for the 2024 season. The format for this three-day event was a 4-man scramble where the members chose their own teammates. There was a 3-drive minimum for each player. The tourney was held on Dec. 5, 7, and 12. This is a…
Howie Tiger Three PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) teams competed at the Arizona Golf Association (AGA) Club Team Championship Finals. The teams of Scott Carnahan & Scott Norris and Kurt Fischer & Sherman Leach competed in the all-age Gross/Net Division and the team of Craig Hennesy & Barry Stauffer competed in the Super Senior (70+)…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) annually conducts a two-man scramble event that serves a dual purpose. It is a regular men’s day tourney, but six teams also qualify to enter the Arizona Golf Association’s (AGA) Club Team Championship. The tourney was played on Sept. 5 at our Eagle’s Nest Golf Course. In…
Dick Helmstetter Makes a Hole-in-One a Year After His Prior One on the Same Hole! Howie Tiger On July 5, Dick Helmstetter made a hole-in-one on the 17th hole of the Eagle’s Nest course. He did it while playing with the Bandits golf group. As a coincidence, on July 6 a year earlier (his 71st…
Howie Tiger On April 24 and April 25, the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) provided Skills Contests as part of the Member/Guest Tournament. On the 24th, a putting contest was conducted on the large putting green. Each player hit two putts to a hole (from one side of the green to the other), a distance…
Carole Schumacher The PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association (PCLGA) and PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) Mixer Tournament was held in May where the 18-hole ladies hosted the 18-hole men for a 2-day tournament with a 2-Best Ball format on May 7 at Tuscany Falls East, and a Scramble format on May 9 on Tuscany Falls West.…
Howie Tiger On April 11 the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) held a four-man team Stableford Points tournament where past PCMGA presidents were recognized for their service over the years. To date there have been 26 men who have served as president, three of whom have served two terms. The term runs from June 1…
Howie Tiger On April 6 the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) held a fundraising tournament with proceeds going to U.S.VETS-Phoenix. The event raised $7,422 for this worthy charity. Private donations were also made in person at the event and upped/rounded to $2,578 for a total donation of $10,000. A total of 60 four-man teams competed…