Howie Tiger On Nov. 12, Paul Maurer made a hole-in-one on the 12th hole of the Eagle’s Nest course. This may be the first recorded ace on our newly renovated course at PebbleCreek. The pin on this par-3 hole was located in the middle, just beyond a newly added sand trap. (Many players are happy that the…
Howie Tiger Dave Green and Reuben Rivera, PCMGA members, came in 7th place in the all-age division of the Arizona Golf Association Club Team Championship. The format was a 2-man scramble. There was a 6-drive minimum for each player. The championship final round was played at Seville Golf & Country Club in Gilbert on Dec. 7. In…
Joey Skovgaard Joan Fafoglia If the backdrop of Eagle’s Nest hole number 4 overlooking the parkway entrance isn’t inviting enough, on Dec. 4, while visiting his new in-laws PebbleCreek residents Steve and Joan Fafoglia, Joey Skovgaard (Denver, Colo.) posted his very first hole-in-one. At 140 yards from the blue tees, Joey hit left of the pin…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association annually conducts a two-man scramble event which serves a dual purpose. It is a regular men’s day tourney, but four teams also qualify to enter the Arizona Golf Association’s Club Team Championship. The tourney was played on Sept. 3 at Tuscany Falls west. The super senior flight qualifying…
Howie Tiger On Friday, July 31, Ron Hansen made a hole-in-one on the 16th hole of the west course at Tuscany Falls. After hitting tens of thousands of shots in over 70 years of playing golf, he finally hit that perfect one. He did it while playing with his Wild Bunch golf group. The par-3…
Howie Tiger On Friday, Aug. 14, Arnie Lawrence made a hole-in-one on the 12th hole of the West Course at Tuscany Falls. Were it not for certain circumstances, this perfect shot would not have officially counted. On this day, the temps soared to 117 degrees. Arnie’s three playing partners decided to call it a day…
Howie Tiger John Curtin scored an ace on Friday, June 26, at the Tuscany Falls East golf course. He made his perfect shot on the par-3 seventeenth hole during play with the Back Tee Boys golf group. The hole played 171-yards from the black tees. The pin was located in the front portion of the…
Howie Tiger At the Member-Member Tournament earlier this year, the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) elected officers for the 2020-21 golfing season. They officially take office on June 1. Jim Sheard (president): Jim is originally from eastern Indiana. He was the principal officer of the Teamsters Union in the state of Nebraska and western Iowa and…
Howie Tiger The annual PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association Member-Member tourney was played on March 5 and 11. Unfortunately, the third round scheduled for March 12 was cancelled due to heavy rains. As a result, the standings after the second round became the final standings. A total of 91 two-man teams competed in eight flights with…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association has named Chuck Ransom the 2019 Most Improved Player of 2019. The official announcement was made at the PCMGA annual meeting on March 12 during the Member-Member tournament luncheon. Chuck is originally from Clintonville, Wisconsin, a small town of about 5,000. He attended the University of Wisconsin in…