Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association conducts friendly golf competitions every Thursday for its members, except in October during over-seed. 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…
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Sports, November 2019
PCMGA plays third annual Pro-Member Tourney
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) played its third annual pro-member golf tournament on Sept. 25, at the Tuscany Falls East Golf Course. The former director of golf, Jason Whitehill, brought the idea of a professional/amateur event to the PCMGA three years ago. Our new director of golf, John McCahan, is carrying on that tradition and…
Sports, October 2019
PCMGA conducts 2019 two-man scramble/AGA team qualifier
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) annually conducts a two-man scramble event, which serves a dual purpose. It is a regular men’s day tourney, but five teams also qualify to enter the Arizona Golf Association’s Club team championship. The tourney was played on Thursday, Sept. 5 at Eagle’s Nest. The senior qualifying teams (age…
Sports, September 2019
PCMGA players survive 2019 Summer Sizzler tourney
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association conducted their “Summer Sizzler” golf tournament on Wednesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 25. Early morning shotgun starts helped the players cope with high humidity (monsoon season) and searing temperatures. They played the Tuscany Falls West course on Wednesday and the Tuscany Falls East course on Thursday. A…
Clubs & Classes, September 2019
Bruce Carlyle: 210 and counting
Howie Tiger On June 22, Bruce Carlyle reached a milestone that very few golfers can even imagine. At age 76, he shot his age (or better) for the 200th time. This is an amazing accomplishment as it has been estimated that the percentage of golfers who ever shoot their age even once is .0000089% or…
Sports, July 2019
PCMGA and PCLGA members enjoy mixer tournament
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association matched up with the PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association in a two-day mixer tournament which was held on Tuesday, May 21, and Thursday, May 23, on the West Course at Tuscany Falls. Each day, a two-man team from the PCMGA was matched with a different two-lady team from the…
Sports, July 2019
PCMGA conducts “Goofy Golf” tournament
Howie Tiger On Thursday, May 30, the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association held their annual “Goofy Golf” tourney on the Eagle’s Nest course. This is a fun event where the members play from all sorts of teeing areas and the flagsticks are placed in precarious positions. The format was a four-man team scramble with a three-drive…
Sports, June 2019
PCMGA Member/Guest tourney
Howie Tiger Pat Brisnehan and his guest, Vern Voss, were the overall winners of the 2019 PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association 24th annual Member/Guest tournament. The tourney was held on April 24, 25 and 26 at the East and West courses at Tuscany Falls. Ninety two-man teams competed in a match play format. There were three…
Sports, May 2019
Ron Morrow scores ace at PCMGA Member-Member tourney
Howie Tiger Ron Morrow scored an ace on Thursday, March 14, during the 2019 PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association Member-Member tournament. He made it on the 12th hole at Eagle’s Nest. In this shotgun-start tourney Ron and his playing partners, Duane Hagstrom, Andy Banister and Dick Helmstetter started their round on the 11th hole. Their second…
Sports, April 2019
PCMGA recognizes tournament registration volunteers
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association would like to recognize and thank the many PCMGA members that volunteer their time to register players for weekly tournaments, including most of the Majors. Each week several volunteers show up super early in the morning darkness to handle registration duties. Those duties include checking off players’ names,…