Category: Sports

Conservation Corner

Water in our lives, part II Pauline Lee Fresh water is not always available and plentiful where we need it. The availability of fresh water varies from location to location and from time to time, depending on geography and climate conditions. Worldwide average usage of fresh water is 70 percent in agriculture, 20 percent in…

Green Committee Association representatives speak up

Skip and Dreama Fumia Quail Creek’s Green Committee is composed of nine voting members – five of which are at-large members and four who represent the QCLGA, QCMGA, Niners and Duffers golfing associations with a current total membership of 825. Using our historic benchmark of golfers comprising 30% of Quail Creek residents, QC golfer’s number…

Pro’s Corner

Jason Whitehill Q. It has been suggested that I get my putter cut down as I am an inconsistent putter and when I take my address position my arms are quite bent at the elbows. A. I suggest you look at the players on television as all the great putters are putting with relatively straight,…

Lady Putters mark end of summer with final brunch

Putters President Cathy Thiele enjoys a strawberry parfait on her birthday; photo by Sylvia Butler

Peggy McGee Putting started on October 19 with the members singing Happy Birthday to Putters President Cathy Thiele. It was the first time since June that there were four ladies on each team—the winter residents are returning! After putting on a relatively cool morning, 32 Lady Putters adjourned to the Crystal Ballroom where they enjoyed a…

Lady Putters ramp up activities

Peggy McGee After a five week hiatus because of overseeding and rain, the Lady Putters were eager to get back to putting when the green reopened for them on October 12. Amid the bouts of laughter, the comment, “are these greens ever slow” was heard again and again. Almost everyone had a higher score than…