Steve Shapiro On June 15, the Quail Creek Men’s Nine Hole Golf Association, the Desert Duffers, held a 50/50 raffle at their weekly tournament. The raffle raised a total of $430 for the scholarship fund for children participating in the First Tee Green Valley. The First Tee is an international youth development organization introducing the…
Thom Sharples May 4 Team 1 Low Net: -9, Total Net: 27 (3-way tie) Jack Jiampetti, John Chernoski, Jim Nichols, Michael Swenbeger; Roger Shuman, Thom Sharples, John Messer, Donold Scrhrfhaar; and Ron Grantz, Ian Meldeum, Skelly Skelton, Garry LaBarre May 18 Bramble Al Olbeter, Ken Cottrill, and Jim Neel, -24; Total Net: 48
Thom Sharples The Quail Creek Men’s Nine Hole Golf Association, the Desert Duffers, held its 14th annual overnight golf trip to Casa Grande, one of the Duffers’ signature offsite events. Thirty-one Duffers attended the outing at the Francisco Grande Resort for two days of exceptional golf and camaraderie, in keeping up the spirit of the Duffers…
Thom Sharples Due to the generous donations from the membership of the Quail Creek Desert Duffers, Mike Senatra was able to present checks to the Sahuarita Food Bank and the Food Bank of Green Valley for $660 each, totaling $1,320. Since January 2020, the Quail Creek Desert Duffers have donated over $4,100 to local food…
Thom Sharples Feb. 2 one low net per hole: Dick Oscarson, Rene Gill, Bobb Jelen, Ray Craig Feb. 9 bramble one drive and two low nets Jerome Laffenburger, Frank Aerstin, Tino Gagliardi, Harold Mitchell Feb. 16 13-24-35 Reed Slingerland, Scott McLain, Tom Calhoun, Allen Wolf Feb. 23 scramble for clubs and a putter Al Olbeter, John Boisen, Bruce Campbell,…
Thom Sharples The Desert Duffers Golf Club annual stag trip to Casa Grande has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 28 and Thursday, April 29. We will be playing The Dave White Golf Course in Casa Grande on the 28th and Francisco Grande on the 29th. For more information on the outing, contact Jim Struthers at…
Thom Sharples Mike Senatra, president of the Quail Creek Desert Duffers, and John Vanni, vice president, checked in 80 players on July 14, for the first time since the COVID-19 shutdown. The Quail Creek Desert Duffers club is enforcing Quail Creek’s guidelines of wearing a mask and social distancing for check in, and while riding in individual carts…
Thom Sharples, Ed Pope, Sheri Sipe For the past ten years, the Ladies 9-Hole Golf Association (QC9LGA) has sponsored a Junior Golf Tournament with the Continental Middle School. The tournament follows the physical education golf unit, during which the students learn the basics of golf and are required to pass exams concerning the game. At…
Thomas Sharples Through the tenth annual fundraising event, the Quail Creek Desert Duffers Golf Association was able to make holiday contributions to local service agencies. Contributions by membership was able to provided donation to the Green Valley Food Bank and the Sahuarita Food Bank, a newer service agency. The Sahuarita Food Bank has grown over…
The Desert Duffers have continued their annual tradition of fundraising for 2019. Donations are collected prior to Thanksgiving and used to provide holiday turkeys for families in need in the Continental School District. Duffers Fundraising Coordinator, Ron Macuga, worked closely with the school and district administration who coordinates distributing the turkeys to families who would…