Peggy McGee With fall in the air, the Lady Putters will be switching to their winter schedule effective Wednesday, November 7. Putting will begin at 10:00 a.m. with check-in starting at 9:30 a.m. The Putters meet every Wednesday and putt 18 holes throughout the year except for over-seeding time. Before making a commitment to join,…
Peggy McGee The three Quail Creek Ladies golf clubs, the Ladies Golf Association (18 hole), the 9-ers and the Putters will be sponsoring their second annual luncheon to benefit four local charities. The planning committee unanimously decided to support Valley Assistance Services, the Southern Arizona Community Food Bank that serves the needy in the greater…
Terri Erickson It was the seventh year for the Prickly Pair Challenge of the QCLGA against the QCMGA on August 2. The game was a two-person team match play with the foursomes made up of a team of men and a team of women. There were fourteen teams on each side. After a very hot…
Peggy McGee To add variety to their weekly putting sessions, the Lady Putters occasionally invite other golf groups to join them, even members of the opposite sex. On August 15, the Duffers will join the Putters for 18 holes of putting followed by a continental breakfast. On October 17, the annual Battle of the…
Terri Erickson On June 28, Bonny Wilcox and Jacquie Owens treated the 18 Hole Women’s Golf Club to a “no frills member/guest tournament.” The morning was warm and breezy, but the golf was fun and the day was topped off with a gathering for boxed lunches and the announcement of the winners by our pro…
Peggy McGee The Lady Putters celebrated mid-summer with a bruncheon, a cross between brunch and lunch on July 11. After enjoying a chicken and grilled peach salad entrée followed by rainbow sherbet, members listened attentively as Putters president Janet Wegner announced the winners for the previous six-week period. Two long time Putters, Mary Anderson and…
Robert Lewis, Green Committee A long-term strategy for golf course improvement, identified in our recent USGA onsite review, was started in June with the punching and sanding of all fairways. The Roadrunner course saw an additional amount of sand (on two separate applications) to begin establishing a better base for the grass to grow.…
Peggy McGee The Lady Putters will be celebrating their 15th anniversary later this year. From its humble beginnings in 2003 when there were approximately 25 members, the group now numbers 170 with new members joining every month. To keep the club running smoothly, it takes a core of non-elected volunteers. These six ladies work year-round…
Tim Phillips The three-day Individual Match Play event of the QCMGA was played on June 12, 14 and 19, 2018 utilizing all three nines at Quail Creek CC. This is a handicapped event in which there were six flights with eight players in each flight that were determined by handicap of each player. There was…
Tim Phillips The latest edition of the Superintendent’s Revenge for the QCMGA was held on May 29, 2018. This event has pin placements on every hole located in precarious and usually unfair places by Superintendent JR Kies. If a hole could be made on the edge of the green, it was deemed to be fair…