Tim Phillips Mark the date – Thursday, August 6, 2015, Shotgun at 7:30 a.m. Only once a year do the men and women 18 hole golfers at Quail Creek tee it up against each other in a match play format. The Prickly Pair format this year is similar to last year when two person teams…
Sheldon Zatkin The Quail Creek Men’s Golf Association held its thirteenth annual Member/Guest Invitational beginning on Wednesday morning, April 22 concluding with an awards banquet on Friday evening, April 24. The Planning Committee recruited over sixty sponsors for this event. The tournament consisted of 66 two-man teams playing in 11 flights. Player registration took place…
The first place winners in the Partners Match Play Tournament, left to right: Sherry Morris, Bessie Moretto, Darthea Tilley, Nancy Diefenthaler, Barbara Erickson, Mickey Zimney, Paula Scafuri, Betty Martens, Barbara Haley, Lynda Eckebrecht, Sharon Bisping and Lynn Thomas.
Peggy McGee The Quail Creek Lady Putters will be holding a Christmas in July food collection for the Green Valley/Sahuarita Food Bank on Wednesday, July 8. Members are asked to bring donations of groceries, paper products, cleaning and hygiene items. Especially needed food items include peanut butter, canned tuna and chicken, baking products, salad dressing…
Congratulations to Barbara Erickson, winner of this year’s SDWGA Telegraph Tournament at Quail Creek Thursday, May 14!
Christi Tucker This was our sixth year of hosting the Junior Tournament. The tournament consists of 36 Continental Middle School students and 36 Quail Creek Lady Niners. The students have to earn the right to participate in the tournament by written golf test, effort during their golf classes, school behavior, attendance and school grades. The…
Skip Fumia A native of Tucson, J.R. Kies learned about growing grass and playing golf at an early age. His father was a landscaping contractor who knew how to grow things in the desert and his first experience with golf came at the tender age of 11 at the Forty-Niner Golf Club. He knew then…
Wally Ueberschar The Desert Duffers held their annual Club Championship on April 7, 14 and 21 and concluded the event with awards and luncheon on April 23. This year’s champion with the overall Low Net is Bill Vollink from B flight. Top winners from A and C flights are Pat Hendershott and David Martinson and…
Ron and Vicki Sullivan Quail Creek is a wonderful retirement community located in a historic desert river valley with lots of activities to participate in both on and off the property. One of its largest on-site attractions is golf. Designed by Ken Kavanaugh, the championship Quail Creek course is enjoyed by golfing enthusiasts year round.…
Congratulations to Betty Martens for her hole-in-one on April 20 on the Coyote Course hole number 4. This was Betty’s first hole-in-one!