Tag: golf

Desert Duffers 2015 Club Championship and luncheon

From left: Desert Duffer President Frank Hewitt, 2015 Club Champion Bill Vollink and Quail Creek Golf Pro Joel Jaress

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…

En-Joie Golfing

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.…

Golf open forum – Ready, set, summer!

Skip Fumia From the Green Committee’s Golf Open Forum on April 13, here is some look ahead information for Quail Creek golf. May: Course Superintendent J.R. Kies and his crew will begin transitioning from winter rye grass on the fairways and tees to our summer Bermuda grass. As temperatures increase we can also expect to…

RAZZ MA TAZZ in Quail Creek

Overall gross winners Karen Stensrud and Peggie Sullenberger

The Quail Creek Ladies 18 hole club held its annual two day Member/Guest Golf Tournament on April 8 and 9. The theme was Razz Ma Tazz and razz ma tazz it was from the goody bags at registration to the black and lace gift boxes on the tables at the finale. Top that off with…

Double Eagle – A rare bird

John Phipps makes a one in a million shot with witnesses.

Art Mayhle The rarest of all birds? — One in a million, or one in six million by some sources. Quail Creek resident, John Phipps pulled it off with a double eagle (or albatross) on hole No. 5 of the Roadrunner course on March 13 (that’s Friday the 13th) holing out on his second shot…

Pro Shop fashion show

Models Kandi Roy, Janet Brown, Janet Mathis, Jan Baron, Peg Avent, Ann Brooks, Dianne Turner, Lynn Thomas, Vance Klaus and Ed Mancini

Terri Erickson The QCLGA (18 hole club) was treated to a very special event Thursday, March 5 when at the conclusion of their Pick Your Partner Scramble there was a lunch and fashion show presented by Linda Klaus, Merchandise Buyer of the Quail Creek Pro Shop. There were ten models, eight lovely ladies and two…