Tag: golf

Desert Duffers head to Casa Grande

The Duke approves the strategy for the day while the Duffers enjoy breakfast.

Wally Ueberschar On Wednesday, May 14 many of the Duffers from the Men’s Nine Hole Gold League took the opportunity to play the San Miguel Golf Course in Eloy. Breakfast was available for those who arrived early. The course was challenging due to high winds, but still a lot of fun. After golf we headed…

QCLGA Match Play results

Terri Erickson The QCLGA (18 holers) held its annual three day Round Robin Partner Match Play on April 17, 22 and 24. Pictured here are the first place winning teams of each of the seven flights, left to right: Susan Kuehn, Terri Erickson, Carol Clifford, Sue Kanger, Francie Walker, Bonny Wilcox, Mary Lou Johnson, Beth…

The state of our greens and plans for summer

Craig Parsons As of the first week of May the status of our non over seeded greens is good. This is not a universally accepted conclusion, of course. There is understandable dissatisfaction from residents who are accustomed to spending the warmer months in temperate places with cool weather grasses and coming to Quail Creek in…

Lady Niners hosts 5th Annual Junior Tournament

Winning foursome left to right: Alyce Mancini, Garrett Esry, Mia Mesa and Gloria Contreras

Deb Maloney May 1 was an eventful day for 18 young ladies and 18 young men from the fifth through eighth grades at Continental Middle School. These students joined 36 of Quail Creek’s Lady Niners for the highlight of the middle school’s golf program. The game for the nine hole round was a four person…

QC Niners host 2014 Robson Challenge

Left to right: Diane Averill, Joan Heinz, Tommy Reid, Patti Zatkin, Betty Barnes, Sally Abbott, Diane Hernandez, Cheri Sipe, Lee Schmidt, Freda Hyles, Jan Topolski and Bonnie Smith.

Deb Maloney The Quail Creek Lady Niners played host to the annual Robson Challenge Golf Tournament on March 26. Joining Quail Creek were teams of twelve from Mountain View, The Preserve, Eagle’s Nest and Tuscany Falls. The winning 2014 team was The Preserve from SaddleBrooke. Medalist for the day with the low gross score was…

QCMGA Member/Guest Invitational Tournament

Quail Creek resident Roy Barnes and his partner Art Warner from Sun City win the Harry Varden Flight at the recent Men’s Golf Association Member/Guest Invitational Tournament.

Sheldon Zatkin The Quail Creek Men’s Golf Association held its twelfth annual Member/Guest Invitational from Wednesday, April 9 through Friday, April 11. The Tournament Planning Committee, headed by Phil Wickey, lined up over sixty sponsors for this event. The tournament had 66 two man teams playing in 11 flights. Player registration was held Tuesday afternoon…

QCLGA Southwest Spectacular

Overall Low Gross winners of the Southwest Spectacular: Mary Campbell-Jones and Nancy Quesenberry; Photo by Ken Haley

Terri Erickson The QCLGA (18 holers) held their annual member guest tournament on April 2 and 3 this year entitled the Southwest Spectacular. And spectacular it was! From the well organized golf tournament to the goody bags, raffle, lunch, southwest decor and gifts, it was an event to remember. The two day low gross, low…

What does the Green Committee do for non-golfers?

Skip Fumia Last month we discussed the organization of the Green Committee and how it serves the Quail Creek golfing community. This month we’ll briefly review how the activities of the Green Committee have an impact on our non-golfers as well. That is, how does the Green Committee benefit the community as a whole? As…