Tag: QCMGA

President’s Cup Championship

Tim Phillips, president of the QCMGA, presents the President’s Cup trophy to the 2017 winner - Paul Athey

Tim Phillips Who can navigate the three nine-hole courses for three days and emerge as the winner of the President’s Cup, the QCMGA’s premier net play annual event? This is a handicap or net tournament where there are no “gimmes” and all putts are holed. Every participant has a chance to win this prestigious tournament…

Home at last

Tim Phillips How would you feel if you didn’t have a place called home? The four main trophies for competition in the 18 hole Ladies and 18 hole Men’s group have been in limbo for several years finding no real resting place as they wait for their competitive event to be played once every year.…

New board for QCMGA in 2017

Outgoing President of the QCMGA Skip Fumia passes the gavel to incoming President Tim Phillips at the annual meeting.

Tim Phillips The changing of the guard at the QCMGA took place at its Annual Meeting on November 29, 2016 at the Madera Clubhouse. Election results and the new board members were announced at this luncheon meeting that was attended by over 100 members and emceed by VP Allen Mitro. A Power Point presentation prepared…

QCMGA Club Championship winners for 2016

Front row: Jim Hart, copper flight winner; Tom Fischer, silver A winner; Bob Ford, club champion; Jim Cooley, silver C winner; Paul Simpson, super senior champion Back row: Jerry Bisping, silver F winner; Ron Turner, silver E winner; Tim Phillips, silver D winner and Tom Brennan, silver B winner

Tim Phillips To be the Club Champion at Quail Creek or one of the additional seven flight winners, you needed to play three days of consistent and three winning golf rounds in mid-November. The field began with 79 players with some dropping out of the competition after experiencing difficulty in shooting reasonable scores on the…

Prickly Pear trophy won by the men

President Skip with Prickly Pair Trophy and Gail Phillips holds the Humble Pie

Tim Phillips Although the early morning commenced with a cascade of lightning streaks, rain and thundering skies, it was under calmer skies when the game began and each side ventured to their starting holes. The golf course was very wet and playing long. At stake was a total of 378 points with the winning team…

Superintendent’s Revenge – the tradition continues

Jim Hart, Tommy Murray and David Ray study a devilish hole location.

Tim Phillips Now two years old, the third version of the Superintendent’s Revenge for QCMGA golfers took place on June 2, 2015. It differed little from its two older brothers as the pin placements on the greens on the Coyote and Quail courses were situated in locations – hardly on the green in most cases…

QCMGA annual Member/Guest Tournament highlights

Gordy Johnson and his guest Brian Ashe won the Sam Snead Flight at the thirteenth annual Quail Creek Men’s Golf Association Member/Guest Invitational Tournament.

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…