PRESORT STD FREE SEPTEMBER U.S. Postage PAID COPY 2015 ISSUE The source for northwest news Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Southwest Washington: Plenty of golf along I-5 If you travel up and down the I-5 corridor from Olym- pia to Vancouver, there are plenty of reasons why to bring your golf clubs, including a stop at Tri Mountain in Ridgefield (right). There are several golf options and other terrific things to do in the area. See our special section this month for more.

Pacific Northwest is in golf spotlight The Pacific Northwest was in the golf spotlight during the month of August with several big events including the Boeing Classic at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge near Seattle (right), the LPGA Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland (middle) and the United States Women’s Amateur at the Portland (far right). There was also the WinCo Foods Portland Open which was held at Pumpkin Ridge’s Witch Hollow. See inside Photo by Scott H. Bisch Photo by Scott H. Bisch Photo by Scott H. Bisch for more on these tournaments. Billy Andrade held on to win the Boeing Classic. Brooke Henderson claimed the LPGA Portland event. Hannah O’Sullivan won the U.S. Women’s Am. Football and Palouse Ridge mix just fine Beginner’s luck? WHAT’S NEW IN NW GOLF Northwest golfer gets hole-in-one

on her third hole Pacific Amateur set for OK, those of you who have played golf for years and years and have never had a hole-in-one you might this month in C. Oregon not want to read on. This is one of those stories that Looking for some top amateur competition will you crazy. But for those who love wild golf to keep your game sharp, then look no further stories, read on. than the Lithia Pacific Amateur Classic which Lindsey Baumann, 25, of Seattle bought herself will take place this September at some of some golf clubs on Craigslist a few weeks ago to ap- Central Oregon’s top golf courses. pease her boyfriend Tom Horton. They went to the The event is set for Sept. 19-24 and will range together a couple of times at Jefferson Park. No feature divisions for men, women and seniors. Up to 700 players are expected to take part lessons, just some range balls. in the 19th annual event. The tournament fea- A little while later, the training wheels came off and tures three days of individual play with the top Tom took his girlfriend to West Seattle Golf Course for players from each flight playing at Sunriver’s her first round of golf in her life. You read that right, Crosswater for the tournament championship first round of golf ever. By now you are probably get- on the final day of the Pacific Amateur. ting the idea where this story is heading. Cost is $530 or $475 for a returning player After the first two holes, Lindsey was getting frus- and includes gifts, food, golf and more. trated even having a hard time making contact with For more information see the website www. the . “I thought for sure it would be my first pacamgolf.com. and last time playing golf,” she said. As she stood on the -3, 103-yard tee of the third hole at West Seattle, she took out her driver against Tacoma Open: Chance her boyfriend’s advice. And the rest is golf history. Lindsey made contact, sent the ball toward the green to play with the pros Football season is here and if you are looking for the perfect mix of football and golf, and watched the ball go into the hole for a hole-in-one The Tacoma Open at Meadow then head to Palouse Ridge in Pullman. the city of Pullman is the home of the Washington on just her third hole of golf ever. She quickly went Course in Tacoma will give the amateurs a State Cougars football team and also the home to Palouse Ridge, one of the top courses from wanting to sell her clubs to looking forward to chance to play with the professionals. in the Northwest. There are events aplenty when football season hits. See inside for more. her next round of golf. The tournament will take place Sept. 11-13 To those still looking for their first hole-in-one, and will feature some of the Pacific Northwest’s sorry about this story. A little beginner’s luck. top professionals and amateurs in a 54-hole event. There will be a 36-hole cut for both the professionals and amateurs. Last year, professional Andrew Yun of Tacoma won the Derek Barron wins tournament. Also playing with were PGA pros Michael Putnam and Troy Kelly.. Entry fee is $450 for professionals and $250 NW Open crown for amateurs. Call 253.473.3033 for info. Professional Derek Barron of Tacoma Golf Center came back after a shaky front nine with four birdies in a row on the back to claim the 2015 Northwest Open Invitational at Wine Rules Quiz Valley Golf Club in Walla Walla. The 2014 A player know the flagstick has been Oregon Open Invitational Champion was three removed and placed on the putting green over after the turn and had given up the lead to when asked by a fellow competitor if he amateur Derek Bayley after 12 holes. Barron wants the flag replaced before he plays then went on his birdie streak and Bayley could from just off on the fringe. The ball takes only finish even over his last six. Barron set a and unexpected break and hits the flagstick new Northwest Open Invitational record of 199, on the lying on the putting green. What is 17 under par. Bayley took home low amateur your ruling? See Page 2 for the answer. honors at the Northwest with a score of 202. Lindsey Baumann shows off her hole-in-one.

Printed in U.S.A. • • • INSIDE GOLF NEWSPAPER • • • ©All Rights Reserved • Page 2 • • Inside Comments • • Inside Golf - September Issue 2015 • Highline College comes calling about a new coaching job, I couldn’t say no When my phone rang a few weeks ago, I golf outfits, bags and other equipment to get glanced down at the caller ID and saw it was things going. Now, we just need more players. John Dunn, my buddy who is the athletic director Anyone interested? at Highline College in Des Moines. • If former Piece County Executive John When Dunn calls it can only be about playing Ladenburg has his way, will be Bob Marlatt some golf or talking some golf. back on the U.S. Open calendar in the next 10 Publisher “Hey, what’s up,” I said. years. Ladenburg was the driving force behind “Got an offer for you,” Dunn replied. the course when he ran the county and was like “What time is the tee time for this one,” I a proud papa when the event was held back in Steve Turcotte asked him in return. June. Ladenburg didn’t mince words about the Steve Editor-Advertising “No golf this time, got an offer for you,” Dunn event: “I couldn’t have scripted it any better. said. “We are starting a women’s golf team and Turcotte The USGA really hit a home run here.” I want you to run it.” Ladenburg is hopeful that the USGA will pick Kathy Marlatt Really? Me? Coach Turcotte? I thought about Chambers Bay for the 2025 U.S. Open. But Operations Manager it for a few seconds. O’Neill of Riverbend put me in touch with Megan of course there are some changes that need “I’m in,” I told Dunn. Martin who was planning on attending Highline to come, like better viewing for fans and new And now, the Coach Turcotte era at Highline and didn’t know about the golf team. She does greens. But all that can be done well before Contributing Writers College and women’s golf is underway. I have now. And now we have two players. 2025. “I think the prospects are good.” Jeff Coston, Mike Peluso, coached many sports and for many years before The plans call for a couple of tournaments in Becky Fossum with my daughter Rebecca. I have coached bas- the fall and more in the spring. We will host our Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf News- Photography by Scott H. Bisch ketball teams, volleyball teams, softball teams, own tournament in early April at Twin Lakes. paper. He can be reached at sdturcotte@comcast. Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein soccer teams and even was an assistant coach This is exciting stuff. We have also ordered net. for her Sumner High School golf team,. Subscription rates: But now I am an actual paid head coach of $17-one year and $30-two a college sports program. Now that I put it that years (U.S. funds). way, what in the heck was a thinking about when I agreed. When I took the job, the tournament Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- season was not that far down the road and there come, however we will accept no liability were no players. So, let’s see .... no tourna- for their loss or damage, and will only ments, , no players, no gear. Hmmmm. Again, return them if prior arrangements have what was I thinking. been made with the publisher. OK kidding aside. This is an exciting chance. The Highline women’s team will play its home Courier Address matches at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club in 460 Dennis Blvd Federal Way - a place I also call home. Assistant Port Townsend, WA 98368 professional Nate Smith will be my assistant. He knows more about the swing than I do - just Mailing Address check our scores. P.O. Box 1890 And now, I do have two players. Jasmine Port Townsend, WA 98368 Hansgen of Utah was recruited to play basket- ball at Highline but it turns out she plays a little Phone golf. My first recruiting phone call turned out to (360) 379-4080 be a success. Jasmine became the first player to sign on for Highline women’s golf. Marti Pierce County and Chambers Bay are hoping to get back on the U.S. Open schedule in the late 2020’s. E-mail Address [email protected] www.insidegolfonline.com Inside Golf Newspaper is a trademark of Northwest Publications, Inc. and is pub- lished on the first of each month.

Rules Answer Answer: The player incurs a two stroke and the ball is played as it lies. Since the player had fore knowledge the flagstick was not in the hole and lying on the green he is in breach of 17-3. See also decision 17-3/3, Rule 17-3a.

• Inside Golf would like to thank Paul Lucien for his insight on the rules.

InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Inside Golf - September Issue 2015 • • IN THE NEWS • • Page 3 • The Golf Show: ESPN 710 in Seattle gives golfers airtime ` If you happen to be heading to the golf course in The Golf Show will have its share of local the Puget Sound area on a Sunday morning, chances guests, but also national guests are part of the show are you might have heard the voices of Jim Moore as well. One of the most popular segments is called and Shon Crewe on your car radio as you head to Sweeping The Dial which looks at a variety of top- the course. ics locally and nationally, which are usually offbeat They are the co-hosts for ESPN 710’s The Golf golf stories. Show, which airs every Sunday morning. It is a Moore is an afternoon host on ESPN 710 Se- show which has been on the air for three and a attle along with Danny O’Neil and former Seattle half years and a show which has entertained Puget Seahawk Dave Wyman. Crewe has modeled, acted Sound golfers with a variety of topics and some in videos and commercials. Moore says that Crewe lively banter between the hosts. has helped the show gain some traction with her The Golf Show, which is sponsored by Gamble 50,000 Twitter followers and work to get the word Sands Golf Course, tries to focus on the local golf out on the show, scene which is easy because there is so much going “She has turned this whole golf thing into a Twit- on from tournaments to course features. The recent ter following of more than 50,000,” said Moore. U.S. Open allowed Moore and Crew to broadcast “And she has come up with so many contacts that their show live for two days from the media center have led to all kinds of guests we have had on the at Chambers Bay. show.” Jim Moore and Shon Crewe talk golf every weekend on The Golf Show on ESPN 710 Seattle.

InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Page 4 • • In THE NEWS • • Inside Golf - September Issue 2015 • Mercer Island golfer claims Washington State Men’s Am title; Auburn junior player captures AJGA championship Charlie Kern of Mercer Island, Wash. played steady event with a tournament total of 7-under-par 209 at the back of third round leaders Will Zalatoris of Plano, years, following this year’s hugely popular men’s U.S. golf over three rounds, shooting 71-72-72, to win the Yang Foundation Junior at Ranch. In the Girls Texas and Bryson DeChambeau of Clovis, California. Open Championship at Chambers Bay in Tacoma. 89th Washington State Men’s Amateur Championship. Division, Kailie Vongsaga of Diamond Bar, California, Wise got off to a great start, making birdies on holes Riley knows about Sahalee first-hand, having Kern had started the final round five shots behind won her fourth AJGA event with a tournament total of one and three to get to four under and into the lead he worked at the club in 2007 as a college intern. A gradu- second-round leader Joe Harvie of Orting, Wash. 1-under-par 213 at Wood Ranch Golf Club. would never relinquish. ate of the University of Idaho, Riley was a four-time After three rounds played in difficult windy con- Yi credited his tee shots for his bogey-free final Ben Crane, now a touring professional on the varsity golfer at Southridge High in Kennewick, and ditions, no player in the field finished under par. The round. After saving par on No. 17, the rising junior PGA Tour, won the 1998 Pacific Coast Amateur at the then played golf at Columbia Basin College before 54-hole championship was held on the par-71 Rope captured the lead when he birdied No. 18, winning Eugene Country Club and was a member of Oregon’s transferring to Idaho, where he studied Professional Rider course at Suncadia Resort in Cle Elum, Wash. by one stroke. golf team. Golf Management and Business Marketing. Playing together in the final group of the day, Brandon Brame of Anaheim Hills, California, Wise finished the Championship with rounds of Harvie had extended his lead over Kern, his closest finished in second at 6-under-par 210. Seldon Doyle of 69-71-68-66-274 (-6). Finishing in a tie for second at pursuer, to a seemingly insurmountable eight shots Thousand Oaks, California, came in third at 4-under- Riverbend professionals set lessons four-under was McNealy (70-72-65-69) and Hossler The professionals at Riverbend Golf Course in after eagleing the par-5 second hole, the second con- par 212. Taisei Negishi of San Diego, finished in fourth (71-72-69-65) with 276 totals. In a tie for fourth were Kent have set the dates for their September group secutive day he had eagled the hole. at 3-under-par 213. Issei Tanabe of Huntington Beach, third round co-leaders Zalatoris (70-67-69-62) and lessons. But Harvie would go 6-over par over the next eight California, and Alexander Pak of San Clemente, Cali- DeChambeau (70-68-68-72) at 278, two-under. Eric Hinrichs will have his lessons on Sept. 8-15- holes, while Kern birdied holes six and seven, and the fornia, finished tied for fifth at 4-under-par 214. Other notable leaderboard finishers were Jonathan 22-29, Josh Immordino will have lessons on Sept. two players were tied for the lead at even par while Garrick of Atherton, California (73-73-69-66), Scottie 2-16-23-30, Jon Shabel will have lessons on Sept. standing on the 11th tee, and it became a two-man Bendricks win Parent-Child event Scheffler of Dallas, Texas (72-68-73-68) and Jared 3-10-17-25 and Justin Harvey will conduct his group horse race to the finish. The father-daughter team of Jacqueline and Terry duToit of Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada (68- lessons on Sept. 5-12-19-26. The two players were still tied for the lead playing Bendrick of Mercer Island, Wash. won a four-hole 73-72-68). All three finished in a tie for 6th at 281. Cost is $75 per student for the group lessons and the 18th hole, but Harvie double-bogeyed the hole. with Todd and Ethan Morris of Renton, Wash. each class will have a minimum of four students with Winning this championship closes out Kern’s to win the 7th Washington State Parent-Child Cham- LPGA major at Sahalee makes hire a maximum of eight students. amateur career. This month he will move to South pionship. The championship was held at The Home Sean Riley, a PGA golf professional who grew up in Call 253.856.5157 for more information. Carolina, turn professional and attempt to qualify for Course in DuPont, Wash. and was conducted by the southern Washington, has been named Championship the Web.com Tour and PGA Tour Canada. Washington State Golf Association (WSGA). Director for the 2016 KPMG Women’s PGA Cham- The two teams traded pars on the first three playoff pionship, to be played June 9-12 at Sahalee Country Stoll wins Oregon Women’s holes before Jacqueline sank a 6-foot birdie putt on Club in the Seattle-area community of Sammamish, White Horse will host Gigi Stoll (Tigard, Ore.) won on the third playoff the fourth extra hole for the win. Wash. hole to earn the title at the 25th Oregon Women’s Jacqueline will be a sophomore at Furman Uni- Born and raised in the Tri-Cities area, Riley is Clearwater Challenge Stroke Play Championship at Rock Creek Country versity in South Carolina. She attended Mercer Island responsible for the overall coordination and planning White Horse Golf Club in Kingston, Wash. Club in Portland, Ore. Chris Maletis (Portland, Ore.) High School before transferring to the IMG Academy of the first women’s major championship in the Pacific and part of the Clearwater Resort, will host the won the 10th Oregon Super Senior Championship, in Bradenton, Fla. to pursue her goal of becoming a Northwest in 70 years. The KPMG Women’s PGA inaugural Clearwater Classic Two-Man Challenge which was held concurrently with the Women’s Stroke Division I college golfer. Earlier this summer she had Championship is a collaboration among KPMG, the Saturday Sept. 12. Play. competed in the WSGA’s Washington State Women’s LPGA, and PGA of America that celebrates the devel- The one-day event is open to the first 36 Stoll, who lost in a playoff in this event in 2014 Amateur, finishing 11th. opment, advancement and empowerment of women teams to sign up for the tournament. There will to Aram Choi, defeated Brie Stone (Veneta, Ore.) on on and off the golf course. be a 9:00 a.m. modified and there the third playoff hole for her first Oregon Women’s Sahalee Country Club, site of the 1998 PGA Cham- can not be more than an eight-stroke difference Oregon sophomore wins Pacific Coast between partners. Cost is $75 per person and Stroke Play title. The two golfers both shot rounds of University of Oregon Duck Sophomore Aaron pionship and the 2010 U.S. Senior Open, becomes the includes greens fee, cart, range balls and lunch. 73-77 – 150 (+6), with no player shooting under par Wise of Lake Elsinore, California has etched his name second Washington state site to host a U.S. women’s Competition is front nine best ball and back at the tough-playing Rock Creek Country Club. in Pacific Coast Amateur history with an impressive major, following the inaugural U.S. Women’s Open nine . The Clearwater Casino is adding final round at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Or- Championship in 1946, played in Spokane. $1,000 to the prize fund. Call 369.297.4498 for egon. The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is the Auburn’s Yi wins AJGA event more information. Sean Yi of Auburn, Washington, won his first AJGA Coming into the final round, Wise sat two strokes second golf major in the Pacific Northwest in as many

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Bomar comes from behind, Tour Players With Northwest ties PGA Tour • Ben Crane • Portland • 190th on the list with $203,254 claims Senior Oregon Open • Robert Garrigus • Gresham • 183rd on the list with $253.699 PGA Professional Billy Bomar of Prairie Falls ship, if eligible, as well assistant’s and appren- • Andres Gonzales • Olympia • 108th on the list with $925,335 GC (Post Falls, ID) won the 20th Senior Oregon tices from a weighted average of total entries of • Troy Kelly • Bremerton • 217th on the list with $67,547 Open Invitational in a three way playoff against the 41 PGA Sections. • Ryan Moore • Puyallup • 23rd on the list with $2,584,968 • • Spokane • 142nd on the list with $636,789 defending champion PGA Professional Todd The winner of the 39th National Car Rental • • Tacoma • 178th on the list with $282,879 Erwin of Tacoma Golf Center (Tacoma, WA) and PGA Assistant Championship earns $9,000 out • Michael Putnam • Tacoma • 154th on the list with $557,803 2008 Champion PGA Professional Rob Gibbons of a total purse of $100,000. The top-70 finish- • Kyle Stanley • Gig Harbor • 184th on the list with $345,504 of Arrowhead GC (Molalla, OR). Bomar birdied ers and ties after the second round will make the • Nick Taylor • Ex-UW • 90th on the list with $1,053,352 the first hole of the playoff for the title and the cut. Web.com Tour $5,000 first place check. • Jason Allred • Ashland • 38th on the list with $110,756 • Joel Dahmen, Clarkston • 55th on the list with $86,344 Low amateur honors went to Bob Christensen DuBois wins Riverbend Amateur • Jeff Gove • Seattle • 123rd on the list with $27,137 of Coeur d’ Alene Resort GC (Coeur d’Alene, ID) Ben DuBois of Fairwood Golf and Country • Richard H. Lee • Bellevue • 162nd on the list with $9,903 who finished in sixth place. Club won the championship of the 22nd annual • Brock Mackenzie • Yakima • 94th on the list with $47,335 PGA Professional JD Cline of Bear Creek CC Riverbend Amateur with a two-round total of • Andrew Yun • Tacoma • 47th on the list with $99,167 (Woodinville, WA) won the 36 hole Super Senior `Champions Tour 136. DeBois beat second-place finisher Erik • Jeff Coston • Blaine • 82nd on the list with $82,240 competition after posting rounds of 72-70-142. Olson of Riverbend, who checked in with a score • Fred Couples • Seattle • 29th on the list with $479,311 The Pacific Northwest Section includes 1,100 of 139 for the two rounds of the tournament. • Bob Gilder • Corvallis • 79th on the list with $88,078 PGA members and apprentices in Washington, Jamie Huo and Josh Shireman tied for third • Brian Henninger • Eugene • 37th on the list with $366,592 Oregon, Northern Idaho, Western Montana and at 140 while Ahren Young and Ryan Welborn • Peter Jacobsen • Portland • 102nd on the list with $43,375 Alaska. The Senior Oregon Open Invitational tied for fifth at 141 and Casey Adams and Tres • Kirk Triplett • Pullman • 21st on the list with $630,336 is one of three major senior championships LPGA Tour Kirkebo tied for seventh at 143. • SooBin Kim • Ex-UW • 98th on the list with $63,522 conducted by the Section and is being conducted Broc Johnson and Danny Newton tied for • Paige Mackenzie • Yakima • No cuts made for the 13th straight year at Wildhorse Resort and ninth at 144 and Patrick Nugent came in 11th • Sadena Parks • Tacoma • 101st on the list with $59,952 Casino. with a 146 score. • Wendy Ward • Edwall, Wash. • No cuts made The tournament features a total field of 160 LPGA Symetra Tour • Molly Aronsson • Ex-UW • 102nd on the list with $4,531 players for the two days and raised money for the King wins NW Assistants title • Kelli Bowers • Chelan • 76th on the list with $7,145 PGA Professional Casey King of Tokatee GC Folds of Honor Foundation, which helps support • Jimin Kang • Seattle • 12th on the list with $39,365 (Blue River, OR) won the National Car Rental families of fallen military heros. • Renee Skidmore • Everett • 144th on the list with $1,863 Assistant Championship by one stroke over PGA • Kim Welch • Ex-WSU • 115th on the list with $3,630 Professional John Cassidy of Alderbrook G&YC Twin Lakes Amateur set for Oct. 3-4 (Union, WA). King posted rounds of 70-69-139, The sixth annual Twin Lakes Amateur Pre- 5-under par at Tualatin CC. All participants sented by Southgate Electric will be held Oct. 3-4 Did you know…. • Beaverton High School graduate Gigi Stoll played played 36 holes on Monday. at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club in Federal • The WSGA has created an initiative that allows all in the Camiba Portland Classic for the second straight Casey King, John Cassidy, Ryan Malby and Way. The event will feature a field of both a men’s high school golf team members year. However she Derek Barron all earned spots to the 2015 Na- and women’s division for the 2015 event. – boys and girls – to become missed the cut shoot- tional Car Rental PGA Assistant National Cham- The tournament will be stroke play over two WSGA members at no cost, al- ing rounds of 79-73. pionship on the Wanamaker Course at the PGA days and feature a shotgun start at 9:00 a.m. on lowing each young golfer to have She qualified for the event by winning an Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida – October both Saturday and Sunday. Entry fee is $140 and the same benefits that all WSGA 29 – November 1, 2015. members have. And another way amateur qualifier for the second straight year. Seventeen- includes two rounds of tournament golf, a Friday year-old Brooke Henderson won the tournament with a 21 The 132-man field for this year’s 39th edition night dinner party and Sunday lunch, tee prizes the WSGA is trying to get kids more invol ed in the game of golf. under par score at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. of the PGA Assistant Championship consists of from Taylor Made/Adidas and more. the top-4 finishers from last year’s Champion- For information call 253.838.0345.

InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Page 8 • • IN THE NEWS • • Inside Golf - September Issue 2015 • Brandes holds on to win PNGA Men’s Mid-Amateur crown Tom Brandes of Bellevue, Wash. held on in the Kadin went in to the second and final day leading Gliege, the No. 2 seed, had impressive victories in Course in Seattle and won the 7th Annual Tournament final holes to win the 6th Washington State Men's by three shots, but was challenged right out of the gate the early matches of the championship, winning three by two shots over Bradley Wong. Mid-Amateur Championship, while Amanda Jacobs on Sunday. After seven birdies on Saturday, Kadin had matches leading up to the final match by margins of 7 Giboney was solid and steady through the round of Seattle went wire-to-wire to win the 6th Washington three on Sunday, and was consistent enough to hold and 5, 6 and 5, and 6 and 4. of the tournament with one birdie. State Women's Mid-Amateur. off numerous competitors who took advantage of the Over 50 junior golfers ages 6-17 competed in the The two 36-hole stroke-play championships were mild temperatures and reduced wind gusts. Kadin PNGA Junior Girls Championship annual Tournament. Ages 6-12 competed on Jackson held concurrently at Fairwood Golf & Country Club finished with scores of 66-72 – 138 (-6), winning his Park’s Executive nine while ages 13-17 competed on Kelly Hooper of Spokane, Wash. defeated Jalayne in Renton, Wash. first Oregon Mid-Amateur Championship by one shot. the full size 18-hole course. Martinez of Pasco, Wash. 4 and 3 in the final match to Brandes had a 7-shot lead after 12 holes of the win the 60th Pacific Northwest Junior Girls’ Amateur second and final round but could only watch as Erik PNGA Junior Boys Championship Championship. Sahalee kicks off plans for LPGA major Hanson caught fire with birdies on 16 and 17. Brandes Joshua Gliege of Eagle, Idaho completed his march The championship was held at RedHawk Golf Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish will host held a one-shot lead heading to the final hole. Both through the bracket with an 8 and 7 decision in the final Course in Nampa, Idaho, and was conducted by the the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in 2016 players had birdie putts, but both slid their putts by match over Roy Kang of North Vancouver, B.C. to Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA). and kicked off the event in style bringing in the top the hole allowing Brandes to win the tournament by win the 61st Pacific Northwest Junior Boys’ Amateur, During the 18-hole final match, there were several guns, including Pacific Northwest native LPGA player one shot. which was held at Wildhorse Resort in Pendleton. lead changes during the front nine, and the match stood Sadena Parks and LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan The championship was conducted by the Pacific at all square after 10 holes. But then Hooper won four who will announce plans for the tournament. Oregon Mid-Amateur Championship Northwest Golf Association (PNGA). of the next five holes to close it out with a par on the The tournament is one of the major championships Justin Kadin (Corvallis, Ore.) and Kate Harper After 12 holes into the scheduled 36-hole match, 15th hole. on the LPGA schedule and will take place June 9-12 (Portland, Ore.) withstood tough competition to Gliege found himself 1-down to Kang, but he then took at Sahalee Country Club. Sahalee is no stranger to big-time championships having hosted the 1998 PGA win their respective divisions at the 27th Oregon complete control of the match by winning nine of the Jackson Juniors Tournament Mid-Amateur Championship, held August 15-16 at next 14 holes, closing out the match with a birdie on Championship, the 2002 WGS-NEC Invitational and Grayson Giboney fired a 75 at Jackson Park Golf Wildhorse Resort in Pendleton, Ore. the par-5 29th hole. the 2010 U.S. Senior Open. InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Page 10 • • IN THE NEWS • • Inside Golf - September Issue 2015 • Football time: Palouse Ridge, WSU make for golf weekends If you are Washington State University foot- 31 against Stanford, Saturday Nov. 7 against ball fan and golfer, then Palouse Ridge is the Arizona State and Saturday Nov. 21 against place to be for football weekends this fall. Colorado. Washington State will play six home Not only is Palouse Ridge one of the top-rated games during the 2015 season. courses in the Pacific Northwest it is also home Palouse Ridge is one of the few college cam- to some terrific golf during football weekends puses in the country to have a golf course close when the Cougars are playing home games for to the football stadium. Todd Lupkes, the General the 2015 season. Manager at Palouse Ridge says that there will be Washington State opens its 2015 season Sept. shotgun starts before every home game. And golf 5 at home at Martin Stadium against Portland will be played as long as the weather cooperates State. The game time is early at 11:00 a.m. but in Pullman - even Saturday Nov. 21. there is still golf to be played at Palouse Ridge Palouse Ridge hosted Pac-12 Men’s Golf before the game. Championships this year and will host its WSU Washington State returns home for games on Women’s Invitational Sept. 20-22 and the Men’s Saturday, Sept. 19 against Wyoming, Saturday, Invitational Sept. 27-29. Oct. 17 against Oregon State, Saturday Oct. For info call 509.335.4342. Palouse Ridge will be a busy place during the fall and Washington State home football games. InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Page 12 • • IN THE NEWS • • Inside Golf - September Issue 2015 • Professional tours hit the Pacific Northwest with a variety of tournaments Youth was served at the Cambia Portland LPGA Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club when Canadian Brooke Henderson domi- nated the field. And she is only 17 years old. Henderson won the tournament with a record 21 under par score and became the first Canadian LPGA Tour player to win an event Since Lorie Kane won in 2001. Henderson collected a winner’s check of $195,000 and became the third player in LPGA history to win before her 18th birthday joining Photo by Scott H. Bisch Photo by Scott H. Bisch Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson. She was the first Monday qualifier to win on the LPGA Tour since Laurel Kean in 2000. The Northwest was represented at the Boeing Classic by Fred Couples (left) and Jeff Coston, • At the USGA Women’s Amateur at the Photo by Scott H. Bisch Portland Golf Club, Hannah O’Sullivan, 17, of Chandler, Ariz., won with a 3-and-2 victory over Cheyenne Woods lets it fly at LPGA Portland. Sierra Brooks, 17, of Sorrento, Fla. After trailing by three holes through 15, O’Sullivan steadily inched closer, cutting the deficit to 1 down at the 18-hole break, squaring the match through 23 holes, taking the lead on the 24th hole and making a 4-foot par putt on the 34th green to seal the victory. • At the Boeing Classic at the TPC Snoqualm- ie Ridge, Billy Andrade overcame a triple-bogey on the fourth hole of the final round to win by one shot over Bernhard Langer. Andrade’s winning score tied for the high- est cumulative score in tournament history at 9 under par. Andrade entered the final round with a three-shot lead and held on down the stretch. Northwest results: Seattle’s Fred Couples Photo by Scott H. Bisch finished tied for third, Eugene’s Brian Henninger Photo by Scott H. Bisch finished tied for 59th, Corvallis’ Bob Gilder tied for 61st and Blaine’s Jeff Coston tied for 71st. Sierra Brooks was second at U.S. Women’s Am. Tournament Director Tom Maletis shares a laugh with tournament winner Brooke Henderson.

InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Inside Golf - September Issue 2015 • • IN THE NEWS • • Page 13 • The Lesson Tee: A running blog from the road while playing the Champions Tour This summer has been like being on a merry- Scott Hoch and Ian Woosnam. Hoch is very funny. go-round. There has been the tournaments on the He is candid with little if any filter. He has 168 top 10 Champions Tour. My lessons with my students at finishes on the PGA Tour. That is how he earned the Semiahmoo Resort and through it all it was impor- nickname as “the ATM”; he was a cash machine. tant for me to find time to host a charity Pro-Am. Woosnam was quite friendly. They both had During the week of the Boeing Classic, I invited serious opinions about the latest inductees into some of my Champions Tour friends to Semiahmoo the . I will leave it at that. for a little dinner a little camaraderie and a little golf. I shot 67 that round. Perhaps I could play with It was a one-day event to raise money for the St. them every day. Jeff Joseph’s Cancer Research Center in Whatcom I’ve spent quite a few conversations with Ber- County - and a place that I was proud to help. nhard Langer this year. He has been interested in The Pro-Am included Champions Tour players C oston my success and we have many mutual interests. Rocco Mediate, Russ Cochran, Rodger Chapman, He knows how to win golf tournaments by the Grant Waite, Frank Esposito, Olin Browne, Joey I’m back teaching at my academy this month and way. He is a good man. Sindelar and Mark Calcavecchia. It started with a really all year. Give me a call and we will spend Sunday night dinner at the resort and then went some Extraordinary time on your golf game. Jeff Coston is a member of the PGA Northwest onto a Monday Pro-Am, When it was all finished • Just finished The Shaw Classic in Calgary. Section Hall of Fame and currently plays on the Cham- up we had raised $25,000 for the charity. 72-67-76. Ouch. I played the second round with pions Tour. He also runs a golf academy at Semiahmoo This is something that I would like to keep Resort. He can be reached at 360.201.4590. doing. It’s a great charity and it’s a great way to expose Northwest Washington and Semiahmoo Resort to some of my Champions Tour friends. By the way, my team did not win the Pro-Am. That honor went to Olin Browne’s team. Maybe next time.. Editor’s note: Jeff has been writing a blog from his travels. Here are a few notes from a couple of events he played in during the month of August: • The Boeing Classic just finished for me and here are a few thoughts. The Boeing has always been a highlight tourney for me. One year I skipped the PGA Championship to play Boeing. I love Se- attle and the folks in the Great Northwest. I’ve made and deepened so many friendships with the players while playing The Champions Tour. That would be one of the highlights of 2015. Billy Andrade won this year. We have played several rounds together this year. He is down to earth and a sports lover. I remember playing basketball together while on the regular Tour. He can play! Really good guys out there. Life long friends. Jeff Coston has made plenty of new friends on the Champions Tour during his rookie year, new friends like (from left to right), Dave Stockton, Lee Trevino (Jeff Coston), Johnny Miller and Dave Stockton Jr.

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• Page 14 • • RULES OF THE GAME • • Inside Golf - September Issue 2015 • Rules of the Game: Make sure to know the If you have short game questions, right rules when you are on teeing ground here are answers What is the difference between a "chip & a pitch"? Why is my club called a "U or A?” Recently, I've had many "short game questions - here is my short game answers: Chip (or some golfers call it a bump & run):: is a short rolling shot normally right around the collar of the green (think 1 car away from the edge of the green). The ball will act like it is "bowling on the ground".... More lower ground time & less in the air. Mike Pitch: is normally farther away from the Peluso green (think 2 cars or more away....20 yards plus). A pitch shot gets it's name due to the "mark the ball makes on the green".... Not because you are using a "pitching ". It's What are the dos and don’ts when you’re more about the higher trajectory of the ball flight teeing off? (think of a under hand toss). Well, first of all, let’s look at some terminol- Now let's talk wedges lingo: ogy. The proper term for the area between the : can have a "10, P or PW" markers is called the “teeing ground.” You may labeled on it. (Normally 48˚ of loft).... Sometime hear “tee box” but the proper term is “teeing the loft will be stamped on it. ground.” The specially mowed area where the : can be labeled... "A: approach, teeing round is located is called a pad, but the G:gap, U: utility or the loft (normally 50-52˚)" entire pad is not the teeing ground. I depends on if you’re playing stroke play If the player knocks his ball off the tee, or if : normally labeled... "S or SW, How is a teeing ground measured? or . In stroke play, it costs you two the ball falls off the tee, there is no penalty. Just sand or the loft (55-56˚)". Think of this club as The teeing ground is a rectangular area that’s strokes and you must return and tee off from re-tee it, and play your tee shot. your "stopping club or your spatula"... It can be used for many shots " in, out, over & around"... defined on the front end by the outside edges within the teeing ground. It doesn’t matter how • So, it’s time for a changing of the guard. A bunker. of the two markers. The depth of the teeing many strokes you’ve taken. You just start all I’ve been writing this Rules column for 14 years : labeled "L or Lob or LW or the ground is two-club lengths deep. The back end is over again and add two strokes your score. But and it’s time to pass the torch to another colum- degree of loft 60 or more) parallel to the front end. See the accompanying suppose you don’t realize you’ve teed off from nist for a fresh approach. Starting in October, ˚ Many golfers don't even know what they diagram. outside the teeing ground until after you’ve teed this column with be written by my colleague have in their golf bag, how to use the correct Can I stand outside the teeing ground to tee off on the next hole. That’s bad news. You’re Russ Wing, a knowledgeable and dedicated loft, & what the shots are called. Golf can be off? disqualified! Rules scholar and an accomplished Rules Of- confusing on how things are labeled (on the Yes, but the ball must be inside the teeing But suppose you’re playing match play. If ficial. It’s been a pleasure to have hopefully bottom of the club). Hopefully this will clear ground. However, you can’t do the reverse, you tee off from outside the teeing ground, helped you understand and apply the Rules of up any confusion of the difference of a chip vs. with your feet inside the teeing ground and your your opponent has the option of either letting Golf, and to have hopefully brought you a little pitch. Happy short game. I will be teaching golf ball outside the teeing ground. “Inside the tee- it go, or recalling the stroke. Could be a little more enjoyment of this great game. Thanks for at Madrona through the end of Sept... Then I ing ground” means that any part of the ball is gamesmanship there! being my readers. will see everyone in Palm Desert, Calif. inside of or touching one of the four boundaries One of the stalest jokes in golf is when a illustrated in the diagram. player accidentally knocks his ball of the tee, Mike Peluso is a rules official with the USGA, Becky Fossum is an LPGA teaching professional What happens if I tee off from outside the and someone yells “One!” What actually is the PNGA and other organizations. He can be reached at Madrona and Palm Desert. She can be reached at teeing ground? Rule? at [email protected]. [email protected].

InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Inside Golf - September Issue 2015 • • THE HICKORY CORNER • • Page 15 • The Hickory Corner: Washington State Hickory Championship By Brian Giboney, Special to Inside Golf Colin said he knew he had a special round going majors. As for Harry's scoring average in the major Meadow Park. After he had a solid base of hickory Welcome back to The Hickory Corner where as he stood on the tee box of the treacherous championships that he didn't win, well we will not golfers to compete in his tournaments, Durel se- we will explore hickory golf (golf with pre-1935 18th hole at Jefferson Park. A 400-yard par 4 that discuss those big numbers, but let's just say that lected October 4th, 2014 as the date to rebirth the equipment). Hickory golf in the Seattle area has is awkward no matter what kind of clubs a golfer Colin's round of 72 with wood-shafted golf clubs Washington State Hickory Championship. made a resurgence in recent years. During the has in the bag. is a state record that will be very tough to beat in Why October 4th? It was selected in honor of 1990s there was a hickory golf boom in the area Colin was one over par and told himself he the years to come. the very first U.S. Open held on Oct. 4th, 1895 and a state championship was held each year to would be happy with a 5 on the hole and played Colin still has the hickory bug and has no plans when 11 golfers competed for our country’s first declare a victor. it way left away from Beacon Avenue and the to seek any method to reduce the hickory fever national golf championship. As for the venue, Durel The first being contested at Allenmoore Golf expensive windshields heading Northbound. Colin within him. He has taken 16 trips to Scotland to selected the WSGA’s very own USGA rated Home Course in 1993 when Fred Smith became the decided to intentionally hit his drive off the toe play hickory golf and most recently won the Pro Course in DuPont to hold the annual state cham- Hickory State Champion after his fine play. By of his brassie and duck hook it left into the 17th Division of the Chambers Bay Hickory Open with pionship on or near October 4th of every year. A the end of the 90s it was clear who was the top fairway. For the 2nd shot he hit a mashie up the an incredible score of 75. solid field of hickory golfers competed in the 2014 hickory golfer in the region. It was Colin Gants, 17th fairway setting up a niblick over the trees to A playoff of the Washington State Hickory State Championship (one even traveled from South now the head pro at West Seattle Golf Course. the front of the green. From there Colin calmly two Championship took place after the 2002 Cham- Carolina to compete). In the end it was Grayson Colin won the Washington State Hickory Open a putted from 40 feet for a good working bogey and pionship. From the outside looking in it would Giboney from Mill Creek Country Club who fired record seven times from 1993 to 2002. set the State Hickory scoring record of 72. seem there was a lack of competition to dethrone the low round of 76. I recently caught up with the 7-time hickory state Worth noting that scores in the hickory era Colin and many of us now playing and competing As for that 2015 Washington State Hickory champ to discuss the history of the Washington were much higher than they are on the PGA Tour in hickory had yet to pick up a hickory club and Championship, mark your calendars for September State Hickory Open and in particular his record today. Harry Vardon himself had a scoring average take our first swing. However, that changed in 26th, 2015 at The Home Course. More details low round of 72 at the 1999 WA Hickory State of 76.9 strokes while winning his 7 major champi- early 2014 when Durel Billy of Puyallup (now a are available at: http://apnationalgolfclub.com/ Championship held at Jefferson Park. It was a onships. Harry did not have any rounds in the 60s WSGA board member) successfully ran hickory hickory/ or contact tournament director Durel Billy round that featured 16 pars and only two bogies. and several rounds in the 80s while winning his tournaments at Chambers Bay, Lipoma Firs, and at [email protected].