Amateur Jonson Comes from Behind to Win the Crown at Northwest Open
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PRESORT STD FREE SEPTEMBER U.S. Postage PAID COPY 2014 ISSUE THE SOURCE FOR NORTHWEST GOLF NEWS Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Palouse Ridge and WSU football are a good mix If it’s fall, football is in the air and if you are a Wash- ington State Cougar football fan, Palouse Ridge (right) gives you an extra reason to head to Pullman for the home games. The course offers special golf events on home football Saturdays. See inside this section for more on Palouse Ridge. Amateur Jonson WHAT’S NEW Seahawks kicker gets his kicks on the course IN NW GOLF comes from behind to win the crown at Northwest Open Pacific Amateur set for Amateur Carl Jonson of Wing Point G&CC Central Oregon courses (Bainbridge Island, WA) won the Northwest Open Invitational at Wine Valley Golf Club in The Lithia Pacific Amateur Golf Classic Walla Walla, Washington. is set for Sept. 22-25 at some of Central Jonson battled Tim Feenstra of Broadmoor Oregon’s top golf courses. The event is one of the top amateur Golf Club (Seattle, WA) throughout the third tournaments in the country and will feature and final round and took the lead for good with up to 750 players playing over three days a birdie on the par 3 16th hole. at various courses in Central Oregon. The Jonson, a Senior at Nevada-Las Vegas, made top finishers form each flight will meet at a scrambling par on the 18th hole that included Sunriver’s Crosswater for the tournament trips to fairway and greenside bunkers on the 565 championship on the final day. yard par 5 at Wine Valley. Jonson finished with There is food, tee prizes and more as a final-round 69 to win the tournament. part of the entry fee. Golfers come from Feenstra will take home the first place profes- all over the country and from around the world to play in this annual event in the sional check of $6,250. Two back was second Central Oregon area. round leader Colin Inglis. See www.pacamgolf.com for more Jonson’s victory was the first by an amateur information. since Derek Berg took the title at the Running Y Ranch in 2006. Darren Black of Rainier Golf and Country Foster Golf Links is Club was fourth at 211. latest to add FootGolf Foster Golf Links in Tukwila, just south NW courses headline of Seattle, is the latest course to join the FootGolf craze. FootGolf is a game that Seattle Seahawks kicker Ste- has taken off nationally and many courses Top 100 You Can Play in the Pacific Northwest have followed ven Hauschka likes to get his The Pacific Northwest was again well suit. Foster Golf Links getting into the act kicks on the football field and represented in Golf Magazine’s listing of is not a huge surprise, since the course the Top 100 Courses You Can Play list. is located close to the Starfire Sports he also likes to play a little golf. Complex, training home for the Seattle Hauschka played a huge role with Here’s a look at how the courses stack up against the rest of the list nationally by Sounds FC soccer club. the Seahawks in their run to the The Foster Links FootGolf course Golf Magazine: plays on the front nine with holes ranging winning the Super Bowl last year. from 75 to 240 yards. FootGolf is played He will be an important part again 1. Pacific Dunes, Bandon, Ore. Saturday and Sunday afternoons. 2. Bandon Dunes, Bandon, Ore. For head professional Warren Orr, the this season. And along the way, 10. Old Macdonald, Bandon Ore. decision to add FootGolf was easy, since he likes to find some time to mix 13. Bandon Trails, Bandon, Ore. they are his two favorite sports. “It’s a 17. Chambers Bay, Univer. Place, Wash. blast,” he said. in a little golf before the season starts. Please see more inside this 38. Pronghorn Nicklaus, Bend, Ore. 56. Pumpkin Ridge (Ghost), Corn., Ore. Suncadia Resort offers section. 62. Crosswater, Sunriver, Ore. 91. Circling Raven, Worley, Idaho up some fall golf ideas 99. Couer d’Alene Resort, Idaho. Fall is a great time to visit Suncadia Golf Resort in Cle Elum, Wash., the weather always cooperates and the golf courses are in the best condition of the year. There are two courses at Suncadia: Prospector and Resort at Mountain: RopeRider, Suncadia. Just a short drive from metropolitan Seattle, what could be better than spending the weekend at the Oregon getaway Suncadia Resort. There are plenty of places to stay at and around the resort. See Page 15 for more. has plenty to offer If you are looking for a golf getaway with all the bells and whistles, then the Re- Rules Quiz sort at the Mountain just east of Portland A player’s ball lies in a bunker. The player might be what you are looking for. There’s rakes some footprints in the bunker on his line of play that were made by a previous the 27 holes of golf, the first-class hotel group, solely for care of the course. The rooms, the spa, pool, fitness center, put- improvement is unlikely to create a potential ting course . and the list goes on. The advantage for his next stroke in the bunker. You cannot rake the bunker before your resort sits just 15 minutes from Govern- stroke. True or False? See Page 2 of this ment Camp at the base of Mount Hood. section for the answer. For more, see inside this section Printed in U.S.A. • • • INSIDE GOLF NEWSPAPER • • • ©All Rights Reserved • Page 2 • • InsIde Comments • • Inside Golf - September Issue 2014 • Arriving in style: A limo trip to the new Gamble Sands is the way to go There are times when you have to pull out all the stops in the golf business. It’s not often a new golf course opens around here these days, so when Gamble Sands in Brewster, Wash. opened up last month and they invited Bob Marlatt some media guests, I decided to go all out. Publisher A call to my dentist friend Marv had to be in order. Marv owns a limo he bought a couple of Steve Turcotte years ago and I have heard the stories about how he uses it for golf trips. With the opening Steve Editor-Advertising of Gamble Sands, I knew a limo road trip was the order of the day. Turcotte Kathy Marlatt Along with Marv, Jonny and Jamie, we Operations Manager piled in the limo for the four-hour drive to golf balls the whole round.” Gamble Sands. Plenty of room and more than You know what, he designed just the place. enough drinks and snacks. And the chance Welcome to Gamble Sands. Contributing Writers to see some terrific views of the Columbia Jeff Coston, River made this trip the best ever. Even a stop Steve Turcotte is the editor of Inside Golf Mike Peluso, for gas drew attention from people gassing Newspaper. He can be reached at sdturcotte@ Brett Wilkinson up their rigs thinking there were some VIP’s comcast.net. Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein inside. And when we got to the course, the Subscription rates: girls in the parking lot seemed to be waiting for more VP’s to emerge. Sorry, just us four $17-one year and $30-two scrubs from the Seattle area. years (U.S. funds). And the course? Well, let’s just say that Gamble Sands made the trip pale in compari- Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- come, however we will accept no liability son. This is a course that seems to be well for their loss or damage, and will only out of the way for golfers, but this needs to return them if prior arrangements have be a course that needs to be on every golfer’s been made with the publisher. must-play list. David McLay Kidd, the designer of the Courier Address course, made a course that is dramatic, scenic 460 Dennis Blvd and playable for all golfers. Even for a person Port Townsend, WA 98368 who sprays the ball like me, the fairways were able to hold most shots. Mailing Address “I have heard the word fun disappear from P.O. Box 1890 golf courses,” said Kidd, a Scottish designer Port Townsend, WA 98368 who wore a kilt for the grand opening. “I tried Phone to create a course that is fun. It’s no fun to (360) 379-4080 hunt for your golf ball. It is fun to make birdies. I wanted a course where people could go out and shoot their best scores and not hunt for A limo ride to Gamble Sands was the way to go; David McLay Kidd (top) designed the course. 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 False Inside Golf would like to thank Paul Lucien for his insight on the rules and the questions and answers. InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Page 4 • • In tHe neWs • • Inside Golf - September Issue 2014 • Husky golfer wins Washington Men’s Amateur; City of Kent moves New book on Chambers Bay nearly a reality step closer to turning Tyler Salsbury of Enumclaw, Wash. shot an fact that seemed to motivate Pereira to close the Visitor Bureau (TRCVB), have joined the proj- its par-3 course into even-par 71 in the final round to win the 88th Championship early.