PRESORT STD FREE JUNE U.S. Postage PAID COPY 2012 ISSUE THE SOURCE FOR NORTHWEST GOLF NEWS Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Central Oregon: Take a tour of some of the NW’s top courses The Central Oregon area is home to some of the top courses in the Pacific Northwest, including Black Butte Ranch (pictured right). Take a tour of the area with Inside Golf Newspaper this month at where to play and what to see. See inside for more on Central Oregon. WHAT’S NEW IN NW GOLF Destination: Australia Australia is called the Land Down Under and is known for its great Home Course will coastlines, sunny weather and unusual play host to 2014 animals. It is also a great place for golf, like the Coast Club (right) just south USGA Women’s Am of Sydney. It has produced several fa- mous international golf stars like Greg Public Links event Norman and Adam Scott. For more on The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced The Home Course in Australia, please see inside this section DuPont, Wash., as the host site for the of Inside Golf. 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship. The dates of the champion- ship are July 14-19. Cooperatively owned and operated by Gove takes break the Washington State Golf Association and Central Washington golf doubleplay the Pacific Northwest Golf Association, from Nationwide, The Home Course was designed by Mike Asmundson and opened in 2007. The land on which The Home Course claims crown at was built has a rich history. The land was occupied for many years by several Native-American tribes known Washington Open collectively as the Salish people. After the PGA Tour Professional Jeff Gove, home arrival of European settlers, it housed a off the Nationwide Tour, claimed the 86th trading and supply center for the Hudson’s Washington Open Invitational title at Glen- Bay Company, including Fort Nisqually, dale Golf and Country Club in Bellevue. which is preserved today next to the Gove posted a second straight five under first green. The PNGA’s initial historical par 66 for a three day total of 200, 13 under research indicates that the Hudson’s Bay par. Gove tied the tournament record set Company traders laid out a crude six-hole last year by Tim Feenstra. layout around the old fort that may have Feenstra of Broadmoor GC (Seattle) been the first golf course in the NW. finished in a tie for second with PGA Pro- The Home Course was host to the quali- fessionals Corey Prugh of Manito G&CC fying portion of the U.S. Men’s Amateur in (Spokane) and Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo 2010. G&CC (Blaine). Another Pacific Northwest Nationwide Tour player Andres Gonzales finished in Oregon prep loses title a tie for fifth place with Mike Roters of to scorecard violation Gateway Golf Discount at 212. This was Gove’s second Washington Churchill High School (Eugene) senior Open Invitational title to go with his 1995 Carolina Inglis was about the win her crown. He collected a first-place check of fourth straight Class 5A state golf cham- $10,000 in winning his second Washington pionship after shooting a final-round 69, Open Invitational championship. nine shots better than anyone else. If you are heading to Central Brian Nosler of Vanco Driving Range But when she signed her scorecard Washington for a golf trip, two was seventh at 213 while first-round leader she mistakenly signed for a 68. Instead courses that will test your game and Darren Black of Rainier Country Club was of winning her fourth straight state golf eighth at 214. championship, Inglis was disqualified for provide plenty of stunning views are Professional Paul Knue and amateur signing the incorrect scorecard. Her play- Desert Canyon (right) in Orondo partner Ryan Wolslegel won the Pro-Am. ing partner wrote down a par instead of a and Bear Mountain Ranch (top) in bogey on the 18th hole. She would have been the first golfer Chelan. Desert Canyon is a treat in state history to win four straight state with its Columbia River views. Bear Portland native Crane championships. Mountain Ranch sits high above Inglis will attend Oregon in the fall. Lake Chelan and features some added to Umpqua field panoramic sights and great shots. The Umpqua Bank Challenge reported that Desert Canyon and Bear Mountain PGA Tour professionals Ben Crane, Steve Elk- Rules Quiz ington and Scott McCarron have been confirmed was taken over by Don Barth and for the 2012 main field. A ball lies in a water hazard in water and the partners Lyn and Randy Anderson. The Umpqua Bank Challenge will be held player is probing for the ball. Suddenly he sees the Aug. 26-28 at the Reserve Golf Club near Port- ball move (he has moved the ball). He touched the For more, please see inside this land and is hosted by Peter Jacobsen. water with a club, moved material in the water and section of Inside Golf Newspaper. moved the ball. All breaches of the rules right? See Crane, a Portland-native and 1999 graduate of Page 2 for the answer. the University of Oregon, joined the PGA Tour in 2002 after two seasons, and two wins, on the Nationwide Tour. Printed in U.S.A. • • • INSIDE GOLF NEWSPAPER • • • ©All Rights Reserved • Page 2 • • InsIde Comments • • Inside Golf - June Issue 2012 • Chambers Bay: Course making changes for new look for 2015 United States Open As you walk down the 18th fairway at of the changes in progress. This is all good Chambers Bay, you see the same sights as stuff. The fairway bunker on 18 gets your at- when the course first opened. There are the tention. The simple solution I found out - keep large concrete structures on the right hand your shot the heck out of the bunker. side of the hole. The large waste areas on The new green complex on one is more Bob marlatt both sides of the fairways. And the sight of than fair now. In fact, I hit a ball that seemed Publisher an elevated green that is one tough putting to be going left, but it hit a new raised area and surface. stayed on the fringe and did not roll down the Steve Turcotte But something looks different as you get hill to the left, laving a brutal chip shot back Editor-Advertising to within a 9-iron of the green. There is a big Steve to the green. hole in the ground of the landing area. Turns Two of the other green complexes aren’t out the USGA wanted to toughen up the 18th Turcotte finished but are taking shape and you can tell Kathy marlatt hole at Chambers Bay in preparation for the by walking around them that they will make Operations Manager United States Open, which will be played at off the green. The approach area is also being golf more enjoyable for not only players at Chambers Bay in 2015. modified so that shots short of the green stay the 2015 U.S. Open but also for the everyday Turns out the USGA wanted a deep pot within 50 yards of the green and do not roll players who play Chambers Bay. Contributing Writers bunker in the landing zone. And not just any into collection areas or into the waste areas Jeff Coston, Kathy DeNeui, Mike Peluso, kind of bunker. This is a serious hole in the near the green. Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf Brett Wilkinson ground. In fact the new bunker is so deep you As I made my way around Chambers Bay Newspaper. He can be reached at sdtur- Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein need to take steps to get down into it to hit I saw some of the finished changes and some [email protected]. your shot. And good luck advancing it toward Subscription rates: the green. The walls a steep on all sides so just getting it out is a chore. $17-one year and $30-two And this is exactly what the USGA wanted years (U.S. funds). when it had the bunker put in. Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- The new bunker is just one of many come, however we will accept no liability changes that Chambers Bay has going on as for their loss or damage, and will only it gets the course ready for the best golfers in return them if prior arrangements have the world in three years. Here’s a quick look been made with the publisher. at what else Chambers Bay is working on as it readies for 2015: Courier Address • The green complex on the opening hole 460 Dennis Blvd has been replaced. Good second shots no Port Townsend, WA 98368 longer will hit the green and roll off to the side and down the hill. mailing Address • The green complex on the 13th hole is P.O. Box 1890 being modified to allow for different pin loca- Port Townsend, WA 98368 tions and second shots will not roll off the Phone green like they used to. (360) 379-4080 • The seventh hole is getting an entirely new green complex as well. The green is be- ing modified so that more shots will finish on E-mail Address [email protected] the green rather than going long and rolling There’s plenty new at Chambers Bay, including this new bunker in the fairway on the 18th. www.insidegolfonline.com INSIDE GOLF Newspaper is a trademark of Northwest Publications, Inc. and is pub- lished on the first of each month.