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PRESORT STD FREE OCTOBER U.S. Postage PAID COPY 2010 ISSUE THE SOURCE FOR NORTHWEST GOLF NEWS Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Oregon woman takes the crown at 2010 Pacific Amateur Golf Classic in C. Oregon Tammy Ehrenfelt of Otis, Oregon (near Lincoln City on the Or- egon Coast) won the 2010 Pacific Amateur Golf Classic, shooting a net 69 in the final round at Crosswater. A total of 638 golfers from around the country took part in this year’s event. A total of 11 Central Oregon courses hosted this year’s event. American Lake WHAT’S NEW Camas Meadows: A NW hot spot IN NW GOLF Veterans Golf Course gets a $25,000 donation News and notes from around the from the USGA While top-ranked amateurs battled brisk Northwest winds and each other for quarterfinal spots in the U.S. Amateur Championship at Here are some highlights from Chambers Bay, a special presentation took the world of golf around the Pacific place near the main public scoreboard. Northwest and what you can read Gene McClure from the United States about in this month’s Inside Golf: Golf Association presented a $25,000 check • Jeff Coston, Inside Golf’s to representatives of nearby American Lake instructional columnist, won the Veterans Golf Course. The funds will Senior PGA Championship at assist with maintenance of a unique and Riverside Country Club in Portland heavily-used facility, the only course in the - an event he has never lost since U.S. designed specifically for wounded and turning 50. Page 6. disabled veterans. • GolfTEC will expand to the On hand to receive the gift were Harold Southcenter area of Seattle with “Pepper” Roberts, president and founder of a new facility expected to open “Friends of American Lake Veterans Golf this month, GolfTEC currently has Course” and PGA golf professional Ken facilities in Seattle and Bellevue. Still, a volunteer at the course and member Page 8. of the board of directors of the “Friends of • U.S. Amateur and Boe- ALVGC,” the nonprofit fund raising arm of ing Classic both had great story- the course. lines with Peter Uihlein winning “The USGA is proud to join in supporting the Amateur and Bernhard Langer this most worthy effort to make the experi- taking the Boeing. Page 11. ence of the game possible for many who • Mike Peluso, the Inside Golf have sacrificed and served,” said McClure, rules guru, tells you what happens a member of the USGA Executive Commit- if you accidentally move your ball tee and chair of the USGA Grants Initiative. while you are attempting to mark There’s plenty to like when “We want golf to provide enrichment to their it on the green. Page 15. you tee it up at Camas Mead- lives,” he stated. ows Golf Course, just east of Between April and August 2009, veterans Golf Galaxy in Renton will played more than 12,000 rounds of golf at Vancouver, Wash. The course the nine-hole American Lake course, which close its doors this month was given four stars by Golf is maintained and operated by a dedicated Golf Galaxy, the golf store lo- Digest Magazine in a recent group of volunteers. cated at the Renton Landing, will A multi-million dollar capital campaign is be closing its doors in October rating and for good reason: under way to add nine new holes to the exist- after failing to come to a lease With its water hazards, forced ing nine, and to make other improvements agreement. to enhance the facility’s accessibility. Golf Galaxy opened for busi- carries and 50 bunkers, Cam- Jack Nicklaus, a 1969 Ryder Cup team- ness at Renton Landing two as Meadows is a golfer’s treat. mate with Still, and his design firm, Nick- years ago and had good success For more, please see inside laus Design, are donating design services with plenty of golfers coming for the “new nine.” The legendary golfer through the doors. But the chain, this section of Inside Golf. is also serving as honorary co-chair of the owned by Dick’s Sporting Goods, fund-raising campaign. Nicklaus was in opted not to renew the lease. town this summer to promote the project. In fact, many of the Golf Gal- axy stores around the country decided to take the same route, Tacoma’s Putnam captures not renewing leases instead clos- ing for business. There is a Dick’s Nationwide event in Utah, Sporting Goods in Puyallup. closes in on PGA Tour card Michael Putnam fired a 4-under 67 to come from behind and win the Utah Championship by three strokes over Venezuela’s Jhonnatan Rules Quiz Vegas and New Zealand’s Bradley Iles. Putnam finished at 18-under A player begins his stipulated round with 266 and collected his first victory since turning professional in 2005. ten clubs carried by his caddie. The player has Putnam earned $99,000 for the victory and moved from No. 47 to No. also asked another person to walk along with 15 on the season money list with seven tournaments left on the schedule. the group and carry five more clubs. During The 25 leading money winners will earn PGA Tour cards for 2011. the round, the player intends to add from the Putnam is hoping to make a return trip to the PGA Tour with the clubs carried by the other person. Is such an arrangement permissible? See the answer on win and expand his family at the same time. Page 2. Putnam and his wife, Kristina, are expecting their first child, due to arrive during the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island, S.C., the last week of October. Tacoma’s Michael Putnam won the Nationwide Tour stop in Utah. Printed in U.S.A. • • • INSIDE GOLF NEWSPAPER • • • ©All Rights Reserved • Page 2 • • InsIDE COMMENTs • • Inside Golf - October Issue 2010 • Chambers Bay proves to be a hit for the USGA and the ‘10 U.S. Amateur One day last month I was reading my But some water and work to the course Sports Illustrated Magazine when I came toned things down a bit. across a Dottie Pepper column about the And Chambers Bay was not a course U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay. Since it that people were gong to go low on. was the first USGA event at the course The new tees and new greens made the Bob Marlatt and right in our own backyard, I started course long but fair. Publisher to read with some interest. Peter Uihlein won the tournament After I finished, I asked myself just t e v e over David Chung in an exciting final, Steve Turcotte what in the hell is Dottie Pepper talking which was televised by NBC. The course Editor-Advertising about. I have plenty of respect for Pepper, S looked great on television and surely will being a former LPGA player and current bring in even more golfers from outside commentator for NBC, but on this sub- Tu r c o t t e the area to see what all the fuss is about. Kathy Marlatt ject, she missed the mark. And that’s exactly why they built the place Operations Manager She talked about the course not being entire week. in the first place. ready for prime time and not having any The USGA learned plenty during the Now, onto 2015 and the United States “sustainability” when it comes to golf. U.S. Amateur. One big thing that was Open Contributing Writers She was critical - and for no reason. learned is the course firmness can and Daniel Johnson, Jeff Coston, When the USGA awarded the U.S. needs to be controlled. During one of the Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf Kathy DeNeui, Mike Peluso Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein Amateur and U.S. Open (2015) to Cham- qualifying rounds, the course got too firm Newspaper. He can be reached at sdtur- Photos: Scott Bisch bers, it knew exactly what it was getting. and fast and scores averaged nearly 80. [email protected]. A links-style golf course that will play firm and offer some shots not yet seen before Subscription rates: in USGA championships. That’s what the $17-one year and $30-two USGA liked about the course. years (U.S. funds). And after watching the U.S. Amateur, that’s what they will get. Just tune out Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- anything that Dottie Pepper might have come, however we will accept no liability to say about Chambers Bay. for their loss or damage, and will only The course looked great in its national return them if prior arrangements have been made with the publisher. debut and played tough. It was the lon- gest course in USGA history at 7,742 yards and even had some holes that Courier Address 460 Dennis Blvd played as par-4 holes one day and par-5 Port Townsend, WA 98368 holes the next day. And the greens, which were thought to Mailing Address be suspect and slow, were fast and rolled P.O.Box 1890 true throughout the tournament. Port Townsend, WA 98368 On television, Chambers Bay looked a little brown, but what did you expect. Phone The course is a links-style layout. Ever Photo by Scott Bisch© (360) 379-4080 see any of those British Open courses that were nice and lush and green the Chambers Bay proved to be a great host for its first USGA event, the U.S. Amateur. E-mail Address [email protected] www.insidegolfonline.com INSIDE GOLF Newspaper is a trademark of Northwest Publications, Inc.