PRESORT STD FREE AUGUST U.S. Postage PAID COPY 2015 ISSUE The source for northwest news Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Spokane and Idaho: Great affordable golf is all over If you are looking for some great golf at affordable prices then you will love the Spokane and Idaho Pan- handle. Places like Palouse Ridge in Pullman (right) offer great golf at a good price. There are many others to choose from and you will want to try them all. See this special section for more. Brock Huard: Northwest sports voice Corey Prugh rules WHAT’S NEW Rosauers once again IN NW GOLF as the event returns

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Pacific Amateur offers PGA Professional Corey Prugh of Manito G&CC (Spokane) won his fourth Rosauers Open a terrific event option Invitational by one stroke after firing rounds of 67-64-64-195, 18-under at Indian Canyon Golf Looking for some top amateur com- Course in Spokane. petition to keep your game sharp, then The event was held in 2014 at MeadowWood look no further than the Lithia Pacific in Spokane as Indian Canyon recovered from Amateur Classic which will take place this September and some of Central Oregon’s problems to its top golf courses. greens. But this The event is set for Sept. 19-24 and year it was busi- will feature divisions for men, women and ness as usual at seniors. Up to 700 players are expected the Rosauers, to take part in the 19th annual event. The and apparently tournament features three days of indi- business as usu- vidual play with the top players from each al on the course flight playing at Sunriver’s Crosswater for for Prugh. the tournament championship on the final Prugh had day of the Pacific Amateur. to knock in an Cost is $530 or $475 for a returning eight foot birdie player and includes gifts, food, golf putt on the 18th and more. For more information see the hole to win by website www.pacamgolf.com to find out one stroke over about this year’s event. PGA Profes- Corey Prugh sional Derek Boeing Classic set for Barron of Tacoma Golf Center (Tacoma) who made a 30-footer on the last hole for eagle. Barron Champions Tour’s best recorded a competitive course record score of 59 earlier in the week (in the Umpqua Bank Pro-Am). The Boeing Classic, one of the most Prugh not only holds the tournament record of popular stops on the Champions Tour, is set for action on Aug. 21-23 at the TPC You might not recognize the 192, 21-under par that he set back in 2009 but he Snoqualmie Ridge just east of . face, but the voice in the morning has now carded the most Rosauers Open wins. He The tournament will feature a field of 81 has previously won this event three times (2009, professionals, including Champions Tour on ESPN 710 Seattle belongs to 2011 and 2013). full-time rookie Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo Brock Huard. If you a sports fan Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo Resort (Blaine, Resort. Scott Dunlap is the defending Wash.) finished in third place. champion of the Boeing Classic. it’s a name you recognize for sure. Low amateur honors went to Eric Ansett also of There are plenty of ways to attend the He played high school football at Manito G&CC who finished in a tie for fourth place tournament with daily and weekly tickets Puyallup, was a three-year starter with Bob Rannow of Sandpines at 199. Ansett was but one of the best locales is the Canyon just one of many amateurs who played well at the Club, which sits on the 14th hole, a par-4 at and had a short ca- Rosauers this year. Ryan Brooks of Wenatchee tied which has a that must carry a canyon reer in the NFL. Now, he’s on the for sixth with fellow amateur Michael Baldeck of to reach the green. media side of the business with Clarkston at 201 and three amateurs tied for eighth with Greg Gildea of Oakbrook, Frank his morning radio show in Seattle Garber of McCormick Woods and Derek Bayley Beaverton’s Gigi Stoll and his work with ESPN on college of The . football. See inside for more on PGA Professional Craig Schuh of Deer Park in LPGA Portland event GC (Deer Park, WA) made a hole-in-one during Gigi Stoll, who graduated from Beaver- Brock Huard. his final round on #13. ton high School this spring, shot a tourna- ment record, course record and personal- best 9-under-par 63 at Langdon Farms in Aurora, Ore. to win the amateur qualifying spot in the LPGA Cambia Portland Classic. Altered Course: It was the second straight year that Stoll has qualified for the tournament. Stoll started with five birdies and an ‘Canadian Ninjas’ eagle on the front nine for a 29 at the turn before shooting 32 on the back nine for her record-breaking score. on The tournament is Aug. 13-16. Kyla Inaba and Eileen Williams saw that the Golf Channel was auditioning for a realty show and they decided to enter. But the Canadian women professionals wanted a Rules Quiz schtick that would make them stand out so During the round three groups decided they called themselves the “Canadian Ninjas” they don’t like the pairings and rearrange due to their fitness routine. The bit work, Golf their three groups to one more to their Channel liked it and made the Canadian pair liking. This comes to light when they turn a part of their show “Altered Course” The in their score cards. Is there anything to be done? Please see the answer on Page pair played in the Pepsi Northwest Women’s 2 of this section of Inside Golf. Open at Twin Lakes in Federal Way, too. See Page 2 for more on the Canadian Ninjas.

Printed in U.S.A. • • • INSIDE GOLF NEWSPAPER • • • ©All Rights Reserved • Page 2 • • Inside Comments • • Inside Golf - August Issue 2015 • ‘Canadian Ninjas’ help Golf Channel kick off reality series Altered Course Kyla Inaba and Eileen Kelly have known was way different,” said Inaba. “And when we each other for years, in fact they were golf looked at course we were going to play, it was teammates for the University of British Co- hilly, slopes and even tough just to walk.” lumbia and both knew they wanted to make The Altered Course show debuted on the golf a career. They both are professional Golf Channel and was a hit. People liked to Bob Marlatt golfers but they both took a side trip that has see players run, fall, get muddy, hit shots over Publisher spiced up their careers a bit. trees from one fairway to another green. It Welcome to the world of the “Canadian was like golf on steroids. Ninjas” and the Golf Channel’s new reality “You had to be a fast player and still be Steve Turcotte series called Altered Course. Steve able to hit good shots,” Inaba said. “It was all Editor-Advertising When Inaba (28) and Kelly (27) found out about the shots and the time. It was tough.” that the Golf Channel was looking for men and Turcotte The Canadian Ninjas were bounced after Kathy Marlatt women for a new reality show they signed up. the third show, but not before they had a good Operations Manager It wasn’t The Big Break, but they didn’t care. ideas about what to expect. time and showed they both have game and are In fact, along with the application, they came And then the producers of the show told both great ladies to deal with on and off the up with a short video promoting themselves the eight teams that this was a show called course - and in this case, Altered Course. Contributing Writers as the “Canadian Ninjas,” complete with Altered Course and the players; fitness, golf- Jeff Coston, their extreme fitness training regimens. They ing ability and imagination was all going to be Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf News- Mike Peluso, wanted to do something that would make put to the test for the two-week shoot. paper. He can be reached at sdturcotte@comcast. them stand out. “We expected something different but this net. Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein And it worked. The duo was invited to live auditions last Subscription rates: November in San Diego where 100 teams of $17-one year and $30-two two golfers tried to get on the show. Eight years (U.S. funds). teams eventually made it to the show - includ- ing the Canadian Ninjas. Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- From there, everything got secretive. The come, however we will accept no liability two were off to Montego Bay, Jamaica for for their loss or damage, and will only the show but couldn’t tell anyone where they return them if prior arrangements have been made with the publisher. were going or what they were doing. Cloak and dagger kind of stuff. “We had to keep it all a secret,” said Inaba, Courier Address 460 Dennis Blvd from Kelowna, B.C. Kelly is from Victoria. Port Townsend, WA 98368 “It was like we almost just disappeared for a couple of weeks and no one really knew. It Mailing Address was strange.” P.O. Box 1890 When the pair showed up for filming in the Port Townsend, WA 98368 middle of February, they still didn’t know the format of the show. They were told it wasn’t Phone going to another Big Break, but something (360) 379-4080 different. They knew there was going to be some speed golf involved, but still had no Kyla Inaba (left) and Eileen Kelly make quick work getting down the fairway on Altered 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 Answer : All players who played the round in a group other than where they were paired by the Committee (including time paired) are disqualified. Rearranging groups must be authorized by the Committee. “This includes “playing through”.

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

InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Inside Golf - August Issue 2015 • • IN THE NEWS • • Page 3 • Pleasant Harbor Resort along Hood Canal making progress The 231-acre planned resort along Hood Ca- work can begin on the new project until entirely nal in Brinnon, called the Pleasant Harbor Master approved by the Jefferson County Department of Planned Resort, is slowly moving along. Community Development (DCD). A spokesman The Statesman Group of Companies, based for the project said they hope to begin actual in Alberta, Canada, has spent about $22 million construction before the end of this year. in upgrades at the Pleasant Harbor Marina, in- The proposed project is estimated to cost in cluding three new docks at the 290-slip marina, the neighborhood of $300 million. The last big a rebuilt restaurant (Galley Bistro and Pub) and master planned community in Jefferson County retail store along with road and parking lot pav- was the Master Planned Resort in Port Ludlow ing. A 28,000-gallon well was also installed in the 1960s. to accommodate the restaurant and moorage The Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort customers. will include a residential community, medical This is the first concrete evidence that the facility, an 18-hole championship , a owners are still planning to complete the project, marina and a much needed employment boost to which has been in the planning phase for nine the Brinnon area. years now. The addition of a new golf course would also The upgrades were to existing structures that be welcomed by Pacific Northwest golfers who were grandfathered in as existing land use. No are always looking for new places to play. The Pleasant Harbor Resort project along the Hood Canal keeps moving along with upgrades. • Page 4 • • In THE NEWS • • Inside Golf - August Issue 2015 • Former Major League pitcher Hanson continues his hot summer; UW golfer wins championship at Sahalee Players Championship Erik Hanson of Kirkland, Wash. capped off an Later this summer he will try to defend his title at the Morgan Goldstein of Las Vegas, won after shooting the only player in the field to finish under par in the impressive week with a 3 and 2 victory over Scott Pacific Coast Amateur as well as at the California State 1-over-par 211 at the RMG Club at Oakbrook. championship on any of the days, and coasted to an Johnson of Richland, Wash. in the final match to the Fair Amateur. In his first AJGA event, Mogg led or shared the 8-shot win over second-place finisher Cherokee Kim, win the 40th Pacific Northwest Master-40 Amateur lead all three rounds. The Gonzaga University com- also of Gig Harbor. Championship, held at Meadow Springs Country Club NW golfers qualify for U.S. Am mit finished his round at 1-under- par 69. The rising in Richland, Wash. Aaron Whalen of Ephrata, Wash. shot rounds of junior said he loved playing in an AJGA event because OGA Juniors are crowned Hanson, the No. 2 seed, had built a quick 4-up lead 65-66 during the 36-hole qualifier to earn medal- it gave him the chance to play a great golf course with Bryce Wortman (Klamath Falls, Ore.) and Ellie after eight holes before Johnson stopped the bleeding. ist honors in qualifying for the 2015 U.S. Amateur a competitive field. He stayed atop the leaderboard all Slama (Salem, Ore.) earned titles at the 85th Bob With birdies on holes 14 and 15, Johnson cut the lead Championship, to be held August 17-23 at Olympia three rounds and finished the final round at 1-under-par Norquist Oregon Junior Amateur Championship held to just a two-hole deficit with three to play. Hanson Fields (Ill.) Country Club. 69. at Eagle Crest Resort – Ridge Course in Redmond, then birdied the 560-yard par-5 16th hole to close out The qualifier was held at Palouse Ridge Golf Club Perry Xin of Vancouver, British Columbia, Andrew Ore. the match. in Pullman, Wash. which was playing as a par-70. The Chin of Honolulu, and Sam Warkentin of Bainbridge Wortman defeated Spencer Tibbits (Vancouver, Washington State Golf Association (WSGA) is the Island, Washington, tied for second at even-par 210. Wash.) 4 and 3 to win the Junior Boys Division. Slama Hanson wins Seattle Amateur local representative of the United States Golf Associa- Miguel Delgado of Novato, California, and James battled Ellen Secor (Portland, Ore.) for 23 holes before Former Major League pitcher Erik Hanson of tion (USGA) and conducted this qualifier for the U.S. Kim of Vancouver, British Columbia, tied for fifth at earning the Girls Division title. 3-over-par 213. Sahalee Country Club fired a three-round total of 204 Amateur Championship. to win the Seattle Amateur held at Jackson Park, Jef- Along with Whalen, also qualifying were Broc Stoll, Docherty win OGA Amateur titles ferson Park and West Seattle. Johnson of Auburn, Wash. and Rylee Iacolucci of Late victory at PNGA Women’s Am It all started with 263 total entries, 192 of those Hanson took control with a 62 at Jackson Park Cle Elum, Wash. Johnson just finished his senior year Brooke Hamilton of Auckland, New Zealand sank attempting to qualify at one of four OGA administered and led the rest of the way, finishing two shots ahead playing on the men’s golf team at Arizona State, and an 8-foot birdie putt to take the 36th hole for a 1-up qualifiers. Play began with 159 players and by the end of Greg Gildea of the University of Washington and finished tied for fifth in the Pac-12 Championship victory over Alivia Brown of Gig Harbor, Wash. and only two stood victorious. Andrew Whalen of Northwestern University. which was also held at Palouse Ridge, shooting a 65 in win the 114th Pacific Northwest Women’s Amateur Alistair Docherty (Vancouver, Wash.) and Gigi Erik Olson of Riverbend finished in a tie for fourth the final round of that championship. Iacolucci birdied Championship. Lani Elston of Milwaukie, Ore. out Stoll (Beaverton, Ore.) emerged atop them all as this with Jonathan Keane and Kyle Cornett at 209. Nick the second hole of a , defeating Eric Ansett of lasted defending champion Amanda Jacobs of Seattle year’s Men’s & Women’s Oregon Amateur Champions Palewicz and Patrick Sato tied for seventh at 210. Spokane, Wash. to earn this qualifier’s final available in the final match to win the 14th Pacific Northwest at the 106th holding of this storied Championship held spot. Iacolucci just finished his senior year playing on Women’s Mid-Amateur. at The Reserve Vineyard & Golf. the University of Idaho men’s golf team. The two championships were held concurrently at UW golfer wins Sahalee event In the men’s final, Docherty, a Junior Chico State BanBury Golf Course in Eagle, Idaho, and conducted Corey Pereira of Cameron Park, Calif. held off a Wildcat Golfer, jumped out to an early lead with bird- by the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA). late charge in the final round to win the 22nd Sahalee New Zealand golfer wins PNGA Am ies on two of the first four holes before bogeys on the Players Championship (SPC), held at Sahalee Country Anthony Quayle of Queensland, Australia sank a next two holes allowed his opponent, Northwestern Club in Sammamish, Wash. 20-foot birdie putt on the 36th hole of the final match Gig Harbor golfer wins WSGA event University Sophomore Dylan Wu (Medford, Ore.), Pereira never trailed in the championship, which to defeat Shintaro Ban of San Jose, Calif. and win the Alivia Brown of Gig Harbor, Wash. shot consecu- to get the match back to all square. fielded 66 elite male amateur golfers from around 114th Pacific Northwest Men’s Amateur Champion- tive rounds of 1-under par 71 on all three days of com- the world, opening with a 7-under par 65 in the first ship. petition in running away with the 22nd Washington round, building a 6-shot lead after two rounds, and Ban had squared the match on the par-3 35th hole State Women’s Amateur Championship, while Ginny Stoll qualifies for LPGA Portland Gigi Stoll, a recent graduate of Beaverton High still leading by three after the third round. when Quayle 3-putted. After Quayle sank the birdie Burkey of Eugene, Ore. won her second title in the School, shot a tournament record, course record and This is the third time Pereira has competed in putt on the final hole, Ban saw his own birdie attempt, Washington State Senior Women’s Amateur. Mary personal best 9-under par 63 to win the Cambia Port- the championship. He tied for second last year. “It’s which would have extended the match, slide by the Ryan of Renton, Wash. won the Washington State land Classic Amateur Open at Langdon Farms Golf great to come back and finish the job,” he said. “I hole, giving Quayle the title. Super Senior Women’s Amateur. Club in Aurora, Ore. Stoll started the round with five texted this week with Mark (Anguiano, last year’s The three championships were held concurrently birdies and an eagle on the front nine for a score of 29 champion), and he gave me some tips on how to play at The Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim, Wash., and Chris Mogg wins AJGA tournament at the turn. Her back nine included her only bogey of the course.”Pereira was ranked No. 38 in the World were conducted by the Washington State Golf As- Chris Mogg of Sammamish, Washington, shot the day and three birdies. The win earns Stoll an ex- Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) following his sopho- sociation. 3-under-par 207 to win at the ACDS / Ryan Moore emption into the Cambia Portland Classic at Columbia more season after which he earned All Pac-12 honors, In last year’s championship, Brown finished Championship at Oakbrook. In the Girls Division, Edgewater Country Club August 13-16. and is the reigning Pacific Coast Amateur champion. runner-up to Jordan Ferreira, but this year Brown was

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Coston will host a Pro-Am with Tour Players With Northwest ties PGA Tour some Champions Tour friends • Ben Crane • Portland • 186th on the list with $196,465 • Robert Garrigus • Gresham • 184th on the list with $200,999 Pacific Northwest Champions Tour player and Black finished tied for 39th with a 289 total • Andres Gonzales • Olympia • 107th on the list with $776,135 teaching professional Jeff Coston is hosting an - 10 back of the tournament winner. The top • Troy Kelly • Bremerton • 218th on the list with $47,854 Pro-Am to benefit the St. Joseph’s Cancer Center 20 finishers earned playing spots into the PGA • Richard H. Lee • Bellevue • No cuts made at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bellingham. Coston’s • Ryan Moore • Puyallup • 26th on the list with $2,357,168 Championship. • Alex Prugh • Spokane • 132nd on the list with $610,566 sister-in-law is undergoing cancer treatment at Chris Griffin of Tacoma Country and Golf • Andrew Putnam •Tacoma • 171st on the list with $276,400 the facility so he wanted to help raise funds. Club also made the cut and finished tied for 68th • Michael Putnam • Tacoma • 146th on the list with $542,996 Coston is one of the top players in the Pacific at 295. • Kyle Stanley • Gig Harbor • 179th on the list with $225,170 Northwest and has been a long-time instructional Other Northwest players to take part but • Nick Taylor • Ex-UW • 81st on the list with $1,019,685 columnist for Inside Golf Newspaper. He quali- missed the cut included Brian Thornton of Me- Web.com Tour • Jason Allred • Ashland • 44th on the list with $83,110 fied to play full-time on the Champions Tour and ridian Valley, Greg Manley of Meridian Valley, • Joel Dahmen, Clarkston • 53rd on the list with $71,381 decided to do something to help raise money for Tony Robydek of Pro Golf Tacoma and Casey • Jeff Gove • Seattle • 117th on the list with $23,402 charity and show his Champions Tour friends McCoy of Newaukum. • Brock Mackenzie • Yakima • 83rd on the list with $44,945 some more of the Pacific Northwest. • A handful of seniors from the Pacific North- • Andrew Yun • Tacoma • 38th on the list with $94,550 The event will be held Monday Aug. 17 at west took part in the U.S. Senior Open at Del `Champions Tour • Jeff Coston • Blaine • 77th on the list with $74,581 Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine, the home of Cos- Paso Country Club in Sacramento,. • Fred Couples • Seattle • 38th on the list with $283,556 ton’s Golf Academy. The event also takes place Kirk Triplett of Pullman finished tied for 57th • Bob Gilder • Corvallis • 73rd on the list with $71,657 the week of the Boeing Classic, a regular stop in the tournament. • Brian Henninger • Eugene • 32nd on the list with $358,779 on the Champions Tour that will be held Aug. Four others missed the cut including Bob • Peter Jacobsen • Portland • 93rd on the list with $42,622 21-23 at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, just east of Gilder of Corvallis, Peter Jacobsen of Portland, • Kirk Triplett • Pullman • 18th on the list with $538,700 Seattle. Coston will be in the field for this year’s Erik Hansen of Sammamish and Scott Krieger LPGA Tour Boeing Classic looking for his first Champions • SooBin Kim • Ex-UW • 112th on the list with $37,943 of Portland. • Paige Mackenzie • Yakima • No cuts made Tour victory - unless he gets one earlier. • Sadena Parks • Tacoma • 105th on the list with $47,567 The Pro-Am will feature Coston and nine U. S. Women’s Am at Portland GC • Wendy Ward • Edwall, Wash. • No cuts made other Champions Tour players including Rocco The United States Golf Association will hit LPGA Symetra Tour • Molly Aronsson • Ex-UW • 97th on the list with $4,531 Mediate, Russ Cochran, Olin Browne, Tom By- the Pacific Northwest with its third championship rum, Roger Chapman, David Frost, Joey Sindelar • Kelli Bowers • Chelan • 70th on the list with $7,145 in 2015 with the U.S. Women’s Amateur set for • Jimin Kang • Seattle • 10th on the list with $37,169 and Mark Calcavecchia. The final player will be Aug. 10-16 at the Portland Golf Club. • Renee Skidmore • Everett • 142nd on the list with $1,863 added later to the field. The event will bring together the top women • Kim Welch • Ex-WSU • 107th on the list with $3,630 The event will feature a dinner at Semiahmoo amateurs form around the world playing for a • Courtney Coleman • No events Resort the night before the event. Coston needs week at the Portland Golf Club, which celebrated two more teams to fill out his field - cost is $1,500 its 100th anniversary last year. The Portland Golf Did you know…. per foursome and includes the dinner, lunch, golf • The LPGA Tour will be making a yet another return trip Club is no stranger to championship golf, having • The WSGA is conducting the Washington State and the chance to play with a Champions Tour to the Portland area hosted PGA, LPGA, the Fred Meyer Challenge Amateur on August 4-6 at the Rope Rider course at with the Portland player. Call 360.201.4590 for more info. and other top amateur events through the years. Suncadia. Past champions Classic Presented by It also marks the third USGA championship to include Fred Couples, Alex Cambia health Solu- Prugh, Brock Mackenzie, Cam- Darren Black scores at national event be held in the Pacific Northwest during the 2015 tions Aug. 13-16 at eron Peck, Richard Lee, Chris Darren Black of Rainier Golf and Country golf season. Columbia Edgewater Williams, John Bodenhamer, Club in Seattle was the top finisher for Northwest Previously, the Women’s Four Ball Champi- Country Club. The event is the longest-running non-major and PNGA Hall of Famers professionals at the PGA Professional National onships took place at Bandon Dunes Resort and tournament on the LPGA schedule. The purse is $1.3 million Al Mengert, Bud Ward, Jack Championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club and the event always draws one of the top fields on the the U.S. Open was held at back Westland and Harry Givan, among many others. in Philadelphia. in June. LPGA Tour during the season. InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Page 8 • • IN THE NEWS • • Inside Golf - August Issue 2015 • Will there be a Longacres Mile repeat? Swing for a Cure tournament Stryker Phd appears to be in another league from his foes at Emerald Downs. Sunday, July 19, the 6-year-old gelding turned in perhaps his strongest race yet, roll- for pediatric cancer research ing from behind for a powerful six-length victory in the $50,000 Mt. Rainier While this is the first year Team Rylee will host the Swing for 3-year-olds and up. for a Cure, it is their fourth year participating in the Run of Ridden by Leslie Mawing at 122 lbs, Stryker Phd ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.89 and Hope. In six years the Run of Hope Seattle has raised over paid $4, $2.60 and $2.10. Larry Ross is the winning trainer for owners Jim and Mona $1.7 million for pediatric brain tumor and cancer research at Hour of Bellevue, Wash. Seattle Children’s Hospital. The winning margin was a stakes record, and Stryker Phd became the fourth horse to Team Rylee’s goal is to help them raise $350,000 and get win the Mt. Rainier twice. He also tied Noosa Beach’s track record for most consecutive past the $2 million mark. stakes win by an older horse with six, and in four weeks bids to become the first horse About Team Rylee: to win the Longacres Mile twice at Emerald Downs. Rylee was 13 months when she was diagnosed with A Washington-bred by Bertrando-Striking Scholar, Stryker Phd has a lifetime mark Medullablastoma, a rare form of brain cancer. After multiple of 7-5-5 in 20 starts with earnings of $375,651, including $27,500 for the win. surgeries, 6 months of chemotherapy and 2 months of proton Stryker Phd will look to defend his title in the 80th edition of the $200,000, Grade radiation she is now a healthy 5 1/2 year-old little girl. She has III Longacres Mile on Sunday, August 16. routine MRIs every 6 months and there has been no evidence Emerald Downs hosts live racing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. First race on of the tumor at this time. Fridays is 6:45 pm and 2 pm on weekends. Visit www.emeralddowns.com for more To sign up for the tournament or to donate, or for a hole information on racing and events. sponsorship, their website is swingforacure.org. Rylee

Bill Overdorf: One of the Pacific NW’s top designers passes One of the top golf course designers, Bill Overdorf, passed away earlier this summer. Overdorf passed away at home with his fam- ily on June 29, 2015 at the age of 81. Bill is best known for his work on Aspen Lakes Golf Course in Sisters, Ore., Homestead Golf Club in Lynden, Wash. and The Classic Golf Club in Spanaway, Wash. Overdorf also worked on many more projects in the Northwest including Airport Golf and Battng Cages in Tumwater, Wash., Ballinger Club in Seattle, Highland Golf Course in Cosmopolis, Wash., Raspberry Ridge Golf Course in Everson, Wash. and The Golf Club at Hawk’s Prairie in Lacey, Wash.

InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Inside Golf - August Issue 2015 • • IN THE NEWS • • Page 9 • U.S. Open: While Chambers recovers, USGA selects more The United States Golf Association (USGA) just the third U.S. Open venue in Southern Cali- announced sites for the 2022, 2023 and 2024 fornia, joining in nearby U.S. Open Championships naming The Coun- Pacific Palisades (1948) and Torrey Pines Golf try Club in Brookline, Mass., The Course in San Diego (2008, 2021). (Calif.) Country Club and & The 2023 U.S. Open will be the fourth USGA Country Club in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C., championship at the club, which hosted the respectively, as the host sites. 1930 U.S. Women’s Amateur (won by six-time Chambers Bay in University Place hosted the champion Glenna Collett Vare over three-time United States Open in 2015 for the first time and winner Virginia Van Wie) and the 1954 U.S. is slowly recovering from all the bleachers, tents Junior Amateur (won by Foster Bradley Jr. over and foot traffic associated with the event. ). It will also host the 2017 Walker The 2022 U.S. Open, to be held June 16-19, Cup Match, which is scheduled for Sept. 9-10. will be the fourth U.S. Open at , The 2024 U.S. Open, to be held June 13-16 which most recently hosted the 2013 U.S. Ama- on Pinehurst’s Course No. 2, will mark the fourth teur, won by Matthew Fitzpatrick, of England. U.S. Open and 11th USGA championship at the The 2023 U.S. Open will be held June 15-18, historic venue. The resort recently hosted back- and The Los Angeles Country Club will become to-back U.S. Opens for men and women. The world watched Chambers Bay host the biggest sporting event ever held in the Pacific Northwest.

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Canadian golfer Let’s see how well wins Pepsi NW you know the rules So you think you are whiz with the rules of Women’s Open golf, try some of these and see how you do., Jennifer Greggain of Chilliwack, B.C. shot a You never know, these just might come into two-round total of 141 to win the Pepsi North- play during a round soon.: west Women’s Open at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club in Federal Way. • True or False: The for taking Greggain had a two-shot lead after the first a drop from a water is one stroke. round over Scooby Liu, Gail Graham and Lucy True. Davies but played steady in the second round and • True or False: An opponent in won the tournament by five shots. may recall a concession. False. Greggain collected a first-place check of • True or False: If a player bends a club in $4,000 for the championship. anger during a round he may continue to play Allison Curdt of St. Louis tied for second with with it. False. Liu of Tualatin at 146. Eika Ilagan of Cypress, • True or False: A piece of paper is a loose Calif. was fourth at 147. Defending champ Cindy impediment. True. Rarick tied for eighth at 150. Amanda Beyke was • True or False: The penalty for a lost ball is two strokes. False. low amateur for the tournament. Jennifer Greggain hits a shot at Twin Lakes on her way to the Pepsi NW Women’s Open crown.

InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Inside Golf - August Issue 2015 • • IN THE NEWS • • Page 11 • European leader makes a move into the U.S. with wide variety of carts By Steve Turcotte, Inside Golf Editor When Kelly Walker and Mike McHugh heard about Big Max, they were intrigued. Both being golfers, they knew a company that was the leader in push carts in Europe could find a place in the United States. Big Max was started in 1994 by Thomas Reiter in Vienna, Austria - and now the company is making a move into the United States led by CEO Walker and General Manager McHugh, who are based in Tacoma. Big Max is more than just push carts; the company also has a line of golf bags, commercial rental fleets and accessories for both bags and carts. The two hope to challenge the top dogs in the industry. Kelly Walker (left) and Mike McHugh are running the Big Max operation in the United States. “Big Max is No. 1 in Europe - and it’s a great product so we want everybody to find out about it in the United States too,” said Walker. “We have different kinds of carts – something for everyone.” In 1994, Reiter got the idea for the push carts and named the line after his son. The carts took off quickly and now are the leader in the industry in Europe. In 2000, Reiter developed the first three- wheeler push cart that became an overnight smash with golfers. Walker and McHugh are hoping the company catches fire in the United States like it did across the pond. They rolled out the carts in 2014 and have gotten good response from places like Roger Dunn’s Big Max offers a variety of golf carts. Golf Shops, Edwin Watts Golf Shops and are now with Dick’s Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy as well. Big Max offers five different models of push carts, such umbrella, bottle and cell phone holders. with the Blade being the top seller as it folds into a “The Pacific Northwest is golf cart country and 5-inch profile and weights under 15 pounds. Carts now we can come in with a different product that range in price from $189 to $299 and some come should interest people,” said McHugh. “these are with plenty of frills. A couple of the big benefits to top of the line push carts.” the Big Max carts, they all have five-year warranties For more information see the web site www. and the option for customization with accessories bigmaxusa.com or call 1.888.510.0560. Big Max is the top cart in Europe and is looking to make a move into the United States now.

InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Page 12 • • IN THE NEWS • • August Issue 2015 - Inside Golf • Brock Huard Former UW and NFL finds plenty of success on both the radio and on television

By Steve Turcotte, Inside Golf Editor Indy. No earth-shattering numbers but Huard did Brock Huard may be the master of wearing many complete the first pass he threw in the NFL during hats at the same time. a pre-season game for a touchdown. He retired after There is the family hat, with his wife Molly the 2004 seasons with a back injury. and three kids. There is the ESPN 710 Seattle hat, But it was in Indy when the golf bug bit. He where he is a co-host of the morning sports show. played with some of the players on the team includ- Then there is the ESPN hat where he works on ing punter Jeff Feagles and quarterback , college football broadcasts. And, of course, there both who carry low handicaps. It was also about that are the hats of being a former quarterback at the time that the broadcast booth started to call. University of Washington and in the NFL for the He worked for the Seahawks pre and post game and . shows on radio and then eventually landed at ESPN There might be a couple of more hats to wear, 710 Seattle and at ESPN college football games. Brock Huard spends his morning behind the microphone at ESPN 710 Seattle studios talking sports. but there is one particular hat he wants: To be able “A lot of it was right place, right time,” said to be a guy who breaks 80 in a round of golf. the 39-year-old Huard. “And it helped that it was a “I’ve been lucky because there has been a lot of Super Bowl year in 2005. That got me going.” things I have been able to do, “ said Huard. “But The one hat that Huard will definitely not drop is the one thing I would like is to one day is break 80 the one where he breaks 80 on the golf course. He’s for a round of golf. I’ve never broken 80 and that’s had his share of good shots, but he knows there is the goal.” always a bad one lurking around the corner. If it seems like Huard’s life is a free-for-all, you During a round at Glendale Country Club in are right, it is. He has been able to juggle everything Bellevue, Huard showed off his new Nike sticks and from being a dad to kids Haley (12), Macey (9) and a game that should one day break 80. On the first Titus (5). He has become one of the most popular hole, he hit a nice greenside bunker shot to 15 feet sports broadcasters on the Seattle airwaves working but missed the putt. On the third hole, he knocked with Mike Salk on the Brock and Salk Show every a chip to 10 feet. But the shot that proved to him morning and his work as a color broadcaster on that a sub-80 might be close was his to 20 ESPN’s college football games is solid. feet on the 200-yard seventh hole. The putt wobbled Huard is a true Pacific Northwesterner. He was in and out of the hole, but he couldn’t stop talking born in Puyallup and played high school football for about the tee shot. his dad Mike and grew up with a couple of football Huard hits the ball so high that it helps him playing brothers Damon and Luke. Huard was a with carry and gets him out of trouble. On the third three-year starter at quarterback in high school and hole he said “You’re going to like this shot” as then a three-year starter at the University of Wash- he launched an 8- over the tallest trees on the ington. course, landing near the green. He was a third-round pick by the Seahawks When Huard and his family were looking for in 1999 and played with the Seahawks for four a retreat, they landed at Suncadia Resort, where years and the Colts for two. He was a back-up to there are three golf courses and even more chances in Seattle and in to break 80 down the road. When time permits, Brock Huard‘s goal, away from the microphone, is to break 80 on the golf course.

InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Inside Golf - August Issue 2015 • • IN THE NEWS • • Page 13 • The Lesson Tee: Here are a few ways to improve on your ‘offensive weapon’ Everyone wants to and needs to be a wonderful driver of the . In my mind “the driver” is the most important golf club in the bag to better golf and more fun. It is every golfers dream to smash drives down the fairway. I would like to give a few ideas how to enhance your success with this “offensive weapon.” Jeff Most golfers when asked what kind of shot they hit with their driver or for that matter any C oston shot, they reply, “I just try to hit it straight.” I believe hitting straight shots is too difficult to achieve on any consistent basis. If you curve left hand showing 3 knuckles on top of the left the ball either way and somewhat master that hand. Try to show more of the logo of your curve, you can use the whole fairway. This glove at address then match the angle of the concept gives the player rough line to rough right hand with the left hand on the golf club. line or even tree line to tree line which is twice • More tilt to the right at address as wide than attempting to hit it straight down • Stronger grip the middle. Contrary to popular belief the • Come from inside on the downswing greatest players in the world curve their shots. I’d like to share an effective tool to monitor Most also master one curve as a stock shot and help you come from the inside and swing or a go to shot. more on the proper downswing plane. This Secondly, the set up with the driver (and all will help your driving of the golf ball. Place a clubs) is very key and important. Most play- in the ground with a swimming noodle ers come “over the top” of the plane of the on the end of it. Set your driver shaft on the swing. The driver swing should be shallower noodle and take your set up. (photo 1) Back or more from the inside than any club in the up about 3 inches away from the noodle and bag, because it is longer and teed up. This is then take one step forward toward the target the case whether you draw or fade the ball. and place a tee. (photo 2) This is where you You must create more tilt of the upper body will strike balls. Now make sure you set up to the right at address to help enhance depth with tilt, a strong grip and come from the inside to your . This tilt will help the player swing under the shaft. Make several practice from the “inside” on the downswing. Swing- swings then smash away! ing “on plane” and coming from the inside is very important to better driving of the golf ball. Jeff Coston is a former PGA Tour Player and Most players not only need more tilt to the current player on the Champions Tour and a mem- right at set up and a better swing plane from ber of the PGA Northwest hall of Fame. He can be the inside, they also need a stronger golf grip. reached at Semiahmoo for appointment by calling The stronger grip is more in the fingers in the 360.201.4590 or see www.jeffcoston.com for more.

InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Page 14 • • RULES OF THE GAME • • Inside Golf - August Issue 2015 • Rules of the Game: You have options when How to start when it’s time to finally a club breaks or gets damaged during play get yourself in golf This past month here are a few of my phone calls: "Becky, my wife says I need a hobby: please help me.” Or “Becky, I have clubs in my garage that are from the 70s.” Or this one "Becky, I'm gonna retire next year, I need to learn golf"... Does this sound familiar? Where do I start? What do I need to do? 1) Equipment check: Do you have M ike clubs? Are your golf clubs from the 70s? I Peluso recommend: start with what you currently have, borrow some or rent clubs & upgrade if needed. Get your golf set out from the garage: clean out your golf bag, dust it off, What can a player do if he breaks or dam- ages a club during a round? & get your golf set back in the trunk of your It’s not a very simple question to answer. vehicle! There are two significant factors that must 2) Make time for golf fun: back yard golf be taken into consideration: 1) Was the club fun? fun? Chip or putt (free at broken or damaged in the normal course of any local golf course), Play twilight, I would play, and 2) Was the club rendered unfit for recommend afternoons or early evenings play after the damage or breakage? to start out, it will be less crowded and you What do you mean by “normal course of feel like you can play at your own pace. play?” Get out and make time for your golf fun! Let’s say you played a stroke from behind 3) Join a group for golf lessons, private a tree, and on the follow through the shaft golf lessons, on course playing golf les- sons. Join a 9-hole or 18-hole men’s or wrapped around the tree and bent or broke. unfit for play? A broken club, of course, is from this point? ladies’ group . That’s the normal course of play. Or say you always unfit for play. However, a damaged club If your club has become damaged but not August is a great time to dust your clubs made a stroke and the head of the club flew may or may not be unfit for play. The bottom unfit for play in the normal course of play, you off or start golf again!!! Yesterday my golf off. That’s the normal course of play. But if line is that you cannot continue to play with can either use it as it is or have it repaired. student hit a golf ball for the first time in you broke or damaged your club out of anger, a club that is unfit for play, no matter why it Repair may not unduly delay play, however. 25 years.... He was so excited to get back that’s not the normal course of play. was damaged. As a general rule, a club has If it’s become unfit for play, you can have it outside, feel the golf club again and he is Why does this matter? been rendered unfit for play if it’s broken, if replaced, but again, this can’t unduly delay dusting his golf clubs off again....are you? It matters because if you break or damage the shaft is dented or significantly bent, the play. And you can’t replace it with a club that Have fun, see you on the golf course! a club in the normal course of play, you can clubhead becomes loose, detached or signifi- has been selected for play by another player replace it. But if you break or damage a club cantly deformed, or the grip becomes loose. on the course. out of anger or some other reason that’s not But if the club’s lie or loft becomes altered or Becky Fossum is an LPGA teaching pro- fessional. She can be reached at beckyfos- in the normal course of play, you can’t replace the clubhead is nicked or scratched, it’s not Mike Peluso is a rules chairman with the USGA [email protected]. it. In fact, you can’t even use it! unfit for play. and other organizations. He can be reached for What about the part about a club being So, what are my options on what to do questions at [email protected].

InsideGolfNewspaper.com • Inside Golf - August Issue 2015 • • IN THE NEWS • • Page 15 • The Hickory Corner: Making a gentleman out of a junior Special to Inside Golf this, I have not always acted in the spirit of the The Hickory golf can also make a gentleman seen and made golf fun. As Grayson returned By Brian Giboney game. My golf attitude was pretty poor and at out of a junior golfer. Recently, my son 14 year to Seattle and went back to competing against Welcome back to The Hickory Corner where times my actions just as poor. Never been a club old son flew back east and was fortunate enough kids his own age, his experience at the world we explore hickory golf (golf with pre-1935 thrower, a golf course wrecker, or a cheater, but to be in the field of 32 golfers who competed in event with the gentlemen of the game became equipment). This month we will talk about how was certainly verbally harsh with myself after a the World Hickory Match Play that was held at apparent. hickory golf can help make a gentleman out of a bad shot or hole and it was not always pleasant to the historic Philadelphia Cricket Club (est. 1854). His hickory golf experience with the best in lost cause. be in my foursome. Consider this my mea culpa. This was no ordinary match play, this was a the game had changed him for the better. If you The transition from professional skydiver to While I am still a work in progress, the progress world match play with the stymie rule (Google also suffer from extreme golf frustration maybe office worker and competitive golfer was very I have made is due to hickory golf. stymie rule if you are not familiar with the term), it is time for a change of pace and to give hickory rough. I was used to freefalling at speeds up to A large part of this is from simply putting on which is the ultimate test of patience. Grayson golf a try. Perhaps you have hit a wall with the 200 mph and then all of a sudden I saddle up to a the uniform. Once you put on a set of knickers, a was the only junior in the field and by all ac- modern game and are ready for a fresh new start mortgage and build a back yard putting green as button down shirt, and a tie you will be overcome counts handled himself with class in his matches to bring back the fun of the game. my new release. The adrenaline rush was gone by a sense of the history of the game. It is almost whether he won or lost a given hole or the match. For more info on hickory golf look into two and the adrenaline rush from golf….well there a mind game that will trick you into thinking you In the end he won two matches and narrowly local playing groups: AP National Hickory Players isn’t really one outside of the occasional hole- are more of a gentlemen than you really are. lost three and finished 7th, but more importantly (http://apnationalgolfclub.com/) Contact Durel in-one for those of us fortunate to make one. I Perhaps you already are a true gentleman on represented hickory golf here in the Northwest Billy, Northwest Hickory Players (http://nwhicko- have had two aces in 20 years of active golf. One and off the golf course, if so, a set of knickers the right way. He also made friends from all over ryplayers.org/) Contact Rob Birman. Both Durel adrenaline rush per decade is not enough for the will make you feel all the more grand on the golf the world for life. and Rob are fine gentleman of hickory golf and system, so to keep at this golf thing - new ways course. For the rest of us lost souls seeking inner One particular gentleman stood out the most. can direct you in your hickory golf journey. of having fun had to be developed. peace on the golf course – inner peace can be Neil Day a PGA pro from Arkansas. Grayson If this was your first read, welcome to The Prior to hickory golf, and I am coming clean on accomplished through hickory golf. said Neil had the best golf attitude he had ever Hickory Corner.

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