PRESORT STD MAY U.S. Postage PAID 2019 ISSUE THE SOURCE FOR NORTHWEST GOLF NEWS Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Inside Golf gets to know the Masters Tournament Inside Golf’s Steve Turcotte made his inaugural visit to Augusta National and the Masters. There was plenty to see, including a great look at a practice round and the 16th hole (right). And don’t forget about the $1.50 Pimento Cheese sandwiches. For more on the trip, please see Page 2 of this months’ issue of Inside Golf Newspaper. WHAT’S NEW Inkster will headline LPGA Legends event at White Horse LPGA Hall of Famer Juli Inkster will be the head- IN NW GOLF liner at this year’s Suquamish Clearwater Legends Clearwater Legends Cup Cup at White Horse Golf Club in Kingston. The event • What: LPGA Legends Tour makes its annual is set for June 6-8. stop at White Horse Golf Club in Kingston, Wash. A total of 36 LPGA legends will take part in the The tournament is called the Suquamish Clearwater tournament looking for a piece of the $200,000 purse Legends Cup Presented by The Boeing Company. for the two-day tournament. • Date: June 6-8. One-day Pro-Am on June 6 USGA clarifies ruling about with a two-day tournament. Inkster won 31 LPGA tournaments during her broken club during play • Purse: $200,000. career, including the 1983 and 1988 Safeco Classic • Field: A total of 26 LPGA Legends are The USGA and The R&A have provided a when it was held in the Pacific Northwest at Meridian scheduled to take part in this second annual event, clarification that introduces a Local Rule, allow- Valley Country Club in Kent. including Juli Inkster (pictured left). Fellow Hall of ing players to replace a broken or significantly Other Northwest players will include Hall of Famer JoAnne Carner of Washington will also be damaged club, except in cases of abuse. Famer JoAnne Carner and Wendy Ward. Also in the in the field. Under the Local Rule, a club is “broken or field will be Suzy Whaley who in 2018 became the • Information: See the website www.theleg- significantly damaged” if it meets the following endstour.com. conditions: first woman president of the PGA of America. • The shaft breaks into pieces, splinters or See www.thelegendstour.com for more info. is bent (but not when the shaft is only dented) the club face impact area is visibly deformed (but not when the club face is only scratched) • The clubhead is visibly and significantly Chambers Bay’s new greens: A big success Bandon Dunes gets deformed • The clubhead is detached or loose from the shaft, or the grip is loose set to host another However, a player is not allowed to replace his or her club solely because there is a crack in the club face or clubhead. USGA championship with the Four-Ball Muckleshoot Washington The 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship Open set for Meridian will held at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Bandon, Ore. Tournament season for the Pacific North- The championship was originally slated to be held at west’s top professionals and amateurs is right Chambers Bay, in University Place, Wash., but it will around the corner. The Muckleshoot Washington now be held there in 2021, in order to accommodate a Open kicks off the championship season with a turfgrass transition project. three-day tournament at Kent’s Meridian Valley Chambers Bay changed its putting greens from Country Club. fescue to Poa annua grass, will provide long-term Here is a look at the rest of the major cham- benefits to the facility, which is an important asset to pionship schedule in the Pacific Northwest… the community and region. The course hosted the 2015 • The Oregon Open will take place June 18- U.S. Open and is owned by Pierce County and operated 20 at Bend’s Pronghorn Golf Club at both the Nicklaus and Fazio courses. by KemperSports. • Rosauers Invitational will be held July 19-21 The 2019 U.S. Amateur Four Ball Championship at Spokane’s Indian Canyon Golf Course. will be contested May 25-29. The U.S. Amateur Four- • The Northwest Open Invitational is set for Ball consists of 128 two-player sides and requires two Aug. 19-21 at Walla Walla’s Wine Valley. courses for the stroke-play portion of the championship. The specific courses at Bandon Dunes that will be used for the 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball will be announced Northwest junior wins at at a later date. Drive, Chip & Putt event Chambers Bay will now host the 2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship from May 22-26. The Home The Pacific Northwest was well represented Course in DuPont, Wash., will serve as the stroke-play at the finals of the Drive, Chip & Putt event held at Augusta National Golf Club. co-host for the 2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball. Angela Zhang of Bellevue, Wash., won the Previously, Chambers Bay was the site of the 2010 girls 7-9 age division at the event after dominat- U.S. Amateur and 2015 U.S. Open championships, ing all three categories. .Angela won the driving while Bandon Dunes has hosted the 2006 Curtis Cup and putting competition and finished second in Match, the 2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur, the concurrent the chipping competition. U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links and U.S. Amateur A total of 80 boys and girls took part in the Public Links Championships in 2011 and the inaugural championship, which was held on Sunday before Chambers Bay re-opened for play U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship in the start of Masters week. It was the sixth time after being closed for five months to 2015. Bandon Dunes is also scheduled to host the the event has been held at Augusta National. Qualifying for the 2020 Drive, Chip & Putt convert their greens from fine fescue 2020 U.S. Amateur Championship, which marks seven starts in June around the Pacific Northwest. to Poa annua, the predominant golf USGA championships hosted in 15 years. Please check inside this section of Inside Golf Newspaper for places where qualifying will take grass in the Northwest. Poa grass place around the Pacific Northwest. was shipped from British Columbia They said it: From Kyle Stanley and used to re-sod the Nos. 7, 10 Golf Digest: If you had just one round and 13 greens, as well as the practice left to play, where would you tee it up Rules Quiz green. The results were so favor- Kyle Stanley: I'd probably play Canter- able that officials decided to redo wood Golf and Country Club in Gig Harbor. A player hits their tee shot into an area It's the course I grew up on. It's really a good which make the prospect of finding their the remaining 15 greens. And the ball difficult. How long does a player have track and I have so many fond memories of to search for their golf ball and when does reviews were terrific when the course playing there as a kid. So with one round the time allowed for search begin? Please re-opened for play in April. left, I'd round up a couple of buddies and see Page 2 for the answer. play Canterwood." • Page 2 • • InSIDe CommenTS • • Inside Golf - May Issue 2019 • A first-time visit to Augusta National offers a closer look that what you see on television Just for fun a while back someone sent me the link to the Masters ticket lottery and I decided to fill out the form and throw my name into the hat. I didn’t think anything about it, figuring I had no shot, just like most of my friends who have done that Bob Marlatt through the years. Publisher But one morning checking my email I saw a return address from the Masters. I was ready to Steve Turcotte hit the delete button without ever reading thinking Steve Editor-Advertising that it was one of those thanks for sending us an entry but better luck next time. Turcotte Kathy Marlatt Glad I opened the e-mail. It said congratulations, Operations Manager you have been selected for two Monday practice round tickets to Augusta National and the Masters thousands of patrons (yes I said patrons), the tall Contributing Writers Golf Tournament. I read it a couple of times to make pines, the pinestraw ... everything you see on TV Jeff Coston, Russ Wing, sure that it was real, and not some phony e-mail is just like it looks on TV. coming from overseas. Only hillier. Much hillier. TV does not do justice Photography: Scott Bisch It was real, but I didn’t much about it figuring to Augusta National. This is a hilly place. There is Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein that thousands of people probably got the same not flat hole on the course. The 10th hole looks kind of note and it was nothing special. Wrong, like an elevator drops you straight down. The 18th Subscription rates: wrong, wrong. That night I was up at my Twin Lakes hole is straight up the hill. Amen Corner sits at the $17-one year and $30-two years (U.S. Golf and Country Club telling some guys about the See Masters, Page 3 funds). tickets. One guy went off. “I’ve been trying this f-ing lottery for years and Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- never get picked and you get it the first time - ri- come, however we will accept no liability diculous,” he said.