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Amateur Comes from Behind to Win Crown at the Washington Open PRESORT STD FREE JUNE U.S. Postage PAID COPY 2017 ISSUE THE SOURCE FOR NORTHWEST GOLF NEWS Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Sunriver Resort will host 2017 Club Professionals For the fourth time, Sunriver Resort will play host to the National Club Professional Championship June 15-21. The 50th annual event will take place at the Meadows and Crosswater courses. The top finishers from the tournament will qualify for the PGA Championship. A field of 312 will tee it up in the 50th annual championship. Central Oregon: Northwest golfing playground Amateur comes WHAT’S NEW IN NW GOLF from behind to win crown at the Portland WinCo Foods Washington Open event needs volunteers Amateur Drew McCullough of Meadow If you have ever wanted to be involved with Springs Country Club (Richland, WA) came a professional golf tournament, the Web.com from behind with a final-round 65 to win the Tour WinCo Foods Portland Open is looking for 91st Muckleshoot Casino Washington Open volunteers for its 2017 event. The tournament, Invitational by one stroke over PGA Professional which will take place at Pumpkin Ridge’s Witch Shane Prante of Lake Spanaway in Tacoma. Hollow golf course, is set for Aug. 24-27 and is McCullough fired the lowest round of the looking for volunteers. tournament with his 65 in the final round and Volunteers are needed for a variety of posi- made six birdies, an eagle and one bogey along tions including standard bearers, hospitality hosts and more. the way. He birdied the final two holes of the The tournament will be the place where the tournament to complete his comeback victory. top 25 from the Web.com Tour will be awarded McCullough was six shots behind entering the PGA Tour cards for the 2018 season. final round of the tournament. See www.wincofoodsportlandopen.com. McCullough will be a senior next year at the University of Wyoming. Derek Berg of Sahalee Country Club led the Pepsi Northwest Women’s tournament through two rounds but came in with Open set for July 17-19 a 74 in the final round to finish third. Prante stayed close, but couldn’t get the clos- The Pepsi Northwest Women’s Open is set for July 17-19 at Twin Lakes Golf and Country ing birdie to send the tournament into extra holes Club in Federal Way - an event that will feature and finished one shot back. some of the top club professionals and amateurs Only three players finished under par for the from around the country. tournament at Meridian Valley. The event will take place over three days See results on Page 3. with a Pro-Am scheduled for July 17 and then the tournament itself will run for two days on July 18-19. Former LPGA player Cindy Rarick is Oregon men come up expected to take part and is a former champion of the tournament. The Central Oregon area is loaded short in hunt for second See www.northwestwomensopen.com. with some of the best golf in the Pacific Northwest. From places like straight NCAA crown NW amateur tournament Aspen Lakes in Sisters (top) to Black Oregon's charge toward a second straight season begins to heat up Butte Ranch Resort (right), there is men's golf national title ended in the NCAA final, If you are looking for some tournaments to no shortage of award-winning golf after Oklahoma took control early during match whet your appetite to get into the competitive play and never allowed the reigning champion spirit this spring here’s a sampler. to be found in Central Oregon. Plus, Ducks one last comeback at Rich Harvest Farms • Prairie Falls Golf Course in Post Falls, away from the course there is plenty in Sugar Grove, Illinois. Idaho will host its Prairie Falls Amateur on June to do when it comes to outdoor ac- The Sooners' 3 1/2-1 1/2 victory secured the 24-25. The 36-hole event will be an individual tivities like hiking, mountain climbing, program's first national title in men's golf since stroke-play tournament. Entry fee is $80 plus 1989 and blocked Oregon in its attempt to join green fees. Flights for men, women and juniors river rafting and even some early Augusta State (2010-11) and Alabama (2013-14) will be included in the format. • The Palouse Ridge Amateur is set for July summer skiing at Mount Bachelor. as recent two-time champs. 15-16 at Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman, For more on Central Oregon, please "We came up short," Oregon Coach Casey Wash. Entry fee is $175 and includes green fees Martin said. "But it wasn't because we weren't and carts both days, contest holes on both days, see inside this section of Inside Golf fighting and scrapping. Oklahoma played great. lunch after Saturday’s round and a special rate Newspaper. It hurts right now but we have memories this for a practice round on Friday. year of just an incredible run. Winning the Pac- • Riverbend Golf Course in Kent, Wash. will 12 championship and getting this far is special.” host its annual Two-Man at the Bend on June 10-11. This annual partner event features a best-ball format for two days. Entry fee is $300 for the two-player team and includes golf on both Riverbend sells par-3 days as well as tee prizes. This marks the 21st annual event at Riverbend. For more information call 253.854.3673. course to developer The Kent City Council voted to sell the River- bend par-3 golf course property for $10.5 million to a developer who plans to build a mixed-use Rules Quiz project with 500 apartments. Auburn-based FNW Inc./Landmark Develop- Along the first hole the driving range ment Group plans to build 500 apartments as well parallels the first hole. On the left side of the first hole are an abundance of range as restaurant and retail space in place of the par-3 balls lying in the rough. The player casually course just south of West Meeker Street along the whacks the balls back to the driving range. Green River Trail with views of Mount Rainier. Is this considered a practice stroke? Once the property sale closes, construc- Please see the answer on Page 2 of this tion could start in July, said City Attorney Tom section of Inside Golf Newspaper. Brubaker who helped negotiate the purchase and sale agreement. Printed in U.S.A. • • • INSIDE GOLF NEWSPAPER • • • ©All Rights Reserved • Page 2 • • InsIde Comments • • Inside Golf - June Issue 2017 • College coaching gig still a thrill and a challenge as the second season wraps up I have helped coach my daughter Rebecca’s ence in the span of 24 hours. We saw hooks, golf team at Sumner High School. I have worked slices, tops, shots that went out of bounds, with junior players at Twin Lakes, I have helped shots that went into lakes and ponds and we friends who needed some tweaking with their even saw a ball get stuck in the trees. swings. But through it all, Highline College Women’s Bob marlatt But coaching the Highline College Women’s Golf team got better. The ladies learned to play Publisher Golf Team has been everything that I had hoped through disappointment and even learned to deal for and then some. As the second year came to a with their coach’s loud voice during tournaments. Steve Turcotte close last month with our conference tournament The other thing that was different was becoming Editor-Advertising at the Home Course in DuPont, Wash. I have Steve a shoulder to lean on when times were tough. learned plenty about coaching, relationships, One tournament we had three different ladies Kathy marlatt counseling and, of course, paperwork. Turcotte tear up for various reasons. I listened, gave them Operations Manager On the course, it has been another season a pep talk and hoped that would work. of learning and improvement for sophomores so many two-day tournaments, learned what it I have to wear several hats with the team, but Contributing Writers Jasmine Hansgen, Hailey Johnson, Megan was to play like under some pressure. I like them all. It has been a great experience, Jeff Coston, Russ Wing, Martin and freshman Mikayla Kato and Ruby The scores for the season were all over the and hopefully one that will get even better as we Durel Billy Lampkey. In our case, we only get the players for map. We saw an 84 one tournament and then go along. Photography: Scott Bisch two years so the sophomores will graduate and nothing better than a 95 in another. One girl shot Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein the freshman will be back for one last year. a 109 during the first round of a tournament and Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf Newspaper. Our college season is broken up into two then came back with an 80 - a 29-stroke differ- He can be reached at [email protected]. Subscription rates: parts–we have a fall season and a spring season, $17-one year and $30-two years The fall season had three tournaments on the (U.S. funds). schedule while there were seven tournaments in the spring. We had road trips to Idaho, Spokane, Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- Tri Cities, Walla Walla and even Bandon. Our come, however we will accept no liability girls got a taste of what some of the best golf for their loss or damage, and will only courses in the world looked like.
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