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June 2013 ForeWordForeWordMagazine of the Pacific Northwest Section PGA Press THE 87TH STERLING BanK Washington Open Invitational DRIVE FORE THE CURE NORTHWEST PRO-AM A Journal for the Golf Professionals of the Pacific Northwest ForeWord Press Magazine October 2012 June 2013 President Marcus King Vice President Bryan Tunstill CNO NT TE S Secretary Greg Manley Directors Clint Ables Sean Fredrickson Kathy Gildersleeve-Jensen PRESIDENT’S REPORT Dan Harrington Marcus King ........................................................................................................ Mark Keating 2 Cameron Milton Greg C. Morris Todd Nacke EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT Bill Rosholt Jeff Ellison ............................................................................................................4 Steve Stensland Honorary President TOURNAMENT NEWS: SENIOR OREGON OPEN Steve Prugh Molly Cooper .......................................................................................................8 Executive Director/ Managing Editor Jeff Ellison TOURNAMENT NEWS: PPC Molly Cooper .......................................................................................................9 Editor/Design & Layout Marlena Cannon TOURNAMENT NEWS: SENIOR PPC Associate Editors Molly Cooper Molly Cooper .................................................................................................. 10 Jennifer Dodd Mikal Harpster Angela Hinzpeter GRIFFIN WINS STERLING BANK WASHINGTON OPEN Caitlin Lopez Mikal Harpster ............................................................................................... Rebekah Woods 12 Nikki York HOLK’S HIGHLIGHTS ............................................................................... 14 ForeWord Press is published by the Pacific Northwest Section, Professional Golfers' Association of America. AROUND THE SECTION: JEFF COSTON Contributors should contact the Section office at: Mikal Harpster ............................................................................................... 16 Dale Johnson Building YOUR ADVISORS, MENTORS & FRIENDS: HOW DO They LIFT YOU? PO Box 14819 Tumwater, WA 98511 Monte Koch .................................................................................................... 20 (800) 688-4653 www.pnwpga.com On the cover: Chris Griffin 1 PRESIDENT’S REPORT Rainmakers and Haymakers By Marcus King, PGA My dear colleagues, it’s GO time! Lost Tracks Golf Course, and a family golf event June is the perfect time to highlight your golf—and Once these May showers are behind at Riverbend Park featuring Golfzilla. Our Player business—activities that reach out to women! You us, we call all look forward to a busy Development Regional Manager Monte Koch is should: summer and fall. As I like to say, spearheading these events and I look forward to 1. Offer a Get Golf Ready program. “we gotta make hay while the sun helping out. If you would like to volunteer for any 2. Highlight your instruction programs that shines!” But first, let’s talk about of the PNC activities or the golf tournament itself, “speak” to women. some rainmakers… please contact Volunteer Coordinator Ryan Davis, 3. Emphasize women’s golf clubs and other golf PGA. goods in your Pro Shop. I just returned from The Crosswater Club at Sunriver 4. Look at the “menu mix” in your F&B operation and some media activities surrounding the 46th PGA As spectacular as these fine to assure that you are serving a healthy mix of Professional National Championship. I was privileged players are both as golfers and as foods. to play that magnificent Sunriver golf course with gentlemen, you will also be proud 5. Assure that your facility is clean, friendly, and our CEO Jeff Ellison, PGA, Lodge and Resort GM of three of our Section award intuitive to navigate. Scott Ellender, PGA, and last year’s PNC Champion winners reaching the finals of Matt Dobyns. It was a humbling experience, to their respective categories: Kathy I’ve read through the “Connecting with Her say the least, underscored by my standing at 180 Gildersleeve-Jensen, the Director Playbook,” and along the lines of my proclamation, yards with a hybrid in my hand and Matt with an of Instruction for the Jensen won’t you: 8-iron in his. We all attended a press conference Lindeblad Impact Golf Academy 1. Play with women at your course? with some of the players from our Section who will from the Inland Empire Chapter 2. Teach women how to enjoy the game more at be playing in the 46th PGA Professional National is a finalist for Teacher of the Year, your course? Championship this month. We have ten outstanding Harold Bluestein, famous for his 3. Promote the growth and importance of players representing the Pacific Northwest Section ongoing radio show and for his women’s golf at your course? and it will be fun watching to see who can top Ryan player development engagement Benzel’s dramatic second place finish at this event and mentorship in the Oregon And finally, it’s important to know what Venus is all in 2007 after holing out for eagle on the 72nd hole. Chapter, is a finalist for the Bill about when you focus your efforts. Women: All ten of these talented gentlemen would feel Strausbaugh award and Greg Morris and his unique 1. Live in a world of connections. comfortable on any tour, and so that you can avoid golf shop at Iron Horse Golf Club in Western Montana 2. Connect via feelings. them in a Nassau or scoop them up in a Scramble, is a finalist for Merchandiser of the Year. I’ve spent 3. Value similarities. here they are: some time with each candidate and they are all true 4. Seek community and avoid isolation. “game changers” and “rainmakers” in their respective 5. Seek connection and understanding. • Ryan Benzel disciplines. We are truly well-represented, and our • Jeff Coston tradition of excellence in the Pacific Northwest Although I’m a “kept man,” I just purchased a new set of • Scott Erdman Section continues to grow! clubs for my wife and she is LOVING the game! Won’t you • Tim Feenstra take 30 minutes today to sit down and figure out how • Jerrel Grow Remember when I stood in front of all of you and you can make June a banner month for “Connecting with • Chris Lisk proclaimed that our ultimate mission is to “play the Her?” For those of you who take the time to give some • Casey McCoy game, teach the game, and promote the game?” thought to your women’s programs, write me at mking@ • Jason Pitt June is a very important month in all regards, but I overlakegcc.com with your great ideas and I’ll recognize • Corey Prugh want to particularly point you to the importance of and reward the best one’s at the Section meeting in • Brady Sharp June as Women’s Golf Month: Portland. 1. Only 6% of adult women in the U.S. currently I’ll be returning to Sunriver to cheer on these great play golf. Until then, have a great June making rain and hay! players and to participate in a couple of “growing the 2. Of all golfers, 19.3% are women. game” activities: a junior clinic at Brian Whitcomb’s 3. Women play 16.6% of all golf rounds. —Marcus King ForeWord Press 2 3 E.D.’S REPORT Jeff Ellison, PGA Hawai’i Winter Pro-Am June is here and let’s hope we can June 1 marks the first Drive, Chip and Putt Local get back to hard and fast conditions Qualifier at Meadow Springs. Information is posted The Pacific Northwest Section is pleased to announce our 39th annual Hawai’i very soon before we give up all the on our web site for parents and kids who will be Winter Pro-Am, January 30 - February 6, 2014. Join us for a week of surf, sun gains we made early in the year. It competing. Our thanks to all the host professionals and golf at the Mauna Lani Resort on the Big Island. You’ll play three rounds was a busy May in the Section and who will be managing a very busy day with plenty June will really get things cranked of junior golfers attempting to advance to the next of golf and have plenty of time to explore the resort and surrounding island, up. I hope you enjoy being busy. level. If you need MSR’s, give our host professionals a including beautiful beaches, shopping and fishing. call to volunteer. Congratulations to Jeff Coston finishing T28 at the We use a fun format with daily prizes for amateurs, professionals and teams. Senior PGA Championship at Bellerive in St. Louis. The inaugural Heal a Hero campaign was held over Overall tournament winners are based on the best 2 of 3 rounds. This was Jeff’s second Low PGA Professional honors Memorial Day weekend. I look forward to seeing in this championship. Nice work, Jeff. the reports of how you all did. Early reports show The Home Course and Fircrest both raising well over Contact Bruce Cudd with travel questions: 503-288-6321 Be sure you follow our ten Section professionals $1,000 to help the Friends of American Lake complete Call Molly or Jeff at the Section office for details: 800-688-4653 during the PGA Professional Championship at construction of the Nicklaus Nine. Thank you, all. Crosswater, June 23-26. In addition to PGALinks, Golf Channel will provide 10 hours of live coverage By now you should have received an email with and the usual repeat broadcasts. Promote this your dues invoice and you can pay your dues at any championship to your membership with the idea time by going to your account on PGALinks. When that you will be attempting to qualify for next year’s you log in, a message pops up asking if you want to championship on October 1-3 at Meadow Springs in pay your dues. It’s pretty easy! If you prefer to mail Richland. Educate your members on the importance a check, there is a link in your record to print an of this championship and it will make it easier for you invoice. If you were expecting a paper invoice and it to slip away to qualify! has not arrived, it’s not coming. Please print one off PGALinks or call National for a copy. Remember, dues Speaking of the PGA Professional Championship, are payable no later than June 30.