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Hudson Cup Pro-Am Championship Invitational Senior Oregonopen Press March 2012 Foreword Press Magazine March 2012 March 2012 ForeWordForeWordMagazine of the Pacific Northwest Section PGA Press Pro-Am Championship Oregon Open Invitational Senior Oregon Open Invitational Washington Open Invitational GET READY PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHAMPIONSHIP FOR Hudson Cup TOURNAMENT SEASON 2012! A Journal for the Golf Professionals of the Pacific Northwest ForeWord Press Magazine March 2012 President Steve Prugh Vice President Marcus King C O N T E N T S Secretary Bryan Tunstill Directors Matt Bunn Mark Keating Greg Manley Greg Morris Todd Nacke David Owens David Porter RESIdeNT S EPORT Bill Rosholt P ’ R Steve Stensland Steve Prugh ........................................................................................... 2 John Thorsnes Honorary President Dan Hill EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT Jeff Ellison ............................................................................................. 4 Executive Director/ Managing Editor Jeff Ellison TOURNAMENT NEWS Editor/Layout Marlena Cannon Pro-Assistant Championship ................................................................... 8 Associate Editors Washington Open Invitational ................................................................ 9 Molly Cooper Angela Hinzpeter Senior Players’ Championship ............................................................. 10 Kate Justus Jenna Moye` Dana Rutledge Rebekah Woods SPONSOR COMMUNICATION Blake Parrish ..................................................................................... 11 ForeWord Press is published by the Pacific Northwest Section, Professional Golfers' HOLK’S HIGHLIGHTS: TED DENHAM ....................................... 12 Association of America. Contributors should contact :the Section office at PROS ON The MOVE & NEW APPRENTICES Dale Johnson Building 6989 Littlerock Road SW Dana Rutledge................................................................................... 17 Tumwater, WA 98512 (800) 688-4653 www.pnwpga.com ForeWord Press 1 PRESIDENT’S REPORT SPONSORS By Steve Prugh, PGA The following golf industry companies and their representatives drive financial support to Pacific Northwest Section member events and programs. Spring time in the Northwest—the When you do play in Chapter and Section events, please new season brings hope for good weather, remember to thank our sponsors. Also keep in mind that good golf and good sales. I truly believe we sponsors help us so their products and services will get more Gold Sponsors - over $20,000 per year are coming out of the doldrums and that this recognition. Sponsorship is a partnership that helps both season will be better than the last. One way parties. Check out our Section sponsors on the next page, buy we—each and every PGA Professional— some of their products and remember to write those thank you can ensure a better season is to take the notes! Washington Open Hole-In-One Honey Pot initiative to come up with new programs to Oregon Open Hudson Cup Matches increase play, give more lessons and sell more golf equipment. Play the game, teach the game and promote the game. Northwest Open Birdies for Charity All of these things help our jobs, make our employers happy and should put more money in our pockets. See you on the golf course, As part of promoting the game, please keep in mind how Senior Oregon Open Washington Open Invitational important it is to get out of the golf shop and play golf with Steve Prugh Holcomb-In-One Las Vegas Pro-Am Championship Northwest Open Invitational your members. The amateur golfer truly enjoys playing with their PGA Professional. What do you do if you don’t feel that good about your own game? You work at a golf course—get Oregon Open Invitational out and practice a little. Then when you start feeling better about your own game, play in more Chapter events and play in a Section event or two. The Pacific Northwest Section PGA’s Washington Open Invitational Pacific Northwest Oregon Open Invitational Northwest Open Invitational Oregon Open Invitational Pro-Amateur Championship tournament schedule is second to none. Silver Sponsors - over $10,000 per year Pacific Northwest Section Annual PNW Pro-Assistant Washington Open Invitational WHAT ARE PGA Professional Championship PNW PGA Professional Championship (PPC) YOu WAITING PPC & Senior PPC Membership Handbook FORE? Pacific Northwest Pro-Amateur Hudson Cup Matches PNW Pro-Assistant PNW PGA Assistant Championship 18 Spectacular Holes. Casino. Hotel. Partners - over $2,500 per year Cineplex. RV. Museum. Dining. New Hotel Now Open! Mentoring Conference Senior Player of the Year Hawai’i Winter Pro-Am Hudson Cup Matches Player of the Year 46510 Wildhorse Blvd, Pendleton, OR \\ wildhorseresort.com ForeWord Press ForeWord Press 2 3 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT By Jeff Ellison, PGA March is Spring Meeting time— The Washington Open Invitational is quickly approaching. Section and Chapter. I encourage you Start working on your championship partner and please put to attend your Chapter Meeting and also the pro-am sponsorship information in front of potential the Spring Section Meeting on Monday, sponsors. It is a unique opportunity and your clients will March 19 at Columbia Edgewater CC. thank you for involving them in this high quality event. Click The Section Meeting starts at 7:00 PM here for the flyer to show your clients. Our thanks to Kenney following the first round of the Pro- Boyd and Glendale for once again being our hosts. Assistant Championship. After the By now I’m sure you are aware this year is a “Rules Change normal business meeting, the Board will lead three Golf 2.0 Year” for the Rules of Golf. While there were a few major Focus Groups and discuss solutions at public, private and changes, there were also a significant number of wording and resort operations. President Prugh and I will make four of the structural changes that in specific cases may result in a different Chapter Meetings this spring. We apologize for missing the answer from the good book. Please order new Rule Books Oregon Chapter Meeting but we will be doing double duty at and new Decisions Books from the USGA immediately. You the Holcomb-in-One Las Vegas Pro-Am and the District 14 will give incorrect rulings in 2012 from last year’s book. Molly Meeting that day. Section Secretary Bryan Tunstill will attend and I are both attending a workshop again this year—it’s that and provide an update on Section activities. important. I hope you are playing in the Pro-Assistant Championship The PGA Compensation Survey is out and if you complete at Columbia Edgewater on March 19-20. Sponsored by it by March 15 you will earn 2 MSR for your efforts. It takes Bushnell and Cutter & Buck, we are looking at a $22,000 just a short time to complete and the information is extremely purse with decent field! Have a big staff? Head professionals valuable when it comes time to enhance your current position with multiple assistants can form up to three teams. Double or when Jeff Beaudry is working to upgrade an open position. up your day by attending the Spring Meeting and then PLEASE complete this survey soon at http://www.pgalinks. competing with your fellow professionals in the Pro-Assistant. com. Entries close on March 14. Enter now! Applications are available for the PGA Financial Assistance Thank you all who are supporting the Pacific Northwest Fund Scholarship. Open to children and grandchildren of Section Annual. You will really be impressed with the face lift PGA Members, these scholarships are a great way to help fund Marlena has given this important publication this year. Take a your student’s education. Click here for the online application. look when you receive your copy and I’m sure you will want to The deadline for the application and receipt of transcripts is include your club in next year’s volume. Our thanks to Club March 15, 2012 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time. Car for their eight years of support that makes this project possible. Last issue I mentioned the Member Service Requirement Have a great March changes enacted by the PGA Board of Directors in Orlando. With the changes, we will again have four years to complete Jeff Ellison outplay the elements our requirements. The details of the new program can be Stuart Appleby trusts Cutter & Buck CB DryTec™ for maximum comfort found at pgalinks.com. In a nutshell—members will need to on the course. Its lightweight, quick-drying fabric wicks away moisture, achieve a total of 54 MSR but the required categories have keeping him cool, dry and at his best. Bryan Dickson been modified to 36 credits in any combination of PGA [email protected]. Meetings, PGA Education or approved Golf 2.0 activities. phone: 425-917-3307 The easiest way to understand the change is that your MSR Cell: 425-221-5223 credits on June 15, 2012 will be your starting balance for a three year MSR cycle running from June 16, 2012 to June 15, 2015. Look for more details from National and please review it! ForeWord Press ForeWord Press 4 5 UPCOMING EVENTS UPCOMING EVENTS Washington Open Invitational Senior Players’ Championship The Korey Pro-Am: May 19-20 April 23-24, 2012 Championship: May 21-23, 2012 Indian Summer G&CC, Olympia, WA Glendale CC, Bellevue, WA Enter the 86th Washington Open Invitational, to be The Senior Players’ Championship is back by popular held at Glendale CC in Bellevue, WA. Visit the event demand! We are bringing back the popular format used webpage for entry form and details. in previous years for 2012. Visit the event webpage for entry form and details. Tournament format: • Pro-Am - Daily Professional
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