Benzel Captures Oregon Open Title with Steady Play at Brasada Canyons
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PRESORT STD FREE JULY U.S. Postage PAID COPY 2016 ISSUE THE SOURCE FOR NORTHWEST GOLF NEWS Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Central Washington: The place to find a golf variety If you are looking for golf variety, look no further than Central Washington. The area is loaded with some of the top courses in the Pacific Northwest, including Desert Canyon in Orondo (right). There are the public courses, resort courses and private courses. A total variety to be found. See special section for more. LPGA stars shine brightly at Sahalee Benzel captures WHAT’S NEW Oregon Open title IN NW GOLF with steady play at John Daly signed to play Brasada Canyons Sahalee Country Club professional Ryan in 2016 Boeing Classic Benzel shot a three-round total of 209 to win the Fan favorite John Daly has committed to play Oregon Open Invitational at Brasada Canyons. the Boeing Classic, which will be held August Benzel was steady throughout the tournament 22-28 at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. shooting rounds of 69-71-69 to finish at 7-under- Daly is eligible to compete in Champions Tour par and win the $7,000 first-place check. events after turning 50 on April 28. Known for his The event was close until the final hole when spirited look on life, exuberant clothing choices Benzel birdied the 18th hole to win the tourna- and 300-yard tee shots, he has made a splash in the golf world since his career began. Daly tallied ment by two shots over Darren Black of Rainier five wins during his PGA Tour career, earning Golf and Country Club and amateur Justin Kadin “Comeback Player of the Year” honors in 2004 of Tetherow. Kadin had been leading the tourna- after a victory at the Farmers Insurance Open. ment after rounds of 67-69 but faded with a 75 With two major championships under his belt in the third round. (1991 PGA Championship, 1995 British Open) Another amateur Nick Baines of Pumpkin Daly said of his newfound PGA TOUR Champions Ridge made the biggest move in the final round career, “It is a new chapter and learning and all. shooting a 66 to move into a tie for fourth place Some of the golf courses, I probably played be- with Tony Robydek of Pro Golf Discount in fore. Some are going to be kind of new to me, so it’s going to be kind of a year of testing the waters Tacoma at 212. and finding places that I’m best at shooting my Tim Feenstra of Broadmoor Golf Club tied game and stuff. Like I said, I’m looking forward for sixth with Rob Gibbons of Arrowhead at to it and seeing some of my old buddies out 213 while David LeBeck of Astoria Golf and there.” Country Club tied for eighth with Brian Thornton The Boeing Classic is an official event on the of Meridian Valley at 214. PGA Tour Champions, which features the legends Next up for the top professionals and amateurs of golf 50 years of age or older. Billy Andrade, of the Pacific Northwest is the Rosauers Invita- is the tournaments defending Champion. In his tional, set for July 15-17 at MeadowWood Golf first appearance at the Boeing Classic, he held Club in Spokane. off several golfers down the stretch to win the Photo by Scott Bisch 2015 tournament. Washington’s Mulflur Pacific Amateur set for As if the LPGA Tour return to the 20th annual event in ‘16 Puget Sound area didn’t need any named Coach of Year If you are looking to finish off your 2016 more drama, leave it to a couple tournament season in style look no further than of teenagers to provide plenty of Mary Lou Mulflur, who led the Washington the Pacific Northwest and Central Oregon for women’s golf team to its first national title, the Lithia Pacific Amateur Golf Classic. fireworks in the final round of the was named national coach of the year by the The tournament will take place Sept. 17-22 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Women’s Golf Coaches Association. at a collection of some of Central Oregon top Mulflur, who just completed her 33rd season courses and features different net divisions for at Sahalee Country Club. Brooke at UW, was named national coach of the year in men, women and seniors. The winner of each Henderson (top photo), 18, made a division will advance to play at Sunriver’s award- 2015 by Golfweek. That award for this year has winning Crosswater for the tournament title. playoff birdie to beat 19-year-old Lydia not been announced yet. Entry fee is $530. See www.pacamgolf.com Ko (right) to win the championship. With a starting five of two seniors and three for more information on what the event has to freshmen, UW was one of eight teams to ad- offer and how the format works. The Canadian Henderson became vance to match play from the 24-team NCAA This year marks the 20th anniversary of the the youngest champion in the 62-year championship field at Eugene (Ore.) Country tournament which has become one of the largest history of the tournament. See Page Club. Entering match play as the No. 4 seed, the in the country for amateur players. 8 for more on the tournament. Huskies defeated No. 5 seed Virginia, No. 1 seed Photo by Scott Bisch UCLA and No. 2 seed Stanford en route to the title. Rules Quiz In which of the following is a player’s ball New Nicklaus Nine not lost: • The player searched for 6 minutes and did not find the ball. at American Lake • The player dropped a ball where he thought his original ball was likely to be and For years, the American Lake Vet- played his next stroke. erans Course near Tacoma has been a • The player dropped a ball for relief haven for military veterans and veterans from a lateral water hazard for which she did not have virtual certainty the ball was in recovering from injuries. It’s been a ter- the lateral water hazard. rific place with nine holes cut through • A player found two balls in the fairway the trees. Now, it’s even better. A new pretty far apart. Both are the same brand, and number he was playing. He failed to put nine holes designed by Jack Nicklaus any identification mark on his original ball. has opened at American Lake, including See Page 2 for the answer. this par-3 gem. For more, see Page 3 of Inside Golf Newspaper. Printed in U.S.A. • • • INSIDE GOLF NEWSPAPER • • • ©All Rights Reserved • Page 2 • • InsIde Comments • • Inside Golf - July Issue 2016 • U.S. Open road trip: Pittsburgh proves to be great city, Oakmont tough course The email came in one day just like a variety of course that we had to take cover in a shelter built others that pop into my in box. The return address for 25 but seemed to have 100 in it. The rain was came from a group called www.visitpittsburgh. sideways, the wind blew and thunder and lightning com. were in the sky. I briefly read it and didn’t give it much thought, The USGA called off the tournament for the Bob Marlatt thinking to myself golf in Pittsburgh? OK, the U.S. rest of the day after the storm passed. At least Open is being held close by at Oakmont but what we saw some of the big names, saw some good Publisher does Pittsburgh have for sports besides the Steel- shots, some bad shots and were able to take in the ers, Pirates and Penguins. I began to do a little U.S. Open experience for a second year in a row. Steve Turcotte snooping on the web site. Oakmont was not Chambers Bay, but Chambers Editor-Advertising There was much more to Pittsburgh than just Steve Bay is not Oakmont. Both were different and sports teams. And, there was golf. Plenty of golf. unique experiences - no matter what some had to Kathy Marlatt And don’t forget the U.S. Open was right down Turcotte say about Chambers Bay. Operations Manager the street at Oakmont Country Club in suburban Pittsburgh and Oakmont now go hand in hand. Oakmont. In fact, Oakmont will host another U.S. Open in Contributing Writers For years Pittsburgh seemed to have gotten had the worst of the weather on the first day of the 2025, giving Pittsburgh another chance to show a bad rap. Images of steel mills, coal factories tournament. After a couple of hours of watching, off what it has to offer. Jeff Coston, Russ Wing, and a run down town seemed to be what people a thunderstorm passed through. We went back Brian Giboney thought. out for more golf action, Then another storm blew Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf Newspaper. Photography: Scott Bisch But this is not your father’s Pittsburgh anymore. through the area and we were so far out on the He can be reached at [email protected]. Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein This is a town with a fresh downtown, a terrific skyline, great sight-seeing changes and all right at Subscription rates: the confluence of the Ohio, Allegheny and Monon- $17-one year and $30-two years (U.S. gahela Rivers, hence the nickname Three Rivers. The organization associated with bringing funds). people to Pittsburgh and seeing what all the fuss is about is www.visitpittsburgh.com. The group has Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- plenty to show off from the professional sports come, however we will accept no liability teams Pittsburgh Steelers, Pirates and Penguins to for their loss or damage, and will only the tours of places like the Andy Warhol Museum return them if prior arrangements have and the Roberto Clemente Museum.