PRESORT STD JULY U.S. Postage PAID 2019 ISSUE The source for northwest news Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Are officials really looking at closing courses? Can the city of Seattle’s mayor and city council really be serious about taking a look at closing public golf courses in the city? These courses have been around for years and are some of the most popular in the . Inside Golf says they need to take this off the table ASAP. See Page 2 of this section of Inside Golf for more. Amateur Hatley WHAT’S NEW Riverbend turns 30 IN NW GOLF birdies final hole, wins Oregon Open

Chambers Bay hosting the in one-hole playoff 2028 U.S. Open? Maybe It was amateur hour at the Oregon Open Invi- The Golf Associated has tational at Pronghorn Golf Club’s Fazio Course in booked the U.S. Open through the 2027 season the final round. That’s amateur hour as in five of the when the tournament will return to Pebble Beach top six players in the tournament were amateurs. for the seventh time. But after that, anything is Amateur Reid Hatley of Hayden Lake CC fair game. (Hayden, Idaho) birdied the first hole of a playoff And who knows, maybe can against amateur Pat O’Donnell of Arrowhead GC get onto the schedule again. Chambers Bay hosted the 2015 U.S. Open, which was won by (Molalla, Ore.) and amateur Darren Slackman of Jordan Spieth. But the course came under fire The Creek at Qualchan (Spokane, Wash.). for its greens. But since then, Chambers Bay has Hatley birdied the 54th and final hole of the replaced every green from fescue to poa annua, tournament to join the playoff with both O’Donnell re-opening just a couple of months ago. and Slackman. Hatley then went on to birdie the “We will pay attention, said the USGA’s John first playoff hole to win the event and capture his Bodenhamer, the former head of the Pacific first Pacific Northwest Section major championship. Northwest Golf Association. “We’ve been do- Five of the top six players were amateurs. Justin ing a lot of strategic thinking where we go after Wiles of the Running Y Ranch Resort was the top 2027. The good part is we’ve got time to figure that out. And Chambers Bay was certainly on professional, finishing in a tie for fifth with amateur our radar screen.” Justin Kadin of Tetherow in Bend. Amateur Mason Chambers Bay will host the 2021 U.S. Koch of Meridian Valley finished fourth, one shot Amateur Four-Ball, giving the top amateurs in out of the playoff. Second-round leader Brian the country a taste of the new greens. Thornton of Meridian Valley finished seventh, three shots out of the playoff. ranks courses best in state in Northwest Golf Digest Magazine came out with its 2019 ranking of the top courses in each state in the country. Here is a look at how the courses It was a happy anniversary in the Pacific Northwest stack up.Golf Digest Magazine has been publishing this kind of list month at Riverbend Golf Course since 1977. in Kent, Wash., in June. The

Washington: course turned 30 years old and 1. Sahalee Country Club, Sammamish for years has been one of the 2. Chambers Bay, University Place 3. Aldarra Golf Club, Sammamish busiest golf courses in the Pa- 4. Gamble Sands, Brewster cific Northwest with its 18-hole 5. Tumble Creek at Suncadia, Cle Elum championship course, driving Idaho: range and well stocked merchan- 1. Gozzer Ranch, Harrison dise center. One day the course 2. The Golf Club at Black Rock, Coeur d’Alene 3. Huntsman Springs, Driggs rolled back prices to what they 4. Club at Rock Creek, Coeur d’Alene were the day it opened 30 years 5. Headwaters Club at Teton Springs, Victor ago. Reid Hatley of Hayden Lake Golf Course in Idaho. Oregon: 1. Pacific Dunes, Bandon 2. Bandon Dunes, Bandon 3. Old Macdonald, Bandon 4. Bandon Trails, Bandon PXG Golf makes a move 5. Eugene Country Club, Eugene 6. Pronghorn (Nicklaus), Bend to the Northwest with 7. Pronghorn (Fazio), Bend 8. Pumpkin Ridge (Witch), North Plains 9. Crosswater, Sunriver new Bellevue facility 10. Waverly Country Club, Portland Parsons Xtreme Golf is one of the hottest brands in the golf industry today. Professionals and amateurs have made Rules Quiz the move to the club, invented by Bob Your ball has come to rest on the putting Parsons, who started his company in green. You mark and clean your golf ball. 2014. Northwest native and PGA Tour After you replace it in front of your mark star Ryan Moore plays the clubs. For and walk away the ball inexplicably moves a couple feet towards the hole. Now what? more on PXG, please see inside this sec- Please see the answer on Page 2 of this tion of Inside Golf Newspaper. section of Inside Golf Newspaper. • Page 2 • • Inside Comments • • Inside Golf - July Issue 2019 • Deciding the fate of Seattle city courses? Are you kidding me, the decision is easy The one thing I like every morning at the house need as a resource for sport and recreation in he is opening the front door and picking up my copy community.” of the Seattle Times. I am old school and love the Hey golfers, here is a list of the mayor and city newspaper business. I look through every section council folks to start your letter writing campaign - of course starting with the sports section. to. And trust me, mine is on the way to these folks Bob Marlatt But on this day in June, the front page story as well: Publisher grabbed my attention. The headline talked about the [email protected] Seattle City Courses and turning them into open [email protected] Steve Turcotte space. I am in the golf business, the last thing we [email protected] Editor-Advertising need is for more golf courses to go away. Steve [email protected] But there it was in black and white. On the front [email protected] Kathy Marlatt page. Of the Seattle Times. Turcotte [email protected] Operations Manager Are you kidding me? Taking the four Seattle [email protected] public golf courses and turning them into something taking over the contract. [email protected] Contributing Writers else. Even Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat “These are not played by people who belong Jeff Coston, Russ Wing, a couple of weeks later had a column talking about to private golf courses and it’s very diverse [email protected] [email protected] how Seattle has plenty of open spaces and places people population,” said Bill Schickler, founder Photography: Scott Bisch for people to live. and president of Premier Golf Centers. “You’ve [email protected] Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein Seattle’s public courses are terrific layouts, have got grandparents playing with grandkids and kids. been around for years and years and are always And you’ve got women and men of all ethnicities Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf Newspaper. Subscription rates: He can he reached at [email protected]. popular with packed sheets. You can’t go wrong playing these courses and they are very much in $17-one year and $30-two years (U.S. when you tee it up at places like Jackson Park, funds). Jefferson Park, West Seattle and Interbay, with its immense driving range and 9-hole course. In fact, Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- PGA Tour star and Northwest native come, however we will accept no liability played Jefferson when he was growing up. I’m sure for their loss or damage, and will only he wouldn’t like to see that course go away. return them if prior arrangements have But listening to some of these people on the city been made with the publisher. council and Mayor Jenny Durkan how they think golf is just a throwaway sport. They might want to take a Courier Address look one day this summer and see how many kids, 460 Dennis Blvd seniors, women, and men are out there on the golf Port Townsend, WA 98368 courses and driving ranges taking advance of the golf the city of Seattle has to offer. Mailing Address Seattle has had its golf courses going all the way P.O. Box 1890 back to 1915, when Jefferson Park opened up. The Port Townsend, WA 98368 city of Seattle commissioned a study to look into the future of the golf courses. And the funny thing Phone is golfers never heard word one about the study. (360) 379-4080 Golfers were literally blindsided when word of this study came out. E-mail Address The courses are managed by Premier Golf, [email protected] which has done an outstanding job for the city since The city of Seattle is looking at what to do with its courses, including West Seattle Golf Course. www.insidegolfonline.com Inside Golf Newspaper is a trademark of Northwest Publications, Inc. and is published on the first of each month.

Rules Answer • Answer: The ball must be replaced. (Rule 14.2) If the player’s ball on the putting green moves after the player had already lifted and replaced the ball on the spot from which it moved: The ball must be replaced on its original spot (which if not known must be estimated) (see Rule 14.2). This is true no matter what caused it to move (including natural forces). The opposite would be true had you not had the opportunity to mark the ball yet. In that case the ball would be played as it lies.

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Tournament season for the Pacific Northwest’s top lead until the end. In the Super Senior Amateur, Vanier Yakima golfers wins girls junior Rhythm and Brews in Federal Way professionals and amateurs is right around the corner. had started the final round one shot behind Paul Lodge Cassie Kim of Yakima, WA won the 2019 Pacific Come out to the 3rd Annual Rhythm and Brews Fes- The Muckleshoot Open kicked off the of Caldwell, Idaho. Vanier had built a two-shot lead Northwest Girls Junior PGA Championship at The tival on July 20th at Federal Way’s new Town Square championship season with a three-day tournament at over Lodge with three holes to play, but Lodge birdied Home Course in DuPont, WA. Park. There will 30 craft beers/ciders, three local Kent’s Meridian Valley Country Club. holes 16 and 18 to catch Vanier and force a playoff, with Kim will have the opportunity to join 144 of distilleries and two local wineries offering samples. Here is a look at the rest of the major championship both players finishing the three-day championship at the nation’s top female junior golfers in the PGA of On stage will be three local bands featuring Mark schedule in the Pacific Northwest… 1-under-. Vanier won the title on the second playoff America’s premium junior event, the 44th Girls Junior Hurwitz and Gin Creek, a two time nominee for Best • Rosauers Invitational will be held July 19-21 at hole. The two competitors were the only players in the PGA Championship, hosted at Keney Park Golf Course Band by the Washington Blues Society. Spokane’s Indian Canyon Golf Course. Super Senior field to finish under par. in Hartford, Connecticut. Keney Park Golf Course is The event runs noon – 5 pm with tickets on line at • The Northwest Open Invitational is set for Aug. home to the Hartford Women’s Open and was recently FWBrews.com for $25 (at the door $30) includes six 19-21 at Walla Walla’s Wine Valley. Bandon hosts USGA Four-Ball restored in 2014. The 44th Girls Junior PGA Champion- tasting tokens and free tasting glass. And don’t forget these pro tournaments. Todd Mitchell approached his partner, Scott Harvey, ship will be held from July 9-12, 2019. The proceeds support the Federal Way Symphony’s * Aug. 8-11: WinCo Foods Portland Open, Web. on the 17th green of Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s Old Kim, 18, shot a total of 71-70-141 for the Cham- music education program and performances. Bring com event at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club near Port- Macdonald course and planted a hearty bear hug, the pionship and edged out Baylee Hammericksen of your blanket or chairs and enjoy the music on the land. kind of embrace one gives for a big moment. This was Medford, OR by one stroke. lawn. • Aug. 23-25: , Champions Tour one of those appropriate situations. Cassie Kim and Baylee Hammericksen both will event at Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club, just east of After some close calls, including a runner-up finish represent the Pacific Northwest against the 41 PGA of Myrtle Beach World Amateur set Seattle. in the 2008 U.S. Mid-Amateur, Mitchell had finally ar- America Sections to Connecticut in July. Over 3,000 golfers from around the world will • Aug, 29-Sept. 1: Cambia Portland LPGA Clas- rived at the mountaintop. Finally, he could call himself sic, one of the longest-running LPGA events set for compete in the annual Myrtle Beach World Amateur a USGA champion just like his partner, Harvey, did in Oregon golfer claims junior title Golf Tournament Aug. 26-29, 2019. Players complete Columbia Edgewater in Portland. the U.S. Mid-Amateur five years ago. Mateo Fuenmayor of Beaverton, OR won the 2019 72 holes on a different course each day throughout the Playing in some of the most challenging condi- Pacific Northwest Boys Junior PGA Championship at event. Over 60 courses will participate in the tournament O’Donnell, Vanier win Senior events tions all week, Mitchell, 40, of Bloomington, Ill., The Home Course in DuPont, WA. including Barefoot Resort courses, Caledonia, Grande Pat O’Donnell of Happy Valley, Ore. went wire- and Harvey, a Kernersville, N.C., resident defeated Mateo Fuenmayor will have the opportunity to join Dunes, Myrtle Beach National courses, Myrtlewood and many more. to-wire in winning the 55th Pacific Northwest Senior East Carolina University rising seniors Blake Taylor, 144 of the nation’s top male junior golfers in the PGA Golfers of all skill levels are welcome to play. Those Men’s Amateur Championship; while Gary Vanier of 21, of Wilmington, N.C., and Logan Shuping, 21, of of America’s premium junior event, the 44th Boys Tetonia, Idaho survived a playoff to win the 10th Pacific Salisbury, N.C., 2 and 1, in the 18-hole championship with a USGA-approved are eligible for prizes Junior PGA Championship, hosted at Keney Park Golf in their respective flights, which are divided by age, Northwest Super Senior Men’s Amateur. match of the 5th U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Champion- Course in Hartford, Connecticut. Keney Park Golf handicap and gender. Non-handicapped players can play The three-day 54-hole stroke-play championships ship. Course is home to the Hartford Women’s Open and in the Gross or Just for Fun flights. The World Amateur were held concurrently at Florence (Ore.) Golf Links, After five trips to match play in this team event was recently restored in 2014. The 44th Boys Junior website includes information about handicaps along with and were conducted by the Pacific Northwest Golf As- that began in 2015, including a semifinal showing PGA Championship will be held from July 30-August the event’s handicap committee. sociation (PNGA). The Senior Men’s Amateur includes in the inaugural competition at The Olympic Club in 2, 2019. Registration is $575/person. The tournament fee men 55 years of age or older while the Super Senior , Harvey and Mitchell will have their Mateo Fuenmayor, 16, shot a total of 74-67-141 for includes 72 holes of golf on a new course each day, a gift bag stuffed with swag totaling $300, entrance to the Men’s Amateur includes men age 65 years or older. names inscribed on a USGA trophy and forever be the Championship and edged out Andrew Reinhardt 19th hole party with heavy hors d’ouevres and an open O’Donnell was the only player in the Senior Ama- immortalized inside the USGA Golf Museum’s Hall and Gyan Bains who he beat in a three hole playoff. teur to finish under par, with rounds of 71-73-71. He of Champions. They are the second mid-amateur side bar, random drawings and competitions. Mateo Fuenmayor and Andrew Reinhardt both will Visit the website www.myrtlebeachworldamateur. was the leader after round one, and carried it through to claim the title, joining 2015 winners Nathan Smith represent the Pacific Northwest against the 41 PGA of com for a complete schedule of events and registration to the end. In the final round, he was two shots up on and Todd White. America Sections to Connecticut in July. details. Greg Sanders of Anchorage, Alaska, and he held that

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Lake Limerck Golf Club 811 E Saint Andrews Drive, Shelton, WA 98584 • Page 6 • • In THE NEWS • • Inside Golf - July Issue 2019 • Glendoveer will play host to junior caddy program for the 2019 season It all started a couple of years ago when PGA Pro- ing with Heard on understanding the game. They then fessional Quincy Heard was looking for activities for spend nine holes caddying for Heard to make sure they kids for a summer intern program. Since then, Heard have a grasp of the caddying. has taken his junior caddy program and turned it into So far, so good. a successful venture at Portland’s Glendoveer Golf “We had a young lady from the Ukraine last year Course. and didn’t know anything about golf,” said Heard. “She It began with a pair of 18-year-old caddies two went through a round with me and we got her into the years ago and now, the Summit Golf Foundation Caddie program. She went on a round with some golfers and Program at Glendoveer has nearly 30 juniors looking came back having made $50. She said he was able to for loops during the summer months. Heard has been help everyone in the group. She might want to be a pleased with the results from the program so far. professional caddy now.” “We have kids who knew nothing about golf - and The caddies come complete with bibs and the now they are caddying and playing golf,” said Heard. program also provides caddies access to the Evans “This is what the program is all about.” Foundation Scholarship program which grants 900 The kids are all trained on the golf course before college students scholarships. they are sent to the first tee at Glendoveer for their first There is no cost for the caddies at Glendoveer, caddy job. they watch videos and spend hours work- although tips are always nice. Glendoveer Golf Course in Portland will play host to a summer caddy program again for the 2019 season. FOSTER GOLF LINKS

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Coston rallies with 64 in final round Tour Players With Northwest ties to capture Washington Senior Open PGA Tour Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine, Wash. • Rosauers Invitational will be held July 19-21 at • Kevin Chappell • Kirkland • 179th on the list with $257,024 rallied with a 64 in the final round to win the Washing- Spokane’s Indian Canyon Golf Course. • Ben Crane • Portland • 193rd on the list with $193,074 ton Senior Open at the Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim. • The Northwest Open Invitational is set for Aug. • Joel Dahmen, Clarkston • 44th on the list with $1,838,170 • Robert Garrigus • Gresham • 222nd on the list with $64,774 It was Coston’s 10th victory in the tournament. 19-21 at Walla Walla’s Wine Valley. • Ryan Moore • Puyallup • 54th on the list with $1,598,088 Coston finished with a three-round total of 201, And don’t forget these pro tournaments. • Cheng Tsung Pan • Ex-UW • 34th on the list with $2,167,824 shooting rounds of 71-66-64 along the way. In his final • Aug. 8-11: WinCo Foods Portland Open, Web.com • Andrew Putnam • Tacoma • 37th on the list with $2,073,584 round, Coston had eight birdies, including birdies on event at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club near Portland. This • Nick Taylor • Ex-UW • 114th on the list with $748,431 the 17th and 18th holes to get past Joey Carranza of tournament will bring together the top players from • Aaron Wise • Ex-Oregon • 87th on the list with $879,051 Aldarra Golf Club, who finished second at 202. the Web.com Tour and at the end, the top 25 will be • Alex Prugh • Spokane • 154th on the list with $435,045 Coston collected a first-place check of $5,000 for awarded Playing Cards for the PGA Tour for the 2020 • Kyle Stanley • Gig Harbor • 104th on the list with $814,172 winning the tournament. season. Amateur Tom Brandes of Glendale Country Club • Aug. 23-25: Boeing Classic, Champions Tour Web.com Tour • Andres Gonzales • Olympia • 175th on the list with $7,101 tied for third at 203 along with Rob Gibbons of Ar- event at Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club, just east of Se- • Scott Harrington • Portland • 62nd on the list with $58,577 rowhead Golf Club. Todd Erwin of Tacoma Golf attle. Local favorite Fred Couples is always a headline • Brock Mackenzie • Yakima • 137th on the list with $18,205 Center was fifth at 205, Tom Sovay of the Golf Club at attraction at this event, which is marked by a flyover • Michael Putnam, • Tacoma • No Events Redmond Ridge was sixth at 206, Jim Pike of Sahalee from a Boeing jet before the tournament starts. Country Club was seventh at 207 and Billy Bomar of • Aug, 29-Sept. 1: Cambia Portland LPGA Clas- Champions Tour Prairie Falls tied for eighth with Jeff Marsh of Vancou- sic, one of the longest-running LPGA events set for • Fred Couples • Seattle • 43rd on the list with $220,509 ver and Brent Murray of Oswego Lake at 208. Columbia Edgewater in Portland. • Bob Gilder • Corvallis • 117th on the list with $12,088 And a couple of top amateur events to remember • Brian Henninger • Eugene • No Events to take a look at: • Peter Jacobsen • Portland • 121st on the list with $10,125 Tournament season heating up • • Pullman • 4th on the list with $970,169 Tournament season for the Pacific Northwest’s top • PNGA Men’s Amateur, will take place at two professionals and amateurs is right around the corner. courses, Tacoma Country and Golf Club and Chambers Mackenzie Tour (Canada) The Muckleshoot Washington Open kicked off the Bay July 8-13. • Derek Barron • Puyallup • 57th on the list with $3,748 championship season with a three-day tournament at • PNGA Women’s Amateur will be held at Arrow- • Alistar Docherty • , Wash. • No Events Kent’s Meridian Valley Country Club. head Golf Club in Molalla, Ore. July 15-19. • Chris Killmer • Bellingham • No Events Here is a look at the rest of the major championship PNGA Junior Amateur Boys and Girls at Port • Cory Pereira • Ex-UW • No Events schedule in the Pacific Northwest… Ludlow on Aug. 12-16. • Chris Williams • Ex-UW • No Events • Eugene Wong • Ex-Oregon • No Events

Did you know…. LPGA Tour • First held in 1899, the PNGA Men’s Amateur is one • Jing Yan • Ex-UW • 52nd on the list with $188,020 of the oldest amateur championships • Bill Wright of Seattle was in North America. Past champions LPGA Symetra Tour the first African-American to win include , Jim McLean, a USGA national championship, and Ben Crane, among many other • Jimin Kang • Seattle • No Events the 1959 U.S. Amateur Public PNGA Hall of Famers. This year’s • Mallory Kent • Seattle • No Events Links. Wright learned the game championship will be held July 8-13 • Sadena Parks • Tacoma • No Events at Seattle’s Jefferson Park at Tacoma C&GC and Chambers Bay. • Jing Yan • Ex-UW • 128th on the list with $2,540 Municipal Golf Course, as part • Kim Welch • Ex-WSU • 78th on the list with $7,962 of their Fir State Junior Golf program. • Erynne Lee • Silverdale • 114th on the list with $3,509

Riverbend Golf Course has new Half Lion Public House now open By Steve Hunter, Kent Reporter first batch of homebrew David and some friends finished The Half Lion Public House is open for business at a day of skiing at Crystal Mountain and decided to swing the city of Kent’s Riverbend Golf Complex. through Enumclaw to give that first beer a try. In those Sumner-based Half Lion Brewing Co., opened the early days we were brewing at a friends house and they restaurant/bar last month at 2019 W. Meeker St. It offers owned a great dane named Tonka. Andy, David’s younger American pub fare along with Half Lion’s handcrafted brother, was fascinated by Tonka’s size. She was such a beers. The company opened in Sumner in February 2016. huge animal! Questions, and beers, were raised, ``Why Half Lion beer is on tap at more than 200 locations from were Great Danes bred to be so large?`` Answers, and Tukwila to Olympia. The name comes not from a lion, more beers, were given, ``To hunt and kill lions, I think.`` but a Great Dane, which owners Jason Nelson, David When it was time to go, everyone hopped into the car to Westby and Adam Shay explain on the company’s website head back home. One of the visiting skiers was puzzled, at halflion.com. he was shaking his head and chuckling to himself and The Kent City Council unanimously approved a 10- everyone started to ask what his deal was. He continued year lease agreement in January with Half Lion. The lease in full seriousness, ``So wait… You guys are telling me… has three, five-year options. No restaurant has operated that dog is Half Lion?!`` In bouncing from conversation at the facility since March 2017 when Scotch and Vine to conversation he had confused the hunting of lions closed. conversation into thinking a dog and a lion had been bred About that name ..... A couple weeks after brewing the to create Great Danes. Half Lion Public House is now open for business at Riverbend Golf Course in Kent, Wash.

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33915 1st Way S Suite 202 Federal Way, WA 98003 253-661-3155 • Page 10 • • IN THE NEWS • • Inside Golf - July Issue 2019 • Dan Altmayer: Work towards There is no need for first-tee jitters your own financial independence when you are in your first tournament Once again, it’s time for fireworks, picnics and By The Washington State Golf Association parades as the nation celebrates Independence Day. Year after year you’ve been saying you’ll do it. • Rules Rule: If it’s your first Scramble, Collectively, we enjoy many liberties, but some free- And, well, now you’ve gone and done it – you’ve doms can be elusive – and financial freedom is one signed up for your first event. You’ve cleared your relax – it’s all about having fun at this level. of them. What actions can you take to help yourself calendar and the date is etched in your brain, and the Your job as a newbie or beginner is to just eventually declare your own financial independence? countdown to your tee time has begun. put the ball in play and have a good time. If For starters, you’ll want to determine what finan- Gulp. Now what? the stakes are higher, say you’re playing for cial independence means to you. Is it the liberty to No matter what kind of event you’ve signed up Dan Dan a sleeve of balls or a championship crystal meet all your cash flow needs? The freedom to retire for – a Scramble for a charity event, or your first comfortably, at the age you choose? The ability to set match at your club, or your first WSGA state cham- – then chuck all the “rules” you have when up the kind of legacy you’d like to leave? If any or all Altmayer pionship – here are a few things you can do to help you’re out with your buddies and stick with of these things are important to you, consider the with the first tournament jitters and net an enjoyable the USGA Official Rules of Golf. Everything following suggestions: position to overlook the day-to-day fluctuations in the experience! counts during tournament play – there ain’t • Rules Rule: If it’s your first Scramble, relax – it’s • Liberate yourself from oppressive debts. The market and keep your focus on your long-term goals. no gimmees, and ain’t no mulligans – so it cost of living is certainly not cheap, so it’s hardly all about having fun at this level. Your job as a newbie • Unleash the potential in your retirement plan. pays to know the rules. And don’t forget surprising that so many people incur significant debt. Your 401(k) or similar employer-sponsored plan is a or beginner is to just put the ball in play and have a Yet, the higher your debt load, the less you’ll have great way to save for retirement. You can contribute good time. If the stakes are higher, say you’re playing that the USGA recently rolled out a new available to invest for the future. Debt might be one pre-tax dollars, so the more you put in, the lower for a sleeve of balls or a championship crystal – then set of rules. of the biggest barriers you face on the road to your your taxable income, and your earnings can grow chuck all the “rules” you have when you’re out with financial independence. To avoid piling on too much tax deferred. (With a Roth 401(k), you put in after-tax your buddies and stick with the USGA Official Rules debt, live within your means. Take steps such as dollars, but your withdrawals are tax-free, provided of Golf. Everything counts during tournament play – goodness for the Internet! Get on the course’s website saving for a vacation, rather than putting it all on your you meet certain conditions.) But despite these tax there ain’t no gimmees, and ain’t no mulligans – so and study its layout and yardages. Read other golfers’ credit card, and getting just one more year out of that advantages, your 401(k)’s full potential won’t be real- it pays to know the rules. And don’t forget that the online reviews for some insight on the course. You can old car. Look for bargains everywhere – ized unless you fund it adequately. Try to contribute USGA recently rolled out a new set of rules. Here also scope out Google Earth to get the lay of the land. and find out what you can live without. And if you as much as you can afford each year and increase are some key changes. With this information on hand you can start thinking have sizable debts, see if you can consolidate them your contributions as your salary goes up. Another • Rules Formats: Each format will have its own ahead what clubs you might play on certain holes. and lower your interest payments. way to uncap your 401(k)’s potential is by choosing set of rules. Match Play, Stroke Play, Chapman, Sta- • Listen to your mother: Prepare your equipment • Free yourself from chaotic investing. The finan- appropriate investments. Your 401(k) likely contains bleford, Best-Ball. What matters in a charity scramble the night before Arrive early to get mentally prepared cial markets can be unpredictable – but that doesn’t a dozen or more investment options, so you’ll want will matter not one iota in a state championship. and not feel rushed and get a proper warmup in. A mean your investment moves have to be chaotic. a mix that offers the greatest possibilities for growth • Local Rules: Read everything the Tournament good rule of thumb is to arrive one hour prior to your So, for example, instead of responding to a sudden within the context of your personal risk tolerance. Director sends you and listen to all the announce- scheduled tee time. plunge in stock prices by selling stocks that still may Gaining your financial independence requires time and ments from the course’s PGA Head Professional • Use the restroom before the round be fundamentally sound with strong growth potential, commitment. But once you’ve achieved this freedom, before you tee off. • Have a proper breakfast you might be much better off by holding your ground. you’ll know it was worth the effort. And who knows? • Practice, Practice, and then Practice some more: • Check the weather forecast and be prepared. And you’ll be in a better position to do nothing during You might even want to wave a sparkler or two to ‘Nuff said. The ball isn’t going into the hole on its Sunscreen? Umbrella? How many layers to wear? periods of market volatility when you’ve already done celebrate. own. Have fun and pat yourself on the back for taking something – namely, built an investment portfolio that • Get to know the course: It’s ideal if you can get this first step! reflects your goals, time horizon and risk tolerance. Dan Altmayer is a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones a practice round on the course you’ll be competing And remember: everyone else is just as nervous With this type of portfolio in place, you’ll be in a good in Federal Way. He can be reached at 253.661.3155. on, but sometimes that’s just not practical – so, thank as you are.

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