PRESORT STD AUGUST U.S. Postage PAID 2019 ISSUE The source for northwest news Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Boeing Classic is set for annual run in the Northwest The top players from the PGA Tour Champions make their annual trip to the Pacific Northwest for the Boeing Classic at the Golf Club at Snoqualmie Ridge Aug. 23-25. Hometown favorite Fred Couples will be one of the headline attractions at the tournament, but all the other big names should be on hand as well for this annual event.

WHAT’S NEW Tri-Mountain Golf IN NW turns 25 Tri-Mountain Golf Course in Ridgefield, Wash., just north of Portland, reached a mile- Professional tournament stone in 2019 as the course turns 25 years old. The course can be seen as you head along time in the Pacific NW Interstate-5 and lives up to its name on a clear Tournament season for the Pacific North- day with views of Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams west’s top professionals and amateurs is right and Mt. Hood all at the same time from around around the corner. The Muckleshoot Washington Open kicked off the championship season with a the course. For more on Tri-Mountain, see three-day tournament at Kent’s Meridian Valley inside this section of Inside Golf Newspaper. Country Club. Here is a look at the rest of the major cham- pionship schedule in the Pacific Northwest… • The Northwest Open Invitational is set for Aug. 19-21 at Walla Walla’s Wine Valley. You can now call it Mount Hood Oregon Resort Erdmann captures And don’t forget these pro tournaments. • Aug. 8-11: WinCo Foods Portland Open, Web.com event at near Rosauers tourney Portland (photo below). • Aug. 23-25: Boeing Classic, Champions after surviving a Tour event at Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club, just east of Seattle. • Aug. 29-Sept. 1: Cambia Portland LPGA three-way playoff Classic, one of the longest-running LPGA events set for Columbia Edgewater in Portland. PGA Professional Scott Erdmann of Oswego Lake Country Club (Lake Oswego, Ore,) won the 32nd Rosauers Open Invitational at Indian Canyon Golf Course in Spokane in an one -hole playoff against PGA Professional Jared Lambert of Meadow Lakes GC (Prineville, Ore.) and PGA Professional Justin Wiles of Running Y Ranch (Klamath Falls, Ore). Erdmann birdied the first playoff hole to capture his first PNW PGA major. Erdmann came from far off the lead to win his first PGA Section Major Championship. He trailed by as many as five shots but came up with a 63 in the final round to set up the playoff. Zachary Stocker of MeadowWood GC (Liberty Lake, Wash.) won low amateur honors, five shots out of the lead. Liam Kendregan of Sand Point Country Club tied for fourth place with Corey Prugh, the head coach of the Spokane Community College men’s and women’s golf teams at 12 under - missing the playoff by two Black Butte, Eagle Crest shots. Prugh led after the first round with a 65. team up for fall tourney Over $100,000 was raised this year for the Vanessa Black Butte Ranch Resort and Eagle Crest Behan Crisis Nursery and over $3,000,000 has been Resort in Central Oregon are joining forces for raised for charity in the 32 years of this event. the inaugural Central Oregon Fall Shootout, which will be held Oct. 5-6 at both resorts. The tournament will feature four-player teams with two different formats on both days. The first Photo by Randy Kirkpatrick round will feature a 4-person Stableford format with the second day a 4-person best Ball with one gross and two nets. The Glaze Meadow Course at Black Butte The name might be different, but the Ranch Resort and the Ridge Course at Eagle resort is still a first-class place to visit. Crest will be the host courses. Welcome to Mount Hood Oregon Resort Entry fee for the tournament is $900 and includes green fees, carts, practice balls, tee in Welches, near the base of Mount Hood gift and continental breakfast and lunch. and just east of Portland. This resort used For more information, call 541.595.1292 or to go by the name The Resort at the 541.504.3877. Mountain, but underwent a name change to reflect what the place is all about. And Rules Quiz there is plenty to like from the great moun- tain views, challenging 27 holes of golf, With your ball on the putting green you mark, lift and clean your golf ball. You then swimming, spa, tennis and much more. For replace your golf ball in front of the mark. more on the resort, please see our special You make your put but forget to remove the section in this month’s issue of Inside Golf ball mark. OK or not OK? Please see the answer on page 2 of this section of Inside Newspaper. Golf Newspaper. Scott Erdmann of Oswego Lake won the Rosauers. • Page 2 • • Inside Comments • • Inside Golf - August Issue 2019 • If it’s August, it means it’s a great time to be a professional golf fan in the Northwest If you are a golf fan and live in the Pacific North- west, this is your month. Not only is a great time to play golf around the Northwest, but there are plenty of opportunities to see some of the best players in the world do their thing. Bob Marlatt There is not one, not two but three terrific Publisher professional golf tournaments to check out in the Northwest this month. From the PGA Tour Cham- Steve Turcotte pions to the LPGA to the PGA Tour’s minor league Editor-Advertising the (yes that is the new name for Steve the old Web.com Tour), you can take your pick when Kathy Marlatt it comes to what you would like to see. Turcotte Operations Manager • First on the tee for the big three is the WinCo Foods Portland Open, the final stop on the Korn with the Portland Cambia Classic. The LPGA’s best Contributing Writers Ferry Tour which the top 25 from the money list will are always on display because this is one of the , Russ Wing, earn their PGA Tour cards for 2020. And this is not most popular tour stops. The four-day tournament just some minor event, Lagadere Sports (formerly is a great way to get up close with the stars from Photography: Scott Bisch Jeff Sanders Promotions) pulls out all the stops to the LPGA Tour. Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein make sure this is like a PGA Tour event. From the hospitality tents to the tickets for Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf Newspaper. Subscription rates: He can be reached at [email protected]. charity to the special viewing areas, there is plenty $17-one year and $30-two years (U.S. to like at the WinCo Foods Portland Open. This funds). is an event that has donated millions to charity through the years and a tournament which is held Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- at Pumpkin Ridge’s Witch Hollow Golf Club Aug. come, however we will accept no liability 8-11. And there is always some Northwest flavor for their loss or damage, and will only to check out - of Olympia, Brock return them if prior arrangements have Mackenzie of Yakima and Scott Harrington of been made with the publisher. Portland are expected to tee it up. • Next up is the Boeing Classic, which will take Courier Address place Aug. 23-25 at the Golf Club at Snoqualmie 460 Dennis Blvd Ridge. The PGA Tour Champions has always made Port Townsend, WA 98368 this an event worth the trip just east of Seattle. The golf course is scenic and the tournament Mailing Address always is competitive. Northwest favorite Fred P.O. Box 1890 Couples is always one of the main attractions at Port Townsend, WA 98368 the tournament. The event kicks off with a flyover from a Boeing jet down the 18th fairway and this Phone is a tournament which always has some interesting (360) 379-4080 storylines. One year there was a nine-player playoff for the tournament championship. Nine players! E-mail Address • The LPGA makes its annual stop at Portland’s [email protected] Columbia Edgewater Country Club Aug, 29-Sept. 1 Andres Gonzales of Olympia should play in the WinCo Foods Portland Open (top); the LPGA in Portland (bottom). www.insidegolfonline.com Inside Golf Newspaper is a trademark of Northwest Publications, Inc. and is published on the first of each month.

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Offer Expires 8/31/2019. Not valid with any other offers or promotions. • Page 4 • • In THE NEWS • • Inside Golf - August Issue 2019 • Boeing Classic offers a chance to qualify for championship field If you feel like having a chance to tee it up with the eight students per class. For information call Val Patrick the final round with a comfortable 8-shot lead over before winning three in a row from 2014-16. The match PGA Tour Champions players at the Boeing Classic, at the Columbia Super Range at 425.338.2424. Victoria Fallgren of Spokane. was evenly played with each competitor holding a lead you have your chance. There will be a pair of qualifiers for six of the 17 holes. A birdie on the 17th hole, a for the Boeing Classic set for Aug. 15 and Aug. 20. Central Washington Shootout is planned OSU golfers claim Oregon amateur wins 5 playing 507 yards, sealed the win for O’Donnell. The Boeing Classic will be held Aug. 23-25 at The The inaugural Central Washington Shootout is set Oregon State University golfers were dominant at Club at Snoqualmie Ridge. for Oct. 11-13 at three of the Tri Cites top golf courses. the Oregon Amateur men’s and women’s champion- NW players off to U.S. Amateur The pre-qualifier is set for Thursday, Aug. 15 with The event will be three days of two-player partner play ships. Rino Sasaki of Japan shot 6-under-par 66 to earn the top five players from that qualifier earning a spot at three different courses - Sun Willows, Columbia Oregon State junior-to-be Spencer Tibbits com- medalist honors at U.S. Women’s Amateur Sectional in the event qualifier, Tuesday, Aug. 20. Point and Canyon Lakes. pleted a dominant week beating Camas’ Daniel Snoey 8 qualifying held at The Home Course. The events will be held at High Cedars Golf Club There will be a shotgun start at all the courses and and 6 to win the Oregon Amateur men’s championship Along with Sasaki, the other four players to earn the in Orting, Wash. The qualifiers are for players age 50 the entry fee is $299 and includes golf, cart, range balls, at Portland Golf Club. The Beavers made it a sweep, as available spots at this qualifier are Emily Baumgart of and over. tee prizes, a welcome party, tournament awards banquet junior-to-be Ellie Slama repeated as women’s cham- Walla Walla, Wash., who shot 3-under 69; Ellen Secor For information see the PGA Tour Champions web and prize drawings as well as on-course contests. pion, easily defeating Pendleton’s Haley Greb. of Portland, Ore. and Therese Warner of Kennewick, site for cost, location and deadlines. Rounds one and two will be a best-ball net score Wash., each shooting 1-under 71; and Ziyi Wang of between the two partners with the third round an ag- Strickland wins Master-40 event China, who survived a 3-person player to claim the final PNGA Championships are scheduled gregate score with the two players. Jeff Strickland of Mill Creek, Wash. won the 44th spot. These five players will now advance to compete Still looking to quell that golf tournament appetite, For information, see the website www.cascadi- Pacific Northwest Master-40 Amateur Championship, in the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur, to be held August then the Pacific Northwest Golf Association has your aevents.com. beating Brad Karns of Vancouver, Wash. 3&1 in the 5-11 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss. answers as the PNGA still has a handful of champion- final match. The championship was held at Wine Valley ships left on the 2019 golf calendar. Seattle golfer wins Women’s Amateur Golf Club in Walla Walla, Wash., and conducted by the In September, the PNGA will be hosting the Men’s Rino Sasaki of Seattle shot rounds of 71-72-77 to Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA). Myrtle Beach World Amateur set Over 3,000 golfers from around the world compete Mid-Amateur at The Home Course Sept. 10-12 and the win the 26th Washington State Women’s Amateur; Tina Under cloudy, cool, and breezy conditions, with the in the annual Myrtle Beach World Amateur Golf Tourna- PNGA Men’s Senior and Super Senior Team Champi- Papatolis of Issaquah, Wash. survived a playoff to win rainfall the night before softening the course, Strick- onships at Gold Mountain in Bremerton Sept. 18-20 ment Aug. 26-29, 2019. Players complete 72 holes on a the 10th Washington State Women’s Mid-Amateur; land, the No. 13 seed, birdied the par-4 first hole, and different course each day throughout the event. Over The PNGA Women’s Senior and Super Senior Team Sandra Turbide of Maple Ridge, B.C. won the 20th never trailed in the scheduled 18-hole match. He ended 60 courses will participate in the tournament including Championships is set for Sept. 16-187 at Gold Moun- Washington State Women’s Senior Amateur in a play- up with four birdies on the day, despite not hitting a Barefoot Resort courses, Caledonia, Grande Dunes, tain while the PNGA Senior and Super Senior Women’s off; and Linda Skwarski of Fall City, Wash. won the fairway between the seventh and 15th holes. Myrtle Beach National courses, Myrtlewood and many Amateur will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at Kalispel Golf 6th Washington State Super Senior Women’s Amateur After both players bogeyed the short par-3 14th, more. and Country Club in Spokane. title in her first attempt. Strickland put his foot on the gas on the uphill par-5 Golfers of all skill levels are welcome to play. Those There is still time to sign up for these champion- All four championships were held concurrently at 15th, hitting his second into the front greenside bunker with a USGA-approved handicap are eligible for prizes in their respective flights, which are divided by age, ships. See www.thepnga.org for more information. Sudden Valley Golf and Country Club in Bellingham, and blasting out to 12 feet and sinking the putt for a handicap and gender. Non-handicapped players can play Wash. and conducted by the Washington State Golf birdie and taking the hole to put him 2-up with three in the Gross or Just for Fun flights. The World Amateur Columbia Super Range offers program Association (WSGA). holes to play. Strickland closed out the match on the website includes information about handicaps along with LPGA teaching professional Val Patrick and the Sasaki, a sophomore on the University of Wash- par-4 17th, sinking a downhill eight-foot birdie putt. the event’s handicap committee. 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Championship played at Rock Creek Country Club in Visit the website fwww.myrtlebeachworldamateur. women and men. Groups will be formed based on the Miyamoto of Seattle. Miyamoto is Sasaki’s teammate Portland. The win was O’Donnell’s sixth all time, the com for a complete schedule of events and registration game for juniors. And if you have your own group, you on the UW golf team. most for any male player in the history of the event. details. will be accommodated. There will be a maximum of In the Women’s Mid-Amateur, Papatolis had begun O’Donnell previously captured titles in 2008 and 2010,

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California golfer claims Washington golfer wins Sahalee event; title at Pepsi NW Open Juniper Golf Course plans Best-Ball Joe Highsmith of Lakewood, Wash. shot lar event in the Central Oregon area. Jessica Maynard of Petaluma, Calif. put together rounds of 70-68-69-74 to win the 25th Sahalee The event will feature a 7:30 a.m. start on both rounds of 75-76 to win the 2019 Pepsi Northwest Players Championship, held at Sahalee Country days. Entry fee is $270 per team with Juniper Women’s Open at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club Club in Sammamish, Wash. His 7-under-par total members taking $20 off the entry fee as a green in Federal Way, Wash. of 281 was two shots better than second-place fee credit. The entry fee includes a practice round Maynard was part of a tie for first place after the finisher Sahith Theegala of Chino Hills, Calif. on Friday before the tournament, two tournament opening round of the tournament with a 75 along with Highsmith and Theegala were the only two rounds, a hosted lunch and tee prizes. Aram Choi of , B.C. and Jamie Huo of Auburn, players in the field of 64 elite international Entry deadline is Sept. 4, 2019. For informa- Wash. But Maynard avoided any mistakes in the final amateurs to finish the championship under par tion call the course at 541.548.3121. round and held on for the one-shot victory. Choi, the and made it a two-man race for the title. Paired defending champion, was second while June Ting together in the final group, Highsmith started the 10th annual Twin Lakes Amateur set was third at 154. day with a two-shot lead. Julie Wells, Tori Peers and Huo tied for fifth place The 10th annual Twin Lakes Amateur is set for Highsmith just finished his freshman year at Oct. 5-6 at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club in the tournament at 155. Pepperdine University. Former LPGA Tour player Cindy Rarick finished in Federal Way, Wash. The two-day individual stroke-play event is open to men and women. eighth and was the low senior player in the tournament Juniper Golf Course hosts Best-Ball event at 159. Entry fee is $140 and includes two rounds, Jessica Maynard of Petaluma, Calif. finished first. Juniper Golf Course in Redmond, Ore. will meals, Friday night function and tee prizes. Call host its Best-Ball Tournament Sept. 7-8, a popu- 252.200.6864 for more information. FOSTER GOLF LINKS

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PGA Tour for the developmental PGA Tour • • Kirkland • 189th on the list with $257,024 Alex Baldwin took over as president of the then- win told . "Unequivocally by industry • • Portland • 199th on the list with $193,074 Web.com Tour on Feb. 4. Three weeks to that start standards, this came together very quickly. But • , Clarkston • 48th on the list with $1,838,170 date, she and the tour's former president, Dan Glod, we really invested the time to get to know each • • Gresham • 221st on the list with $84,191 flew to Los Angeles for their first meeting with Korn other—understanding each other's businesses and • Ryan Moore • Puyallup • 53rd on the list with $1,668,588 Ferry. Quite immediately it was clear to Baldwin, relationships. And I think what's sort of crystallizing • Cheng Tsung Pan • Ex-UW • 38th on the list with $2,167,824 • • Tacoma • 39th on the list with $2,129,862 the first female to oversee one of the PGA Tour's for me, especially after this morning, is really the • • Ex-UW • 114th on the list with $892,663 global tours, that she'd be hitting the ground running authenticity of this partnership." • • Ex-Oregon • 102nd on the list with $1,009,169 as she'd be overseeing this new sponsorship deal. The biggest step in partnering with Korn Ferry is • • Spokane • 163rd on the list with $456,820 And now, the PGA Tour’s developmental tour the long-term financial stability, Baldwin said, but • Kyle Stanley • Gig Harbor • 104th on the list with $990,126 takes on a new name: the Korn Ferry Tour. Known moreover, it's a partnership that sees two companies for the past seven years as the Web.com Tour, after aligning on the mission of the developmental tour: Web.com Tour previous stints as the Nationwide Tour, Buy.com "Identify, prepare and transition." Just as that can • Andres Gonzales • Olympia • 67th on the list with $67,204 Tour, Nike Tour and Hogan Tour, there’s a new be said about the next batch of pro golfers readying • Scott Harrington • Portland • 46th on the list with $87,377 sponsor, effective immediately. for the PGA Tour, it could also be said about an • Brock Mackenzie • Yakima • 139th on the list with $22,823 • , • Tacoma • No Events The WinCo Foods Portland Open set for Aug. organization finding the right candidate for a job,

8-11 at Pumpklin Ridge’s Witch Hollow Golf Club, which is how Korn Ferry has made its business for Champions Tour is part of the tour. more than 50 years. • Fred Couples • Seattle • 46th on the list with $252,149 Korn Ferry, a Los Angeles-based global consult- Burnison said the decision to make the invest- • Bob Gilder • Corvallis • 123rd on the list with $14,216 ing firm that specializes in executive recruitment ment in the tour's development school came down to • • Eugene • No Events with nearly 9,000 employees in over 50 countries, being able to tell the story about what the business • Peter Jacobsen • Portland • 130th on the list with $10,125 will take over as the umbrella sponsor with a 10- is—starting in 1969 by Lester Korn and Richard • • Pullman • 5th on the list with $1,130,652 year deal with the PGA Tour, running through 2028. Ferry, who were two partners at KPMG until branch- Web.com had signed a 10-year deal in June 2012, ing off to launch their own company. Mackenzie Tour (Canada) • Derek Barron • Puyallup • 86th on the list with $4,448 but the deal ended short of that agreement after As part of the agreement, Korn Ferry becomes • Alistar Docherty • Vancouver, Wash. • No Events the company was sold last year, as reported by the an official marketing partner of the PGA Tour and • Chris Killmer • Bellingham • No Events Sports Business Journal. The financial terms of the the tour championship and Q-School will both be • Cory Pereira • Ex-UW • No Events deal were not disclosed. Korn Ferry-branded. This is the firm’s first sports • Chris Williams • Ex-UW • No Events ` "This has been a very thoughtful process," Bald- sponsorship deal. • Eugene Wong • Ex-Oregon • No Events

LPGA Tour Did you know…. • Jing Yan • Ex-UW • 39th on the list with $278,696

• The Washington State • The PNGA Junior Boys’ and Girls’ LPGA Amateur is being held at Palouse Amateurs are being held at Port Ludlow Ridge in Pullman on August 6-8. GC on Aug 12-16. Past champions of • Jimin Kang • Seattle • No Events It was also held there in 2009. each include Fred Couples and JoAnne • Mallory Kent • Seattle • No Events Palouse Ridge was designed by Carner, both of whom are now in the • Sadena Parks • Tacoma • No Events John Harbottle III, whose parents World Golf Hall of Fame. • Jing Yan • Ex-UW • 128th on the list with $2,540 are both members of the Pacific • Kim Welch • Ex-WSU • 89th on the list with $7,962 Northwest Golf Hall of Fame. • Erynne Lee • Silverdale • 125th on the list with $3,509

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Everyone wants to hit the golf ball further, Jeff no doubt. Hitting the golf ball straighter helps also. These last 25 years most everyone com- Coston municates, "I want to be more consistent; hit it farther; hit it straighter." We have; and will continue to write about the proper plane, path and club face. We Most golfers release the club often, over these 25 years, have focused on to early. Some call it casting. shallowing the shaft on the downswing.(most golfers have too steep an approach) No matter what, it is a power We have and will continue to point out that leakage which is mostly caused most golfers would be benefit with a slightly by to steep an approach to the Photo #1 stronger grip. Golfers also aim their feet to hitting zone and or to early of a the right of target and shoulders left; where feet left and shoulders right would be a better hip rotation. Notice Bill Hass in habit. photo 1. Bill slides his hips as These nonnegotiables being stated; here he moves his arms, hands and goes your extra credit. Most golfers release the club to early. butt of the club to the golf ball. Some call it casting. No matter, it is a power leakage which is mostly caused by to steep an approach to the hitting zone and/or to early of Stand a little more than arms length from a hip rotation. Notice Bill Hass in photo 1. Bill a wall. As you hinge early; swing your arms slides his hips as he moves his arms, hands down on a shallow approach without releasing and butt of the club to the golf ball. early and striking the wall. Weird feel? Give it Again, most golfers clear their hips to soon a try. and thus release the club to early to catch up with their hips. You should approach the hit- Jeff Coston is a multiple Pacific Northwest PGA ting zone with hands and arms and a shallow Player of the Year. He is a member of the Pacific shaft angle! You will have more "lag" and less Northwest PGA Hall of Fame. He can be reached casting. by calling Semiahmoo at 360.201.4590. www.jeff Coston.com. Check out this "wall drill" in photo 2. Photo #2

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