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Alderbrook Golfer Comes from Behind to Win Washington Open PRESORT STD FREE JUNE U.S. Postage PAID COPY 2014 ISSUE THE SOURCE FOR NORTHWEST GOLF NEWS Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Central Oregon Golf Tour: See where to tee it up Central Oregon has been known for years as a hot spot for golf in the Pacific Northwest. There are plenty of courses and resorts to give you a variety of places to choose from - like Black Butte Ranch Resort (pictured right). For more on Central Oregon, see inside this section of Inside Golf Newspaper. WHAT’S NEW Portland Golf Club IN NW GOLF celebrates 100 years If you are talking golf history in the Pacific Northwest, then the Portland Golf Club and what it has done for both Black Butte will host amateur and professional golf should be near or at the top of the list. Central Oregon Am The Portland Golf Club turns 100 Black Butte Ranch in Central Oregon years old this year and has a fantastic is no stranger to big-time events having history, having hosted a Ryder Cup, hosted the Oregon Open and Pacific PGA Championship, the LPGA Tour, Amateur Golf Classic events, but now the resort is hosting the first Central Oregon Fred Meyer Challenge and many of the Amateur golf tournament. top Northwest amateur events. The event will be held July 11-13 and For more, please see inside. includes two tournament rounds (one at the newly redesigned Glaze Meadow and one at the award-winning Big Meadow course). A practice round is also included. The field will be limited to the first 120 Alderbrook golfer entries. A total of 1/3 of the field will win NW municipal courses honored nationally prizes but there will be tee prizes and an awards luncheon for all players. Cost for comes from behind the tournament is $249. Lodging is also available. Call 877.468.1660 for info. to win Washington Professionals tours on Open championship the way to Northwest PGA Professional John Cassidy of Alderbrook Professional golf tournaments will be Golf Club in Union, Wash. won the 88th Wash- gearing up around the Pacific Northwest, starting in July. ington Open Invitational after posting a final First on the tee will be the Web.com round score of 71. Albertson’s Boise Open on July 17-20. PGA Professional Mitch Runge of Tacoma But after that, the action comes fast and Country and Golf Club fired a 6-under par 66 to furious and courses around the NW. come behind to finish one stroke back of Cassidy. Next on the tee will be a new event, the Cassidy earned a first-place check of $6,000 WinCo Foods Portland Open, a Web.com while Runge collected $4,000 for second. event at Pumpkin Ridge’s Witch Hollow But the tournament belonged amateur Mi- course Aug. 21.24. chael Haack of Meridian Valley Country Club The Champions Tour will hit the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge with the Boeing Classic through the first two rounds. Haack opened with on Aug. 22-24 while the LPGA makes its an 8-under-par 64 and then followed up with a annual stop with the Portland Classic Aug. 71 to lead heading into the final round. 28-31 at Columbia Edgewater C.C. Haack finished with a third round 76 and couldn’t complete the victory on a Meridian Valley Country Club course where is serves as City of Portland has the assistant food and beverage manager. There was a logjam for fourth place in the plans for Colwood site tournament as Tim Feenstra of Broadmoor in Colwood National Golf Course in Port- Seattle, Ryan Benzel of Pro Golf Discount in land might be gone but that doesn’t mean Lynnwood, Derek Barron of Tacoma Firs, Shane that golf will disappear from the area. Prante of Tom’s Golf Center, Darren Black of The course was sold to the City of The Pacific Northwest is home Rainier Golf and Country Club and Brian Nosler Portland and developers. Some of the area of Vanco Driving Range finished at 213, five will be industrial but the City of Portland will to some of the best public golf keep much of the area parkland as natural courses in the country and now shots off the winner. area - as well as a driving range and par-3 GolfWeek magazine has backed golf course. The City of Portland has announced that that up by naming four of those NW college teams fade the site of the old Colwood course near courses among the top 50 mu- the Portland Airport will still be a place for nicipal courses in the country. Gold at NCAA golf tourney golfers to play. See inside for more. Mountain’s Olympic Course (right The University of Washington men’s and photo) is ranked 10th while East- women’s golf teams and the University of Or- moreland in Portland (top photo) egon men’s team had high hopes heading into Rules Quiz is 48th. Other Northwest courses the NCAA Golf Championships. But all three A player’s ball comes to rest in a great to make the list include Chambers faded toward the finish line. lie in a shallow bunker. Prior to making a On the men’s side, Oregon finished in 14th stroke from the bunker, the player rakes Bay at second and Indian Canyon in place while Washington checked in at 15th. The several footprints several feet behind his ball Spokane at 49th. Bethpage Back in Ducks had the best score in the third round but and some minor damage several feet in front New York tops the list. See inside it wasn’t enough to advance. Cory Pereira of of his ball on his line of play. The player is a Washington and Zach Foushee of Oregon each single-digit golfer and believes that bunkers for more. (Eastmoreland photo by should be perfect for the following players in Scott Bisch). tied for 19th individually. the field. He is not allowed to do that right? On the women’s side, Washington came in See Page 2 for the answer.. ranked sixth but finished 17th in the tournament. SooBin Kim led the Huskies with a tie for 16th finish individually. Printed in U.S.A. • • • INSIDE GOLF NEWSPAPER • • • ©All Rights Reserved • Page 2 • • InsIde Comments • • Inside Golf - June Issue 2014 • Home Course will be a part of history for finale of USGA Women’s Publinx History will unfold at The Home Course in for the 2014 finale. DuPont, Wash. in July. It’s nothing new for the The Home Course is no stranger to big- USGA to hold one of their annual champion- time golf events. The course, which is owned ships in the state of Washington (23 have by the PNGA, hosted a qualifying round for been held in the state before). What is differ- the U.S. Men’s Amateur in 2010 and is the Bob marlatt ent is that this will be the final chapter of the site for many Northwest championships. Publisher USGA Women’s Public Links Championship. And if you want to show up and watch, you You read that right. the USGA is discon- will get up close and personal. You can walk tinuing not only the Women’s Public Links the fairways near the players and almost feel Steve Turcotte but also the Men’s Public Links event. If that Steve like you are part of the action. Admission is Editor-Advertising sounds a little drastic, think again. free every day of the tournament. The USGA always likes to think ahead. Turcotte Hey, being cheap and frugal that is even my Kathy marlatt They thought the Public Links events weren’t kind of price. See you around the fairways in Operations Manager being open enough to bring in different types nament. Last year, the USGA accepted over July at The Home Course. of golfers so they decided to do away with the 700 entries for the Women’s Public Links and Public Links events and start a new four-ball the record of 1,085 set in 1986 could be beat Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf Contributing Writers (best-ball) competition starting in 2015. this year. Sectional qualifying will take place Newspaper. He can be reached at sdtur- Jeff Coston, So the Home Course, which will host the at 31 sites around the country with the top [email protected]. Mike Peluso, Women’s Public Links July 14-19, is pulling players earning spots to The Home Course Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein out all the stops to make sure the grand finals is a memorable treat. Subscription rates: “We would like to make this the best $17-one year and $30-two Women’s Public Links ever,” said Troy An- years (U.S. funds). drew, the head of the PNGA. “We are going to do what we can to make that happen.” Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- The event has a nice history. The event come, however we will accept no liability started in 1977 and was open to players who for their loss or damage, and will only return them if prior arrangements have were not members of private clubs, hence the been made with the publisher. name public links in the title. The tournament features two days of stroke play and then Courier Address match play for the top qualifiers. The event 460 Dennis Blvd went to a 36-hole final in 2002. Last year Port Townsend, WA 98368 Lauren Diaz-Yi beat Doris Chen 10 & 9 in the final.
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