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PRESORT STD FREE AUGUST U.S. Postage PAID COPY 2018 ISSUE The source for northwest news Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 A close look at golf in the greater Spokane region With places like Palouse Ridge in Pullman (right), there are plenty of award-winning golf courses to be found in the Eastern Washington Area. Spokane is home to a wide variety and across the border in Idaho, places like Circling Raven are a treat. See the special section in this month’s issue of Inside Golf Newspaper for more.

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Swinomish Golf time since 2016 Amateur Derek Bayley of The Links GC (Post Falls, re-opens its ID) won the 31st Rosauers Open Invitational by three Swinomish Golf Links reopened in July, strokes after firing a nearly two months after vandals caused more final round score 72-62- than $400,000 in damage by spraying grass-killing 66-200, 13-under herbicide on the course’s greens. at Indian Canyon Golf The facility re-opened with a public event Course in Spokane. where 300 people played for free to celebrate the He has previously reopening. Non-profit organizations were invited won this event back to collect donations at the start of each hole as in 2016 at Meadow- another way to give back to the community. No GC and holds the arrests have been made and the Swinomish Indian current 18-hole tour- Tribe is offering a $10,000 reward for information nament record of 59, leading to an arrest. 13-under par. All greens, including the practice putting PGA Professional Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo green and nursery green were re-sodded at a cost G&CC (Blaine, WA), PGA Professional Tim Feenstra of $250,000. The course was closed for a month. of Broadmoor GC (Seattle, WA), PGA Professional, PGA Professional Scott Erdmann of Oswego Lake CC (Lake Oswego, OR), PGA Professional John Eisentrout of Eagle’s Pride GC (Tacoma, WA) and amateur Jason Molner of Lewiston G&CC (Lewiston, ID) placed in a six way tie for second place. Pacific Northwest gears up for professional tours The Columbia Super Range in Everett Professional golf tours will make their annual has just about everything you need in a return to the Pacific Northwest during the 2018 golf season. Here what is coming to the box in the place to practice. From the covered and Northwest this year: lighted , to the short game • The WinCo Foods Portland Open, a Web. practice area to the putting green and bun- com Tour event, will take place Aug. 16-19 at Pumpkin Ridge outside of Portland. The ker, there is something for everyone. And event will also be the site where the top 25 on the Looking for competition? now, there’s more. Columbia Super Range Web.com money list will be given their PGA Tour offers the Toptracer technology (top) cards for the 2019 season. Try the World Amateur photo), which lets you hit balls and watch • The Boeing Classic, a PGA Champions Tour If you are looking for the top amateur event, is set for Aug. 24-26 at Snoqualmie Ridge tournament in the country, look no further than how the ball traces across the screen - just Golf Club. The annual event always brings in the Myrtle Beach, S.C. and the World Amateur. like you see in those professional tourna- top players from the Champions Tour, including The tournament is played at some of Myrtle ments on television. For more, see inside hometown favorite . Beach’s top courses Aug. 27-31. The event • The LPGA Cambia Portland Classic will attracts over 3,000 players from around the this section of Inside Golf Newspaper. be played Aug. 30-Sept. 2 at Portland’s Columbia world playing in a variety of divisions. The tournament is broken up into flights with the Edgewater Country Club. flight winners playing for the championship on the final day. See myrtlebeachworldamateur.com for more information on the tournament. Border golf: Take Rules Quiz the time to play a The player hits a shot to an area that pair of border jewels makes the possibility of finding his in question. He goes forward to search for If you have ever crossed the U.S.- his ball. After 2 minutes search he decides to return and hit a provisional. After playing Canadian border at the Peach Arch, you the provisional and again going forward one have no doubt glanced to the right and seen of his fellow competitors finds his original ball before 5 minutes has elapsed. The a golf course. And it’s a good one, called player picks up the provisional ball and Peace Portal. Just up the road is another completes the hole with the original ball. called Morgan Creek. Let’s call it Border The player plays from the next tee. At scoring the story is shared with the rules Golf and it’s worth the time on the way into committee. What is the result? Canada. See Page 2 for more. See the answer of Page 2 of this section. • Page 2 • • Inside Comments • • Inside Golf - August Issue 2018 • Golfing the border: There is some solid golf found at the U.S.-Canada border Like almost everyone else who has crossed the U.S.-Canadian border at the Peach Arch, I have noticed a golf course just off the road. I have seen the patches of grass through the all trees but never thought anything of it. I was wrong. Way wrong. Bob Marlatt The course is called Peace Portal and if there Publisher is a course worth stopping, this is the place. With rolling fairways, challenging greens, tall trees, Steve Turcotte water features and more, Peace Portal is one of a Editor-Advertising kind. Steve This is true Border Golf, where you can see Kathy Marlatt the cars crossing into Canada from the second Turcotte Operations Manager and 13th holes. You can see the highway stretch- ing from the border toward Vancouver along the And on the way north there is even more golf Contributing Writers third hole. Some exciting cart paths on the first if you feel like a glutton. Like me. Places like Gle- Jeff Coston, Russ Wing and third holes will take you straight down, like a neagle in Arlington offer a quick golf experience roller coaster. For me on this early morning round on the way to the border to get in those warm up Photography: Scott Bisch the steep drops were better than an alarm clock rounds. Another place worth the stop. Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein waking me up. The first hole starts with an up and Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf Newspaper. down feature in the middle of the fairway and there He can be reached at [email protected]. Gleneagle in Arlington is a perfect stop on the way north. Subscription rates: is plenty more after that. Just hang on for the ride. $17-one year and $30-two years (U.S. It’s a good one. funds). Hey, they even filmed some of Happy Gilmore at the golf course. Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- Peace Portal opened in 1928 and for 90 years come, however we will accept no liability has been entertaining golfers from both sides of for their loss or damage, and will only the border. And the price is right. For $66 Cana- return them if prior arrangements have dian you get golf in prime time. But they also offer been made with the publisher. golf in times they call Matinee, Dawn Patrol and SunDowner. Courier Address The course might not seem long stretching to 460 Dennis Blvd nearly 6,400 yards from the tips, but with the tall Port Townsend, WA 98368 trees lining every fairway, I thought I had tapped in for a crowd-pleasing par on the fifth hole, but when Mailing Address I wrote the score down I noticed it said 461-yard P.O. Box 1890 par-4. Yikes. Nice bogey. Port Townsend, WA 98368 Just up the street sits Morgan Creek, another Border Golf gem. The course is turning 20 years Phone old and has been named as one of ’s (360) 379-4080 Places to Play. There is plenty to like from the five sets of to the immaculate conditions to the E-mail Address challenging layout that features plenty of water, [email protected] wetlands and challenging greens. Morgan Creek Golf Club in suburban Vancouver is a course with some watery challenges. 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: Rule 27-2 provides for playing a provisional ball to save time. If a player goes forward to search prior to playing the provisional ball the option to play a provisional ball is no longer allowed. When the player played what he thought was a provisional ball it became his ball in play and the original ball was deemed lost. When he played out the hole with the original ball and picked up the provisional ball he played a wrong ball. When he played from the next tee without correcting his error he was disqualified.

• Inside Golf would like to thank Paul Lucien for his rules questions each month. • Inside Golf - August Issue 2018 • • IN THE NEWS • • Page 3 • Lake Spanaway golfer helped police Pacific Northwest PGA Tour player nab crime suspect who was on the run Dahmen accuses partner of cheating Sometimes crime doesn’t pay - especially on a in a note on social media. Joel Dahmen, who gained a brief bit of fame when he was paired with during the Quicken golf course. A golfer at Lake Spanaway scored a hole The suspect eventually rode his bike onto the fair- Loans National, was in the spotlight for a different reason following the final round of the tournament because in one when he assisted in catching a fleeing crime way of Lake Spanaway Golf Course. With no way he publicly called out another player for cheating. suspect. to pursue, except on foot, the deputies couldn’t keep Asked via Twitter why he and playing partner Sung-hoon Kang had allowed another group to play through, When deputies were checking the identifications up. The deputies and a civilian driver closed in on the Dahmen responded: "Kang cheated. He took a bad drop from a . I argued until I was blue. I lost.'' of a pair of drug suspects on Friday afternoon near suspect between the 10th and 15th holes. Playing the par-5 10th hole, Kang's second shot found the hazard that borders the hole. Pacific Avenue, the two men were associated with a "As the deputies were jumping out of their ve- Where the ball crossed the hazard determines where a player can drop, and the golfers and their duffel bag found near a gas station on Pacific Avenue hicle a golfer ran up to the suspect and tackled him apparently disagreed on the location. The disagreement took so long that the group behind -- Ben Crane and in Spanaway. off the bicycle," the Sheriff's Department said. Ryan Palmer -- played through. A PGA Tour rules official was called in and ultimately sided with Kang and The bag contained heroin related drug parapher- The suspect resisted the deputies and had to be allowed him to drop nearer to the hole. Asked why he signed Kang's card, Dahmen said: "At that point there nalia, and several vehicle key fobs. When asked their tased before he could be placed in handcuffs. Med- is nothing I can do. If I don't sign the card, the rules official will. I would just be delaying the inevitable.'' names, the men gave the deputies false identification. ics treated him for minor abrasions. The 31-year-old Where a ball crosses a lateral hazard is always tricky, especially without video. Typically rules officials "When the deputies went to confront the men suspect had a felony warrant for his arrest. He was side with the player but a competitor arguing so strongly against such a ruling is rare. When a new set of rules about giving fake names, the first man jumped on booked into the Pierce County Jail for escape from goes into effect on Jan. 1, such disputes will fall even more in favor of the player, even if video evidence his bicycle and pedaled across Military Lane and custody, obstruction, making a false statement and later suggests he is wrong. The idea is to give benefit of the doubt to the player. onto Pacific Avenue," the Sheriff's Department said resisting arrest.

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Kong had a final match to win the 117th Pacific Northwest Men’s at the University of Arizona recently led the Wildcats Junior Golf’s majors, reduced the field in half after 6-under-par 207 total to win on the girls side and is a Amateur Championship, held last month at The Home to the NCAA National Championship in the spring. Wednesday’s round, with the top half of scores (plus two-time AJGA champion after her victory. Course in DuPont, Wash. ties) advancing to Thursday’s final round. The top local finisher on the girls side was Lauryn In the tight pressure-packed match, Baldridge never West Linn golfer claims Sahalee title Stember, a rising senior at Lincoln High School Nguyen of Seattle who was at 1-over-par 214 while trailed. He won the first hole with a par, and was able In a pressure-packed final round that was a see-saw in Portland, overcame a two-shot deficit entering the the top local boy was Jordan Lee of Tacoma who was to go 2-up a couple of times during the day, but Yu battle until the end, 2017 PNGA Player of the Year Cole final round. On Thursday, Stember stayed steady on the 5-under-par 208. continually came back. Yu birdied the long par-4 13th Madey of West Linn, Ore. held off a fierce challenge front nine, getting to 2-under par for the tournament. hole in their afternoon round (their 31st hole in the from Australian Nathan Barbieri to claim the title in the His back nine featured two birdies and no bogeys, Custom fitting for golfers on the rise match) to square the match up, but three holes later, 24th Sahalee Players Championship, held at Sahalee finishing at 4-under par for the event with scores of Golf Datatech, LLC (www.golfdatatech.com), the the long-hitting Baldridge birdied the par-5 16th (34th Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. 73-70-69 – 212 (-4). golf industry’s leading independent research firm for hole of the match) to go 1-up. Madey began the day with a one-shot lead over consumer, trade and retail golf trends, released the On their 36th hole, a 452-yard par-4, Yu, needing to Barbieri, and the two were paired in the final group of Idaho golfer captures Master-40 event 7th Edition of its exclusive report on the Evolution of win the hole to extend the match, pulled his tee shot left today’s final round of the 72-hole championship. With a two-putt par on the par-3 15th hole of the Custom Fitting in the United States . nearly out of bounds. He pitched out, leaving 100 yards On the final hole, both hit strong drives of nearly Hankins Course at Silvies Valley Ranch, Darren Kuhn “The percentage of golfers getting their clubs custom fit to the flag. His third shot still didn’t find the green, and 300 yards on the uphill, 535-yard par-5 18th. But of Pocatello, Idaho closed out his match 4&3 against continues to increase”, said John Krzynowek, Partner, Baldridge easily parred the hole to close out the match. Madey closed the deal with a stunning 245-yard 4- Jeff Byrnes of Buckley, Wash., to win the 43rd Pacific Golf Datatech, LLC. “This study takes an in-depth look When asked about how it felt to have his name on to within 12 feet , while Barbieri’s approach caught one Northwest Master-40 Amateur Championship. at every aspect of the evolution of custom club fitting, the same trophy as Tiger Woods, Baldridge said, “It of the towering trees that line Sahalee Country Club The championship, which was conducted by the while segmenting attitudes and habits by , didn’t hit me until I started looking at the names on and fell short of the green. Madey narrowly missed the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA), consisted rounds played and golfers who have (and have not) the trophy. It’s pretty surreal. I usually don’t get too eagle putt but clinched the victory with a tap-in birdie of the top amateur male golfers in the Pacific Northwest participated in the custom fitting experience.” excited about things, but it’s pretty cool to see that.” when Barbieri missed his 15-footer for birdie. Madey over the age of 40. The 200+ page Evolution of Custom Fitting Golf Baldridge, the No. 29 seed in the bracket, just fin- and Barbieri would both close with an even-par 72. Kuhn sealed the match and the title on the next hole, Equipment in the United States report covers responses ished his senior year playing for the Pacific Lutheran The 2017 Oregon Amateur champion and UCLA the par-3 15th. “I hit a 9-iron there, because I knew I from 1,685 serious golfers of which 68% have “ever” University men’s golf team, where during his junior standout led the elite invitational championship, featur- did not want to go long and into the back bunker.” His been custom fit for clubs. Perhaps even more revealing year was named the Northwest Conference Player of ing some of the top college and junior amateur players ball ended up just on the front fringe, and when Byrnes is the 89% of total respondents that plan to be custom the Year. from around the world, from wire to wire, finishing put his tee shot into the back bunker leading to a very fit in the future. with a four-day total of seven-under-par 281. Madey difficult shot, Kuhn easily two-putted from the fringe The data suggests golfers who have had prior Stoll wins PNGA Women’s Am had finished tied for ninth in last year’s Sahalee Players and closed out the match when Byrnes couldn’t get up experience with custom fit clubs are now buying Gigi Stoll (Tigard, Ore.) won the 117th Pacific Championship. and down. them at a higher rate than ever before. In the previous Northwest Women’s Amateur Championship, while Madey joins an elite list of players engraved on the Kuhn had been the No. 22 seed entering the match 2012 and 2015 Custom Fitting reports, Golf Datatech Amanda Jacobs (Portland, Ore.) won the 17th Pacific Paul Runyan Trophy, awarded to winners of the Sahalee play portion of the championship, but marched his way estimated that one-third of all iron sales were custom Northwest Women’s Amateur Championship. Both Players Championship, including , Kyle through the bracket, eventually defeating Byrnes, who fitted at some level, and that percentage has grown events were held at Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pull- Stanley, Peter Uihlein, Daniel Summerhays and other had been the No. 1 seed and co-medalist. significantly. man, Wash. PGA Tour members. The report also details how traditional Off Course Stoll defeated Alivia Brown (Gig Harbor, Wash.) 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If you have watched professional golf on televi- sion, you have no doubt seen those colored lines flying through the air when they hit their shots. That technol- ogy is called Toptracer - and it has changed the way the game is watched. In July, that technology has made its way to Co- lumbia Super Range in Everett with the introduction of Toptracer to the customers - and so far, so good. Columbia Super Range is part of the Columbia Athletic Club and turns 20 years old this year. The range features 50 stalls, 30 heated and all are lit. Seven of its 50 hitting stations have Toptracer, with each bay getting a monitor screen to show the flight of the ball, carry distance, total distance and much more. “This technology is very exciting for us to have” said Val Patrick. “It will give players a chance to see how their ball flight accuracy is in practice, and gives our staff another tool to use when working with our students.” Toptracer is more than just some lines on a screen. The technology provides a launch monitor, games– closest to the pin, a points game, , virtual golf courses–and what’s in my bag. It gives golfers quick feedback on the flight of their shots to the different The Columbia Super Range offers a large practice area. targets on the range, ball speed and more. A player has the option of saving their practice Kevin Mackay. There are weekly clinics for women, sessions if they choose to use the Toptracer app. men, seniors and juniors, girls golf, as well as junior Columbia Super Range has a 1.3-acre practice area camps. that is all grass and features holes where you can chip Memberships are available ranging from $75 per and putt and work on your short game. There is also year for juniors to $110 for individuals. Membership a large putting green and practice bunker, one of the has its privileges too with a 30-minute free lesson, hidden gems in our area for practicing the short game. access for free to the course, five guest Columbia Super Range has two full time instruc- passes to the Columbia Athletic Club and five free tors, Val Patrick- LPGA and Chuck Notestone-PGA, buckets of range balls. For more about The Columbia and two part-time PGA instructors, Steve Reuhl and Super Range, please see www.columbiaathletic.com. The Columbia Super Range in Everett offers an inside area to watch (top) and 50 covered stalls (bottom). • Inside Golf - August Issue 2018 • • In THE NEWS • • Page 7 • Boeing Classic will bring the stars to the NW It’s time to check your The stars of the PGA Tour Champions will make knowledge of the rules their yearly visit to Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club Aug. 24-26 with the Boeing Classic. 1. A pine cone falls from a tree and comes to rest The Boeing Classic has become one of the most in a bunker near the player’s ball. Because the ball popular stops on the PGA Tour Champions and always was at rest in the bunker prior to the cone falling, brings out the big names, including Pacific Northwest the cone may be removed before the player makes favorites Fred Couples of Seattle and a stroke. of Portland. And don’t forget other Northwest players 2. A ball comes to rest against an abandoned like Kirk Triplett of Pullman, Bob Gilder of Corvallis ball in a water hazard. The abandoned ball may be and Brian Henninger of Eugene. lifted and removed without the fear of . A total of 78 Champions Tour players will tee it up 3. A water hazard stake that interferes with a at the Boeing Classic and will be playing for a prize player’s swing may be moved only if the ball is purse of $2.1 million. outside the hazard. Tickets are always affordable to take in the Boeing 4. An out of bounds stake that interferes with Classic. Daily tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the the player’s backswing must not be moved. gate. A tournament pass is $40 in advance and $50 at the gate and a weekly pass is $60. And there are special ANSWERS: clubs you can join to take in great views of the course 1. False. Rule 13-4c prohibits a player from and the tournament with the Alaska Airlines Canyon touching or removing a loose impediment from Club and the ANA Dreamliner Lounge. any hazard in which the ball is located. Because the Seniors over 60 will get a 50 percent off discount. pine cone has come to rest in the bunker through The tournament kicks off on Monday with the natural causes, the player may not remove it. See Seahawks Rumble at the Ridge. Fred Couples (left) and Peter Jacobsen (right) are two Pacific Northwest favorites fans will recognize. Decisions 13-4/18 and /18.5. 2. True. An abandoned ball is considered a movable obstruction and under Rule 24-1, it may be removed anywhere on the course. If the player’s PGA Tour cards on the line at WinCo Foods Portland Open ball moves as a result of the removal, there is no As the Web.com Tour regular season enters the past years, players such as Tony Finau, Aaron Wise, Portland’s favorite craft breweries. New this year, wine penalty provided the movement of the player’s home stretch, Portland readies to renew a golf tradition Daniel Berger, Beau Hossler and Justin Thomas have lovers rejoice as more than a dozen of the Northwest’s ball is directly attributable to the removal of the at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. The fifth annual WinCo each earned their Tour cards at Pumpkin Ridge. finest wineries will be on hand as well. All 21+ patrons abandoned ball. Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft Heinz, home This year, another elite class is Portland bound. will receive ten free tastings with their golf ticket as 3. False. By definition, water hazard stakes are of the 25 PGA Tour card ceremony, will be contested Wyndham Clark, former Oregon Duck and 2017 Pac-12 they take in the action on one of the courses most obstructions and, if designed to be movable, may August 16-19. Player of the Year headlines a field that also includes exciting holes. be removed regardless of where the ball lies. See With 156 of the world’s best players, interactive 2017 award winner Sam Burns, and Saturday is Family Day at the Portland Open fea- Rule 24-1. family fun and a new twist on the fan experience, Maverick McNealy who shares Tiger Woods’ record turing free lunch and a complimentary tournament gift 4. True. Out of bounds stakes (which are there’s plenty happening at Oregon’s Premier Golf of 11 wins at Stanford. package for the first 250 children in attendance. Before themselves out of bounds and therefore off the Event. Lucky for you, we’ve got your guide to every- At last year’s Portland Open, the 25th PGA the action gets underway, stop by the Under Armour course) are treated differently than stakes on the thing going on at the Web.com Tour’s regular season Tourcard was decided by an eight-foot birdie putt on Junior Clinic on Wednesday August 15th. course. By definition, stakes that define or identify finale. the 72nd hole. Keith Mitchell’s attempt slid by which Juniors will have the chance to get up close and out of bounds are considered fixed and Rule 13-2 The Portland Open field is comprised of the top left Roberto Diaz and Beau Hossler in the 24th and personal with the best players in the world and they’ll prohibits a player from improving the area of the 156 players on the Web.com Tour money list and when 25th positions respectively. also receive – you guessed it – free lunch and a com- swing by moving anything fixed either on or off the dust settles on Sunday afternoon, 25 players will A fan favorite, ‘The Grove’ located on the par-3 plimentary tournament gift package courtesy of Under the course. depart Portland with their PGA Tour card in hand. In 12th hole returns and will once again feature some of Armour. PGA TOUR GOLF IN PDX

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LPGA Cambia Portland Classic will Tour Players With Northwest ties have new look this year for tourney PGA Tour • Kevin Chappell • Kirkland • 67th on the list with $1,480,419 Tournament officials announced that tickets to the the longest running non-major championship on the • Ben Crane • Portland • 138th on the list with $620,646 2018 Cambia Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater LPGA Tour schedule. The 72-hole tournament will be • Joel Dahmen, Clarkston • 80th on the list with $1,295,418 Country Club are now on sale. Spectators can choose played Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2018 with a purse of $1.3 mil- • Robert Garrigus • Gresham • 134th on the list with $646,142 from several options including daily and weekly lion. The tournament will be televised by • Ryan Moore • Puyallup • 53rd on the list with $1,739,151 grounds access, as well as the all-new Champions Club and distributed globally to the LPGA’s international • Cheng Tsung Pan • Ex-UW • 120th on the list with $847,497 and Clubhouse VIP options. television partners. • Andrew Putnam • Tacoma • 72nd on the list with $1,398,585 New in 2018, the Champions Club ticket provides Last year, champion Stacy Lewis donated her entire • Kyle Stanley • Gig Harbor • 32nd on the list with $2,406,776 • Nick Taylor • Ex-UW • 129th on the list with $706,387 access to tournament grounds and an open-air hospi- $195,000 winner’s check to hurricane relief efforts in • Aaron Wise • Ex-Oregon • 28th on the list with $2,563,642 tality skybox overlooking the 18th green. This venue her hometown of Houston. • Andrew Yun • Tacoma • 228th on the list with $41,566 features premium views, continental breakfast, lunch buffet and complimentary beer, wine, soda and water. Murphy wins Lilac City crown Web.com Tour The Champions Club is open Thursday through Sunday Vinnie Murphy of Linden Country Club in Puyallup, • Andres Gonzales • Olympia • 148th on the list with $29,875 from 7 a.m. until the conclusion of play. Opportunities Wash. had a four-round total of 274 to win the Lilac City • Scott Harrington • Portland • 97th on the list with $34,627 start at $125. Invitational at The Fairways Golf Course in Cheney, • Brock Mackenzie • Yakima • 105th on the list with $30,187 Also new is the Clubhouse VIP pass which provides Wash. • Alex Prugh • Spokane • 32nd on the list with $128,577 access to tournament grounds and the exclusive Mac Murphy had rounds of 71-71-64-68 to finish 14 under • Michael Putnam, • Tacoma • 173rd on the list with $6,742

Room, located on the lower level of the clubhouse at par for the tournament and win the $10,000 first-place Champions Tour Columbia Edgewater Country Club. Clubhouse VIP check. Murphy held off Shane Prante and Li Wang of Sahalee • Fred Couples • Seattle • 55th on the list with $202,766 ticket holders have access to executive restrooms, air Country Club. Both Prante and Wang finished one back • Bob Gilder • Corvallis • 108th on the list with $17,820 conditioning, HD televisions and the opportunity to at 13 under par. Drew Reinland of Clarkston Golf Club • Brian Henninger • Eugene • 104th on the list with $20,451 purchase upgraded food and beverages. Daily ($25) and was fourth at 10 under while Derek Barron of Tacoma • Peter Jacobsen • Portland • 94th on the list with $29,743 weekly ($50) clubhouse VIP passes are available. Country and Golf Club and who plays on the Mackenzie • Kirk Triplett • Pullman • 19th on the list with $512,265 Daily ($10) and weekly ($25) grounds passes are Tour in Canada was fifth at 279, tying with Jamie Hall of also available. Children ages 17 and under are free with Jefferson Park. Mackenzie Tour (Canada) a paying adult. For more information and to purchase Austin Landis of Trails End Golf Center tied for sev- • Derek Barron • Puyallup • 58th on the list with $6,948 • Alistar Docherty • Vancouver, Wash. • 104th on the list with $2,445 tickets, please visit www.PortlandClassic.com. enth at 7 under with Corey Prugh, the men’s and women’s golf coach at the Community Colleges of Spokane. • Chris Killmer • Bellingham • 83rd on the list with $3,247 Entering its 47th year, Cambia Portland Classic is • Cory Pereira • Ex-UW • 26th on the list with $15,808 • Chris Williams • Ex-UW • 11th on the list with $30,834 • Eugene Wong • Ex-Oregon • 153rd on the list with $620 Did you know…. • Tournament season is in full swing in Oregon and South- west Washington! The • Through the WSGA Youth on Course program, golfers LPGA Tour OGA offers competitive age 6-18 can play at participat- • Erynne Lee • Silverdale • 122nd on the list with $53,122 tournaments and casual- ing courses all over the U.S. • Carolina Inglis • Eugene • 72nd on the list with $134,353 competition throughout for just $5. There are currently • Jing Yan • Ex-UW • 149th on the list with $15,790 the summer, featuring over 2,600 kids in the program. OGA Championships and Take advantage of the summer LPGA OGA Tour events. To view and sign up at www.thewsga.org. • Jimin Kang • Seattle • 182nd on the list with $592 a complete listing of events • Mallory Kent • Seattle • No Events that the OGA offers, visit OGA.org. • Sadena Parks • Tacoma • 84th on the list with $5,406 • Kim Welch • Ex-WSU •54th on the list with $10,679 • Inside Golf - August Issue 2018 • • IN THE NEWS • • Page 9 • NW players qualify for U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach Jacob Koppenberg of Bellingham, Wash. shot WWU, Koppenberg recorded four wins and still holds Elmes’ second 18 was not too different – he once Club in Pullman, Wash. rounds of 66-66 to earn medalist honors in leading the the school record with a 71.40 career scoring average. again tallied seven birdies, and his only slip of the day Along with Bayley, the other player to advance field of 71 players who competed in 36-hole U.S. Ama- He is now a volunteer assistant coach for the school’s came on the par-3 third hole during his second round, from this qualifier is Chris Hatch of Mukilteo, Wash., teur Sectional qualifying at the par-70 Lake Spanaway men’s golf team, helping them to back-to-back GNAC where he tallied a double-bogey. Elmes finished the who shot rounds of 70-69. Golf Course in Tacoma, Wash. championships in 2016 and 2017. qualifier with scores of 65-67 – 132 (-12), earning Bayley and Hatch now advance to the 2018 U.S. Along with Koppenberg, the other player to advance • Riley Elmes (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Shawn Lu medalist honors. Amateur Championship, which will be held August from this qualifier is Ian Siebers of Bellevue, Wash., (Corvallis, Ore.) qualified for the 2018 U.S. Amateur The Lake Oswego native has a successful track 13-19 at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. who shot rounds of 71-66. Championship, after sectional qualifying was held at record in OGA events. He won the 2015 OGA Tour- Bayley blistered the morning round in the qualifier, Koppenberg and Siebers will now advance to the Eagle Point Golf Club in Eagle Point, Ore. nament of Champions, also winning the 2014 Oregon firing 11 birdies and making only four pars on his way 2018 U.S. Amateur Championship, which will be held The qualifier featured 36-holes, with two qualifying Junior Amateur and Oregon Junior Stroke Play. In to an 8-under 64. August 13-19 at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. spots available. 2017, Elmes advanced to the semifinals of the Oregon Bayley continues his summer of quality golf. This is the fourth U.S. Amateur that Koppenberg Elmes is a rising senior at Loyola Marymount Amateur. Earlier this year, Elmes and his former college Last week he won the Rosauers Open Invitational in has qualified for, having previously made it in 2008, University in Los Angeles, Calif. He led almost at the teammate, Billy Pollock (Eugene, Ore.), played in the Spokane, Wash., competing against the region’s PGA 2015 and 2017. He played collegiately at Western get-go during Tuesday morning’s first round, tallying 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball. professionals. This is the second time he has won the Washington University in Bellingham. As a college six birdies on the front nine to shoot 30 on his first • Derek Bayley of Rathdrum, Idaho shot rounds Rosauers, which is one of the Pacific Northwest Sec- player, he was the 2008 and 2009 GNAC Player of the nine holes. A solid 1-under par 35 on the back nine of 64-74 to earn medalist honors in leading the field tion PGA’s majors, having previously won it in 2016. Year and a two-time All-American after transferring had Elmes at 7-under par (65) after the first 18 holes, of 50 players who competed in 36-hole U.S. Amateur Earlier this month he made it to the Round of 32 of the from the University of Idaho. In 23 tournaments with with a two shot lead. Sectional qualifying at the par-72 Palouse Ridge Golf PNGA Men’s Amateur.

august 20–26, 2018

ALL-TIME LEGENDS. ALL- DAY FUN.

august 20–26, 2018 | the club at snoqualmie ridge

Come see the legends play at the Pacific Northwest’s premier golf experience — Join us at the fourteenth annual Boeing Classic at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge. Top pros including Jerry Kelly, , Rocco Mediate and are scheduled to compete for a $2.1 million purse. In addition to championship golf, there are other great events like the Seahawks Rumble at the Ridge, Korean Air Pro-Am, Boeing Flyover, Family Day and more. Chateau Ste. Michelle Wine Pavilion will serving delicious Northwest wines. Proceeds to benefit the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason. for tickets and information, visit boeingclassic.com • Page 10 • • IN THE NEWS • • Inside Golf - August Issue 2018 • The Lesson Tee: There are ways that you can become master of your driver Everyone wants to and needs to be a wonder- ful driver of the golf ball. In my mind “the driver” is the most important golf club in the bag to better golf and more fun. It is every golfers dream to smash drives down the fairway. I would like to give a few ideas how to enhance your success with this “offensive weapon” to add to your golf arsenal. Jeff Most golfers when asked what kind of shot they hit with their driver or for that matter any C oston shot, they reply, “I just try to hit it straight.” I believe hitting straight shots is too difficult to achieve on any consistent basis. show more of the logo of your glove at address If you curve the ball either way and somewhat then match the angle of the right hand with the master that curve, you can use the whole fairway. left hand on the golf club. This concept gives the player rough line to rough • More tilt to the right at address. line or even tree line to tree line which is twice as • Stronger grip. wide than attempting to hit it straight down the • Come from inside on the downswing. middle. Contrary to popular belief the greatest I’d like to share an effective tool to monitor Photo #1 players in the world curve their shots. Most also and help you come from the inside and swing master one curve as a stock shot or a go -to shot. more on the proper downswing plane. This will Secondly, the set up with the driver (and all help your driving of the golf ball. Place a in clubs) is very key and important. Most players the ground with a swimming noodle on the end of come “over the top” of the proper plane of the it. Set your driver shaft on the noodle and take swing. The driver swing should be shallower or your set up. (photo 1). more from the inside than any club in the bag, Back up about 3 inches away from the noodle because it is longer and teed up. This is the case and then take one step forward toward the whether you draw or fade the ball. target and place a tee. (photo 2) This is where You must create more tilt of the upper body you will strike balls. Now make sure you set up to the right at address to help enhance depth with tilt, a proper grip and come from the inside to your . This tilt will help the player swing under the shaft. Make several practice from the “inside” on the downswing. Swinging swings then smash away. Hopefully you will see “on plane” and coming from the inside is very a difference. important to better driving of the golf ball. Most players not only need more tilt to the right at set Jeff Coston is a former PGA Tour Player and up and a better swing plane from the inside, they 21-time Pacific Northwest PGA Player of the also need a stronger golf grip. The stronger grip Year. He can be reached at Semiahmoo Resort is more in the fingers in the left hand showing for appointment by calling 360.201.4590 or see three knuckles on top of the left hand. Perhaps www.jeffcoston.com. Photo #2 • Inside Golf - August Issue 2018 • • IN THE NEWS • • Page 11 • Rules of the Game: Marking your ball on the putting green can have serious results

Sun Willows #5 Ruling R uss W ing

During this year’s WJGA Eastern Open at Sun Willows GC in Pasco, I was directed to #5 to help a player with a ruling. When I got there, I saw the situation shown in the photo accompanying this article. So, what happened? One player in the group had marked her ball with the tee shown in the photo. Then another player had putted her ball and it struck the tee and came to rest as shown. So their question was what to do now. This situation brings up several questions related to the Rules. Can a player mark a ball with a tee on a putting green? Yes, she can, but it is not recommended. The Note to Rule 20-1 says The rules are sometimes tricky when it comes to dealing with your ball and the lateral hazard. in part “the position of a ball to be lifted should be marked by placing a ball-marker, a small coin or hole, for obvious reasons. Is that tee players equip- a “rub of the green,” there is no penalty, and the similar object immediately behind the ball”. This ment? No, not when used “to mark the position ball must be played as it lies.” So that was the phrase contains the key word “should,” meaning of the ball or the extent of an area in which a ball ruling. that it is a recommendation, not a requirement. is to be dropped” (per the definition of Equipment). This is the same result as when a player marks Decision 20-1/16 lists several other ways to mark In this case, the tee is an outside agency. their ball with a ball-marker or coin and another a ball that are permissible but not recommended, So what is the applicable rule? The applicable player’s ball strikes that ball-marker or coin. There including using a tee. As a practical matter, a tee Rule is Rule 19-1 Ball in Motion Deflected or is no penalty, and you play the ball as it lies. is often used to mark the position of a ball that is Stopped by Outside Agency. Rule 19-1 states How do you avoid this type of interference? You located through the green or in a hazard, but is in part “if a player’s ball in motion is accidently ask the player to move their marker to one side or rarely used on a putting green, especially near the deflected or stopped by any outside agency, it is the other before you putt.