September 2012 PNW PGA CHAND MER ISE SHOW 2012 Magazine of the Pacific Northwest Section PGA ForeWordForeWord Oct 22-24 Press KEARNEY WINS NORTHWEST OPEN INVITATIONAL THE CANDIDATES FOR SECRETARY Senior Oregon THE 43RD MERCHANDISE SHOW OPEN INVITATIONAL PGA ASSISTANT CHAMPIONSHIP SENIOR OREGON OPEN A Journal for the Golf Professionals of the Pacific Northwest ForeWord Press Magazine September 2012 President Steve Prugh Vice President Marcus King C O N T E N T S Secretary Bryan Tunstill Directors Matt Bunn PRESIdeNT’S REPORT Mark Keating Steve Prugh.............................................................................. 2 Greg Manley Greg Morris EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT Todd Nacke David Owens Jeff Ellison................................................................................4 David Porter Bill Rosholt CANDIDATES FOR SECRETARY Steve Stensland David Owens & Greg Manley ................................................. 6 John Thorsnes 43RD MERCHANDISE SHOW Honorary President Dan Hill Marlena Cannon ................................................................... 18 Executive Director/ COSTON GRABS 2ND STRAIGHT SR. OREGON OPEN Managing Editor Jeff Ellison Kyle Neilan.............................................................................12 Editor/Layout FALLER WINS PGA ASSISTANT CHAMPIONSHIP Marlena Cannon Molly Cooper ........................................................................ 14 Associate Editors KEARNEY WINS The 95TH NORTHWEST OPEN Molly Cooper Jennifer Dodd Jeff Ellison............................................................................. 16 Angela Hinzpeter Caitlin Lopez HOLK’S HIGHLIGHTS: BRAD FALLER .................................. Kyle Neilan 22 Dana Rutledge Rebekah Woods PROS ON THE MOVE, MEMORIAM .......................................27 ForeWord Press is published by the Pacific Northwest BUILDING YOUR CAReeR YEAR IN 2013 Section, Professional Golfers' Monte Koch ......................................................................... Association of America. 28 Contributors should contact the Section office at: SPONSOR COMMUNICATION: MERRILL LYNCH Blake Parrish ........................................................................30 Dale Johnson Building PO Box 14819 TOURNAMENT RESULTS Tumwater, WA 98511 (800) 688-4653 Senior Oregon Open Invitational ........................................ 13 www.pnwpga.com National Car Rental PGA Assistant Championship ............. 15 ForeWord Press On the cover: Brandon Kearney 1 PRESIDENT’S REPORT SPONSORS By Steve Prugh, PGA The following golf industry companies and their representatives drive financial support to Pacific Northwest Section member events and programs. Fall is here and I sincerely Kearney on leading the Northwest Open from start hope you all have had a busy and to finish and winning the title of Northwest Open prosperous summer. As I have Champion. Gold Sponsors - over $20,000 per year been traveling around our great Section, I have heard many of you Finish the season strong, and then come to the mention this year being a better fall meeting and PNW PGA Merchandise Show in year than 2011. And, God willing, Puyallup, October 22-24 to plan for 2013. At the fall meeting you will vote for your favorite candidate Washington Open Hole-In-One Honey Pot the future is bright. We all need to Oregon Open Hudson Cup Matches stay committed to building this great game, using for Section and Chapter office. Northwest Open Birdies for Charity our own ingenuity and the programs the PGA has I hope to see you all at the Chapter and Section created to help us. Always be positive and keep meetings this fall, building this great game. Steve Prugh Senior Oregon Open Washington Open Invitational On a note about growing the game, the Holcomb-In-One Las Vegas Pro-Am Championship Northwest Open Invitational Northwest Open at Wine Valley Golf Club had 6 more teams in the Pro-Am and about 20 more players in the tournament proper than in 2011. This Oregon Open Invitational is a fun event, in a wonderful community and at a great and exciting golf course. Thank you to Jim Pliska, John Thorsnes and Jeff Hendler for doing Washington Open Invitational Pacific Northwest such a great job. Congratulations to Brandon Oregon Open Invitational Northwest Open Invitational Oregon Open Invitational Pro-Amateur Championship Silver Sponsors - over $10,000 per year Pacific Northwest Section Annual PNW Pro-Assistant Washington Open Invitational PGA Professional Championship PNW PGA Professional Championship (PPC) PPC & Senior PPC PPC Membership Handbook Pacific Northwest Pro-Amateur Hudson Cup Matches PNW Pro-Assistant PNW PGA Assistant Championship Partners - over $2,500 per year Mentoring Conference Senior Player of the Year Hawai’i Winter Pro-Am Hudson Cup Matches Player of the Year ForeWord Press ForeWord Press 2 3 E.D.’S REPORT FALL EDUCATION Jeff Ellison, PGA Sign up now for FALL EDUCATION SEMINARS Fall marks a change in the golf The Pacific Northwest Section Merchandise FIRCREST GOLF CLUB | Monday, October 22 business here in the Northwest. Show is very important to the success of many of Our summer help has headed back our local sales representatives. Please plan to attend Finding Your “Why” Again in 2012-13 to school, college and professional and if you have a separate buyer, please send them!! Monte Koch • Rediscovering WHY you love the golf business. football impacts our weekends, Our vendors look at the ‘paper’ they write during Regional Player Development Manager • How refocusing on your WHY may lead to greater things for you. and we start planning those winter the Show to gauge their success so please BUY in Fircrest Golf Club • Aligning your WHY with what the golf consumer really wants. • Elevating your status & role at the golf facility trips to visit the sunshine later in Puyallup. 1500 Regents Boulevard the year. Fircrest, WA Monte Koch is one of nine PGA Player Development Our online registration system, which you Regional Managers (PDRM) and is based in the Pacific Northwest Before we get to business, congratulations may already have used to enter tournaments this 2:00 – 5:00 Section. He is charged with helping professionals, their facilities to Amy Pendergast of Bandon Dunes, the PGA of year, is working well. You will find it available for Cost: $20.00 and employers with implementation of strategies, initiatives and America Merchandiser of the Year – Resort category. registering for education, the merchandise show, programming to expand the reach of golf among current and dress: coat & tie Nice work Amy and all our friends at Bandon Dunes. and most of our events. Check it out! potential players Receive 3 MSR credits in education For the PGA, Fall marks the beginning of our Bruce Cudd is putting the final touches on our governance cycle. Chapter meetings, Section 38th Winter Pro-Am at Mauna Lani. Things are a PUYALLUP FAIR PAVILLION | Wednesday, October 24 Meetings and the National Meeting dominate little tighter this year with the airlines. If you are the schedule. This year, we add Board and Officer planning to attend, call Bruce right away at his What I’ve Learned in 45 Years about the Golf Swing elections at each level. We also feature our home office 503-635-7803. There is nothing like Jeff Coston Semiahmoo G&CC from Tour Players, Famous Teachers and a Little I Merchandise Show for the Section and Education Mauna Lani in January. Figured Out Myself. Programs at both the Section and Chapter level. Puyallup Fair & Events Center - Pavillion Please take advantage of Monte Koch to help Jeff Coston is an accomplished teacher and player with 38 Meridian & Highway 512 Chapter Meetings are an important element in you this Fall and Winter with your Growth of the Pacific Northwest Section titles, 19 of which are majors. Jeff is Puyallup, WA a 12-time PNW PGA Player of the Year and the winner of the our governance process. This Fall in addition to the Game initiatives for 2013. He’s here to help you! 1991 Nationwide Tour Shreveport Open. The Jeff Coston Golf normal business of your meetings, you will elect Contact Monte at 206-335-5260 or mkoch@pgahq. 2:00 – 5:00 Academy has been a fixture at the Semiahmoo Resort since 1994 your Chapter Officers, your Board of Directors and com. Cost: $25.00 and Jeff works tirelessly with his students to improve their game. hear from our two candidates for Section Secretary, Jeff is a believer in the value of mentoring relationships and counts dress: coat & tie Greg Manley and David Owens. You even have the Both our Senior PGA Championship and PGA some of the nation’s top teachers as his mentors. opportunity to vote at your meeting for Section Championship will be contested in September. Both Receive 3 MSR credits in education have nice fields and with 119 at Circling Raven look Secretary or wait until the Section Meeting in Preregistration with payment required. for a purse in excess of $72,000! You can follow your Register online at: http://www.entry.pnwpga.com/2012-Fall-Education-Registration-2012EDU.htm Puyallup. Your Section Officers have also committed to attending each Chapter Meeting to keep you fellow professionals with our Almost Live scoring at updated on Section activities. Marcus and I are www.pnwpga.com. Name: E-mail: even headed to Alaska to host a meeting for our Have a great September, I look forward to seeing Club: PNW PGA Member LPGA Member members in Anchorage! you at a meeting near you! Please Register Me into the Following Programs: The Section Annual Meeting is part of Monte Koch: