PRESORT STD FREE FEBRUARY U.S. Postage PAID COPY 2014 ISSUE THE SOURCE FOR nORTHwEST gOlF nEwS Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Oregon native Henninger eyes 2014 Champions Tour Eugene native Brian Henninger is now 51 and is using his former PGA Tour status to play on the 2014 Champions Tour. He played in 16 events last year and made over $240,000. He hopes for bigger paydays this year and is excited about the chance. See Page 2 for more on Henninger. Photo by Scott Bisch wHAT’S nEw Bandon Dunes gets a land deal to In nw gOlF proceed with its sixth golf course Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber its sixth golf course called Bandon Links, has signed a letter that allows the devel- which will be designed by Gil Hanse. oper and owner of Bandon Dunes, Mike Under the agreement, Keiser's company, Keiser, to proceed with another course Bandon Biota LLC, will provide $2.5 mil- Cascadia development at the famed golf destination along the lion to help the state parks department buy looks for a comeback state's southern Pacific coast, according much of the Grouse Mountain Ranch in to Cybergolf.com. Grant County. The 6,100-acre parcel in east- No one is saying for sure but there The proposal involves a complicated ern Oregon contains rangeland and about could be new golf on the way in the Pa- land swap. But the bottom line is the 1,000 acres of Ponderosa pine forest. cific Northwest as news of the Cascadia Bandon Dunes will soon start work on See Bandon Dunes, Page 22 development project took a turn with the A sixth course is planned for Bandon Dunes. sale of the development. Cascadia, a master-planned commu- nity which had expected to feature a pair Top nw instructors can tune up your game Another course bites of golf courses, was sold by HomeStreet Bank to San Diego developer Newland Real Estate Group. Newland is one of the the dust as Shelton’s largest planned-community developers. The company has working on 40 large- scale planned communities in 14 states. Cascadia, located near Bonney Lake Bayshore closes up south of Seattle, had called for 6,000 A call to Shelton’s Bayshore Golf Course homes, schools, shops and the two golf says it all. The recorded voice on the other courses but the project went south when end greets the caller but then goes on to the mortgage crisis hit. The only building construction within the former Cascadia apologize for the course being closed. community so far is an elementary school. And another Pacific Northwest golf The Newland group hopes to get some of course bites the dust. the lots ready for sale soon. Bayshore Golf Course, a nine-hole public And stay tuned for the golf. course on Puget Sound outside Shelton, closed for good in December. The course opened for play in 1948 and had been a Swinomish Tribe buys popular spot for golfers around the Shelton Similk Beach Course area. “We just can’t afford to run it any more,” The Swinomish Indian Tribe, which calls said Brian Davis, a part-owner. He blamed Northwest Washington its home, has pur- chased the Similk Beach Golf Course in the economy and oversaturation of courses Anacortes. for Bayshore’s decline. The Swinomish tribe bought the course from “We’ve tried every marketing tactic we the Morgan-Turner family, which had owned the could think of,” Davis said. course since it opened for play in 1927. The Bayshore was one of several nine-hole course opened with nine holes in 1927 and courses in the south Puget Sound area that then expanded to 18 holes in 1955. had proven popular through the years. But The purchase puts the Swinomish Tribe now with its closing, golfers will be left in the good company with other Indian Tribes searching for another place to play. that own golf courses in the Pacific Northwest. It seemed like a natural purchase for the tribe In September, Flowing Lake Golf Course because of their interest in golf and the location in Snohomish and Sumner Meadows Golf of the golf course being so close to the hotel Course outside Sumner both closed. and casino - and it gives the tribe land back it Bayshore becomes the 15th golf course in had been looking to reclaim for years. the Greater Puget Sound region to close in The deal is part of a 250-acre parcel the the past four years. Two — Holmes Harbor tribe has been looking to get its hands on on Whidbey Island and Carnation (now Blue since 1873. The property was removed from Heron Golf Course) — have reopened. its reservation via an executive order signed by President Ulysses S. Grant. Since the early 20th century the property had been owned by the Morgan-Turner family. Part of the property If you are in the market for a golf Pacific northwest is tidal and beach land and the tribe says it plans to re-start shellfish farming. And part of instructor to help you with your golf the property comes with a golf course. game, Inside Golf will help you out golf shows help get The Swinomish Tribe will continue to oper- ate the golf course as a daily-fee course. this month with a special section on Pacific Northwest golf instructors. 2014 season rolling Golf teachers like Jordan Cooper You know it’s time for the upcoming and Matt Crotts of GolfTEC (top golf season when the Pacific Northwest golf Rules Quiz shows get close. And that is the case this photo) work with Carl Tipton and the A player in your group has hit their ball month with golf shows in Spokane, Portland very close to an out of bounds line painted golf instructors at Interbay in Seattle and Seattle area getting set. on the ground. His ball is in bounds but just (right) have the tools to help you Everything in the Pacific Northwest in out of bounds is a sprinkler control box that terms of golf shows kicks off with the Spo- interferes with his backswing. He asks you shave strokes off your game. See kane Golf Show on Feb. 14-15. where he takes relief from the immovable inside for more on the top instruc- The Portland Golf Show will be the next obstruction. How do you answer? See stop on Feb. 21-23 at the Oregon Conven- answer to this month’s question on Page 2 tors in the Pacific Northwest. tion Center. And finally, the Seattle Golf and of this section of Inside Golf Newspaper. Travel Show wraps up the golf show season Feb. 28-March. 2. Printed in U.S.A. • • • INSIDE GOLF NEWSPAPER • • • ©All Rights Reserved • Page 2 • • InSIDE COmmEnTS • • Inside Golf February Issue 2014 • Henninger looks for some top finishes in his first full Champions Tour season Brian Henninger has been around the golf June and he didn’t know what to expect when game in the Pacific Northwest for years. He he showed up on the driving range that first was a top-ranked junior playing while growing day of tournament week. up in Eugene. Was a state championship at “When I showed up I was really wel- Sheldon High School. Walked on at Southern comed,” said Henninger. “There were all Bob marlatt Cal and became a two-time All-American. these guys I had played with years ago and Publisher He grinded his way to the PGA Tour and they were all friendly. It was like an old home even finished 10th at the Masters in 1995 week kind of deal. It was great.” Steve Turcotte besides winning twice on tour. A solid career In fact, Henninger’s caddy couldn’t quite Editor-Advertising that also had him put together his own founda- S t e v e believe his eyes. This was not Bandon Dunes. tion which helps various organizations around When Joyce saw Fred Couples walk up to the Pacific Northwest. Tu r c o t t e Henninger on the range he had to do a double- Kathy marlatt But now, Henninger’s golf career is tak- take. “Teddy was blown away by the whole Operations Manager ing a different path - one which leads to the was in the last group and it was unreal. I was thing,” Henninger said. “It was funny to see. Champions tour. When he turned 50 last year, pretty confident but just lacked experience in But now he sees that he fits in out here like I he got into 16 events on the Champions Tour, a situation like that. I had never teed off late do. This should be great for both of us.” Contributing writers using an exemption because he was a two- but we went off at 3 and that was strange. Henninger runs an event through his Jeff Coston, time winner on the PGA Tour. He won over I was kind of worn out by the time we teed foundation every year at Bandon Dunes and Mike Peluso, Brett Wilkinson $240,000 - he wanted more. off. I was so excited all day. I wasn’t very well had Joyce as his caddy a couple of years Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein This year, he hopes to use that same ex- prepared for that experience.” ago. Things clicked right away. “It’s all about emptions to get into more events and see if Henninger’s family is in his court for this chemistry for me,” said Henninger. “I don’t Subscription rates: he can land in the top 30 money winners and Champions Tour journey.