PRESORT STD FREE AUGUST U.S. Postage PAID COPY 2015 ISSUE THE SOURCE FOR NORTHWEST GOLF NEWS Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Spokane and Idaho: Great affordable golf is all over If you are looking for some great golf at affordable prices then you will love the Spokane and Idaho Pan- handle. Places like Palouse Ridge in Pullman (right) offer great golf at a good price. There are many others to choose from and you will want to try them all. See this special section for more. Brock Huard: Northwest sports voice Corey Prugh rules WHAT’S NEW Rosauers once again IN NW GOLF as the event returns to Indian Canyon Pacific Amateur offers PGA Professional Corey Prugh of Manito G&CC (Spokane) won his fourth Rosauers Open a terrific event option Invitational by one stroke after firing rounds of 67-64-64-195, 18-under par at Indian Canyon Golf Looking for some top amateur com- Course in Spokane. petition to keep your game sharp, then The event was held in 2014 at MeadowWood look no further than the Lithia Pacific in Spokane as Indian Canyon recovered from Amateur Classic which will take place this September and some of Central Oregon’s problems to its top golf courses. greens. But this The event is set for Sept. 19-24 and year it was busi- will feature divisions for men, women and ness as usual at seniors. Up to 700 players are expected the Rosauers, to take part in the 19th annual event. The and apparently tournament features three days of indi- business as usu- vidual play with the top players from each al on the course flight playing at Sunriver’s Crosswater for for Prugh. the tournament championship on the final Prugh had day of the Pacific Amateur. to knock in an Cost is $530 or $475 for a returning eight foot birdie player and includes tee gifts, food, golf putt on the 18th and more. For more information see the hole to win by website www.pacamgolf.com to find out one stroke over about this year’s event. PGA Profes- Corey Prugh sional Derek Boeing Classic set for Barron of Tacoma Golf Center (Tacoma) who made a 30-footer on the last hole for eagle. Barron Champions Tour’s best recorded a competitive course record score of 59 earlier in the week (in the Umpqua Bank Pro-Am). The Boeing Classic, one of the most Prugh not only holds the tournament record of popular stops on the Champions Tour, is set for action on Aug. 21-23 at the TPC You might not recognize the 192, 21-under par that he set back in 2009 but he Snoqualmie Ridge just east of Seattle. face, but the voice in the morning has now carded the most Rosauers Open wins. He The tournament will feature a field of 81 has previously won this event three times (2009, professionals, including Champions Tour on ESPN 710 Seattle belongs to 2011 and 2013). full-time rookie Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo Brock Huard. If you a sports fan Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo Resort (Blaine, Resort. Scott Dunlap is the defending Wash.) finished in third place. champion of the Boeing Classic. it’s a name you recognize for sure. Low amateur honors went to Eric Ansett also of There are plenty of ways to attend the He played high school football at Manito G&CC who finished in a tie for fourth place tournament with daily and weekly tickets Puyallup, was a three-year starter with Bob Rannow of Sandpines at 199. Ansett was but one of the best locales is the Canyon just one of many amateurs who played well at the Club, which sits on the 14th hole, a par-4 at Washington and had a short ca- Rosauers this year. Ryan Brooks of Wenatchee tied which has a drive that must carry a canyon reer in the NFL. Now, he’s on the for sixth with fellow amateur Michael Baldeck of to reach the green. media side of the business with Clarkston Golf Club at 201 and three amateurs tied for eighth with Greg Gildea of Oakbrook, Frank his morning radio show in Seattle Garber of McCormick Woods and Derek Bayley Beaverton’s Gigi Stoll and his work with ESPN on college of The Links. football. See inside for more on PGA Professional Craig Schuh of Deer Park in LPGA Portland event GC (Deer Park, WA) made a hole-in-one during Gigi Stoll, who graduated from Beaver- Brock Huard. his final round on #13. ton high School this spring, shot a tourna- ment record, course record and personal- best 9-under-par 63 at Langdon Farms in Aurora, Ore. to win the amateur qualifying spot in the LPGA Cambia Portland Classic. Altered Course: It was the second straight year that Stoll has qualified for the tournament. Stoll started with five birdies and an ‘Canadian Ninjas’ eagle on the front nine for a 29 at the turn before shooting 32 on the back nine for her record-breaking score. on Golf Channel The tournament is Aug. 13-16. Kyla Inaba and Eileen Williams saw that the Golf Channel was auditioning for a realty show and they decided to enter. But the Canadian women professionals wanted a Rules Quiz schtick that would make them stand out so During the round three groups decided they called themselves the “Canadian Ninjas” they don’t like the pairings and rearrange due to their fitness routine. The bit work, Golf their three groups to one more to their Channel liked it and made the Canadian pair liking. This comes to light when they turn a part of their show “Altered Course” The in their score cards. Is there anything to be done? Please see the answer on Page pair played in the Pepsi Northwest Women’s 2 of this section of Inside Golf. Open at Twin Lakes in Federal Way, too. See Page 2 for more on the Canadian Ninjas. Printed in U.S.A. • • • INSIDE GOLF NEWSPAPER • • • ©All Rights Reserved • Page 2 • • InsIde Comments • • Inside Golf - August Issue 2015 • ‘Canadian Ninjas’ help Golf Channel kick off reality series Altered Course Kyla Inaba and Eileen Kelly have known was way different,” said Inaba. “And when we each other for years, in fact they were golf looked at course we were going to play, it was teammates for the University of British Co- hilly, slopes and even tough just to walk.” lumbia and both knew they wanted to make The Altered Course show debuted on the golf a career. They both are professional Golf Channel and was a hit. People liked to Bob marlatt golfers but they both took a side trip that has see players run, fall, get muddy, hit shots over Publisher spiced up their careers a bit. trees from one fairway to another green. It Welcome to the world of the “Canadian was like golf on steroids. Ninjas” and the Golf Channel’s new reality “You had to be a fast player and still be Steve Turcotte series called Altered Course. Steve able to hit good shots,” Inaba said. “It was all Editor-Advertising When Inaba (28) and Kelly (27) found out about the shots and the time. It was tough.” that the Golf Channel was looking for men and Turcotte The Canadian Ninjas were bounced after Kathy marlatt women for a new reality show they signed up. the third show, but not before they had a good Operations Manager It wasn’t The Big Break, but they didn’t care. ideas about what to expect. time and showed they both have game and are In fact, along with the application, they came And then the producers of the show told both great ladies to deal with on and off the up with a short video promoting themselves the eight teams that this was a show called course - and in this case, Altered Course. Contributing Writers as the “Canadian Ninjas,” complete with Altered Course and the players; fitness, golf- Jeff Coston, their extreme fitness training regimens. They ing ability and imagination was all going to be Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf News- Mike Peluso, wanted to do something that would make put to the test for the two-week shoot. paper. He can be reached at sdturcotte@comcast. them stand out. “We expected something different but this net. Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein And it worked. The duo was invited to live auditions last Subscription rates: November in San Diego where 100 teams of $17-one year and $30-two two golfers tried to get on the show. Eight years (U.S. funds). teams eventually made it to the show - includ- ing the Canadian Ninjas. Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- From there, everything got secretive. The come, however we will accept no liability two were off to Montego Bay, Jamaica for for their loss or damage, and will only the show but couldn’t tell anyone where they return them if prior arrangements have been made with the publisher. were going or what they were doing. Cloak and dagger kind of stuff. “We had to keep it all a secret,” said Inaba, Courier Address 460 Dennis Blvd from Kelowna, B.C. Kelly is from Victoria. Port Townsend, WA 98368 “It was like we almost just disappeared for a couple of weeks and no one really knew. It mailing Address was strange.” P.O. Box 1890 When the pair showed up for filming in the Port Townsend, WA 98368 middle of February, they still didn’t know the format of the show.