PRESORT STD U.S. Postage MAY FREE PAID Port Townsend, WA 2010 ISSUE THE SOURCE FOR NORTHWEST GOLF NEWS COPY Permit 262 A close-up look at Northwestern Washington and Olympic Peninsula From the Olympic Peninsula to the greater Bellingham area the golf is as varied as the geography. This month’s special section gives you a description of the courses you will find in this unique part of Washington state. Eaglemont is pictured right. Old Macdonald: Fourth WHAT’S NEW IN NW GOLF course at Bandon Dunes will open for play in June Bandon Dunes Golf Resort will welcome its fourth golf course when Old Macdonald opens for play this month along the Oregon Pacific Amateur sets Coast. The course joins Bandon Dunes, Pacific Dunes and Bandon Trails as the collection of golf courses at the resort. new dates for 2010 Old Macdonald was designed by Tom Doak and Jim Urbina and The Northwest Dodge Dealers features links golf with wide open fairways, plenty of bunkers and Pacific Amateur Golf Classic has large greens. In fact the eighth green measures 20,000 square feet changed its dates for the 2010 with a large swale in the middle. Two of the 18 holes come near season. The event, to be held the bluff which overlooks the Pacific Ocean. August 30 - September 4, 2010, A total of 10 of the holes opened last year for public preview is open to all amateur golfers who play but the entire course opens this month and is expected to be possess an established USGA as popular as the other three existing courses. Handicap. For more information see www.bandondunesgolf.com. Old Macdonald at Bandon Dunes. Photo by Wood Sabold. The three-day, net, stroke-play tournament, culminating in playoff competition at Sunriver Resort’s White Horse under new ownership Northwest getting Crosswater, is played on Central Oregon’s finest golf courses. Central Oregon has been set for the pros ranked #23 in the Top 50 Golf Destinations. See Pacamgolf.com for more to hit the area for information on this year’s event. 2010 golf season NCAA Regionals are Are you looking forward to seeing the professionals hit the Northwest this sum- headed to Gold Mt. mer? There will be plenty of opportunities to The NCAA West Regionals are see the best players on the Champions Tour, set to be played at Gold Mountain the LPGA and from the amateur ranks this Golf Course near Bremerton May as they start arriving this summer. Here’s a 20-22 at the Olympic Course. quick look at what’s in store: Gold Mountain hosted the NCAA • July 29-August 1: United States Senior West Regionals in 2008 and in Open at Sahalee Country Club. Honorary 2003 the NCAA West Regionals chairman and Seattle native Fred Couples were held at Washington National will be the favorite. Golf Club. • Aug. 19-22: Jeld-Wen Tradition at The University of Washington Sunriver’s Crosswater. One of the major will serve as host for the regional, championships on the Champions Tour. one of six across the country. • Aug. 20-22: The LPGA Safeway Clas- The top teams from each re- sic at Pumpkin Ridge. The tournament made gional will take part in the NCAA the move from Columbia Edgwater last year Championships. The University and the players liked the new course and the of Washington will be one of the expanded Pro-Am. favorites at the regional event. • Aug. 23-29: United States Amateur at Chambers Bay and the Home Course. Both courses will be used for the qualifying. Ryan Moore bags a Chambers Bay will be the site for match play. Masters hole-in-one Aug. 27-29: Boeing Classic at the TPC Puyallup native and PGA Tour Snoqualmie Ridge. star Ryan Moore finished 14th at There is new life for White Horse the Masters, but his highlight shot Golf Course in Kingston, Wash. after had to be the ace on the 170-yard the course was purchased by the par-3 16th in the final round. With New format for the his 14th-place finish, Moore earned Suquamish Indian Tribe. White Horse an automatic spot next year. opened in 2007 and was named Washington Open among the best new courses in the The Washington Open, set for May 17-19 Rules Quiz country to open that year. But the at Glendale Country Club in Bellevue, will housing boom went bust and so did feature a new look in its format this time A player whose ball is on the putting White Horse, which landed in fore- around when the professionals and amateurs green marks, lifts and cleans her ball. She tee it up. replaces the ball and leaves her mark in closure. The Suquamish Tribe, which The event will feature two-player teams place. As she steps back and looks over the line the ball moves to a new spot. She owns the Clearwater Casino, bought of professionals playing with amateurs, but is required by rule to replace the ball with the course as well as the surrounding the amateurs can no longer individually no penalty. True or False? See answer land. See inside for more. win the tournament, only the pros can. It is on Page 2. meant to be more of a true Pro-Am, like the Pebble Beach event on the PGA Tour. See inside for more on this year’s event. Printed in U.S.A. • • • INSIDE GOLF NEWSPAPER • • • ©All Rights Reserved • Page 2 • • INSIDE COMMENTs • • Inside Golf - May Issue 2010 • Aces wild: NW golfer aces twice in 20 days at North Shore Golf Course Ryan Willey has played a lot of golf in his weeks earlier,” he said. “The ball had the life. Sure, he’s seen his share of good shots, same path, bounced and went in.” bad shots and shots he’d rather not even Willey yelled “it’s in” but his partners remember. weren’t looking. He proceeded to sprint to But there were two shots during the month the hole, reach down and grab the ball and Bob Marlatt of March that he will remember for the rest of do a celebration dance. Publisher his life That’s what happens when you make The first call he made was to head pro Dave Wetli, who has zero aces. “I don’t like rubbing two holes-in-one during a 20-day span at the t e v e Steve Turcotte it in, but I had to call Dave,” said Willey. “He same golf course on the same hole. Editor-Advertising That’s right. Two aces at North Shore Golf S was my first call. Maybe he can get one now. Course in Tacoma, both on the 17th hole. The He’s a guy who deserves one.” But he does odds? Let’s just say they must be too high to Tu r c o t t e credit Wetli for working with him on alignment, Kathy Marlatt even think about. one of the reasons for the pair of aces. Operations Manager Willey is the driving range manager at happen - again. Now, about that bar tab. North Shore and has worked at the course for Smith was first on the tee and he pro- “I’m still working on paying that thing off,” years. He’s hit tons of balls, played the course ceeded to hit a mammoth 7-iron pin high. said Willey. “But that’s OK, it’s something Contributing Writers countless times and did have one hole-in-one Willey had a 6-iron in his hands but knew he special that might never happen again.” Daniel Johnson, Jeff Coston, needed more even though his buddy had hit Kathy DeNeui, Mike Peluso and back in 2006 during an event on the fourth Brett Wilkinson Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf. He hole. a 7 iron. He hit a 5 iron and let fly. Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein When he walked to the 17th tee during “I felt that same swing I did from a couple can be reached at [email protected]. his round on March 7 the only thing he was worried about was where the pin was on the Subscription rates: green and how far he needed to hit the ball $17-one year and $30-two to get it to the green. But when he struck his years (U.S. funds). 4-iron he knew it was something special. “When I hit it, I knew it was either going to Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- be four inches or in - the swing felt that good,” come, however we will accept no liability said Willey. “I told my partners when the ball for their loss or damage, and will only was in flight that it might go in. It bounced six return them if prior arrangements have inches from the hole and spun in.” been made with the publisher. No problem with witnesses on that ace. There were people standing around the Courier Address nearby 18th tee, 10th green and 11th tee who 460 Dennis Blvd watched the shot go in. Port Townsend, WA 98368 Nearly three weeks later, Willey walked up Mailing Address to the 17th tee box again with playing partners P.O.Box 1890 Russell Smith and Jeff Johnson and noticed Port Townsend, WA 98368 the tee markers were 175 yards away, instead of 190 yards like they were when he had his Phone hole-in-one. He turned to Johnson and jokingly (360) 379-4080 said “These tees make this hole a little easier now.” Little did he know what was about to Ryan Willey had two aces at North Shore Golf Course in Tacoma within a 20-day span.