PRESORT STD AUGUST U.S. Postage PAID 2019 ISSUE THE SOURCE FOR NORTHWEST GOLF NEWS Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Boeing Classic is set for annual run in the Northwest The top players from the PGA Tour Champions make their annual trip to the Pacific Northwest for the Boeing Classic at the Golf Club at Snoqualmie Ridge Aug. 23-25. Hometown favorite Fred Couples will be one of the headline attractions at the tournament, but all the other big names should be on hand as well for this annual event. WHAT’S NEW Tri-Mountain Golf IN NW GOLF Course turns 25 Tri-Mountain Golf Course in Ridgefield, Wash., just north of Portland, reached a mile- Professional tournament stone in 2019 as the course turns 25 years old. The course can be seen as you head along time in the Pacific NW Interstate-5 and lives up to its name on a clear Tournament season for the Pacific North- day with views of Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams west’s top professionals and amateurs is right and Mt. Hood all at the same time from around around the corner. The Muckleshoot Washington Open kicked off the championship season with a the course. For more on Tri-Mountain, see three-day tournament at Kent’s Meridian Valley inside this section of Inside Golf Newspaper. Country Club. Here is a look at the rest of the major cham- pionship schedule in the Pacific Northwest… • The Northwest Open Invitational is set for Aug. 19-21 at Walla Walla’s Wine Valley. You can now call it Mount Hood Oregon Resort Erdmann captures And don’t forget these pro tournaments. • Aug. 8-11: WinCo Foods Portland Open, Web.com event at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club near Rosauers tourney Portland (photo below). • Aug. 23-25: Boeing Classic, Champions after surviving a Tour event at Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club, just east of Seattle. • Aug. 29-Sept. 1: Cambia Portland LPGA three-way playoff Classic, one of the longest-running LPGA events set for Columbia Edgewater in Portland. PGA Professional Scott Erdmann of Oswego Lake Country Club (Lake Oswego, Ore,) won the 32nd Rosauers Open Invitational at Indian Canyon Golf Course in Spokane in an one -hole playoff against PGA Professional Jared Lambert of Meadow Lakes GC (Prineville, Ore.) and PGA Professional Justin Wiles of Running Y Ranch (Klamath Falls, Ore). Erdmann birdied the first playoff hole to capture his first PNW PGA major. Erdmann came from far off the lead to win his first PGA Section Major Championship. He trailed by as many as five shots but came up with a 63 in the final round to set up the playoff. Zachary Stocker of MeadowWood GC (Liberty Lake, Wash.) won low amateur honors, five shots out of the lead. Liam Kendregan of Sand Point Country Club tied for fourth place with Corey Prugh, the head coach of the Spokane Community College men’s and women’s golf teams at 12 under - missing the playoff by two Black Butte, Eagle Crest shots. Prugh led after the first round with a 65. team up for fall tourney Over $100,000 was raised this year for the Vanessa Black Butte Ranch Resort and Eagle Crest Behan Crisis Nursery and over $3,000,000 has been Resort in Central Oregon are joining forces for raised for charity in the 32 years of this event. the inaugural Central Oregon Fall Shootout, which will be held Oct. 5-6 at both resorts. The tournament will feature four-player teams with two different formats on both days. The first PHOTO BY RANDY KIRKPATRICK round will feature a 4-person Stableford format with the second day a 4-person best Ball with one gross and two nets. The Glaze Meadow Course at Black Butte The name might be different, but the Ranch Resort and the Ridge Course at Eagle resort is still a first-class place to visit. Crest will be the host courses. Welcome to Mount Hood Oregon Resort Entry fee for the tournament is $900 and includes green fees, carts, practice balls, tee in Welches, near the base of Mount Hood gift and continental breakfast and lunch. and just east of Portland. This resort used For more information, call 541.595.1292 or to go by the name The Resort at the 541.504.3877. Mountain, but underwent a name change to reflect what the place is all about. And Rules Quiz there is plenty to like from the great moun- tain views, challenging 27 holes of golf, With your ball on the putting green you mark, lift and clean your golf ball. You then swimming, spa, tennis and much more. For replace your golf ball in front of the mark. more on the resort, please see our special You make your put but forget to remove the section in this month’s issue of Inside Golf ball mark. OK or not OK? Please see the answer on page 2 of this section of Inside Newspaper. Golf Newspaper. Scott Erdmann of Oswego Lake won the Rosauers. • Page 2 • • InsIde Comments • • Inside Golf - August Issue 2019 • If it’s August, it means it’s a great time to be a professional golf fan in the Northwest If you are a golf fan and live in the Pacific North- west, this is your month. Not only is a great time to play golf around the Northwest, but there are plenty of opportunities to see some of the best players in the world do their thing. Bob Marlatt There is not one, not two but three terrific Publisher professional golf tournaments to check out in the Northwest this month. From the PGA Tour Cham- Steve Turcotte pions to the LPGA to the PGA Tour’s minor league Editor-Advertising the Korn Ferry Tour (yes that is the new name for Steve the old Web.com Tour), you can take your pick when Kathy Marlatt it comes to what you would like to see. Turcotte Operations Manager • First on the tee for the big three is the WinCo Foods Portland Open, the final stop on the Korn with the Portland Cambia Classic. The LPGA’s best Contributing Writers Ferry Tour which the top 25 from the money list will are always on display because this is one of the Jeff Coston, Russ Wing, earn their PGA Tour cards for 2020. And this is not most popular tour stops. The four-day tournament just some minor event, Lagadere Sports (formerly is a great way to get up close with the stars from Photography: Scott Bisch Jeff Sanders Promotions) pulls out all the stops to the LPGA Tour. Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein make sure this is like a PGA Tour event. From the hospitality tents to the tickets for Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf Newspaper. Subscription rates: He can be reached at [email protected]. charity to the special viewing areas, there is plenty $17-one year and $30-two years (U.S. to like at the WinCo Foods Portland Open. This funds). is an event that has donated millions to charity through the years and a tournament which is held Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- at Pumpkin Ridge’s Witch Hollow Golf Club Aug. come, however we will accept no liability 8-11. And there is always some Northwest flavor for their loss or damage, and will only to check out - Andres Gonzales of Olympia, Brock return them if prior arrangements have Mackenzie of Yakima and Scott Harrington of been made with the publisher. Portland are expected to tee it up. • Next up is the Boeing Classic, which will take Courier Address place Aug. 23-25 at the Golf Club at Snoqualmie 460 Dennis Blvd Ridge. The PGA Tour Champions has always made Port Townsend, WA 98368 this an event worth the trip just east of Seattle. The golf course is scenic and the tournament Mailing Address always is competitive. Northwest favorite Fred P.O. Box 1890 Couples is always one of the main attractions at Port Townsend, WA 98368 the tournament. The event kicks off with a flyover from a Boeing jet down the 18th fairway and this Phone is a tournament which always has some interesting (360) 379-4080 storylines. One year there was a nine-player playoff for the tournament championship. Nine players! E-mail Address • The LPGA makes its annual stop at Portland’s [email protected] Columbia Edgewater Country Club Aug, 29-Sept. 1 Andres Gonzales of Olympia should play in the WinCo Foods Portland Open (top); the LPGA in Portland (bottom). 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: Not OK. Rule 14.1a. If the spot is marked with a ball-marker, after replacing the ball the player must remove the ball-marker be- fore making a stroke. Penalty (1) one stroke. • Inside Golf would like to thank Paul Lucien for his rules questions each month. 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