Michael Carman

Confirmed: No public fireworks display in Port Townsend this Fourth of July

PORT TOWNSEND — There will be no public Fourth of July fireworks display in Port Townsend this year. A private effort by Port Townsend pyrotechnist… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Chimacum’s Shelton Washburn wins amateur title

CHIMACUM GOLFER SHELTON Washburn shrugged off a late quadruple-bogey with a birdie on the final hole to claim the fourth annual Pacific Northwest Super Senior… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Another U.S. Open runner-up for Mickelson

ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID and never the U.S. Open champion. Such is the narrative for Phil Mickelson, likely the second-greatest golfer of his generation. It’s a… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Weather might affect U.S. Open

MONSOON AT MERION? The lingering after-effects of Tropical Storm Andrea may play a big role in this weekend’s U.S. Open at tradition-rich Merion Golf Club.… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: SkyRidge tournament to fete 10 years in business

MILESTONE MOMENTS ABOUND in June, with graduations and reunions sharing time with weddings and anniversaries. A different type of anniversary will be celebrated at SkyRidge… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Rocky Swartzrock spends his 93rd birthday at Cedars

LAST WEEK’S COLUMN was written in advance, and I missed out on a late and great story from Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course. Sterling Epps… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Recalling Venturi’s “heroic” U.S. Open win

BITS AND PIECES, dribs and drabs, there are many smaller events set to create a sizeable amount of golf happenings set for the North Olympic… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Sergio gifts Players Championship; demo days set at area golf courses

IT WAS GENEROUS of Sergio Garcia to play the final two holes of the Players Championship in such a cringeworthy manner (+6). A generous Mother’s… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: SkyRidge wins Peninsula Cup

HOME COURSE ADVANTAGE triumphed once again as the team from SkyRidge Golf Course claimed the Peninsula Cup, the fourth time in the event’s five-year history… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Peninsula Cup set to tee off this weekend

SATURDAY’S PENINSULA CUP at SkyRidge Golf Course in Sequim will match the top eight golfers from each North Olympic Peninsula course in a bid for… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: New league being formed at SunLand Golf & Country Club

THE GOLF BUG bit Mark Ostroot later in life, but it has bitten hard and won’t let go. Ostroot, the general sales manager at Price-Ford… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Another thrilling Masters

I SPENT MUCH of the weekend racking my brain for a reason to root against the Aussies threatening to take home their nation’s first green… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Augusta new needs an LPGA major tournament

AUGUSTA NATIONAL MADE the delayed leap into the 20th century last August when they admitted their first female members. I kid, I kid. But it… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Sequim, Port Angeles girls teams are league contenders again

PERFECT SPRING DAYS like we enjoyed last weekend are quite the treasure. The best place to cash in such treasures is on the golf course… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Sequim, Port Angeles girls teams are league contenders again

PERFECT SPRING DAYS like we enjoyed last weekend are quite the treasure. The best place to cash in such treasures is on the golf course… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: High school boys golf preview

IN TWO MONTHS, the WIAA’s Boys Class 2A championship will be contested at University Place’s Chambers Bay golf course. Lucky kids. The chance to win… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Sequim’s Robert Chamberlin gets two aces in one week

SHAKESPEARE ADVISED TO “beware the Ides of March” but Cedars at Dungeness member Robert Chamberlin will forever embrace March 15, the date of his second… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: New clubhouse at White Horse Golf Club another example of tribes’ commitment to the game

CONTINUED TRIBAL INVESTMENT in the game of golf west of Puget Sound continues with the grand opening of a new clubhouse Sunday at White Horse… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: 2013 golf season getting started

SOMETIMES IT SLOWS to a trickle, but the last couple weeks, a steady flow of new golf information has streamed into my golf column inbox.… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Eric Nelson discusses record-breaking round at Port Ludlow Golf Club

MINUS HIS THRILLED playing partners, when Eric Nelson walked off Timber No. 9 and completed his record-breaking round of 61 at Port Ludlow Golf Club… Continue reading