Michael Carman

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Peninsula Golf Club repeats as Peninsula Cup champion

MORE CHAMPIONSHIP trophies are hoisted over the next month than any other time this year. Think about it: Chelsea just bagged the Champions League title… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Charity tournament for boys and girls set for Friday

IT’S LATE IN the game but golfers can still support a good cause by registering to play in the 21st annual Boys & Girls Clubs… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Sequim High School golfers dominate Olympic League

MINE WAS A valiant fight but after a solid month or more my efforts at avoiding the illness circulating through the cubicles of the Peninsula… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Baker returns to Port Townsend Golf Club

A FAMILIAR FACE has returned to the fairways, greens and tee boxes of Port Townsend Golf Club. Ralph Baker has returned to Port Townsend as… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: SunLand members head east to compete

A DOZEN SUNLAND Golf and Country Club members of Sequim recently traveled to Snake River canyon country in southeast Washington to compete in the Clarkston… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: North Olympic Peninsula courses to host two junior tourneys

THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Golf Association will hold its boys and girls junior amateur events on the North Olympic Peninsula this year. Boys will play the… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Memorial Tournament scheduled for Sequim on April 26

A MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT to honor dearly departed ladies golfers while raising funds for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County will be hosted by The Cedars at… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: A tough assignment is to attain press pass to Masters

THE THOUGHT OF starting my own kickstarter.com Internet funding campaign to ask for some sponsor assistance to attend next year’s Masters Golf Tournament has crossed… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Sequim and Port Angeles will battle for Olympic League golf titles

I’M FOLLOWING UP my season preview of Port Townsend and Chimacum high school golf by covering the big kids on the block — Sequim and… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Prep golf teams open 2012 season

MOTHER NATURE APPEARS to be taking her sweet time in breaking the 50-degree barrier, let alone transitioning to anything resembling a true spring day. Plants… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Merchants Leagues are starting at area courses

MERCHANTS LEAGUES ARE forming at golf courses across the North Olympic Peninsula. I’ll start in Clallam County and work my way eastward to Jefferson. ■… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: New season begins for ladies club at Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course

TWO THINGS STOOD out during a quick trip to Portland last weekend. Either Rose City Golf Course’s front nine lacks yardage markers or my playing… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Port Townsend’s signature hole is one to love and hate

THWACK, PLUNK, CURSE . . . those are the typical sounds that have accompanied many of my tee shots to Port Townsend Golf Club’s signature… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Winter Scramble set Saturday in Port Townsend

MUCH ADO ABOUT expectoration, my comments on PGA player Keegan Bradley’s Sunday spittle-fest at Riviera Country Club will have to wait until the end of… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Vandals strike at Port Townsend golf course

TROUBLEMAKERS VANDALIZED THE Port Townsend Golf Club on Sunday night, less than a week before the club’s “first major of the year,” the Arctic Open.… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Signature hole is a dandy at SkyRidge in Sequim

SKYRIDGE GOLF COURSE’s signature hole is undergoing an addition right now and will be ready for play shortly. The Sequim-Dungeness Valley’s links golf layout plans… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Area links planning events on, after New Year’s Eve

HOPEFULLY, EVERYONE WITH a long, rectangular package under his or her Christmas tree opened it to find something exciting like a new driver or putter… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: New Year’s event set at Port Townsend Golf Club

WELCOME TO PART one of my two-part look back at the year in golf. Today, I will tackle January through June and next Wednesday I… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Playing at the Toys for Tots tournament in Port Townsend

A GENTLE WARNING for Saturday morning for those in the vicinity of the Port Townsend Golf Club: I’ll be golfing in the club’s annual Toys… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Family history at U.S. Senior Open course

I KNEW THAT name sounded familiar. The 2012 U.S. Senior Open will be held at Indianwood Golf & Country Club in Lake Orion, Mich., and… Continue reading