TRIMMING THE CHRISTMAS tree awaits me this weekend but more than 150 pro golfers can get the best early present around: a place on the… Continue reading
APPLE CUP WEEKS haven’t ended well in my time as a Cougar fan. My fandom turned in 2000 when I started attending the finest university… Continue reading
THE NEW SNOW dusting the tops of the Olympic Mountains triggered my annual fight-or-flight response to winter weather. Evidence of the inevitable, another La Nina… Continue reading
KOALAS AND KANGAROOS won’t take center stage this weekend in favor of what may be a rejuvenated Tiger as the biennial Presidents Cup competition visits… Continue reading
HAND-TOSSED PIZZA? I’ve heard, seen (and eaten) my share. A hand-tossed hole-in-one? That’s altogether new to me. Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course assistant pro Garrett… Continue reading
MY MUSICAL TASTES run more Rolling Stones than The Beatles but sometimes in life challenges arise and “We all need a little help from our… Continue reading
A STRONG CONTINGENT of North Olympic Peninsula golfers recently made the trek down to Clark County for a golf competition. Nope, not Vancouver . .… Continue reading
I RECENTLY MISSED out on a chance to attend the Alpine Village Oktoberfest celebration in Los Angeles. Alpine Village is a curious mixture of German… Continue reading
THE INNER RAZORBACK in me enjoyed reading about a Swedish golf club’s solution to a costly wild boar piglet problem. Yes, I have some relatives… Continue reading
I KEPT THINGS civil in Southern California. To be more accurate, I kept things municipal, playing golf twice at two different facilities: Balboa Park in… Continue reading
SOUTHBOUND AND DOWN, that’s right, I’m headed to sunny San Diego and then up to Hermosa Beach for a week of sun, sand, a Washington… Continue reading
LABOR DAY HAS passed, the summer whites are put away, no more sunny season socializing for this wannabe-Hampton’s fat cat. But before the fall windbreakers… Continue reading
A ROUND OF polite golf hand clapping is in store as Port Ludlow Resort was recently named the Best Golf Resort in the entire state… Continue reading
GOLFERS LOOKING FOR a reason to head over to play Sequim’s SunLand Golf & Country Club (besides nicely manicured greens and fairways) should look no… Continue reading
IT ALL STARTED back behind the since-shuttered Fairview Elementary School in the mid-1990s in Port Angeles. Fifth-grade teacher and Port Angeles High School golf coach… Continue reading
GLORY’S LAST SHOT comes this weekend during the 93rd PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club. The event offers that one final chance for players to… Continue reading
I BRIEFLY TOUCHED on the addition of a whole new set of tee boxes to Sequim’s SkyRidge Golf Course in last week’s column but I’d… Continue reading
I’VE SAID MANY times, mainly in jest, that I would probably quit playing golf if I ever carded a hole-in-one. The chance to finish “on… Continue reading
THE U.S. Junior Amateur tournament is underway this week on the Olympic Course at Bremerton’s Gold Mountain Golf Club. Free all week for spectators, this… Continue reading
SID KRUMPE WENT low Friday and Saturday, firing a 68 and 71 and held off all competitors with a final-round 74 Sunday to claim the… Continue reading
