Michael Carman

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Apple Cup, Rick Kaps Scholarship tourneys on tap

CONSIDERING THE LENGTHS I went in trying to encourage people to volunteer in a former job, I was slightly stunned when checking out the volunteer… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: SunLand foursome 12th at Pinehurst

WHAT A WHIRLWIND of a week for SunLand Golf & Country Club pro Tyler Sweet and SunLand members Walter Clark, Mike Phelan and Fred Smith.… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: SunLand’s Tyler Sweet wins Las Vegas tourney

SunLand Golf & Country Club general manager and head pro Tyler Sweet accomplished something last week in Las Vegas that nearly every visitor to the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum hangs tough, then collapses under Cascade Christian charge

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Chimacum football team dueled with Class 1A No. 3 Cascade Christian for three quarters before the Cougars pulled away with a… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim on track for league title

SEQUIM -- The Sequim football team remained on track for a Nisqually/Olympic League title with a 41-6 victory over Eatonville on Friday night. Eatonville kept… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Cedars at Dungeness to host Pro-Pro and Pro-Am

PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION (PGA) pros converge on Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course in Sequim next Wednesday through Nov. 1 for a pair of two-day golf… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Two tourneys hope to squeeze out some more sunshine

TOURNAMENTS ABOUND IN the coming weeks as courses hope to wring some sunshine out of Mother Nature before cooler temps and the inevitable drip-drip-drip of… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend romps in Nisqually clash; other prep results

PORT TOWNSEND -- No need to wait anymore. The Port Townsend offense showed up in a big way in Friday night's Class 1A Nisqually League… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Ryder Cup’s cousin, President’s Cup, starts action

THE BIENNIAL BROTHER of the famed Ryder Cup -- the President's Cup -- returns this week to the 7,137-yard, par-71 Harding Park Golf Club just… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Buying a set of perfect clubs

TALK ABOUT DELAYED gratification. With invitations to come and tee it up springing forth from courses and clubs across the North Olympic Peninsula as a… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay wins; other prep capsules

Peninsula Daily News NEAH BAY -- The Neah Bay football team continually pounded the ball at Lummi, rushing 56 times for 330 total yards, as… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: A big show and Homer Simpson

THE WASHINGTON STATE Convention and Trade Center transforms into the biggest pro shop in the Pacific Northwest this weekend when it hosts Golf Fest Northwest,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim loses in football; other prep results

SUMNER -- Injuries to key personnel and a stagnant offense inside the red zone led to the Sequim football team's 21-7 loss to Class 1A… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Chance to watch UW men’s golf team

THE WASHINGTON HUSKIES earned an impressive victory last week. No, I'm not talking about Washington's football program. This Cougar alum would like to avoid the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend shuts out Chelan 26-0

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Port Townsend football team earned some revenge for last season's 47-7 loss to Chelan by posting a 26-0 shutout win on… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Area linksters head to nationals

IT ISN'T TOO often that North Olympic Peninsula golfers have the chance to cheer for four of their own in a Professional Golf Association (PGA)… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: His secret is out

I DEBATED ABOUT whether I should let this not-so-secret secret slip so soon. It would have come out eventually, so here goes: I'm a pretty… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim blows lead, loses to Kingston

KINGSTON -- Sequim missed out on a chance to knock Kingston out of sole possession of first place in the Olympic League baseball standings after… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim gets rare win against Port Angeles in baseball

SEQUIM -- In a game featuring 22 walks, the Sequim baseball team pieced together enough hits to hold off a late Port Angeles rally and… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles drops first game of season

Baseball Newport 12, Port Angeles 1 BELLEVUE -- The Roughriders fell hard on the road to the 4A Knights in their first game of the… Continue reading