GOLFERS AT SATURDAY’S Midwinter Open at Sequim’s SkyRidge Golf Course will see progress but not a finished product when they pull in the parking lot.

Construction on the course’s new clubhouse is “about 90 percent complete on the outside,” clubhouse manager Jim Brooks said.

Brooks went on to say that sheetrocking of the interior is expected in the next week or two with an anticipated opening in March.

The opening of the clubhouse will coincide with the completion of new tee boxes on the course.

A grand opening event to celebrate the new additions is expected in March and I will have the details when things are more concrete.

I do have details on Saturday’s tourney at SkyRidge.

The Midwinter Open Three-Person Scramble will tee off at 9:30 a.m. (barring any frost).

Each team must have a total handicap index of 15 or higher

Cost is $90 per team and includes 18 holes of golf, range balls, two KPs, a long putt and a late afternoon lunch.

Carts are $12 per seat with some heaters available for $10.

There’s also an optional $60 honey pot per team.

To register, phone SkyRidge at 360-683-3673.

Disco Bay golf tidbits

Discovery Bay’s Winter Golf Series will continue with a two-person Chapman competition on Saturday, Jan. 21.

The club’s Winter Eclectic started on New Year’s Day and will continue to March 31.

A $20 entry fee will get you into the game.

Keep playing rounds at Discovery Bay and recording the lowest score you can on each hole until March 31 and you might win some cash.

Discovery Bay’s Men’s Club is sponsoring an early season bid to bolster membership: for $40 (normally $45) players can join the Men’s Club and the Washington State Golf Association.

Besides the $5 off, players get a free round of golf to be used in the next 365 days.

I’m typing this on a clear and cold, sunny winter’s day.

Luckily, in my estimation, we have had a good amount of these over the past month or so and there’s been no need to use Discovery Bay’s covered range tees.

But when the rains do come, in gray wave after wave, they are available for your use.

Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles also has covered range tees if you want to escape wet weather.

If using a cart is your desire, they are still allowed off of cart paths.

For more information, visit www.DiscoveryBayGolfCourse.com or phone 360-385-0704.

Polar Bear tourney

Cedars also will host its 19th annual Polar Bear Championship on Feb. 4-5.

This is a 36-hole stroke play format with three amateur divisions and one professional division.

Entry fees are $140 and include three rounds of golf (including a practice round on Friday), range balls on Saturday and Sunday, a tee prize and lunch on Sunday, and $5,500 in prizes (based on full field).

Amateurs must have USGA handicap of 27 or lower.

Carts are an extra $16 per day.

Entry deadline for this tourney is Monday, Jan. 30.

For more information, phone Cedars at 360-683-6344, ext. 1.

Arctic Open sign-ups

Port Townsend Golf Club is taking registration for “The 26th annual Coors Light Arctic Open” sponsored by Marine View Beverages.

The tournament is a 36-hole two person best-ball and will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11-12, and includes a practice round on Feb. 10.

Entry is $210 per team and includes the three rounds of golf, lunch served on the course each day, special hole-in-one prizes and closest to pin in all divisions each day.

The kick for this tournament is an iron constitution.

Players will tee off in a 10 a.m. shotgun start each day and play like mail carriers — in snow, sleet, hail, rain, wind, sub-freezing temperatures, etc . . .

The only thing I think could bring players off the course is lightning, and I haven’t seen a February lightning storm around here in, well . . . ever.

The tourney is limited to the first 72 players.

Get in the game by phoning Port Townsend at 360-385-4547.

PT Winter Eclectic

Port Townsend will start its own Winter Eclectic event soon.

Players can count their scores each time they play (36-hole maximum per week) and record their best numbers to come up with an eclectic score.

“That gives you a chance to birdie every hole and maybe throw in some eagles for a super low score gross and net,” said Port Townsend assistant pro Gabriel Tonan.

This one will reward the over-all gross and net champs and provide a payout to other top players. Entry is $20 per player with a $5 optional skins.

Port Townsend hosts weekly $10 (plus greens fees for nonmembers), 18-hole Saturday skins games and men’s club competitions Sunday.

It’s $5 for the Sunday competition plus $5 for a skins game (plus greens fees for nonmembers.)

If you are new to the area and want to meet some golf buddies, these weekly events provide a great opportunity.

Next week’s column

I’ll provide a look at the signature holes at each of our North Olympic Peninsula golf courses.

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Golf columnist Michael Carman can be reached at 360-417-3527 or at pdngolf@gmail.com.