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 Dungeness Lady Niners on Thursday, April 26.
Ladies groups from all four Clallam County courses and Clallam County lady golfers are all invited to participate.
The Sequim event will honor those lady golfers who have died in the last 10 years, and will also benefit Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County — which provides assistance to patients who need care and their families.
Registration is $20, which includes a light lunch. The bulk of this fee will go toward hospice programs.
Golf will cost $15 for walking Nine Holes or $25 for golf and cart, and will be paid directly to The Cedars of Dungeness Golf Course.
No cash prizes will be awarded but the pro shops of each of the four Clallam golf courses — Dungeness, Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles, and Sequim’s Skyridge Golf Course and SunLand Golf & Country Club, will provide awards to first- and second-flight ladies on their own designated hole.
These holes will be in honor of ladies from their club who have passed on.
Golfers need to have a GHIN number and handicap.
Registration is due by April 19.
For more information, phone Jan Boyungs at 360-797-1452.
New flavors abound
Discovery Bay Golf Club’s Randy White checked in with news of a new restaurant opening up at the club.
Rosa’s Delicia Mexicana is the official name of the “just-opened” restaurant at the club located just outside of Port Townsend.
Rosa’s, for short, is a family-run eatery that specializes in traditional Mexican recipes
She’s no stranger to the area, as her taco van has served customers at the Port Townsend Farmers Market for years.
Rosa’s will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.
Play begins Thursday
Discovery Bay will begin several weeks of nine-hole events on Thursday.
Players should arrive at 4:30 p.m. for a 5 p.m. shotgun start.
Those without established handicaps are welcome to compete.
“This doesn’t mean it is a free-for-all for sandbaggers,” White joked.
“Much to the contrary. Handicaps set by the golf shop are much more responsive to the nine-hole event, fluctuating down or up each week.”
Play is only $11 and the competitions will differ each week.
Discovery Bay’s regular Thursday night commercial league will start at the end of April.
Dogs play for free
Four-legged friends will play for free at Discovery Bay on Earth Day.
Dogs will receive goodie bags when registered with a paying human.
Leashes should be worn.
For more information on anything Discovery Bay-related, phone the clubhouse at 360-385-0704.
PTGC hosts tourney
Port Townsend will host a Spring Scramble and Steak Feed starting at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The tourney is a blind-draw scramble.
Port Townsend will also host a fundraiser tournament for Relay For Life on Saturday, April 28.
The Relay tourney is a four-person scramble where players pick their own teams.
For more information, phone the course at 360-385-4547.
Spring opener
SkyRidge will host its Spring Opener tourney Saturday.
The two-person scramble event has a 9 a.m. shotgun start, and gross and net divisions.
Cost is $100 per team and includes honey pot entry, KP’s, range balls and lunch after play.
Phone SkyRidge to get in the game at 360-683-3673.
PAHS DECA tourney
Port Angeles High School DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) students will host its fourth annual DECA Golf Scramble fundraiser at SkyRidge on Saturday, April 21.
The tournament begins at 9:30 a.m.
Fees are $200 for a four-person team or $50 per individual.
The fee is $20 for Port Angeles students with an Associated Student Body card.
Entry fees, payable by check, can be made to SkyRidge.
Lunch is included in the cost.
Proceeds from the tournament will benefit Port Angeles High School DECA students.
Tournament play includes 18 holes of golf, range balls, prizes from local businesses, lunch, and a mulligan table.
Golf carts are also available for purchase for $12.
To sign up, phone DECA advisor Jennifer Kunkel at 360-565-1530, Emma Acheson at 360-477-2527 or Christina Costello at 402-650-2231.
DECA is a student-led organization that allows students to travel to conferences and competitions to demonstrate and expand their knowledge in the fields of marketing, business and entrepreneurship.
Sponsor/play in event
A benefit tournament to support the Sequim High School class of 2012 “safe and sober Grad Night Party” will be held at Sequim’s SunLand Golf & Country Club on Saturday, April 21.
The four-man scramble event will have a 1 p.m. shotgun start.
Cost is $65 per person.
If you want to help the cause but would rather not play, there are three levels of sponsorship available: Gold for $500, Silver for $250 and Bronze for a flat donation.
If you are playing or sponsoring, make checks payable to: Sequim Education Foundation in care of Jo Anne Estes, P.O. Box 1813, Sequim, WA 98382.
ESPN Best Ball
SunLand will host an ESPN Best Ball Qualifier on Saturday, April 28.
Entry is $45, including greens fees. Players must have a GHIN handicap.
For more information, phone SunLand’s Tyler Sweet at 360-683-6800.
Also, SunLand is offering a $34.95 golf and cart special for the public on weekends in April.
Another Lefty rises
Welcome to Bubba Golf, where if he has a swing, he has a shot.
Bubba Watson “hooked” his Green Jacket at the Masters Sunday with the most improbable golf shot these eyes have ever seen.
The whole day provided the best kind of reality television, taut drama, high-profile stars putting on a show, topped off with one of the more poignant and touching winning moments in recent memory.
Best of all was the genuine, emotional reaction Bubba displayed in tearing up while hugging, first his caddie, and then his mom right after he sunk the tourney winner.
“I dreamed about [winning the Masters],” he told reporters after his round. “I just never made the [winning] putt.”
He realized that dream Sunday, first lining up and then tapping home a six-inch “gimme” putt for the win.
The payoff from the playoff was well worth spending three-plus hours indoors watching television on the nicest day of the year to date.
Watson has always had a goofball reputation: He owns the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazard TV show and he’s a member of a faux-boy band made up of fellow pro golfers Ben Crane, Rickey Fowler and Hunter Mahan.
Seeing Bubba’s fellow Golf Boys, lined up off the 10th green to congratulate him on his win, helped add a touch of the goofball to the Green Jacket ceremony.
To watch the Golf Boys debut single “Oh, Oh, Oh” visit tinyurl.com/Bubbasgolfboys.
And dear to my heart, the Washington State University logo managed to make its way into the Green Jacket ceremony.
You can see that at tinyurl.com/CougarsMasters.
Finally, Alan Shipnuck’s upcoming Sports Illustrated cover story on Bubba’s big win is available at tinyurl.com/BubbaCrowned.
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Golf columnist Michael Carman can be reached at 360-417-3527 or at pdngolf@gmail.com.