Michael Carman

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Peninsula Cup set to tee off this weekend

SATURDAY’S PENINSULA CUP at SkyRidge Golf Course in Sequim will match the top eight golfers from each North Olympic Peninsula course in a bid for… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: New league being formed at SunLand Golf & Country Club

THE GOLF BUG bit Mark Ostroot later in life, but it has bitten hard and won’t let go. Ostroot, the general sales manager at Price-Ford… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Another thrilling Masters

I SPENT MUCH of the weekend racking my brain for a reason to root against the Aussies threatening to take home their nation’s first green… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Augusta new needs an LPGA major tournament

AUGUSTA NATIONAL MADE the delayed leap into the 20th century last August when they admitted their first female members. I kid, I kid. But it… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Sequim, Port Angeles girls teams are league contenders again

PERFECT SPRING DAYS like we enjoyed last weekend are quite the treasure. The best place to cash in such treasures is on the golf course… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Sequim, Port Angeles girls teams are league contenders again

PERFECT SPRING DAYS like we enjoyed last weekend are quite the treasure. The best place to cash in such treasures is on the golf course… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: High school boys golf preview

IN TWO MONTHS, the WIAA’s Boys Class 2A championship will be contested at University Place’s Chambers Bay golf course. Lucky kids. The chance to win… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Sequim’s Robert Chamberlin gets two aces in one week

SHAKESPEARE ADVISED TO “beware the Ides of March” but Cedars at Dungeness member Robert Chamberlin will forever embrace March 15, the date of his second… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: New clubhouse at White Horse Golf Club another example of tribes’ commitment to the game

CONTINUED TRIBAL INVESTMENT in the game of golf west of Puget Sound continues with the grand opening of a new clubhouse Sunday at White Horse… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: 2013 golf season getting started

SOMETIMES IT SLOWS to a trickle, but the last couple weeks, a steady flow of new golf information has streamed into my golf column inbox.… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Eric Nelson discusses record-breaking round at Port Ludlow Golf Club

MINUS HIS THRILLED playing partners, when Eric Nelson walked off Timber No. 9 and completed his record-breaking round of 61 at Port Ludlow Golf Club… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Port Ludlow course record broken at unlikely time of the year

THE OLD ADAGE records are made to be broken was proven true recently at Port Ludlow Golf Club. Are golf records made to be broken… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Cedars at Dungeness has a Presidential special

ON THE HEELS of last night’s State of the Union address and with a holiday weekend dedicated to our nation’s commanders in chief on tap,… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Seattle Golf & Travel Show offers free round at Port Ludlow course

JUST IN TIME to dazzle golfers with tempting thoughts of sun and sand traps, the annual Seattle Golf & Travel Show runs this weekend at… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: SkyRidge hosting Peninsula Cup in May

A CHANCE TO showcase additions to the course and the new clubhouse at SkyRidge Golf Course awaits on Saturday, May 4, when the links-style layout… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Port Angeles High School’s Joey Barnes making college plans

ALL SIGNS POINT to Port Angeles High School golfer Joey Barnes joining Sequim grad Ryan O’Mera and Port Townsend grad Sean Anderson on the Walla… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Guide to winter rates for area courses

A SERIES OF frosty mornings and a couple of email messages inquiring about off-season rates have lead me to this: my yearly winter rate guide… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Windy PGA tournament highlights new rule

UNWILLING TO ENDURE the blizzard of commercials found during the Ravens-Colts football game, my buddies and I switched over to the wind-walloped PGA Tour’s season-opening… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: A look at SkyRidge Golf Course’ new clubhouse

A RECENT TOUR of the new clubhouse at SkyRidge Golf Course in Sequim left me impressed, both with the outcome of the building and what… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: 2012 Year in Golf, part two

FIFTY-TWO UP and at the end of this one, 52 golf columns down for 2012. Here’s part two of my 2012 Year in Golf, focusing… Continue reading