MOTHER NATURE APPEARS to be taking her sweet time in breaking the 50-degree barrier, let alone transitioning to anything resembling a true spring day. Plants… Continue reading
MERCHANTS LEAGUES ARE forming at golf courses across the North Olympic Peninsula. I’ll start in Clallam County and work my way eastward to Jefferson. ■… Continue reading
TWO THINGS STOOD out during a quick trip to Portland last weekend. Either Rose City Golf Course’s front nine lacks yardage markers or my playing… Continue reading
THWACK, PLUNK, CURSE . . . those are the typical sounds that have accompanied many of my tee shots to Port Townsend Golf Club’s signature… Continue reading
MUCH ADO ABOUT expectoration, my comments on PGA player Keegan Bradley’s Sunday spittle-fest at Riviera Country Club will have to wait until the end of… Continue reading
TROUBLEMAKERS VANDALIZED THE Port Townsend Golf Club on Sunday night, less than a week before the club’s “first major of the year,” the Arctic Open.… Continue reading
SKYRIDGE GOLF COURSE’s signature hole is undergoing an addition right now and will be ready for play shortly. The Sequim-Dungeness Valley’s links golf layout plans… Continue reading
HOPEFULLY, EVERYONE WITH a long, rectangular package under his or her Christmas tree opened it to find something exciting like a new driver or putter… Continue reading
WELCOME TO PART one of my two-part look back at the year in golf. Today, I will tackle January through June and next Wednesday I… Continue reading
A GENTLE WARNING for Saturday morning for those in the vicinity of the Port Townsend Golf Club: I’ll be golfing in the club’s annual Toys… Continue reading
I KNEW THAT name sounded familiar. The 2012 U.S. Senior Open will be held at Indianwood Golf & Country Club in Lake Orion, Mich., and… Continue reading
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
