Michael Carman

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Hitting a couple of muni courses

I KEPT THINGS civil in Southern California. To be more accurate, I kept things municipal, playing golf twice at two different facilities: Balboa Park in… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Going south for some sun, WSU football game and lots of golf

SOUTHBOUND AND DOWN, that’s right, I’m headed to sunny San Diego and then up to Hermosa Beach for a week of sun, sand, a Washington… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Last grasp of warm summer weather for area golfers

LABOR DAY HAS passed, the summer whites are put away, no more sunny season socializing for this wannabe-Hampton’s fat cat. But before the fall windbreakers… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Port Ludlow Resort is rated top golf resort in state

A ROUND OF polite golf hand clapping is in store as Port Ludlow Resort was recently named the Best Golf Resort in the entire state… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Benefit golf tournament for spouses and children of war heroes

GOLFERS LOOKING FOR a reason to head over to play Sequim’s SunLand Golf & Country Club (besides nicely manicured greens and fairways) should look no… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Port Angeles High School graduate assists LPGA tourney in Oregon

IT ALL STARTED back behind the since-shuttered Fairview Elementary School in the mid-1990s in Port Angeles. Fifth-grade teacher and Port Angeles High School golf coach… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Area connection in LPGA tournament near Portland

GLORY’S LAST SHOT comes this weekend during the 93rd PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club. The event offers that one final chance for players to… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: SkyRidge features new hold designs

I BRIEFLY TOUCHED on the addition of a whole new set of tee boxes to Sequim’s SkyRidge Golf Course in last week’s column but I’d… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Looking for that first career hole-in-one

I’VE SAID MANY times, mainly in jest, that I would probably quit playing golf if I ever carded a hole-in-one. The chance to finish “on… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Future greats playing at Junior Amateur

THE U.S. Junior Amateur tournament is underway this week on the Olympic Course at Bremerton’s Gold Mountain Golf Club. Free all week for spectators, this… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Krumpe easily wins Clallam County Amateur title

SID KRUMPE WENT low Friday and Saturday, firing a 68 and 71 and held off all competitors with a final-round 74 Sunday to claim the… Continue reading

THINGS TO DO: Your Peninsula calendar for today and Friday

Today and Friday, July 7-8, in: ■ Port Angeles ■ Sequim-Dungeness Valley ■ Port Townsend-Jefferson County ■ Forks-West End Port Angeles Today PA Senior Softball… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Cedars of Dungeness to host University of Washington tournament

IT'S A LITTLE sad, and maybe I should seek professional help, but I start to get excited about the upcoming football season when I first… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Plenty of fireworks on links (replace your divots!)

THE MOST AMERICAN of celebrations is right around the corner. Why risk potential injury with legal and illegal fireworks? Go out and play a round… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: A star is born at U.S. Open tournament; area golf news

YOUNG RORY WAS quite the story all week at the 2011 U.S. Open. Rory McIlroy’s performance was sublime. It also came at exactly the right… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Snow and hail ruins a golf vacation in Oregon

IT’S BECOMING APPARENT that the best-laid plans of vacationing golf columnists often go astray. Yes, I went on another mini-vacation, this time camping at Suttle… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Peninsula Golf Club wins third annual Peninsula Cup

HAVING THE PENINSULA Cup stay on the North Olympic Peninsula was a foregone conclusion. But having Port Angeles’ Peninsula Golf Club buck the trend of… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Area golfers gear up for Peninsula Cup at Port Ludlow

THE PENINSULA CUP is on the line at Port Ludlow Golf Club this weekend. Saturday’s third annual Peninsula Cup competition, pitting the best golfers from… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Sport loses one of its best

ONLY FOUR GOLFERS have been great enough to be referenced simply by their first name: Arnie, Jack, Tiger and Seve. Seve Ballesteros, arguably the most… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Sixkiller hosts luncheon for Husky golf tournament in Port Angeles

THOSE STEEPED IN Husky football history have long cheered the name of former quarterback Sonny Sixkiller, who is in town today to announce his first… Continue reading