IN BETWEEN NBA playoff games and putting our Easter turkey into the oven last Sunday, I watched a different sort of playoff duel unfold at… Continue reading
THE SUN IS shining, the taxes are paid, temperatures are slowly inching upward and the North Olympic Peninsula golf season has started in earnest. Demo… Continue reading
IT’S ALWAYS ENJOYABLE when major sporting events fulfill their promise and provide a quality spectacle for fans watching at home and in person. This year’s… Continue reading
THE TOUGHEST TICKET in golf, if not all of sports, became a little more obtainable Monday. Just as practice rounds were beginning for this weekend’s… Continue reading
I ENTERED THE age of the smartphone by purchasing a used Android phone recently. I’m young enough to have never lived in a home without… Continue reading
THE TITLE OF the late, great soul singer Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” has proven prophetic for Olympic League High School golf. A… Continue reading
THE BALL IS teed and there you are, swinging from your heels, you’re a driving range star . . . That was a golf-related mini-ode… Continue reading
AS FAR AS streaks go, my 77 consecutive weeks of providing a golf column didn’t approach Cal Ripken Jr. status but it was a source… Continue reading
INTERESTED IN BECOMING a more serious and committed golfer, I decided to find out just what it takes to establish a handicap index. It didn’t… Continue reading
TYPICALLY I USE my Saturday and Sunday mornings to catch back up on my nasty sleeping habit. Forgive me for my weekend laziness, I’m up… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Port Townsend's offense clicked all game long in a 62-44 Class 1A West Central District loser-out boys basketball playoff victory over the… Continue reading
SOMETIMES YOU WALK in the door ready to write your next golf column on the relative lack of labor strife in the world of golf… Continue reading
ALL THE PROMISE of the shimmering steel, grandiose construction projects and high-living clientele, both native-born and expatriate, living in the baking heat of the Middle… Continue reading
THOSE FAMILIAR WITH the No. 8/No. 17 hole at Port Townsend Golf Club know that San Juan Avenue runs along the entire length of the… Continue reading
VIEWERS OF TELEVISED golf hear the word "exempt" thrown out for a multitude of reasons during tournaments. With the beginning of the PGA Tour's annual… Continue reading
I CAN THINK of one terrible golfer and Auburn alum who was pleased with his Tigers' 22-19 BCS title game victory over Oregon on Monday… Continue reading
A SCANT FIVE days have passed, but I'm sure many of you have broken your New Year's resolutions already. The reason? You made them too… Continue reading
IT'S A BIG job but every year the famous man clad in red, Santa Claus, comes to town bestowing gifts on deserving boys and girls.… Continue reading
Play ready golf. Passed down by then-Port Townsend High School golf coach Jim Kerns, this simple lesson has stuck with me since I began playing… Continue reading
GOOD OR BAD, I've watched an inordinate amount of television in my life. Most of the time I can pride myself on watching shows that… Continue reading
