TAKE A BREATHER, ladies.
Bonney Benson reports that the Cedars at Dungeness Women’s Golf Association has finally been able to draw a decent breath now that its annual Days of Whine & Roses Invitational Golf Tournament has successfully concluded.
More than 100 lady golfers commanded the Dungeness course for two fun-filled days of golf.
The ladies opened the event with a creative putting contest put together by Cedars assistant golf pro Chad Wagner.
The ladies had to navigate their putts around glasses of simulated wine, roses, wine bottles and various other hazards.
After taking on the putting course, two different shotguns took place at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. for a two-person scramble with enough wine and cheese to sustain them through 18 holes of play.
The evening concluded at 7 Cedars Casino for a buffet dinner, gaming and beverages.
Most of the crowd returned for day two, complete with a two-person best ball event.
“The weather cooperated, keeping the rain in check till after we had completed play and were in The Legends Room enjoying a victory feast,” Benson said.
Benson said The Days of Whine & Roses committee, headed by Pat Conway, thanks all the sponsors, merchants and donators who contributed to the success of this event.
Proceeds from the event will be donated to various golf related charities located in both Jefferson and Clallam counties.
Plans are in work for next year’s tournament which will be held on Sept. 12-13.
Go big at Cedars
Cedars at Dungeness will host its third annual Go Big golf tournament on Saturday.
The grounds crew at the course will place cups measuring 8-inches in diameter rather than the traditional 4.25 inches on all 18 holes for the tournament.
With holes this big, every player becomes an expert putter.
For more information, phone the course at 36–683-6344.
Ace in the hole
The 14th hole at Peninsula Golf Club keeps serving up singles.
Tony Sample recorded his first hole-in-one while playing the 14th hole from 166-yards on Thursday, Sept. 24.
Sample used a 4 hybrid to show off to his playing partners, Steve Callis, Tom Hainstock and Dick Elmer.
Sweet shot, Tony!
In perspective
Jordan Spieth won a cool $10 million dollar first prize after claiming the Tour Championship in Atlanta on Sunday.
It was his fifth win on the season, tying him with Jason Day for most wins on tour this season and returning him to No. 1 in the World Golf rankings.
Spieth and Day are the first golfers not named Tiger Woods to win five or more events in a season since Vijay Singh in 2004.
Tiger Woods claimed the feat 10 times in his career, most recently in 2013.
No other golfer has won five or more PGA Tour events in one season more than once since 1980.
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Golf columnist Michael Carman can be reached at 360-417-3525, ext. 5152, or pdngolf@gmail.com.
