SUNLAND GOLF & COUNTRY Club will be a hive of activity around the summer solstice.
SunLand will host the 2016 WSGA Women’s Amateur and Mid-Amateur Tuesday, June 21, through Thursday, June 23, while the Senior Women’s and Super Senior Women’s Amateur will be contested June 21-22.
The Women’s Amateur Championship will have a maximum field size of 48 players and will maintain its 54-hole format.
The Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship will have a maximum field size of 24 players, and the format will change from the traditional 36-hole format to a 54-hole championship.
The Senior and Super Senior Women’s championships will each have maximum field sizes of 24 players as well, but will change to 36-hole championships.
Tournament entries will be accepted starting Wednesday, March 2, at www.thewsga.org.
The Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship, which in previous years had been held concurrently with the Women’s Mid-Amateur, will now be held at a separate site and the field will be increased to 120 competitors, all while continuing with its two-day, 36-hole format.
The 2016 Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship will be held at Gamble Sands in Brewster on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 23-24.
Gamble Sands, a gorgeous layout tucked in the sand hills above the Columbia River, opened for play in 2014.
A friend of mine, Brent Wigen of Seattle, played the course in July and came away impressed.
“It’s fantastic,” Wigen said.
“A really fun course to play. Not easy, but not punishing.”
The Men’s Amateur Championship is set for Tacoma County & Golf Club in Lakewood on Aug. 9-11.
The Senior and Super Senior Men’s Championships will be held at Wine Valley Golf Course in Walla Walla on Sept. 27-29.
Winter Links Open
SkyRidge Golf Course in Sequim will host its annual 27-hole Winter Links Open on Saturday, Feb. 13.
Entry fees are $160 per team of four players, and includes golf, food, range balls and a shot at four KP’s.
An optional honey pot is $80 per team.
Players will form a four-person team, divide that team into two two-person teams for nine holes of scramble play, then switch partners for nine holes of two-person best ball. The tournament will wrap with the last duo playing nine holes of alternate shot.
Each team will record the scramble scores, the better ball scores and the alternate shot scores to arrive at a 54-hole total.
Each four-person team must have a total handicap of 24 or greater.
To sign up, phone SkyRidge at 360-683-3673.
Cedars plans events
Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim has two tournaments on the radar.
First up, the 23rd annual Polar Bear Championship is set Friday through Sunday.
The 36-hole individual stroke play event includes three rounds of golf (practice round Friday), range balls, tee and green prizes, dinner Saturday and lunch Sunday.
The tournament entry fee is $160.
Golfers will compete for $5,000 in prizes based on a field of 100.
Three amateur divisions and one professional division are planned.
Amateurs must have a USGA handicap index of 27 or lower.
For more information, phone Cedars at 360-683-6344.
Cedars also will host the Super Bowl Bash, a four-person scramble with Handicap and Callaway divisions, Sunday, Feb. 7.
The event includes green fees, KP’s, a cart seat, two squares on a Super Bowl betting board, access to a bloody mary bar and refreshments.
A 9:30 a.m. shotgun start is planned.
Cost for the event is $65 for the public, $45 for annual members.
A $10 discount is available for those who wish to walk the course.
A $40 per-team honeypot also is available.
To sign up, visit the course or phone 360-683-6344.
Entries are due by Friday.
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Golf columnist Michael Carman can be reached at 360-417-3525, ext. 5152, or pdngolf@gmail.com.
