THERE’S A SPECIAL comfort and a debt of gratitude one takes on when knowing a terminally-ill loved one is being treated with care and compassion by hospice workers.
Those who have been in that position and the general public have the opportunity to give back while enjoying a round of golf at Port Ludlow Golf Club when The Hospice Foundation for Jefferson Healthcare hosts a charity golf tournament on Friday, Aug. 12.
Entry fees for the four-person scramble are $100 for the public and $60 for Port Ludlow members.
Golfers will have a shot at winning a hybrid car, a 2017 Chevy Volt, if they can hole out on the par-3 17th.
And if players can record a single on any other par-3 they can win gift certificates valued at $750, $500 and $250.
Check-in and lunch for the tournament will begin at noon, with a 1 p.m. shotgun start opening play.
Golfers can sign up as a team, a pair or as a single. Course staffers will match up unaffiliated players on teams.
An awards party will follow play with hors d’oeuvres and drinks, plus prizes for best scores and a raffle.
Funds raised will go toward patient and family services not reimbursed by Medicare or insurances.
These include community-wide bereavement and grief counseling and support, comfort therapies for patients, respite for caregivers of individuals who wish to remain at home, community education on end of life concerns and Hospice program expansion.
To register, phone Port Ludlow at 360-437-0272, or print a registration form off at www.hospicefoundationjhc.org.
Food Bank benefit
The fourth annual Leo Bourget/Don DeFrang Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit the Port Angeles Food Bank will be held at Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles on Saturday, Aug. 13.
The four-person scramble event costs $120 per team.
Prizes, in the form of cash and gift certificates will be offered.
To sign up, phone Jim Bourget at 818-445-8200 or email jimbourget@wavecable.com.
Jokers Wild in Sequim
A total of 57 lady golfers from around the North Olympic Peninsula and beyond were welcomed by the Cedars at Dungeness Lady Niners for their annual Jokers Wild Lady Niner Nine-Hole Invitational.
Players represented Port Townsend, Port Ludlow, Lakeland Village, Lake Limerick, SunLand and Discovery Bay golf clubs.
Earning first place with a net score of 25 was the team of Jan Boyungs from Cedars, Christie Wilson of SunLand and Betty Gasfield from Port Townsend.
Second place went to Lilli Gomes from Cedars, Barb Berthiaume from Port Ludlow, Kathy Buchanan from Port Townsend and Joanne White from Cedars.
Port Townsend’s Barbara Matter won the KP prize, Cedars’ Kitty Gross had the most accurate drive, Arlene Cox of Cedars won the putting contest and Shelley Peterson from Port Townsend won the chipping contest with a shot that landed just 3 feet, 2 inches from the pin.
Play Ludlow in July
Port Ludlow is offering a month-long “Red, White and Green” special of 18 holes of golf for two and use of a GPS cart for $99.
What a delight to view
Sometimes you sit back and marvel.
That’s what I did during Sunday’s final round delight of a duel between Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson.
I sat long enough to watch Stenson drain a 51-foot putt for birdie on the 15th hole, another stunner in a round full of them, before heading into work — about 30 minutes behind schedule.
The golf was of such quality I was transfixed.
Recency bias, the tendency to overinflate the importance of events that have occurred most recently, is a problem in sports.
That said, I don’t recall anything approaching that performance in my 20 years watching professional golf.
And that’s by both golfers. Ask Mickelson if he would take a 65 before the final round began and I’m sure he would’ve have leaped at the opportunity.
Well, as high as Lefty could leap. We all remember the picture of him jumping for joy after his most recent British Open victory.
Michael Jordan in his prime, he isn’t.
And Stenson. Kudos to him for momentarily quieting Johnny Miller with his own final-round 63.
Memo to the USGA, let the conditions themselves dictate the difficulty of a golf course, not your watering techniques.
Watching those players paint masterpieces on a tranquil Royal Troon was a treasure.
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Sports reporter Michael Carman can be contacted at 360-417-3525 or at mcarman@peninsuladailynews.com.
