A CULINARY DELIGHT awaits those playing in Olympic Christian School’s third annual charity golf tournament at Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim on Saturday, July 18.
The tournament will offer hamburgers made from Kobe beef, a prized delicacy known for its well-marbled texture from the Tajima strain of Waygu beef in Hyogo Prefecture in Japan.
“I had a Kobe beef breakfast steak out at the course,” tournament organizer Dan Hendrickson said.
“And I got the idea that I wanted our tournament to have something really nice for players to have for lunch, rather than a sandwich or a dry hamburger bun.”
Hendrickson spoke with Cedars Food and Beverage Manager Matt Eveland about doing something special for the event, and Eveland agreed.
“Matt said he had special equipment to grind up the Kobe beef,” Hendrickson said.
“We should be a pretty memorable tournament. Everybody loves burgers, but they’ll love these even more.”
Players can get in on the scramble-format tournament for $90, which covers green fees, cart, range balls and that Kobe beef lunch.
Cedars members can ask about the members discount at the pro shop.
The event tees off with a 9 a.m. shotgun start.
There will be low gross and OCS Eagle flights.
Players also will vie for two hole-in-one prizes: $10,000 on the fourth hole and a Nissan Versa, courtesy of Wilder Auto Center, on the 17th hole.
The event also is an official part of Sequim’s Lavender Weekend.
Sponsors also are sought, with prices ranging from $1,000 (diamond), to $500 to $750 (platinum) and ($100 to $250) gold.
For more information, or to sign up to play, phone Hendrickson at 360-477-0802 or email golf@olympicchristian.org.
Wagner giving lessons
Cedars at Dungeness assistant pro Chad Wagner, last seen zipping about the course on a GolfBoard for a piece I wrote on the product’s new addition to Cedars, is now offering golf lessons.
Wagner said a single lesson is $35, while a series of five lessons is $140.
To contact Wagner, phone 360-683-6344, email cwagner@7cedarsresort.com, or visit the pro shop.
Sequim football benefit
A benefit tournament for the Sequim High School football team is set for SkyRidge on Saturday.
The four-person scramble tournament is sponsored by the Sequim Football Booster Club and will tee off with a 9 a.m. shotgun start.
Cost is $50 per person and includes 18 holes of golf, range balls and lunch.
A $20 card granting players two mulligans, a throw and a kick also will be available.
Proceeds will send players to football camp, help with the team’s conditioning programs and provide equipment.
Golf carts are an additional $15 per seat.
Players can form teams, or phone SkyRidge at 360-683-3673 and the course will add you to a team.
For more information, phone Karen Thayer at 360-452-2030, or email bkthayer@olypen.com.
Court Appointed Special Advocates golf tourney
Henry Meyer sent word that registration is underway for the third Court Appointed Special Advocates Golf Tournament at SunLand Golf & Country Club on Saturday.
The event’s proceeds benefit children who have been removed from their families due to abuse or neglect.
More than 235 children in Clallam County have been placed in foster care for their safety.
The tournament is a four-person scramble open to players of all abilities.
Golfers can sign up individually or as teams.
Entry is $50 per player, $25 for Sunland members and $40 for Peninsula Golf Club members (cart fee included for Peninsula members).
Carts for nonmembers are $15 and can be reserved through the SunLand pro shop.
The entry fee includes green fees, tee prizes, hot dogs at the turn and prizes.
There are prizes for best teams, longest drive and closest to the hole on all par-3 holes.
Last year’s tourney raised more than $7,300 for the program.
For more information, contact Meyer at 360-683-4783; Val Brooks of Court Appointed Special Advocates at 360-565-2644; or the SunLand Pro-shop at 360-683-6800, ext 13.
SkyRidge turns 12
SkyRidge, the North Olympic Peninsula’s links-style course, celebrates its 12th anniversary on Saturday, June 13.
The course will hold a two-person modified Chapman SkyRidge anniversary tournament that will start with a 9 a.m. shotgun start.
Cost is $70 per team and includes 18 holes of golf, range balls, lunch after play, KP’s and a long-putt entry.
Carts are $15 per seat.
A horse race also is possible after lunch for $10 per team.
In a modified Chapman, each player tees off and the teammates hit each others ball for the second shot.
The player whose second shot is not used hits the third shot and the teammates alternate shots until the ball is holed.
For more information, phone SkyRidge at 360-683-3673.
Port Townsend alumni tourney
Port Townsend Golf Club will host the annual Port Townsend Alumni Association Golf Classic on Saturday.
The four-person scramble is $40 per player, $25 for 2015 graduates and current high school students.
Play begins with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.
There’s no need to be a Port Townsend High School alumnus to play, the tournament is open to the public.
Proceeds support scholarships for Port Townsend High School graduates.
Swan song for a pair of high school coaches
Chimacum and Port Angeles boys golf coaches Mitch Black and Mark Mitrovich recently capped their decades-long coaching careers last week at the Class 1A and 2A golf tournaments.
I wrote a story that ran on page B6 last Friday about what the two plan to do in their retirement from coaching.
To read the story, visit tinyurl.com/PDN-Coaches.
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Golf columnist Michael Carman can be reached at 360-417-3525 or pdngolf@gmail.com.
