AS LAST WEEKEND’S gorgeous weather showed, there’s still plenty of time left on the calendar to get in some golf before breaking out the rain gear and umbrellas.
With fall doing its level best to provide a glorious splash of color before the winter greys descend, the time is right to take advantage and get out on the golf course.
Golfers also will be able to choose daylight or darkness in the following weeks, with Discovery Bay’s glow ball golf continuing on Friday evenings and a nine-hole night golf event planned for Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim on Saturday, Oct. 18.
Fun in the dark
Cedars is cheekily referring to the planned night golf tournament as “the second-most fun thing to do in the dark.”
The two-person scramble is a walking only event. No carts will be allowed on the course.
Cost is $60 per person, $45 for Cedars members and employees.
The cost includes green fees, a party invitation, awards and glow ball golf equipment.
A “Get Lit” keg party in the Legends Room will kick things off at 5 p.m. in advance of the tourney’s 6:30 p.m. shotgun start.
An awards party and dinner will follow play at 9 p.m.
Golfers will compete for most outrageous outfit, KP’s, and long drive awards.
Players should bring a flash light or lanterns.
This event is open to the first 60 that sign up.
Phone the Cedars Pro Shop at 360-683-6344.
Fall scramble slated
SkyRidge Golf Course in Sequim will host a two-person, 18-hole medal play scramble on Saturday, Oct. 18.
The event will begin with a 10 a.m. shotgun start.
Cost is $50 per team, with an optional $30 honey pot per team.
Entry includes…green fees, range balls, KP’s, a team long putt challenge and a chili and corn bread feed for lunch.
Gross and net winners will be crowned with first-place ties broken by sudden death playoff in each division.
No GHIN handicap is required to play.
A $5 skins game also is available for the gross division.
Carts are an extra $15 per seat.
For more information, phone SkyRidge at 360-683-3673.
Drive for the Cure
Members of the SunLand Women’s Golf Association, or SWGA, and SunLand Lady Niners joined forces to raise $7,004 during the annual Drive for the Cure Golf Tournament on Sept. 25.
This event benefits Olympic Medical Cente and helps fund breast cancer detection and treatment for women in need here on the North Olympic Peninsula.
This was the second year that the event was open to male participants and 18 of the 62 golfers were men.
Heading up the planning committee were Pennie Dickin and MJ Anderson.
Funds raised came from generous donations from the participants, members of SWGA, SunLand Lady Niners, sale of raffle baskets, and an openhearted anonymous donor who matched $1 for every $3 of the funds raised that matched last year’s total, then $1 for $1 for any amount over that.
The SunLand women send a big thank you to all who so munificently opened their wallets for this worthy cause.
During the luncheon that followed play, keynote speaker Dr. Rena Zimmerman, spoke about the latest trends in detecting breast cancer in both men and women.
She reminded her audience that the latest 3D mammography equipment is available right here on the Peninsula, even in Sequim.
After Zimmerman’s address, 19 baskets full of items donated by the two ladies golf clubs and a number of local businesses were raffled off.
The grand prize was a $300 golf analysis and action plan donated by Anytime Fitness and won by Cynthia Edel.
The winners of the 18-hole event are Ken Orth, Allen Estes, Nadia Saulsbury, Mary Kubas-Meyer and the nine-hole winning team was made up of Gene Colette, Judy Flanders, Kathy Wheeler and Olympia Brehm.
Great work ladies, everyone associated with this event should be commended for their contributions.
Driving in the Dark
Port Townsend Golf Club held another successful Driving in the Dark glow-ball golf fundraiser for Sunrise Rotary.
Scott Nelson and Austin Khile put out the glow sticks lining the fairways, greens, hazards and tee boxes.
“The golf course looked like the Griswold’s [home] in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” said director of golf Gabriel Tonan.
More than 50 players played nine holes from the back nine tees starting at 4:30 p.m., came in for dinner and dessert and were back out at 7:15 p.m. to play the lit-up front nine with glow in the dark golf balls.
The team of Mike Lux, Doug Lux, Brian Lux, Ben Krabill and Kyle Resser took top honors with a 56.
Disco Bay glow golf
Discovery Bay’s Friday night nine hole glow ball golf contests will continue as long as the weather cooperates.
Players should be on hand by 7 p.m. to pick up the glow ball equipment and meet teammates before a 7:30 p.m. tee off.
Ready-made foursomes are welcome, but if you want to be placed on a team, phone the course at 360-385-0704 or arrive early and let the pro shop know.
Players should bring a flashlight or a high-powered head lamp to keep safe out in the dark.
Cost is $10 for nine holes, plus a fee for the night golf gear.
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Golf columnist Michael Carman can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5152 or pdngolf@gmail.com.
