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GolfTEC, the indoor golf teaching leader with facilities around the Puget Sound, opened a new Improvement Center in Lynnwood, Wash. Saturday, April 21. GolfTEC has more than 150 Improvement Centers in North America, with four now in the Seattle area with the addition of the Lynnwood facility. At the Lynnwood site, GolfTEC certified coaches Lyndon [...]

The Umpqua Bank Challenge, set for Aug. 26-28 at the Reserve near Portland, has added Northwest PGA star Kyle Stanley to the field. Stanley, a native of Gig Harbor, Wash., earned his first victory earlier this year at the 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open. Stanley’s victory followed a playoff loss to Brandt Snedeker at the [...]

The Little Creek Casino in Shelton will host its 11th annual Squaxin Island Museum Golf Tournament June 4, 2012 at its own Salish Cliffs Golf Course. The tournament proceeds help benefit the Squaxin Island Museum Library and Research Center. The tournament costs $200 per player and $800 per team. The entry includes golf, dinner and [...]

The Washington State Golf Association is offering a way for golfers to get a USGA handicap and other benefits they can use for $34.95. The offers also includes regular discounts, special golf offers, WSGA and PNGA membership benefits and a copy of Pacific Northwest Golfer Magazine. For those who have never held a handicap or [...]

Kayla Monroe of Tumwater, representing the Pacific Northwest PGA Section, will participate in the 2012 Ryder Cup Junior Golf Academy, originally developed in response to recommendations from past United States Ryder Cup Team Captains, and part of the 2010 Ryder Cup Outreach program. After a successful debut, the Academy returns July 1-8, at the PGA [...]

Olympia’s Andres Gonzales completed a wire-to-wire victory in the Soboda Golf Classic, beating Andrew Svoboda by two strokes for his first Nationwide Tour title. Gonzales closed with an even-par 71 to finish at 8-under 276 on The Country Club at Soboda Springs. The 28-year-old former UNLV player earned $135,000. Last September at Soboda Springs, Gonzales [...]

The Central Oregon Golf Trail is offering a COGT Players Card for the 2012 season which will feature 50 percent off golf rounds used at the group’s 16 golf courses. The card costs $119 and the card entitles the holder to play with a 50 percent discount at that course. A couple of things to [...]

• Washington junior golfer Chris Williams has been named the Pac-12 Men’s Golfer of the Month for March. Williams, from Moscow, Idaho, finished first at the Bandon Dunes Championship with a 9-under par 204 (71-67-66) to lead Washington to a tie for first in the team race. He finished six shots better than runner up [...]

Tyrone and Carol Hardy have their eye on the big things at Ballinger Lake Golf Course this year, a course just north of Seattle they have operated since 2005. Rumors sometimes fly around in the golf world, but the Hardy’s are in charge at Ballinger Lake Golf and the course has no plans on closing. [...]

The Pacific Northwest will welcome the LPGA and Champions Tours this summer with a pair of tournaments in the Seattle and Portland areas. First on the tee will be LPGA Safeway Classic, set for Aug. 17-19 at Pumpkin Ridge’s Ghost Creek Course. It marks the fourth straight year the event has been held at Pumpkin [...]

The Evans Scholars Foundation has awarded 230 full housing and tuition college scholarships to deserving caddies across the United States beginning this fall. Evans Scholars are golf caddies who are selected based on four criteria: a strong caddie record, excellent academics, financial need and outstanding character. Most scholarship recipients are attending one of the 14 [...]

It is a sports experience like no other in the Northwest and an affordable option that the entire family can enjoy. The Boeing Classic will be held August 24-26 at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. With Tickets starting as low as $20 per day and kids 14 and under receive free admission with a paid adult, it [...]

Mark Keating of Astoria G&CC won the Senior Players’ Championship at Indian Summer G&CC in Olympia. He came from two strokes behind to shoot a second round 70 – and a 142 total to win by one stroke over first round co-leader Tom Staskus of Tom’s Golf Center in Olympia. Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo G&CC [...]

The Olympic Peninsula has millions of visitors each year from all parts of the globe as the reputation as a scenic wonderland is well known. The Olympic National Park is loaded with natural wonders, as are the surrounding areas and ocean beaches. The Olympic Peninsula is home to some top-of-the-line courses like Port Ludlow (far [...]

Editor’s note: The Bellingham area offers some of the top courses in the Pacific Northwest. There is public golf, resort golf and private golf. The far Northwest corner of Washington State has a delicious menu of golf treats, all in various shapes and sizes of plush greenery. Every stop along the way offers something worthwhile. [...]