In The News

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  Northwest courses hard hit by border closure

  • Editor’s note: This piece was previously published by the PNGA and is being used with their permission1ws. By John Tipping, Special to Inside Golf Newspaper Obviously this isn’t your typical...

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  Scott Alexander: Helping the NW golf scene and more

  By Terry Mosher Kitsap Daily News It may be a stretch to describe Scott Alexander as the King of Golf in the state of Washington, but you certainly could be accurate...

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  In 1949, the first Hudson Cup was held at the Portland Golf Club

  In 1949, two PGA Professionals from Oregon, Larry Lamberger and Al Zimmerman, thought the Pacific Northwest Section PGA should pay tribute to Robert A. Hudson, Sr., a successful businessman from Portland....

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  A hole-in-one on her very first golf swing?

  It was August 24, 2020, the first day of the summer’s last Junior Camp at Jackson Park Golf Course in Seattle, when PGA Professional Dave Boivin met Eggers sisters Evelyn (age...

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  First COVID-19, then the smoke, but the rounds are up

  This has been one strange golf season. What started off as a solid spring, quickly turned into a series of “anything that can happen will happen.” First, the COVID-19 pandemic swept...

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  LPGA Tour makes its return to the Northwest, sans fans

  The LPGA Tour made its annual return to the Pacific Northwest with the LPGA Cambia Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club, but it was anything but normal. There were no fans,...

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  Pacific Northwest golfers find out that golf helps bring back some normalcy

  By Mike De Felice Reprinted from the Port Orchard Independent Before the state’s stay-at-home order was imposed, 78-year-old “Rich” Carbajal and his son Richard Jr., would tee it up six mornings...

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  Tumwater Valley Golf Course hits a milestone

  Tumwater Valley Golf Course opened its doors 50 years ago and has transitioned from exclusively offering golf rounds to showcasing Tumwater’s largest community asset in a variety of ways, and it’s...

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  Highlands Golf Course enjoys record setting rounds

  When Jack and Angela Connelly became the owners of Highlands Golf Course in Tacoma a little more than a year ago, they couldn’t have asked for a more favorable response from...

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  Port Townsend is considering closing its only golf course

  The city of Port Townsend is considering closing the course and turning it into a park. The city is requesting outside vendors to submit proposals to manage and restore the facility....

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  Despite the pandemic WinCo Portland Open still puts on a show

  Lee Hodges got up and down for birdie on the 72nd and final hole to win the 2020 WinCo Foods Portland Open Presented by KraftHeinz at Pumpkin Ridge’s Witch Hollow Golf...

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  New owners at Tacoma’s Highlands are making a big difference

  When Jack Connelly became the new owner of Tacoma’s Highlands Golf Course, he wanted to be certain that the “gem” of Northwest Par -3 golf courses would remain open for the...

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  Courses owned by NW tribes

  Washington     • Kalispel Golf Club: Course in Spokane is owned and operated by the Kalispel Indian Tribe.     • Loomis Trail: Course is now owned by the Lummi Nation Indian Tribe.     •...

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  Symetra Tour at Circling Raven postponed until 2021

  Circling Raven Golf Club – the No. 1-rated public course in Idaho and amenity of Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel – had hoped to play host to the LPGA’s Symetra Tour...

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  Road trip: Crescent Bar

  By Steve Turcotte, Inside Golf Editor There is just something when you make the trip over Snoqualmie Pass and the skies lighten up and the stress start disappearing that you realize...