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Matt Brady and Jeff Maurice are a couple of realtors and avid golfers who live in the South Puget Sound area. They knew the area was loaded with golf courses like Tumwater Valley, Hawk’s Prairie and the Home Course, but when they searched for a retail shop to buy golf merchandise, there wasn’t really anything [...]

When Terri Frohnmayer walked off the 17th green a winner, she didn’t know what to do. So she hugged a few people, then bee-lined for her cart. “I’m elated. Excited. It’s surreal,” said Frohnmayer, a champion in the first time she played the USGA Senior Women’s Amateur. Frohnmayer, of Salem, Ore., knocked off defending champion [...]

The highly anticipated unveiling of the brand new Salish Cliffs Golf Club – the latest amenity of the Squaxin Island Tribe’s Little Creek Casino Resort – is imminent with an opening date set for September 16. “We’re thrilled Salish Cliffs is ready for play and we look forward to opening what we strongly believe will [...]

As one of only a small number of new courses opening in the country in 2011, Suncadia opened its third golf course, called Rope Rider. The new course, located 90 minutes east of Seattle at the year round mountain resort, will challenge experienced golfers with more than 7,300 yards from the back tees and accommodate [...]

Carnation Golf Course, located in the town of Carnation, Wash., has been foreclosed on and was offered up for auction on August 28. Asking price was $1,2000. It’s no yet known if there was a winning bid. The course has been in the Tachell family for 44 years, having been built by the late Bob [...]

By Brad Faller, PGA Special to Inside Golf Newspaper Plans for change are evident at Portland’s Glendoveer Golf Course, but just what kind of changes are what have some area golfers up in arms. The future of Glendoveer lies in the hands of Portland Metro, who own the 36-hole, east Portland facility. Current operations are [...]

The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced that University of Washington golfer Chris Williams (Moscow, Idaho) has been added to the 2011 Walker Cup team. Williams will join nine other Americans Sept. 10-11 at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Aberdeen, Scotland in golf’s version of the Ryder Cup. Williams’ stated his case to the International [...]

Gig Harbor Golf Club turned 50 years old this year and the club celebrated both on and off the golf course. On the course, Gig Harbor had plenty of pomp and circumstance with a 50-year celebration earlier this summer with members, past club champions, past club presidents, past superintendents and more taking part. There was [...]

ClubCorp, The World Leader in Private Clubs, announced the acquisition of Canterwood Golf & Country Club in Gig Harbor, Washington. The purchase of Canterwood, a private club, marks the fourth acquisition in 2011 for ClubCorp, which will immediately begin a more than $1 million capital improvement project on the property. Canterwood Golf & Country Club, [...]

Mike Keiser, the developer of Bandon Dunes, the destination resort on the southern Oregon coast that already contains four much-acclaimed layouts, is working with state and Coos County officials on a land swap that, if approved, would help pave the way for a new 27-hole golf course. Keiser has pegged Gil Hanse as the architect. [...]

PDF: St Andrews Program.pdf If you’ve ever wanted to own a piece of history, now is your chance to do so. Inside Golf Newspaper is holding an internet only auction for the 2000 St. Andrews University graduation program autographed by Seve Ballesteros. The University of St. Andrews presented an honorary degree to Seve Ballesteros and [...]

Central Washington course gets sold to owner of Rock Island and Alta Lake courses Desert Canyon Golf resort in Orondo, Wash. now has a new life thanks to Don Barth. Barth, who owns Rock Island Golf Club south of Wenatchee and Alta Lake Resort in Pateros, Wash. has purchased Desert Canyon giving the Central Washington [...]

The new Salish Cliffs Golf Club in Shelton, Wash. owned and operated by the Squaxin Tribe, could open in late August or early September. The Gene Bates-designed course is working on finishing up construction of the clubhouse as well as some other projects around the golf course. The course was able to get some seed [...]

All of the above are apt descriptions for the players preparing to return to Seattle for the 2011 Boeing Classic. Fred Couples, Bernhard Langer, Nick Price, Fuzzy Zoeller, Hal Sutton, Scott Simpson and all of the previous Tournament Champions have committed to compete in the only PGA Tour Champions Tour stop in the Northwest. The [...]

The Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) and Washington State Golf Association (WSGA) have announced that Troy Andrew will take over as the new Executive Director of the two associations. Andrew will begin his new duties at the PNGA and WSGA effective immediately. Andrew replaces John Bodenhamer, who was the CEO and Executive Director of the [...]