Mike Riste serves as the historian for the BC Golf Museum, and is the official historian for the PNGA. He assembled the initial research for “Washington Golf: 100 Years of Growing the Game,” the centennial history book of Washington Golf,…
Registration for the 2024 Drive, Chip and Putt season is officially open! Registration is free and open online at DriveChipandPutt.com. Six locations across WA Golf territory will host local qualifiers throughout the summer, two will host sub-regional qualifiers and Chambers…
After many months of work, Patrick Scoccolo can now spend the cold Northwest days practicing on his Foresight GC2 simulator. by Doug Miller It’s a dark and damp October afternoon in Seattle. Whitecaps dot an angry Puget Sound. Fallen leaves…
It was another great year for WA Golf members. The game continued its surge in popularity and golfers continued to do what they know best, play lots of golf! Here are some fun facts from the 2022 Washington Golf season:…
Eric Lohman has been named the new president of the Southern California PGA Section. Eric Lohman, who won the 1993 Washington Men’s Amateur, was named president of the Southern California PGA during the Section's Annual Meeting on December 12, 2022…
The PGA of America has announced that Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. has been selected as the site of the 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Brooke Henderson won the 2016 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee in a one-hole…
by Tom Cade, Editor The Pacific Northwest Section PGA (PNWPGA) has contracted Jeff Bojanowski to be its first ambassador to oversee the Section’s PGA HOPE program. Taught by local PGA professionals, PGA HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere) is a free, adaptive…
Mike Riste serves as the historian for the BC Golf Museum, and is the official historian for the PNGA. He assembled the initial research for “Washington Golf: 100 Years of Growing the Game,” the centennial history book of Washington Golf,…
David VonBrethorst by Bob Bostwick David VonBrethorst was my friend. I had only known him for a few years; I only saw him in person a half dozen times. But he was my friend. He could not help himself to…
Celebrating a century as a community gathering place The Longview Golf & Country Club was originally organized in October 1923, the same year the City of Longview was founded. After a couple of relocations, and a name change to Longview…