WA Golf News September 29, 2022

2nd Annual Net Four-Ball Match Play tournament concludes with Final Weekend at Gamble Sands

The final weekend of the 2nd Annual WA Golf Net Four-Ball Match Play tournament takes place this weekend, September 30-October 2, at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Wash.

Final Weekend Tee Times– Women’s Field
Final Weekend Tee Times– Men’s Field

The event, which started earlier this spring, featured a Men’s and Women’s field, each broken up into divisions. The tournament began with Pod Play, teams in each division were broken up into pods of four within each division where they competed against the teams in their pod in a Net Four-Ball match play format. The two teams with the best record from each pod advanced to single-elimination bracket play. Teams were provided their matchups at the beginning of each round and were required to schedule and play their match on their own time at a course of their choice. Each winning team would report their match results and move down the bracket in a March Madness-like format.

After nearly six-months of competition, just eight men’s and eight women’s teams remain. Quarterfinal matches will take place on Friday, and the winners will advance to the Semifinals on Saturday, with the Final matches to follow on Sunday.

WOMEN’S FINALISTS:

Maria Agnew + Debra Bryant

Maria Agnew

Hometown: Malaga
How long have you played golf: 13 years
Club: Three Lakes Golf Club
Relation to teammate: Friend

Debra Bryant

Hometown: East Wenatchee
How long have you played golf: 35+ years off and on
Club: Three Lakes Golf Club
Relation to teammate: A friend I met through golf

Beth Wrigley + Janet Skaife

Beth Wrigley

Hometown: Spokane
How long have you played golf: 30 years
Club: Indian Canyon Golf Course
Relation to teammate: Good friends

Janet Skaife

Hometown: Spokane
How long have you played golf: 22 years
Club: Latah Creek Golf Course
Relation to teammate: Beth is a great friend of mine!

Elaine Bennett + Dawn Ellis

Elaine Bennett

Hometown: Fircrest
How long have you played golf: 20 years
Club: McCormick Woods, Meadow Park & Madrona Links
Relation to teammate: Dawn was one of the first golfers I met after moving here. We hit it off immediately and she took me to lots of different golf courses and showed me around. She’s fun and a great friend!

Dawn Ellis

Hometown: Gig Harbor
How long have you played golf: 15 years
Club: McCormick Woods & Meadow Park
Relation to teammate: We are golfin’ buddies to the end

Erin White + Traci Janssen

Erin White

Hometown: Mercer Island
How long have you played golf: 25 years off and on
Club: Avalon Golf Links
Relation to teammate: My amazing sister-in-law!

Traci Janssen

Hometown: Seattle
How long have you played golf: Since age 10
Club: Broadmoor Golf Club
Relation to teammate: Sister-in-law and great friend

Kathy Landino + Beth Mayovsky

Kathy “Dino” Landino

Hometown: Kent
How long have you played golf: 13 years
Club: BEGA, Tapps Island & Riverbend Ladies Golf Association
Relation to teammate: Playing partner and friend. We met playing in a BEGA league many years ago and we play quite a few competitions together throughout the year.

Beth Mayovsky

Hometown: Lake Tapps
How long have you played golf: 16 years
Club: Tapps Island & Riverbend Ladies Golf Association
Relation to teammate: We met playing for a Boeing (BEGA) 9-hole league at Maplewood and have golfed with a ladies group for several years!

Winnie Miller + Sue Potteiger

Winnie Miller

Hometown: Mukilteo
How long have you played golf: 7 years
Club: Cedarcrest GC & Port Gardner Ladies Golf Club
Relation to teammate: Members at the same club

Sue Potteiger

Hometown: Everett
How long have you played golf: 65 years
Club: Port Gardner Ladies Golf Club
Relation to teammate: We're friends and playing partners

Janine Chin + Florida Digregorio

Janine Chin

Hometown: Seattle
Club: Riverbend Ladies Golf Association

Florida Digregorio

Hometown: Issaquah
Club: Mount Si GC & No Ka Oi

Laurie Briggs + Cheryl Benson

Laurie Briggs

Hometown: Kent
How long have you played golf: 30 years
Club: Druids Glen & Riverbend Ladies Golf Association
Relation to teammate: Cheryl and I met at the ladies club at Druids Glen.

Cheryl Benson

Hometown: Kent
How long have you played golf: 8 years
Club: Druids Glen
Relation to teammate: We’re both members and play at Druids Glen

MEN’S FINALISTS:

Jacob Alvarez + Anthony Alvarez

Jacob Alvarez

Hometown: Yakima
How long have you played golf: 6 years
Club: Puetz Golf Club
Relation to teammate: Brothers

Anthony Alvarez

Hometown: Yakima
How long have you played golf: 5 years
Club: Apple Tree Golf Course
Relation to teammate: Brothers

Ryan Camp + Tom Carstens

Ryan Camp

Hometown: Spokane
Club: Creek at Qualchan

Tom Carstens

Hometown: Spokane
How long have you played golf: 38 years
Club: Indian Canyon
Relation to teammate: Ryan Camp and I first played together in 1993 or 1994 in the Manito Golf & Country Club Junior Horserace, which we won. Ryan still has the blue ribbon commemorating that victory. We're both muni golfers now and Ryan is the better player by far.

Ehrin Stumpges + Nick Riebli

Ehrin Stumpges

Hometown: Maple Valley
How long have you played golf: 30 years
Club: Druids Glen
Relation to teammate: We met at Central Washington University and have been teeing it up together for the past 20+ years.

Nick Riebli

Hometown: Edmonds
How long have you played golf: 35 years
Club: Chambers Bay & The Home Course
Relation to teammate: College roommate and good friend

Benny Im + David Harrison

Benny Im

Hometown: South Korea
How long have you played golf: Over 30 years
Club: Inglewood Golf Club
Relation to teammate: Home course playing partner

David Harrison

Hometown: Shoreline
How long have you played golf: 60 years
Club: Inglewood Golf Club
Relation to teammate: Golf mate at Inglewood

Bao Phan + Tom Diebolt

Bao Phan

Hometown: Renton
How long have you played golf: 4 years
Club: Maplewood Golf Course
Relation to teammate: Met through BEGA league. Played against each other in the club match play and decided to join forces for this event.

Tom Diebolt

Hometown: Maple Valley
How long have you played golf: 3 years
Club: BEGA
Relation to teammate: Bao and I met in our Tuesday Boeing league at Maplewood and have become friends and playing partners.

Jeff Foe + Bryan Novak

Jeff Foe

Hometown: DuPont
How long have you played golf: 45 years
Club: The Home Course
Relation to teammate: Served together in the Army, retired in the same neighborhood, great friend.

Bryan Novak

Hometown: DuPont
How long have you played golf: 40 years
Club: The Home Course
Relation to teammate: Jeff and I were stationed together in the Army in 2006 at Fort Lewis. We deployed to Iraq together 2009-2010 and then left for other assignments. We both retired, from different duty stations, in 2016 and returned to DuPont.