Twenty-seven years after Vijay Singh hoisted the Wannamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship there, Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash., remains a championship-caliber venue.
As many golf practitioners know, the game can just find a way into people’s lives for any rhyme or reason. When it does, it takes hold, for months, years and eventually, decades.
Identical twins grow up with a counterpart who can be their plus-one for just about anything, be it for sports, an all-night game of Monopoly or a heated Mario Kart race at Rainbow Road.
There are several contributing factors toward a WA Golf championship running smoothly, with an atmosphere that’s equal parts comfortable, welcoming, and well-conducted.
[caption id="attachment_4089103" align="alignright" width="2560"] Being a former UW player has allowed Babcock to easily relate to, and mentor, the current team players.[/caption] Two factors made University of Washington men’s assistant golf coach Chris Babcock dedicate his life to the game. …
[caption id="attachment_4068630" align="alignright" width="2560"] Austin Brown, who played on the Washington State University men’s golf team, will compete in his third U.S. Adaptive Open in July.[/caption] In advance of the 2025 U.S. Adaptive Open, the Pacific Northwest contributed to setting…
[caption id="attachment_4068216" align="alignright" width="1920"] The greens at Lava Links are called “grays,” and are all sand.[/caption] It’s not hard for the uninitiated to spot the differences between Lava Links Golf Course in Soap Lake, Wash., and most other 9-hole facilities…
[caption id="attachment_4058538" align="alignright" width="2560"] USGA CEO Mike Whan speaks to the class of the 2025 Boatwright Intern Summit at the United States Golf Association in Liberty Corner, N.J. on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Copyright USGA/Jason E. Miczek)[/caption] Nestled within central…
[caption id="attachment_4047702" align="alignright" width="2560"] Marcus Harness (in blue cap), the head superintendent at Sand Point Country Club in Seattle, gives a lesson on environment to some of the nearly 50 fourth graders from nearby Assumption-St. Bridget School who attended the…
[caption id="attachment_4029260" align="alignright" width="2560"] Kirk Triplett (second from left) was selected to represent Team Washington in the 1979 Junior Americas Cup.[/caption] Some 50 years ago, the golf career of Kirk Triplett began in Pullman, Wash., over a conversation at the…
