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…
For Sheena Prante, her new role at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. is something of a homecoming. For a brief season a dozen years ago, she worked temporarily in the course’s golf shop, a quick stop on her way…
Across the 2022 season, we’ve played dozens of rounds of golf – some of those we’ve played together, and many with new friends in different places. We’ve lost some golf balls and found tremendous joy that comes in the company…
by Tom Cade, Editor It’s on. The United States Golf Association is set to launch a national development program, selecting and nurturing promising young golfers to be able to eventually compete on the world stage. At the annual International Association…
The USGA and The R&A have unveiled a regular update to the Rules of Golf as they continue to make the Rules easier to understand and apply. The new Rules will go into effect on January 1, 2023. The 2023…
by Tom Cade, Editor On October 15, 2022, during the 101st WA Golf Annual Meeting, being held this year at Yakima Country Club, Mike Kemppainen of Brier, Wash. was elected as the new president of the association. Mike has served…
The 74th edition of the Hudson Cup Matches concluded today at Tacoma Country and Golf Club in Lakewood, Wash. The matches ended with the Professionals defeating the Amateurs with a two-day point total of 13.5 to 6.5 points. In the…
If you think of golf year-round like we do, there may come a time when you want to pack it all up and escape the winter conditions. Travels with golf conjure images of bucket-list courses and great experiences with family…