John Ford, CGCS, is retiring April 30, 2023 from his superintendent position at Whispering Firs Golf Course at JBLM. Ford has been involved with the game of golf since before he was a teenager, but after a 45-year career it’s…
Golf historian Mike Riste joins the podcast to explore the history of public golf in Washington and the influence of PNGA Hall-of-Famer Albert "Scotty" Campbell, a golfer from Seattle in the 1930s and 40s. Despite having no formal golf lessons,…
We are pleased to welcome two new staff members to our team at Washington Golf! Please join us in welcoming Joe Hayford and Oliver McKenna. Joe joins the championship department as a manager of rules & competition, while Oliver joins…
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (March 22, 2023) – In an effort to continuously enhance and evolve the competitor experience, the USGA today announced significant modifications to its amateur championship qualifying model for the first time in more than 20 years. These changes,…
Dennis Roque has The Home Course in top shape to host the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball by Tom Cade, Editor When the United States Golf Association brings the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball to The Home Course on May 13-17,…
A newfound love for the game leads to PGA Management study at U of Idaho by Crai S. Bower When four-year-old Ford Negri raked his first bunker at Seattle’s Sand Point Country Club, he had no idea the role groundskeeping…
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J., USA AND ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (March 14, 2023) – The USGA and The R&A have proposed a Model Local Rule (MLR) that gives competition organizers the option to require use of golf balls that are tested under…
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,…
Local boys Jermaine Kearse and Greg Bodine make good in their careers, and then make good on their wish to create opportunity for others to enjoy a better game Kearse (left) now plays to a 4 handicap index, while Bodine…
With golf season starting to open around the country, the USGA Rules Team is putting on two free Rules of Golf webinars that are open to WA Golf members. These webinars will cover two of the most widely used rules…