Youth caddie program returns for second summer in Seattle

This summer, nine female high school students in Washington were invited to participate in the Western Golf Association’s (WGA) second annual Seattle Caddie Academy. The Seattle Caddie Academy, one of four chapters of the WGA’s seven-week youth caddie program, provides…

Mike Riste – region’s foremost golf historian talks about the rise of major golf events in the Northwest in the 1930s through the 1950s

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,…

Beginner’s Luck – No. 8
Preparing for Your Round – Ready, set, (wait, do I have everything?), go!

Left to right: Johanna, Kristina, Stephanie and Macarena. We are four women who are new to the game of golf. We connected through the game, and have become friends because of it. We love the game, and want to share…

Heather Schapals working the grounds at Chambers Bay

by Steve Waxman In the second week of August, the best 156 female amateur golfers in the world will gather at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. to begin their pursuit of the 122nd U.S. Women’s Amateur. The course will,…

Siebers, Minni and Herendeen selected for 2022 WA Golf Morse Cup Team; finish third

WA Golf Morse Cup Team (left to right): Ian Siebers, Max Herendeen and Jace Minni. Ian Siebers of Bellevue, Wash., Jace Minni of Delta, B.C. and Max Herendeen of Bellevue, Wash. were selected to represent Washington Golf at this year’s…

Kim Medals in U.S. Women’s Amateur Qualifying at Lake Spanaway

Tacoma, Wash. – Cassie Kim of Yakima, Wash. shot 3-under 69 to earn medalist honors at today’s U.S. Women’s Amateur Qualifier hosted by Lake Spanaway Golf Course in Tacoma, Wash. Cassie Kim Kim had five birdies on the day against two…

Washington Men’s Mid-Amateur being held at Home Course

DuPont, Wash. – The 13th Washington Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship is being held July 20-21 at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. The 36-hole stroke-play championship is being conducted by Washington Golf (WA Golf). The first tee time for the first…