Sean Kato went wire-to-wire in winning last year’s Washington Men’s Amateur and returns this year to defend his title in the 100th Washington Men’s Amateur, to be held July 6-8 on the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain GC in Bremerton,…
The first Washington Women’s Amateur Championship was held in 1994 at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club in Federal Way. Caroline Speigelberg (now Matelski), who at the time was playing on the University of Washington women’s golf team, had set…
During the golf season, 85-year-old Howard Beloved, a longtime Spokane resident, plays out of Harrington (Wash.) Golf and Country Club in eastern Washington. But, as a dedicated snowbird, he spends his winters these days playing Rancho Casa Blanca (RCB), an…
Cathy Kim was recently named one of Golf Digest’s “Best Young Teachers” for 2021-22. She is a dual member of the PGA of America and the LPGA. She attended Skyline High School in Sammamish, Wash. and then received a full-ride…
by Carson Kent Every player dreams of reaching the highest level of competition in the game, though the path to becoming a professional golfer is a road few travel. When Trevor Simsby, a 28-year-old former University of Washington player found…
by Bart Potter Paul Huber set out to play every public course in Washington, and used his own criteria for what makes an enjoyable golf experience. With his son Nick joining him, it was a journey to find what matters.…
by Andrew Penner It’s a gorgeous, ocean-warmed morning in December at the Bald Eagle Golf Club in Point Roberts, Wash. Birds are chirping. The sun is shining. And Superintendent Rick Hoole is cutting greens on the back nine. After his…
Eastern Washington’s ubiquitous Ponderosa Pines came crashing down all around us and even upon us on Jan. 13th, taking power away from 100,000 customers, crushing houses and cars, causing two deaths and thinning the heavily wooded golf courses at Downriver…
Originally from Caldwell, Idaho, Gabby Lemieux is a three-time Idaho Women’s State Amateur champion who won four individual titles while playing on the women’s golf team at Texas Tech University, where she was named the 2016 Player of the Year…
At age nine, Notah asked the head pro at the local muni in Albuquerque, N.M. for a job. He worked for free in exchange for the chance to practice and play at the course (“I was a bad negotiator.”). A…