Registration for the 2024 Drive, Chip and Putt season is officially open! Registration is free and open online at DriveChipandPutt.com. Six locations across WA Golf territory will host local qualifiers throughout the summer, two will host sub-regional qualifiers and Chambers…
After many months of work, Patrick Scoccolo can now spend the cold Northwest days practicing on his Foresight GC2 simulator. by Doug Miller It’s a dark and damp October afternoon in Seattle. Whitecaps dot an angry Puget Sound. Fallen leaves…
It was another great year for WA Golf members. The game continued its surge in popularity and golfers continued to do what they know best, play lots of golf! Here are some fun facts from the 2022 Washington Golf season:…
The PGA of America has announced that Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. has been selected as the site of the 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Brooke Henderson won the 2016 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee in a one-hole…
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…
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…
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…
WA Golf is one of 41 golf associations in the U.S. that has an inactive posting season during the winter months. This is because of the general change in course conditions in our region that would adversely affect the course…
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…