The Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel and Circling Raven Golf Club have announced that Colin McMahon, PGA, and Kal Zaranec, GCSAA, have been appointed Director of Golf and Head Superintendent, respectively, at the award-winning property. [caption id="attachment_876781" align="alignright" width="200"] Colin…
[gallery align="right" style="slider" ids="874934,874931,874935,874933,874932"] Founded in 1922, Washington Golf is celebrating its centennial this year – you can read about it here, and can also click here to buy the just-published history book, “Washington Golf – 100 Years of Growing…
Beginning in 1955, there was a 13-year period during which there were only two years when a Washington golfer was not in the final of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. [caption id="attachment_873165" align="alignright" width="1200"] L to R: Anne (Quast) Sander,…
Please join us in welcoming our newest staff member at Washington Golf, Eric Sjogren, PGA. Eric joins the WA Golf Championship Department as an Assistant Director of Rules & Competition. Get to know a little bit about Eric: Give some…
Each summer, the Evans Scholarship House at the University of Washington houses young high school students participating in the Seattle Academy program. [caption id="attachment_865365" align="alignright" width="800"] The five young students at last summer’s Seattle Caddie Academy worked at Seattle Golf…
The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that The Home Course, in DuPont, Wash., will host the 8th U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship. The dates of the championship are May 13-17, 2023. [caption id="attachment_693755" align="alignright" width="600"] The Home Course,…
The Pacific Northwest Section PGA is celebrating its centennial in 2022. The Section, which is the PGA of America’s largest geographical managing entity, was founded in the first week of March, 1922, and now manages nearly 1,200 PGA members and…
by Jeff Koppa One of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen was the movie about Alex Honnold who scaled the 3,200 feet (from base to summit) El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without ropes or equipment assistance. He had…
In the fall of 1922, more than 80 golfers traveled to Yakima to play in one of two inaugural tournaments, or both – the Washington State Amateur and the Washington State Open – which together formed a newly created golf…
Suzie Tran of Poulsbo, Wash. fired a final round 7-under par 65 to win the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship at Koasati Pines at Coushatta Resort in Kinder, La. The three-day tournament for players 14-18 years old concluded…
