Photo Credit: USGA The U.S. National Development Program (USNDP) Grant application window is set to open late July 2024 and run through October 31, 2024. The Grant is designed to mitigate barriers of cost to promising junior golfers who demonstrate both…
by Roger Sauvage, USGA P.J. Boatwright Intern With WA Golf Youth on Course, kids can play $5 rounds of golf at over 70 facilities in Washington and Northern Idaho, and thousands more across the U.S. and Canada. Beyond growing the…
by Larry Clark, Washington State University (Michael Neff – professor of crop biotechnology, grass and turf science at Washington State University – is completely rebuilding the university’s Turfgrass Program. On June 6, 2024, he conducted a field day at the…
Competition from the 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship may have come to an end at Sahalee Country Club as Amy Yang earned her first career Major victory, but the Championship’s impact stretched to the day after the final round as…
The Tacoma Parks Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Metro Parks Tacoma programs and projects, has received a PGA Places to Play grant from the PGA of America REACH Foundation. The grant will go toward the creation of a…
On June 23, 2024, Matt Brown walked the walk. And it was a long walk, up and down the rolling fairways of Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. He was one of around 100 golfers who participated in the 5th…
by Geoff Baker Former Seattle Times sports columnist Blaine Newnham understood that tracking down the biggest stories sometimes led you under the grandstands. (John Lok / The Seattle Times, 2005) That’s where Newnham, then with The Register-Guard in Eugene, Ore.,…
by Bart Potter A large blended family bought a dilapidated golf course and breathed new life into it. It might be a year and a half or two before Riverwoods Golf and RV grows into the golf course its owners…
We are pleased to welcome three USGA P.J. Boatwright Junior Interns to our team at Washington Golf! Please join us in welcoming Roger Sauvage, Grace Metcalf and Avery Kindred. Roger Sauvage Get to know a little about Roger: Roger was…
The Seattle Parks & Recreation board of commissioners has announced that Jefferson Park Golf Course will be renamed as the Bill Wright Golf Complex. Bill Wright A special committee has been established and has been tasked with creating a permanent…
