[caption id="attachment_10729" align="alignright" width="350" caption="Lisa Smego (l) and Ginny Burkey, Women's Best-Ball Champions"][/caption] Ginny Burkey and Lisa Smego, who both play out of The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. withstood the charge of three-time defending champions Jane Harris and Leslie…
James Allenby of Langley, B.C. set a course record, firing a 10-under par 61, and took medalist honors in leading the field of 104 players who competed today in local qualifying at Bellingham (Wash.) Golf and Country Club. Along with…
The weather was perfect and Fircrest Golf Club was in immaculate shape today for the first round of the championship! Ginny Burkey of Fircrest and partner Lisa Smego of Olympia have the early lead after finishing with a round of…
On the second playoff hole, the team from British Columbia Golf (BC Golf) bested the team from the Washington State Golf Association (WSGA) to complete their come-from-behind win at the 8th Annual PNGA Cup, a Ryder Cup-style competition which was…
[caption id="attachment_10576" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Mike Haack, Men's Champion"][/caption] DuPont, Washington – In the 4th WSGA Champion of Champions, Mike Haack of Bellevue, Wash. won the title for the men's, Karinn Dickinson of Mukilteo for the women's; and Keith Crimp of…
The first round of the WSGA Championship Season commenced today with the first round of the Champion of Champions being played at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. With the Men's, Women's, Senior Men's and Senior Women's Championships all being…
It is your group's responsibility to keep up with the group in front. If your group falls behind a complete hole and you are delaying the group behind, you should invite the group behind to play through, irrespective of the…
L is for local handicap. A “local handicap” is either a handicap that is above the maximum USGA Handicap Index limit (36.4 for Men, 40.4 for Women), a handicap that is revised more frequently than allowed or a handicap based…
[caption id="attachment_10145" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Dr. Kimberly Erusha (right), Managing Director of the USGA Green Section, watches a recent First Green event at Glendale CC in Bellevue, Wash."][/caption] First Green has just been awarded a $100,000 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and…
The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced the retirement of the U.S. Amateur Public Links (APL) and U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links (WAPL) championships, following the completion of the 2014 competitions. The decision follows an internal review which determined…
