WA Golf News September 30, 2021

Season-long Net Four-Ball Match Play tournament culminates with Final Weekend at The Home Course

The final weekend of the inaugural WA Golf Net Four-Ball Match Play tournament takes place this weekend, October 1-3, at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. The event, which started earlier this spring, featured a Men’s and Women’s division with four regions of two-person teams competing in a Net Four-Ball match play format at 85% handicap allowance.

Final Weekend Tee Times – Women’s Division
Final Weekend Tee Times – Men’s Division

Players in each region were provided their matchups at the beginning of each round and were required to schedule and play their match on their own time at a course of their choice. Each winning team would report their match results and move down the bracket in a March Madness-like format.

After nearly six-months of competition, just two teams from each region remain. The two remaining teams in each region will square off on Friday at The Home Course in the Regional Finals. Winners from each match will then face off in the Semifinals on Saturday, with the Final matches to follow on Sunday.

Meet the Women’s finalists
Meet the Men’s finalists

NORTH SOUND WOMEN:

Janene Fogard + Kathleen Byers

Janene Fogard

Hometown: Lake Forest Park
How long have you played golf: 40 years
Club: Inglewood Golf Club
Relation to teammate: We are both members at Inglewood and play in the ladies division there. We met through the club and our husbands who often play golf together

Kathleen Byers

Hometown: Kenmore
How long have you played golf: 30 years
Club: Inglewood Golf Club
Relation to teammate: Long time friend and golf buddy

Chris May + Kathy Hopp

Chris May

Hometown: Kent
How long have you played golf: 16 years
Club: Riverbend Ladies Golf Association (RLGA)
Relation to teammate: Golf buddies

Kathy Hopp

Hometown: Auburn
How long have you played golf: 20 years
Club: Riverbend Ladies Golf Association (RLGA)
Relation to teammate: Friend

SOUTH SOUND WOMEN:

Cathy Kay + Karen Johnson

Cathy Kay

Hometown: Burien
How long have you played golf: 26 years
Club: Riverbend Ladies Golf Association (RLGA)
Relation to teammate: Friends

Karen Johnson

Hometown: Auburn
How long have you played golf: 23 years
Club: Riverbend Ladies Golf Association (RLGA)
Relation to teammate: Friends

Wanda Synnestvedt + Janewill Peoples

Wanda Synnestvedt

Hometown: Port Townsend
How long have you played golf: About 35 years
Club: Discovery Bay Women's Club
Relation to teammate: We're friends who play a lot of golf together

Janewill Peoples

Hometown: Port Townsend
How long have you played golf: 12 years
Club: Discovery Bay Women's Club
Relation to teammate: Friend and mentor

EASTERN WOMEN:

Susie Luby + Bobbi Jo Rathvon

Susie Luby

Hometown: Spokane
How long have you played golf: 30 years on and off
Club: Esmeralda Ladies Club
Relation to teammate: Golfing buddy

Bobbi Jo Rathvon

Hometown: Spokane
How long have you played golf: I got my first set of irons in May 2005
Club: Indian Canyon and Esmeralda
Relation to teammate: We met through ladies league golf and became friends. We are both members at the same club

Susan Conard + Valarie Hartfield

Susan Conard

Hometown: Spokane Valley
How long have you played golf: 16 years
Club: LPGA Amateurs
Relation to teammate: Friend

Valarie Hartfield

Hometown: Spokane
How long have you played golf: 10 years
Club: Esmeralda Golf Course
Relation to teammate: Good friend and great golf buddy

CENTRAL WOMEN:

Julie Scassa + Samantha Gillett

Julie Scassa

Hometown: Sumner
How long have you played golf: 25 years
Club: The Home Course
Relation to teammate: Friend

Samantha Gillett

Hometown: Auburn
How long have you played golf: 15 years
Club: The Home Course
Relation to teammate: Friend

Sharon Bradley + Sandra McBride

Sharon Bradley

Hometown: Mattawa
How long have you played golf: Started when I was about 12 years old
Club: Desert Aire Golf Course
Relation to teammate: A mutual friend helped put us together for a two person team tournament in 2019. We took first place and have remained friends and occasional playing partners since then

Sandra McBride

Hometown: Mesa
How long have you played golf: 22 years
Club: Sun Willows Golf Club
Relation to teammate: We meet through a mutual golfing buddy on a girls trip outing

NORTH SOUND MEN:

Hunter Williams + Michael McCahill

Hunter Williams

Hometown: Seattle
How long have you played golf: 45 years
Club: West Seattle Golf Club
Relation to teammate: Neighborhood friend

Michael McCahill

Hometown: Seattle
How long have you played golf: 33 years
Club: West Seattle Golf Club
Relation to teammate: We were randomly paired in 2018 by West Seattle Golf Club the first year we both signed up for the club four-ball tournament. Turns out that while we had never met before, we'd both been living and raising our kids in the same neighborhood in Seattle for many years. Great friends now and successful golf partners for three years and counting!

Brent Taylor + Lew Brunhaver

Brent Taylor

Hometown: Kirkland
How long have you played golf: 44 years
Club: Willows Run
Relation to teammate: Close friend and fellow board member at Willows

Lew Brunhaver

Hometown: Kirkland
How long have you played golf: 41 years
Club: Willows Run
Relation to teammate: Brent and I have known each other since 2009, competing in the Willows Run Men's Club

SOUTH SOUND MEN:

Kameron Trout + Ryan Mitchell

Kameron Trout

Hometown: Lake Tapps
How long have you played golf: 12 years
Club: Tapps Island
Relation to teammate: Ryan is a family friend I have been golfing with for the past 3 or 4 years

Ryan Mitchell

Hometown: Lynnwood
How long have you played golf: 20 years
Club: Inglewood Golf Club
Relation to teammate: Good friend

Danny Kim + Matty Huynh

Danny Kim

Hometown: Lacey
How long have you played golf: 16 years
Club: Golf Club at Hawks Prairie
Relation to teammate: Friend

Matty Huynh

Hometown: Lacey
How long have you played golf: 9 years
Club: Olympia Country Club
Relation to teammate: A good friend of mine from Lacey moved to Hawaii to attend pharmacy school where he met Danny. After Danny graduated pharmacy school, he somehow randomly got residency for a job here in Lacey. My said friend, set up sort of a blind date for us to meet on the Capitol City putting green and we've golfed together ever since

EASTERN MEN:

Alex Hutton + Zach Rearrick

Alex Hutton

Hometown: Spokane
How long have you played golf: 7 years
Club: NW Golf Guys Players Club
Relation to teammate: We became friends in college after competing against each other in intramural sports

Zach Rearrick

Hometown: Spokane
How long have you played golf: I have casually played golf since high-school. However, it wasn't until this year that I started taking lessons and learn how to truly "play" golf.
Club: NW Golf Guys Players Club
Relation to teammate: We've known each other since college and played on many softball teams together. Recently we found ourselves in the same city and both taking golf lessons from the same instructor and decided golf would be a great way to hang out more

Bob Ames + Jim Petree

Bob Ames

Hometown: Troy, Idaho
How long have you played golf: 25 years
Club: Bryden Canyon Golf Course
Relation to teammate: Good friends and league playing partners

Jim Petree

Hometown: Asotin
How long have you played golf: 26 years
Club: Bryden Canyon Golf Course
Relation to teammate: Good friend and golf buddy

CENTRAL MEN:

Devon Reese + Jordan Brown

Devon Reese

Hometown: Kennewick
How long have you played golf: 20+ years
Club: Meadow Springs Country Club
Relation to teammate: Good friend from my home course

Jordan Brown

Hometown: Richland
How long have you played golf: 33 years
Club: Meadow Springs Country Club
Relation to teammate: Members at the same country club and we play in the same summer golf league