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An Instrument of Redemption – Launching a golf program at a minimum-security facility

By WA Golf Site Admin

Posted on Dec 6, 2024

by Bart Potter Tim Thrasher knows what some people say when the conversation turns to preparing incarcerated individuals for a productive return to society. Thrasher, a lifelong golfer who still carries a single-digit Handicap Index, sees the game as a…

Category: WA Golf News

Tags: Bart Potter, Cedar Creek Corrections Center, PNW Golfer Magazine, Tim Thrasher

Playing every public course in Washington

By WA Golf Staff

Posted on Mar 16, 2021

by Bart Potter Paul Huber set out to play every public course in Washington, and used his own criteria for what makes an enjoyable golf experience. With his son Nick joining him, it was a journey to find what matters.…

Category: WA Golf Features

Tags: Apple Tree Resort, Bart Potter, Pacific Northwest Golfer magazine, Paul Huber, Sunserra

Gone and Gone

By WA Golf Staff

Posted on Aug 26, 2020

Over the span of a person’s life, so many other lives are touched – Mitch Black will be missed by Bart Potter Golf took up a lot of space on Mitch Black’s planet, and he left room for the rest…

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Tags: Bart Potter, Chimacum High School, Mitch Black, Pacific Northwest Golfer magazine, PNGA

John Bodenhamer shoulders his first U.S. Open as the man in charge

By wsga

Posted on Jun 13, 2019

by Bart Potter You can take a boy out of Washington, and sometimes he moves to New Jersey. (more…)

Category: Championship News

Tags: Bart Potter, Championship News, John Bodenhamer, Pebble Beach, PNGA, U.S. Open, USGA

Local News & Notes from the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach

By wsga

Posted on Jun 13, 2019

by Bart Potter The fog is back … A more typical weather pattern returned to Pebble Beach Golf Links after two days of sunny (more…)

Category: Championship News

Tags: Alex Prugh, Andrew Putnam, Bart Potter, Clarkston, Joel Dahmen, Kyle Stanley, Nick Taylor, Richard Lee, Spencer Tibbits, U.S. Open, University of Washington

Local Players will try to make their mark at Pebble

By wsga

Posted on Jun 12, 2019

News & Notes from the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach by Bart Potter (more…)

Category: Championship News

Tags: Alex Prugh, Andrew Putnam, Bart Potter, Joel Dahmen, Keith Lobis, Kyle Stanley, Nick Taylor, Richard Lee, Spencer Tibbits, U.S. Open, University of Washington

The Right Stuff

By wsga

Posted on Apr 12, 2018

Justin Gravatt brings all the best qualities, and for all the right reasons, to his position as PGA head pro at The Home Course by Bart Potter (more…)

Category: WA Golf News

Tags: Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club, Bart Potter, Justin Gravatt, Mike Montgomery, The Home Course

Touching Them All: Ron Hagen's lifelong affair with the game reached every corner of the Northwest's golf community

By wsga

Posted on Jun 22, 2017

by Bart Potter A life in golf, spreading as widely and lasting as long as Ron Hagen’s, (more…)

Category: WA Golf News

Tags: Bart Potter, PNWPGA, Ron Hagen, The Home Course, Volunteer

Benson Puts the Game Into Perspective as a One-Armed Golfer

By wsga

Posted on Aug 14, 2015

by Bart Potter The plan for Mark Benson's recent Sunday lesson is a lot like many other golfers working to refine their games: Stay in balance, don't sway off the ball, finish with your chest facing the target. (more…)

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Tags: Bart Potter, Mark Benson, St. Andrews

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