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Tag: Paul Ramsdell

Mike Kemppainen named new WA Golf president

By WA Golf Site Admin

Posted on Oct 31, 2022

by Tom Cade, Editor On October 15, 2022, during the 101st WA Golf Annual Meeting, being held this year at Yakima Country Club, Mike Kemppainen of Brier, Wash. was elected as the new president of the association. Mike has served…

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Tags: Board of Directors, Mike Kemppainen, Paul Ramsdell, The Home Course, WA Golf President, Washington Golf Annual Meeting, Yakima Country Club

Our Guardian Angel Retires

By WA Golf Site Admin

Posted on Sep 12, 2022

For more than two decades, Heather Hansen walked the halls of power in Olympia, lobbying on behalf of the golf community. (Photos by Victoria Davis) by Paul Ramsdell We will miss Heather Hansen’s quiet hand as a lobbyist for the…

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Tags: GCSAA, Golf Alliance of Washington, Heather Hansen, Paul Ramsdell, WWGCSA

Team Washington Golf Wins 15th PNGA Lamey Cup

By WA Golf Site Admin

Posted on May 5, 2022

Bellingham, Wash. – Team Washington Golf (WA Golf) held on to their day one lead to win the 15th PNGA Lamey Cup, held this week at Bellingham Golf & Country Club in Bellingham, Wash. Team Washington Golf, winners of the…

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Tags: Bellingham Golf &Country Club, Championship news, Paul Ramsdell, PNGA Cup, PNGA Lamey Cup

WA Golf President Paul Ramsdell Interviewed on Pin High Golf Show

By WA Golf Site Admin

Posted on Dec 11, 2020

Recently elected President of Washington Golf, Paul Ramsdell, sat down for an interview with host K-Mac on the Pin High Golf Show. (more…)

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Tags: Paul Ramsdell, Pin High Golf Show, Radio

Paul Ramsdell Elected as President of Washington Golf

By WA Golf Staff

Posted on Nov 12, 2020

On November 7, 2020, Paul Ramsdell of Gig Harbor, Wash. was elected president of Washington Golf at the association’s 99th annual meeting, which was held virtually due to the ongoing pandemic. For Paul, 63, this is the culmination of a…

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Tags: Doug Rohner, Paul Ramsdell

Renaissance Man

By WA Golf Staff

Posted on Sep 11, 2020

Durel Billy fell in love with the game and with its history, and found numerous ways to give back to it, even though it did not always give back to him (more…)

Category: WA Golf Features

Tags: Durel Billy, Hickory Golf, Pacific Northwest Golfer, Pacific Northwest Golfer magazine, Paul Ramsdell, PNGA

From the Ground Up

By wsga

Posted on Sep 5, 2014

Former superintendent Ray Schmidt learned his craft from one of the best, kept the trade in the family, and left his mark on the region's golf community by Paul Ramsdell (more…)

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Tags: Paul Ramsdell, Ray Schmidt

NTA names Ramsdell new executive director

By wsga

Posted on Feb 15, 2011

The Board of Directors of the Northwest Turfgrass Association announced at its Feb. 15 meeting that it has hired Paul Ramsdell to be the executive director of the association that provides turfgrass research grants throughout the Pacific Northwest.   Ramsdell…

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Tags: Northwest Turfgrass Association, NTA, Paul Ramsdell, Tim Mack

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