Registration for the 2024 Drive, Chip and Putt season is officially open! Registration is free and open online at DriveChipandPutt.com. Six locations across WA Golf territory will host local qualifiers throughout the summer, two will host sub-regional qualifiers and Chambers…
It was another great year for WA Golf members. The game continued its surge in popularity and golfers continued to do what they know best, play lots of golf! Here are some fun facts from the 2022 Washington Golf season:…
by Tom Cade, Editor The Pacific Northwest Section PGA (PNWPGA) has contracted Jeff Bojanowski to be its first ambassador to oversee the Section’s PGA HOPE program. Taught by local PGA professionals, PGA HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere) is a free, adaptive…
For Sheena Prante, her new role at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. is something of a homecoming. For a brief season a dozen years ago, she worked temporarily in the course’s golf shop, a quick stop on her way…
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…
DuPont, Wash. – A pair of 13-year-olds, Angela Zhang (Bellevue) and Alice Zhao of (Irvine, Calif.) teamed up and topped the field in today’s USGA qualifier to secure the lone available spot in the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship.…
[caption id="attachment_969806" align="alignright" width="300"] Kim Shek[/caption] DuPont, Wash. – Kim Shek of Bellevue shot a 3-over par 75 to earn medalist honors over the 10 player field who competed today in U.S. Senior Women’s Open qualifying at The Home Course in…
[caption id="attachment_960218" align="alignright" width="660"] Paul Mitzel[/caption] [caption id="attachment_960180" align="alignright" width="660"] Tom Brandes[/caption] DuPont, Wash. – Tom Brandes of Bellevue and Paul Mitzel of Quincy both shot 5-under 67 in today’s opening round of the 13th Washington Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship, and…
[caption id="attachment_952740" align="alignright" width="800"] AJ Ewart (left) and Andrew Von Lossow[/caption] DuPont, Wash. – AJ Ewart of Coquitlam, B.C. shot rounds of 71-64 and Andrew Von Lossow of Spokane, shot rounds of 70-65 to tie for medalist honors over the 84-player…
Not picking up a golf club until the age of 30, Durel Billy found himself going all in on the game, determined to get better. And then he discovered hickory golf, causing him to delve deeper into the history of…
