Mike Riste serves as the historian for the BC Golf Museum, and is the official historian for the PNGA. He assembled the initial research for “Washington Golf: 100 Years of Growing the Game,” the centennial history book of Washington Golf,…
In 2010, Ann Swanson knew she was in line to become president of the Washington State Women’s Golf Association (WSWGA) in 2012. So in preparation, she went all-in by writing and publishing a book about the 90-year history of the…
Jeff Wallach has published his new novel, Everyone Here is From Somewhere Else, the follow-up to his novel Mr. Wizard, and continues to chronicle the journey of two brothers who discover they have Irish heritage and set off in search…
And now let’s talk about Mike Whan, the new CEO of the United States Golf Association. But we better talk fast, because Whan moves – and talks – fast. Do not give this man caffeine, or any other stimulants. He…
So, let’s talk about the U.S. Open. It is being held this week on the West Course at famed Winged Foot Golf Club in New York. The course was designed by A.W. Tillinghast in 1923, and renovated by Gil Hanse…
By a quirk of fate, of timing, of necessary scheduling, of COVID-19 (for in this tumultuous year, everything seems shadowed and alchemically altered by this nefarious virus), the Washington Men’s Amateur (the premier championship in the state) and the U.S.…
For the competitive player, 2020 has been an interesting year. While other activities for the amateur athlete – soccer, softball, flag football, basketball, etc. – are on the downswing as their fields of play have gone silent during this “Age…
“If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear, does it still fall?” The answer to this pseudo-existential question is yes, of course it still falls. With the COVID-19 nightmare descending upon the global community like…
Civilization is not a given. It does not exist, unless we build it. And, once built, it does not stay in existence unless we maintain it. How fragile it is. And how mighty our effort in creating it. A billion…
by Tom Cade, Editor Golf has been in her blood since childhood. While growing up, Trudi’s father, Bob Tindall, was the longtime PGA head pro at Jackson Park Municipal Golf Course on the north end of Seattle. (Bob would later…