Free Rules of Golf Webinars
With golf season starting to open around the country, the USGA Rules Team is putting on two free Rules of Golf webinars that are open to WA Golf members. These webinars will cover two of the most widely used rules…
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Mike Riste – region’s foremost golf historian talks about A.S. Kerry, past PNGA and WA Golf president who launched the Northwest onto the national golf scene in the early 20th century
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,…
What to do with that spare room: For many do-it-yourselfers in the golf community, the answer is oh-so-obvious
After many months of work, Patrick Scoccolo can now spend the cold Northwest days practicing on his Foresight GC2 simulator. by Doug Miller It’s a dark and damp October afternoon in Seattle. Whitecaps dot an angry Puget Sound. Fallen leaves…
Past champion Lohman named SoCal PGA president
Eric Lohman has been named the new president of the Southern California PGA Section. Eric Lohman, who won the 1993 Washington Men’s Amateur, was named president of the Southern California PGA during the Section's Annual Meeting on December 12, 2022…
Mike Riste – region’s foremost golf historian talks about Robert Johnstone, the golf course architect and club pro who founded the Pacific Northwest Section PGA
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,…
Washington Golf announces 2022 Players of the Year
Tacoma, Wash. – Washington Golf (WA Golf) has announced the Player of the Year award recipients for 2022. The category winners are as follows: Men’s, Andrew Von Lossow of Spokane; Women’s, Lauryn Nguyen of Seattle; Men’s Mid-Amateur, Andrew Von Lossow;…
Mike Riste – region’s foremost golf historian talks about the creation of uniform handicapping, the Alex Rose Caddie Scholarship, and the elimination of the Stymie rule
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,…
Winners Crowned at Second Annual WA Golf Net Four-Ball Match Play
After more than six-months of competition, the Second Annual WA Golf Net Four-Ball Match Play tournament is officially complete. The event, which featured a Men’s and Women’s field broken up in to four divisions of two-person teams competing in a…
Anatomy of a Scorecard
Whether you are new to the game or even if you’ve been playing all your life (and not admitting it), it can be confusing to look at. What do all those numbers mean? What does “HCP” mean? I see different…
WSWGA: Celebrating 100 years of golf and friendships
The Washington State Women’s Golf Association (WSWGA) is celebrating its centennial year in 2022. One hundred years ago, a woman by the name of “Frank” Patterson decided that women golfers in Washington should be able to compete for the title…