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NOVEMBER 2008 • www.pacificnorthwestgolfer.com
DesertTriumvirate
Angel Park, The Legacy
and Aliante lead the way
of this winter’s destinations
COE-JONES RETIRES
BC NATIVE CALLS
IT A CAREER
CHIP SHOTS
HIGHLIGHTS FROM
AROUND THE NORTHWEST
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W H A T ’ S
I N S I D E
Vol. 14 No. 5 • November 2008
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An official magazine of the Pacific Northwest Golf
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4 | PUBLISHER’S ESSAY
Protecting the future, protecting
the environment
6 | CHIP SHOTS
Highlights from around
the Northwest
8 | DESERT BLOOM
Get your winter game on at Las
Vegas courses
12 | MEET THE CHAMPION
Coe-Jones retires; young Idahoans
ascend
15 | GREAT HOLES
OF THE NORTHWEST
Tetherow Golf Club
Bend, Oregon
ON THE COVER
Angel Park Golf Club, Mountain Course
No. 4, Par 3, 164 yards
Las Vegas, Nevada
Photo by Brian Oar
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g a l l e r y
FILMING AT BANDON DUNES
An eye on the future...
and the environment
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SO LONG, FAREWELL
Photo by Eric Yaillen/OGA
During the LPGA Tour’s Safeway
Classic in August, the soon-to-beretiring Annika Sorenstam made her
final walk down the 18th fairway
of Portland’s Columbia-Edgewater
CC, stopping to give a hug to Tom
Maletis, President of Tournament Golf
Foundation, Inc., the organizer of the
popular long-running tournament.
The event will be moving to
Pumpkin Ridge GC in 2009.
BELIEVER IN SIGNS
Brad Martin, Assistant
Professional at Portland Golf Club,
played himself into this summer’s
PGA Championship by finishing in
the top 20 of the PGA Professional
National Championship.
During the practice round at the
major, he met up with friends from
his mini-tour days who are now on
the big tour, including Rich Beem. He
had been paired with Beem at a PGA
Assistants event in ’98 and they have
kept in touch ever since.
Most memorable for Martin?
“During the practice rounds kids
were asking for my autograph. They
didn’t have a clue who I was. All they
knew was that I was good enough to
be inside the ropes.”
- Jared Stewart
Photo by Montana Pritchard/PGA of America
Turfgrass research is not usually the first
thing on the minds of golfers when they think
about the game. Nevertheless, in an era of
increased government regulation of pesticides,
as well as environmental awareness, it must be
a priority within our industry if quality playing
JOHN BODENHAMER
conditions are to be maintained at the high level
PUBLISHER
golfers today enjoy.
The Home Course, in DuPont, Wash., which is owned and
operated by the PNGA and WSGA, is a leader in this area. Golf
Course Superintendent, Kelton Donaldson is currently hosting two
important research projects on-site.
Organic fertilizer bridge – Under the auspices of Dr. Eric
Miltner of Washington State University, a three-year program
is being undertaken on the far west end of the practice range to
determine the best methods and products for superintendents
to convert from using synthetic (oil based) fertilizers, to “bridge”
products (part synthetic and part organic), with the goal of
ultimately converting to a pure organic fertilizer.
The study, which is being funded through a grant by the
Northwest Turfgrass Association, will identify relative costs, as well as
quantities needed to achieve the desired results of growth and color.
There are 40 different plots on the practice range marked
by metal plates to identify the differing tests. Bi-monthly readings
are also being made with a color spectrometer to determine the
amount of chlorophyll in the plants in each of the plots and are
recorded to form the basis of the qualitative results. It is the hope
this research project will help golf course superintendents bridge
to an organic fertilizer product, which is good for the environment
and produces healthy and green turf, while saving money.
In addition to this study, The Home Course will make its fall
fertilizer application this year using a bridge product that is 50%
synthetic and 50% organic.
Cold weather ryegrass seeding – Many golf courses in the
Northwest, including The Home Course, have perennial rye grass
tees, fairways, and roughs. Many currently also use sand-perennial
ryegrass seed mixes to smooth and re-vegetate divots. Golfers are
also asked to fill in their divots using a sand-seed mix in bottles
on golf carts. During the growing season, perennial ryegrass
germinates and grows, but this is not the case in the cooler late fall
and early winter seasons (November through March).
On the nursery green at The Home Course, Donaldson is
working with turfgrass researcher Geoffrey Rinehart on a project
that consists of several plots of annual and intermediate ryegrasses
that have the potential to germinate better in the cooler seasons
than the typical perennial ryegrass that is prevalent. These plots
were seeded on January 21, 2008 and they began to germinate in
late February and growth was evaluated in March, April and May.
While it took longer for germination to occur in the cooler season,
the annual ryegrass seemed to grow best.
Cast and crew for the independent movie version
of Michael Murphy’s book “Golf in the Kingdom” are
prepping for 30 days of on-location shooting at Bandon
Dunes Golf Resort. The production has a modest
$3 million budget, and Ashworth Golf is overseeing
costume design, while Industrial Light and Magic,
George Lucas’ special-effects firm, has signed on as the
film’s visual designers.
Old Macdonald, the fourth course under
construction at Bandon Dunes, is the primary location
for the film. It is scheduled to wrap Dec. 1, with a
release date planned to coincide with the 2009 U.S.
Open or British Open. Other scenes are scheduled to
be filmed in a Eugene, Ore. studio.
BROTHERS IN ARMS > > >
Rob Rashell (right) talks strategy with his
brother Mark during a practice round at Torrey
Pines prior to this summer’s U.S. Open.
Rob went to the University of Washington
on an Evans Scholarship, and is now making
his way as a pro. Mark is a club pro in the
Northwest.
CALLED BY THE KING
Elvis (yes, Elvis) was on hand to call the
players to the first tee of Spokane Country
Club during the first round of the 60th Annual
Championship of the Spokane Area Women’s
Golf Association, held in mid-September.
With Elvis (yes, again, Elvis) are SAWGA
Tournament Chair Kathy Knudsvig, Secretary
Mariam Clark, President Diane Green, and Asst.
Tournament Chair Holly Montgomery.
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S H O T S
Rowley finds his way
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Can’t find a better man...
…but we’ll let you know a secret: he’s now at
Alta Lake GC in Pateros, Wash.
During this past season, Mark Rhodes (also
known as “The Man with the Golden Swing”) worked
a few days a week in the golf shop at Alta Lake, gave
a few lessons, but mostly enjoyed the weather and
played a little golf.
“I’m not retired,” said Mark. “Just taking a little
time to see what the next step is.”
A longtime Northwest club pro, Rhodes was an assistant pro at
Sahalee CC from 1978 to ’89, then took the position of Head Pro at Harbour
Pointe GC in Mukilteo, Wash., and within two years became that facility’s
Director of Golf.
In ’99, Rhodes bought an interest in Harbour Pointe, and when the
course was sold last year, he figured it was maybe time to move on.
“In the late ‘90s, I started bringing couples out to Alta Lake for golf
events,” says Rhodes. “My wife (Donna) and I fell in love with the place.”
They ended up spending a lot of time out there, and in ’05 bought some
property next to Alta Lake’s 8th green. He built a house there the next
year, “thinking that maybe in six or seven years we might move there.”
But the sale of the course in Mukilteo sped up that timetable.
And now you will find him walking the fairways of Alta Lake.
Catching up with...
Glancing through the regional tournament results
last month, we came across a familiar name. Jerry
Pearsall had finished second in the Montana MidAmateur and sixth in the Montana Amateur.
Not bad.
Pearsall is the former Executive Director of the
Pacific Northwest Section PGA. He had grown up in
Billings, Mont. and worked there as a club pro before
landing a job as the Assistant ED (to Ron Coleman) at the Section office.
“I had originally applied for a job at the Oregon Chapter,” says
Pearsall. “But they pulled my resume out of the stack because of my
accounting background.”
So, two years as the assistant, followed by ten years as the Executive
Director after Coleman stepped down.
Then, when Pearsall’s father-in-law passed away in 2003, “It really hit
us that we needed to go back home.” Both Pearsall and his wife still have
family in Billings, and they wanted their two sons to know their cousins.
In 2006 he got his amateur status back, and is a member at
Yellowstone Country Club (“I was on the waiting list for two years.”), joining
on August 1 – and on August 9 won their club championship.
“I really miss the friendships and the familiarities of the Northwest,”
he said. “I do try to keep in touch.”
And we are glad for it.
UW golfer on Big Break
Photo courtesy Golf Channel
Amber Prange, former University of
Washington golfer who graduated a year ago, will
team with Robby Shaw of Louisville, Ky. to compete in
Big Break X: Michigan, the newest installment of the
Golf Channel’s golf-reality series.
Premiering a few weeks ago, this version of the
series is the first to feature a team format.
Prange, who currently plays on the Duramed
FUTURES Tour, is the younger sister of Big Break V:
Hawaii winner Ashley Prange.
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It seems that Northern Idaho had always wrapped
its arms around Greg Rowley, its native son.
Born and raised in Coeur d’Alene, a Post Falls
High School graduate and alum of the University of
Idaho, Rowley got his first job as an assistant pro at
Hayden Lake CC, working under Dan Hill (who is now
at Seattle’s Broadmoor GC). Then, at just 28, he was
named the Director of Golf at the new private Club at
Black Rock, overseeing everything from building the clubhouse to choosing
the color of the napkins.
“It was amazing that they gave so much responsibility to me,” he says.
“But I loved it.”
And then, toward the end of 2006, he walked away.
“I didn’t know what I was going to do,” he said, looking back. “I just
needed to make a change.”
Denny Ryerson, a member at Black Rock, reminded Rowley of a
conversation on the quirks and anecdotes of golf they’d had over a beer
several months earlier, in which Ryerson had said rhetorically, “You ought to
write a book about that.” Well, now Ryerson told him, “Write the book.”
So he did. And 18 months later, Golf Naked was in print.
Rowley and Ryerson formed a publishing company (Pick It Up
Publishing), with Ryerson as the CEO.
“I just dove in,” says Rowley. “I’d not written anything before. Denny
gave me the confidence to do this, and also, by essentially financing the
project in advance, he gave the gift of time.”
The book is a collection of tips (not just golf tips, but tips on what
beginners need to know when standing on the first tee), anecdotes, photos
and illustrations. And it has taken off.
“HBO has contacted us, asking me to write scripts for a comedy series
based on the book,” says Rowley. “Andrew Magee, of the Golf Channel, wants
to do a regular series based on the tips in the book. It’s kind of unbelievable.”
Rowley starts a book tour in early 2009, with national release starting in March
of ’09. Right now the book can be found at golfnakedbook.com.
Blind ambition
In 2003, Ron Plath had his nose
down on the counter of the golf shop at
the OGA Golf Course in Woodburn, Ore.
trying to write a check for his green fees.
The onset of macular degeneration (a
progressive and untreatable condition,
leaving peripheral vision, but ultimately
leading to blindness) was gradually
closing around him. The person behind
the counter suggested that he play in
the upcoming U.S. Blind Golf Association
Ron Plath (center with black vest)
(USBGA) National Championship, which
addresses a junior clinic held for
just happened to be scheduled at the
blind golfers.
OGA Golf Course in a few weeks time.
He played, and although he didn’t
win, he was hooked. “It hadn’t occurred to me that this was an option,” he said.
In September of this year he won his fifth USBGA National
Championship in a row (“I had the yips, can you believe it? It’s comical now,
but was tortuous at the time.”). He has also won the Canadian and British
Championship once each, and last month traveled to Ireland where, with
his wife as his guide, he won the World Golf Blind Championship.
So, how do you play golf blind? “Each player has a guide, or coach,
with them on the course,” explains Plath. “The guide helps us line up,
tells us the yardage, what’s between the ball and the green. And then we
swing.” Oh.
Plath, who lives in Lake Oswego, Ore. and plays out of Pumpkin
Ridge’s public Ghost Creek course, has been a member of the USBGA since
’03 and is the golf development director for their junior clinics around the
U.S., with the most recent being held at The Reserve Vineyards & GC in
Aloha, Ore.
“We work a lot with The First Tee program at The Children’s Course (in
Gladstone, Ore.),” says Plath. “Most lessons are taught by their PGA pros.”
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T H E
C O V E R
Triple Crown
Siren call of Aliante,
Angel Park and
The Legacy–
Vegas triumphant
The signature image of golf in Las Vegas:
the tee boxes of the 193-yard par-3 10th
hole at The Legacy Golf Club.
LOOKING FOR A LITTLE
SOUTHWEST SUN DURING THE
“DRIZZLY NOVEMBER OF THE SOUL,”
THE DRY HEAT OF LAS VEGAS CAN
NOW SCRATCH SOME OF THAT ITCH.
A little sun, a little sittin’ by the pool, a
little of this and a little of that.
And a little golf.
The OB Sports-managed triumvirate
of Aliante, Angel Park and The Legacy Golf
Clubs offer all that a Vegas golfer would
expect in the City of Entertainment. Recent
enhancements to the latter two have earned
the mantle of true desert courses. If you
haven’t been there for a while, they are worth
taking in the new look.
While Aliante opened with a slick
desert look, an aggressive turf removal
project at Angel Park and The Legacy
resulted in the return of the Southwest
Desert look to these desert layouts. The
project, conducted
in conjunction
The 155-yard par-3
with the Southern
4th hole at Aliante
Golf Club.
Nevada Water
Authority,
removed over
70 acres of turf
from Angel Park’s
Mountain and
Palm Course and
over 50 acres
from The Legacy,
which translated
“Not only does it look great,” says Bill Rohret, Director of Maintenance at Angel Park,
“we estimate that we will conserve around 80 million gallons of water per year.”
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You can now bring your full house to this
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Angel Park and The Legacy Golf Clubs
offer a new incentive for planning group
outings at their facilities with the introduction
of a new group golf amenity – motor coach and
shuttle bus transportation service from The
Strip (and other Las Vegas hotels) to and from
the OB Sports courses.
Aptly named Angel 1 and Angel 2, these
vehicles provide a valuable service, benefiting
golf groups, tournaments and outings.
“In a competitive market we are always
looking for ways to add value to group outings
and events,” stated Phil Green, president of OB
Sports, the management company of Angel Park
and Legacy. “We feel these shuttles will provide
another innovative way to attract group
outings and tournaments to these popular Las
Vegas facilities.”
Angel 1 is a motor coach that seats 48
players plus golf clubs, and Angel 2 is a slightly
smaller shuttle bus that seats 24 players plus
their equipment.
The shuttles are included with group
outings and tournament pricing for groups of 16
players or more. For more info, call 888-851-4465.
at a glance
ALIANTE GOLF CLUB – 866-233-9102
18 holes designed by Gary Panks
“Best New Course in Las Vegas”
– Vegas Golfer magazine
Book on-line at www.aliantegolf.com
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36 holes designed by Arnold Palmer
Cloud Nine Short Course
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“Best of Las Vegas” – Las Vegas Review-Journal
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18 holes designed by Arthur Hills
One of the “Top Ten Courses You Can Play”
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Management
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The lighted Cloud Nine Short
Course at Angel Park Golf Club.
The desert style courses now have an aesthetically
pleasing modern look, while settling easily
into the surrounding landscape.
Photo by Brian Oar
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into nearly a 28 percent reduction of turf
overall.
“Not only does it look great,” says Bill
Rohret, Director of Maintenance at Angel
Park, “we estimate that we will conserve
around 80 million gallons of water per year.”
The desert style courses now have
an aesthetically pleasing modern look,
while settling easily into the surrounding
landscape.
Angel Park also remodeled its practice
facility, and brought in Hot Stix Golf, the
industry’s leading custom club fitter which
offers Tour-level golf club fitting services
for the first time in the Las Vegas area.
Angel Park is now one of Nevada’s leading
providers of these services.
ANGEL PARK GOLF CLUB
For the 11th consecutive year and 13
of the past 14 years, Angel Park Golf Club
was named “Best Golf Course” in Las Vegas
in the 27th annual “Best of Las Vegas”
reader’s poll conducted by the Las Vegas
Review-Journal, Las Vegas’ largest daily
newspaper.
“Thanks to all of our loyal golfers for
choosing Angel Park,” said David Bogue,
general manager at Angel Park. “We work
hard to provide a world-class golf product
for all to enjoy, and for nearly fifteen years,
the Review-Journal’s readers have placed us
above some very fine golf courses. I’d like to
also thank our staff for continuing to stay
on top. This award reflects their dedication
to our golfing guests.”
Angel Park Golf Club is a 36-hole
facility located in the Summerlin area of
Las Vegas. Its Mountain Course and Palm
Course were both designed by Arnold
Palmer. The club also has a 12-hole Short
Course, the World’s Original natural grass
putting course and an expansive practice
tee – all of which are lighted for evening
enjoyment.
THE LEGACY GOLF CLUB
Located just 10 minutes from
McCarran International Airport, The
Legacy Golf Club is home to the most
recognizable golf hole in Las Vegas. The
10th tee boxes are in the shape of a spade,
club, diamond and heart.
The rest of the course is just as
memorable, especially the “Devil’s Triangle,”
holes 11, 12 and 13 that are crisscrossed
with desert canyons and lava outcroppings.
Also noteworthy to Vegas golfers is the
fact that upon opening, The Legacy was
selected as one of the “Top 10 Courses You
Can Play” in Nevada by Golf Digest and
more recently hosted top golfers in the
region as the host venue of the local U.S
Open Qualifier this summer.
ALIANTE GOLF CLUB
Located on the north end of town,
Aliante Golf Club was voted “Best New
Course in Vegas” by Vegas Golfer magazine
when it opened in 2003. The Gary Panksdesigned layout has continued to be a
must-play for those traveling to Vegas.
Aliante Golf Club recently celebrated
the opening of neighboring Aliante Station
Hotel & Casino. This $675 million resort
boasts 202 well-appointed guest rooms
and suites, 14,000 square feet of meeting,
banquet and convention space, a 650-seat
entertainment concert venue and an array
of popular gaming choices, all just steps
away from Aliante’s first tee.
Aliante is now more than ever the
perfect destination for your Las Vegas golf
vacation.
Other warm
weather
destinations
INDIAN WELLS GOLF RESORT
Home of the LG Skins Game, being held
later this month, and the only 36-hole facility in
California with both courses ranked in the Top
20 “Best Courses You Can Play” in California by
Golfweek magazine, Indian Wells Golf Resort is
the premier golf destination for everyone from
amateurs to pros to presidents.
Since November 2005, the Golf Resort
has been in the midst of a complete makeover
to further elevate the world-class Indian Wells
golf experience. The Celebrity Course opened
to rave reviews in November of 2006, and the
Fought-designed Players Course opened just a
year ago.
Visit www.indianwellsgolfresort.com
for more information.
VEGAS VACATION VILLAS
Located 14 miles from The Strip, and
in another world, the Vegas Vacation Villas
consists of 70 fully-owned villas, all of which
are available for vacation rental at various
times. Sitting in the middle of Lake Las Vegas
Resort, the villas are surrounded by two toptier golf courses – The Falls and Reflection Bay
Golf Clubs.
The villas also has 100 units available
two blocks from The Strip, offering free
shuttle service for those who want to stay in
the city but still enjoy the golf courses at Lake
Las Vegas.
Visit www.visitlakelasvegas.com for
more information.
STONE EAGLE
Situated in a secluded mountaintop
setting 1,000-feet above the desert floor, Stone
Eagle is a 700-acre private golf community
in Palm Desert, Calif., offering views of the
Coachella Valley.
The desert property contains 43 home
sites, The Residence Club at Stone Eagle and a
private 18-hole golf course created by course
designer Tom Doak. This is the first course in
California designed by Doak, a “minimalist”
who focuses on preserving the site’s character.
The course also features a 19th hole, a “Bye
Hole” (151 yards, par 3) for settling matches.
Stone Eagle was named one of “America’s
Top 100 Golf Communities, 2008” by Travel &
Leisure Golf magazine.
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M E E T
T H E
( R E T I R I N G )
C H A M P I O N
Dawn Coe-Jones
Photo courtesy Landmark Sport Group
Pioneer opened door for young Canadian golfers
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Looking back on her 25-year career on
the LPGA Tour, Dawn Coe-Jones, a native
of Campbell River, BC, says her greatest
advantage on tour was growing up a Pacific
Northwest golfer.
“Other players had problems with nasty
weather,” Coe-Jones says. “Growing up in BC,
if you didn’t play in the rain, you didn’t play.
I was mentally prepared for wind, rain, nasty
conditions, wet grips and whatever.”
Newly retired from the LPGA, CoeJones will reside in Tampa, Fla. but will spend
summers at her home on Vancouver Island.
Coe-Jones will continue sponsoring the annual
junior golf tournament which has been held
at her home course, March Meadows GC, for
the past 20 years.
“How could I not spend the summer in
the Northwest? There is no prettier place in
the world,” she says.
Sidelined with a broken foot, this past
year was a disappointing end to the successful
career she began in 1984. She remembers that
first year as both exciting and intimidating,
and says she has tremendous admiration for
today’s new crop of players.
“They start out 19 years old, ready to play, and ready to win,”
she says. “When I started out, I learned how to play on tour. I was a
silent learner watching these women I really respected.”
Coe-Jones said she is particularly thankful she had the
opportunity to play alongside JoAnne Carner, Patty Sheehan and
Nancy Lopez.
Her silent study paid off. Coe-Jones won three times on
tour, and racked up more than $3.3 million in career earnings.
As an amateur, she had back-to-back wins in the BC Girls’
Junior in 1978 and 1979 and the BC Women’s Amateur in 1982 and
1983. Her 1983 season culminated with the Canadian Amateur title.
In 2003 she was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.
Coe-Jones plans to spend her newfound spare time with her
husband Jimmy, and 13-year-old son James.
“I’ll be spending much more time being a Florida hockey
mom. I know it’s crazy – hockey in Florida and golf in Canada.”
- Ina Zajac
YOUTH IS SERVED – AND THEY
HAVE SERVED NOTICE
This summer’s IGA Men’s and Women’s Amateurs were both
won by the youngest champions in the history of each event.
Get ready for your close-up.
At 15 years old, Cali entered the final round
of the IGA Women’s Amateur tied for the lead. “I
guess I was a little surprised,” she said later.
But not too surprised.
And when she walked off the final hole at
Scotch Pines Golf Course in Payette, Idaho, with
a two-shot victory, her summer opened its arms
and laid its gifts at her feet. She went on to play
for Team Idaho at the Girls Junior America’s Cup in Calgary;
she played in the Trusted Choice Big I Classic at Pinehurst
(yes, that Pinehurst); and her victory in the state amateur
earned her a spot in the IGA Tournament of Champions,
where she tied for second after firing a 70 on the second day.
Cali is a sophomore at Middleton High School in
Middleton, Idaho, and this spring will be the No. 1 player on
the golf team.
No. 1 – and climbing.
QUINN CARBOL
Playing in the second-to-last group of the final
round of the IGA Men’s Amateur at the Blackfoot
Golf Course in Blackfoot, Idaho, the 16-year-old
Quinn figured he had a little advantage. “I had an
idea of what was happening (in the last group),” he
said. “But I just stayed focused on my own game.”
He won the title by a single shot, the first
time he has played in the championship.
He’d been playing most of the summer, mainly on the
IGA’s Junior Tour, and his victory at the state amateur earned
him a spot on Team Idaho at the Hogan Cup, as well as on the
victorious amateur team that reclaimed the Carter Cup after
four years of being in the hands of the pros from the Rocky
Mountain Section. He also won the Junior State Championship
for his age group.
Quinn is a senior at Highland High School in Pocatello, where
he’s played on the golf team every year. A bright student, he is
a year ahead in school, and is considering studying medicine in
college. He’s starting to send his resumes out to universities.
We’re thinking he’s going to get in.
©2008 Lonna Tucker
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Bill and Paula Clapp, Co-Founders of
Seattle International Foundation,
a supporting organization
at The Seattle Foundation
“Seattle’s our home but our giving
goes around the globe.”
Years of traveling to countries like Bangladesh and Guatemala have helped shape
Bill and Paula Clapp’s perspective on giving. That’s why the local donors chose to open the
Seattle International Foundation as a supporting organization at The Seattle Foundation.
“The Foundation understands the importance of international philanthropy and helps to
connect us with other donors who also want to make a difference.” And because The Seattle
Foundation simplifies the process of international giving, the Clapps are free to continue
getting to know the locals—all over the globe. www.seattlefoundation.org 206.622.2294
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O F
T H E
N O R T H W E S T
FROM ANY SET OF TEES ON THIS HOLE,
THE CHOICE REMAINS THE SAME – water to
the left, grass dunes to the right, water to
the left, grass dunes to the right. Oh, and
there are grass dunes in the middle as well.
This par-4 with a split fairway is the
classic risk-reward hole. Although it may
not look like it from the tee, the safer play
is to the right side of the fairway, usually
hitting a hybrid or fairway wood. Players
can shorten the hole by hitting the tee shot
down the left side, bringing the lake into
play. Let the direction of the wind, and your
conscience, be your guide.
The green itself is no bargain. With a
huge humpback spine in the middle running
from back to front, creating several subtle
rippling tiers, pay close to attention to the
hole location, and to your yardage, when
hitting the approach shot.
A par on this hole is hard won and
well deserved.
Tetherow Golf Club No. 6
G R E A T
NOVEMBER 2008 | PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOLFER
Bend, Oregon | Par-4
Kidd
Black
Tan
Red
424 yards
379 yards
327 yards
283 yards
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