Cynthia Dye McGarey talks about her career and her first solo design in the U.S. with Kingston’s White Horse.
With a handful of manufacturers having a tight stranglehold on the multi-million dollar golf club market, you might wonder why anyone would try and start up their own clubmaking operation.
Well, the guys at Woodinville-based Upswing Golf feel like they have a unique angle on the business, with the goal of making the game more affordable.
Swinging a golf club with a broken left hand is like kicking a football with a broken toe or pitching a baseball with a cut on your finger.
A “golf experience” … it’s a phrase often used on
golf course
web sites but rarely delivered. It’s the idea that a round of golf can be more than a collection of tee shots, pitches and putts. A “golf experience” is a more visceral connection with the natural environment, sharing your epic surroundings with friends and family, an event that will live in your memory for years, one that you’ll still talk about even after you’ve played dozens of other golf courses.
Yardage is from the Sand tees, or white tees, generally played by most golfers
NO. 1: Par 4, 465 yards
Puget Sound
It’s in honor of the body of water that is the dramatic backdrop for the course and the hole.
NO. 2: Par 4, 366 yards
Foxy
Fox Island is off to the left. It also reminiscent of the 14th hole at Scotland’s Royal Dornoch, known by the same name.
NO. 3: Par 3, 130 yards
Blown Out
This is reflective of the wind off the …
