July 11th in News, Short Game.

PinHighCaddie Puts Class On The Grass

OK, so we’re all excited to play Chambers Bay. The beautiful views, championship-caliber holes — it’s too good to be true, right? Well, in one small way, yes … it’s a no-cart course. It’s a small price to pay for playing such a beautiful course, but still, lugging the bag up and down those dunes for five hours isn’t going to do wonders for your back and shoulders — and trust me, you’ll be needing those muscles as you come …

July 11th in News, Short Game.

No Points For Hitting A Kangaroo

“Around the World in 80 Rounds“ by David Wood • St. Martin’s Press, $24.95, 284 pages • ISBN 13: 978-0-312-37577-5.

“What if some idiot was to travel from the world’s southernmost country to the northernmost?…What if that same idiot decided to play in as many obscure countries and courses en route as he could? And what if that person was a 47-year-old bachelor with no real commitments or anything else to hold him back?“

So asked Seattle golf and travel writer …

July 11th in News, Short Game.

Compete Like A Pro

One of the nation’s largest handicap golf tournaments, the American Amateur Championship (AAC) pits golfers of all ages, genders and handicaps together in a four-day tournament, July 24-27, 2008, with the chance to play some of the region’s premier courses and compete for the title of 2008 American Amateur Champion.

Participants, flighted by gender, age and handicap, will play the first three rounds at one of 10 premier courses (including Hawks Prairie, Indian Summer, Trophy Lake, Washington National, McCormick Woods, Druid’s …

July 11th in News, Short Game.

Who Needs Birdies When We Have Ponies?

Golfers like to gamble. Whether it’s going for the green from 220 yards over a water hazard, or laying $2 a hole with our buddies, taking a few risks makes the game more fun. Heck, impromptu putting challenges are at least a weekly occurrence around the offices of Cascade Golfer. What can we say? We’re golfers, we just can’t help ourselves. That’s why we love the summer — not for the golf, which is great, but for our second love …

July 11th in News, Short Game.

Snoqualmie Falls Keeps It In The Family

Unlike its private neighborhood brethren, TPC at Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie Falls Golf Course makes no pretension of country-club hauteur. And that’s just why we like it.

Rated one of Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play“ in 2004, Snoqualmie Falls has managed to avoid the rush to “bigger“ and “better“ that has consumed many courses in the Puget Sound region, instead remaining true to its roots as an independently-owned, family-run track featuring well-maintained holes at a bargain price.

It’s no coincidence that Snoqualmie …