July 4th in Courses, Features, News.
Nobody understood the beauty of summer like Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks. With a smile that infected all of those around him, and a childlike love for the game of baseball, Banks was best known for how he would walk out of the Cubs’ locker room, look around at the sun brightening the ivy-covered walls of Wrigley Field and utter his famous catchphrase, “It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame … Let’s play two.”
I may choose to reach for a …
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June 27th in Courses, Features, News.
Swiftwater Cellars and Rope Rider's No. 9 green, directly above the old No. 9 coal mine.
Kittitas County’s famous coal mines are getting a second life this summer in a new golf course and winery at Suncadia Resort
I’ve come to Roslyn, Wash., to visit a brand new golf course and winery opening at the nearby Suncadia Resort, but I can’t pull myself away from the city cemetery.
It’s the names that jump out at you first — Tomac, Muratti, Dragecevic, Mattila, …
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March 10th in Courses, Features.
Tetherow Golf Club – Photo By Mike Houska
By Jim Moore
Let me tell you how much I enjoy playing in two annual tournaments in Central Oregon – this year I missed my twin boys’ sixth birthday to participate in the Central Oregon Shootout in April. And I won’t let anything get in the way of the Pacific Amateur either.
If that makes me a deadbeat dad, oh well. I’m already wondering how I’m going to pull it off next year when …
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July 22nd in Courses, Features.
Western Washington’s wet spring weather has pushed a planned soft opening this fall back to Spring 2011, giving golfers an extra few months to straighten their drives before tackling Salish Cliffs’ narrow fairways.
Just as the economy begins to recover, the Squaxin Island tribe prepares to open a stunning new Gene Bates-designed course among steep bluffs and towering pines in Shelton
by Craig Smith
So, here I am, stuck in the mud with a famous …
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December 1st in Courses, Features.
By, Brian Beaky, CG Editor
Now, don’t get me wrong – I love the Northwest, and even the rain, which keeps everything green and fresh, year-round. There’s no experience like coming back from a trip to the Midwest or the East Coast, breaking through the clouds and seeing the mountains, the trees, the hills, the lakes and the Sound … it’s breathtaking, and reminds you how lucky we are to live here.
I also love to play golf, though, and while you’d …
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