May 25th in Swing Fit.
As you prepare for your golf season this spring, take a little extra time in understanding injury prevention. Low back pain is common among amateur golfers. Most of these aches and pains can be prevented with a little extra attention given to flexibility and strength.
The body can be broken down into segments (such as the knee, or ankle) which provide either mobility or stability. That is, they either allow a majority of movement to occur — mobility — or provide …
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April 23rd in Courses, Features, Places, Travel Bag.
Victoria, B.C.’s Bear Mountain Golf Club
By Tony Dear
For a world-class international golf getaway, there’s no need to look past our own Northwest Borders.
The minutes from Arbutus Ridge’s Nov. 14 Greening Committee meeting say a lot about where the course’s priorities lie. Sprinkled liberally throughout the document are words and phrases like “composting,” “recycling, “habitat management,” “Audubon certification” and “aggressive conservation program.”
Chairing the Greening Committee is Gracie Wilcox, who works in the golf shop and who is clearly …
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April 16th in Courses, Features, Places, Road Holes.
Chelan’s Bear Mountain Ranch
By Bob Sherwin
Tucked into a rain shadow just across the Cascades, four stunning courses beckon soggy Sound golfers
Imagine a drive that doesn’t plug in the fairway, but one that bounces high over a ridge and rolls past the 150-yard marker, leaving just a short iron to the green.
For many golfers on the west side of the Cascades, that would be what we call an “August moment.” Such is our plight. We are undeniably wet …
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April 9th in Features.
By Tom Ferrell
Bandon Crossings and Wine Valley architect Dan Hixson on what it takes to turn a hole in the ground into a hole-in-one
“The design shouldn’t tell golfers how to play the hole. It should reward any well-executed strategy,” says golf course architect Dan Hixson, whose preliminary sketch for famed Bandon Crossings is shown here (and above, as it looks today from Google Earth).
The sky over Walla Walla — eastern Washington’s wine country …
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March 26th in Features.
Pick up the April 2009 issue of Cascade Golfer at any of your local Puetz retailers. Featured in this issue:
“From Concept to Creation” Famed NW designer Dan Hixson takes you through the process of building a world-class golf course, bunker by bunker.
“The New Face of Golf” Adjustable-face drivers are changing the way you play the game.
“Morning Has Broken” Tucked into a raid shadow just across the Cascades, four stunning courses beckon soggy Sound golfers.
“O’ Canada – From Sea to Sky” …
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