July 13th in Short Game.
Chambers Bay No. 15
Scott Mulholland didn’t choose to be a painter of golf courses … well, not exactly. But, as anyone who makes their living in the creative arts will tell you – be they a painter, writer, film director, etc. – your best work comes when you paint (or write, or direct) what you know.
Raised in Ayr, Scotland, Mulholland picked up golf at an early age, playing at the junior ranks in Kilmarnock and caddying at Royal Troon …
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July 11th in News, Short Game.
Eagles Pride Golf Course Range at Fort Lewis (Photo by Rob Perry)
Every summer, the golf range at Fort Lewis’ Eagles Pride Course is filled with hundreds of military children participating in golf camps.
TARGET GOLF
Every golfer needs a good place to practice. Here are a few of our other favorite places to fine-tune our swing in between summer road trips:
Puetz Golf • Seattle11762 Aurora Ave N • (206) 362-2272Covered stalls with custom-fitting on-site
Interbay Golf …
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June 29th in News, Short Game.
In the past, some serious Northwest golfers have flown to California and Arizona for high-tech custom club fittings. The folks at Puetz now hope these golfers stay home and drive to the Puetz stores in Seattle and Southcenter for the same service — and that a lot of other golfers join them.
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June 24th in News, Short Game.
The Orange Whip
As the producers of golf magazines, golf shows, tournaments and other golf-related enterprises, we’re used to seeing a lot of “interesting” products that make a lot of promises. Clubs that come unhinged when your swing isn’t on-plane, tees that somehow make you more accurate and consistent (Tees. Seriously. How desperate do people think we are?) — you name it, we’ve seen it. Needless to say, we tend to look less to funky gadgets for swing improvement, and …
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June 22nd in News, Short Game.
When officials at Sunriver Resort decided to redo the greens at their famed Crosswater course this August, it left managers of the acclaimed Pacific Amateur Championship, the Northwest’s top amateur golf tournament, with a dilemma. Crosswater has hosted the championship round of the event — featuring nearly 700 golfers from across the globe competing over 54 holes at Central Oregon’s top courses — for 14 years. If it was not going to be available, where would they possibly find another course of comparable quality to hold the final?
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