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City LightsSpokane’s four municipal courses are beacons of great golf

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IndIan Canyon Golf Course OpeNed FOr pLAy IN 1935. designed by pNGA Hall of Famer H. Chandler egan, the course has been consistently chosen by Golf Digest as one of the top public facilities in the country. The course sits atop the west entrance to Spokane, overlooking the city. Indian Canyon has hosted three USGA national championships – the U.S. Amateur public Links Championship in 1941 and 1984, and the U.S. Women’s Amateur public Links Championship in 1989. Indian Canyon annually hosts the rosauers Open, one of the largest pGA Section events in the country. Built against a canyon wall with a vertical drop of 240 feet amid many towering pines, it offers a diverse and unique playing environment. Opened in 1957, esmeralda Golf Course offers open space and flat fairways lined with over 2,000 trees. Seniors and beginners find esmeralda a great haven and help to make it Spokane’s most-played municipal course, lending itself to golfers of all skill levels.

downriver Golf Course is a layout that can be enjoyed by everyone. It is not intimidating for the occasional player, and does provide a great challenge for the accomplished golfer. downriver is one of the oldest courses in the Spokane area, built in 1916. The golf course is heavily treed and lies along the Spokane river, and is bordered by riverside State park. Over the years, downriver has become a community favorite. The Creek at Qualchan is Spokane’s newer golf course, opening in 1993, and offers a new dimension to golf in the area. A creek meandering throughout the course, five ponds, wooded and hilly areas, a few holes with open beauty, and well-protected greens add a treat to golf enthusiasts. each hole has multiple sets of tees, and the bentgrass greens are generally straightforward. Qualchan is located in a natural setting, a sanctuary for many species of birds and wildlife.

For playability, accessibility and affordability, the sun rises and sets on the four city-owned courses in Spokane. Put your sticks in the trunk of the car and make yourself at home

Spokane City ChampionShip the Spokane City Championship has much history in the inland northwest, dating back to 1943 when irving Cornell won what was then referred to as the Spokane municipal Championship. the event ceased in the late 1980s and was rekindled in 2005. in 2006 a popular Senior Division was added. the event is open to anyone and players come from Seattle, tri-Cities, idaho, montana and Canada. Call 509.487.6291 or visit spokanegolf.org to download an entry form. entry deadline is august 23.

For Juniorsrates for Junior golfers at all four city courses:$12 Mon-Thurs • $22 Fri-Sun & holidays

On the following dates and courses, Juniors (ages 6-17) play free when accompanied by a paying adult (tee times after 2 p.m.): August 7 Indian Canyon August 14 esmeralda August 21 The Creek at Qualchan August 28 downriver

adult/Child scotch-Ball Tournamentaugust 29 – Indian CanyonScotch-Ball is played in pairs. Both partners tee off. Then they choose the best ball off the tee and play it to the hole with each player hitting every other shot. Only one score is recorded. Scotch-Ball is a great golf twist to keep the pace moving for adults and maintain younger players’ engagement.

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www.spokanegolf.org Green fees at all four city courses$27 Mon-Thurs; $29 Fri-Sun & holidays

downriver Golf Course3225 Columbia CircleSpokane, Washington 99205509.327.5269esmeralda Golf Course3933 e. Courtland Ave.Spokane, Washington 99217509.487.6291Indian Canyon Golf Course4304 W. West driveSpokane, Washington 99224509.747.5353The Creek at Qualchan301 e. Meadowlane roadSpokane, Washington 99224509.448.9317

friday, august 26th at esmeralda • saturday, august 27th at downriver • sunday, august 28th at The Creek at Qualchan 

Previous page: The 373-yard par-4 eighth hole at The Creek at Qualchan. Photo by Rob Perry

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steve Conner pGA Head professionaldownriver GC Steve is currently in his 13th season as head professional at downriver. He has previously served on the Inland empire pGA

Board of directors, as well as Chairman of the Inland empire pGA tournament committee.

rex schultzpGA Head professionalesmeralda GC during his years at esmeralda, rex has been active in promoting junior golf and has introduced the game to thousands of kids

over the years. In 2002, he received recognition as the Inland empire pGA Junior Golf Leader. rex has served in every elective office available in the Inland empire pGA Chapter, culminating in serving as president in 2003 and 2004. He was awarded the Inland empire Golf professional of the year Award in 2003.

Gary lindebladpGA Head professionalIndian Canyon GC Gary started at Indian Canyon in 1985. He has received over 40 Inland empire Chapter and pacific Northwest Section awards for his

service to the pGA, golf instruction and junior golf. In 2007 he was inducted into the pacific Northwest Section pGA Hall of Fame.

Mark GardnerpGA Head professionalThe Creek at Qualchan Mark Gardner has been the head professional at The Creek at Qualchan for 12 years. He served as Inland empire pGA president for

two terms, and has served on the pacific NW pGA Board of directors for eight years. He has been chosen as professional of the year in the Inland empire pGA five times and has won the player of the year honors six times.

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by Bob Spiwak

I first met Wiffi Smith around 1990, visiting her at her small indoor teaching facility in darrington, Wash. Her name and place were both incongruous – darrington is a tiny town at the western foot of the Cascade Mountains and was at that time known for logging and moonshine. It seemed hardly the place for a golf school, especially one run by a woman named Wiffi. What kind of name is that for a golfer? She answered that question after we introduced ourselves, telling of her mother, an adventurous explorer who, while in an Indian village in Mexico, was approached by a smiling witch doctor who patted her belly and uttered a word sounding like “Huifi,” which translated meant, “something is in there.” Her mother did not know she was pregnant at the time. When she got back to Mexico City she was examined and sure enough, there was a baby there, and about eight months later Margaret was born. Well, “Margaret” may have been good enough for a birth certificate, but Wiffi was what she was called for the rest of her life, even now, 75 years later. And for most of those years she was winning golf tournaments. She won the 1954 U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur, the 1955 North and South Women’s Amateur, and the 1956 British Ladies Amateur and Trans-Mississippi Amateur. Wiffi turned professional in 1956, and six months later she was featured on the cover of Golf Digest, sharing a split image photo with another up-and-comer named Arnold palmer. In Mexico

she befriended and played with Sandra Fullmer, also a prodigious winner as a junior and adult amateur. Things came full circle in 2004 when Ms. Fullmer, as association president, presented Wiffi with the coveted Women’s Western Golf Association Woman of distinction award at a function in Sunriver, Ore. peggy Kirk Bell won the award the following year. She and her husband Warren took Wiffi under their wings at pine Needles resort (in North Carolina), where she was hired to play golf with the guests. At the time, Wiffi was also working as a horse trainer and involved with taking care of the fox hunting hounds at a nearby farm. Said peggy of Wiffi, “She’d have been the greatest ever. Wiffi simply had it all, starting with one of the great swings in golf.” I would characterize her swing as being akin to honey running off a block of butter onto a teflon plate. even in these later years, hers is a swing to make any golfer drool with envy.

But after winning nine LpGA tournaments and runner-up in eight, her Cinderella golf life became a pumpkin. First, at a tournament in Georgia, she asked to borrow a caddie’s motor scooter, just for a fun ride. The accelerator was the reverse of any scooter she had ridden before, and in trying to slow she speeded up and ran into a car, badly injuring her hands. She had treatment and, undaunted, continued playing professionally, with part of her physical therapy being playing the piano. She had a Volkswagen van to travel from tournament to tournament and in the back was a piano. On a foggy night in Louisiana, driving down the highway she spotted a white mule on the side of the road. She did not see the dark one directly in front of her and collided with it. The piano

Whimsical and lyrical Wiffi smith one of the Northwest’s great personalities

During a fundraising event for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Wiffi tees it up off the navel of Bob Cram, the former weatherman for Seattle’s KING TV (NBC).

A recent photo of Wiffi, standing outside her practice facility in Darrington, Wash.

ABOVE: During a fundraising event for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Wiffi tees it up off the navel of Bob Cram, the former weatherman for Seattle’s KING TV (NBC).

RIGHT: Wiffi (left) was at the 1993 Safeco Classic (held at Meridian Valley CC) as the putting coach for tour player Jane Crafter (right).

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crashed into her seat back and her hands were almost broken against the steering wheel. This pretty much ended her pro career as a player. Wiffi is a people person – whimsical, cerebral, communicative. She turned to giving golf lessons. She has been with the peggy Bell, Craft-Zavichas, Ben Sutton, Leslie Holbert and other schools, along with giving private lessons. Her teaching abilities became so renowned that she opened the small facility in darrington, and although a full hour from Seattle, had customers coming to her door. World traveler that she is, she had passed through the Northwest many times and took a liking to it. She and her buddy, robin Harrington, whom she’d met at pine Needles, found a place large enough for two separate living spaces almost at the foot of White Horse Mountain,

Whimsical Wiffi drove a 1938 Model A Ford, in contrast to the Packards, Cadillacs and Lincolns the other stars were driving. She shared the cover of Golf Digest in 1957 with another up-and-comer named Arnold Palmer.

outside darrington. robin died at age 90 in 2009. Wiffi became a little withdrawn after the death of her friend, and although she closed her facility shortly afterward, she continued teaching. She was named head pro at Cloverdale Golf Course, just a few miles from her home. Her place in darrington is now up for sale. Tired of the snow and cold and always a lover of the Southwest, she plans to move to New Mexico. There is a course down there, a muni, that is quite nice but has neither pro nor teacher and the manager is under fire. There might be a job opportunity. It will be a sad day when she departs, and she still owes me bunker lessons. But shucks, New Mexico is not that far away.

Bob Spiwak took up golf in 1953 as a respite from the rigors of selling bibles door-to-door in North Dakota. Bob is a contributing editor for Cybergolf.com and has written articles for almost every golf magazine in the Western world. Bob’s most treasured golf antiquity is a nod he got from Gerald Ford at the 1990 Golf Summit. Spiwak lives in Mazama, Wash. with his wife and several pets next to his fabled Whispering Rattlesnakes Golf & Flubbers Club.

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for The reCord Katie Lee, 15, shot a ladies course record 5-under-par 67 in the first round of the Women’s State Amateur Championship last month, held at The Home Course in dupont, Wash. Katie would finish the event tied for second, two strokes behind winner – and older sister – erynne Lee.

Troy andrew takes over reins of WsGa and PnGa The Washington State Golf Association (WSGA) and Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) have announced that Troy Andrew will take over as the new Executive Director of the two associations. Andrew will begin his new duties at the PNGA and WSGA effective immediately. Andrew replaces John Bodenhamer, who was the CEO and Executive Director of the two associations for 21 years before leaving last month to join the senior staff of the United States Golf Association as the Senior Managing Director of Rules, Competitions and Amateur Status. With the departure of Bodenhamer, the Board of Directors of the two associations had wanted a seamless transition and turned to Andrew, who had been serving as the Assistant Executive Director for the past four years. “We’re very fortunate and thrilled to have someone of Troy’s ability and experience taking the reins of the WSGA,” said WSGA President, Ben Grinspan. “The Board looks forward to working with him well into the future.” Andrew, 37, was originally hired in 1999 by the PNGA and WSGA and served as the Senior Director of Rules and Competition for seven years before becoming the Assistant Executive Director and Senior Director of Com-munications for the associations in 2007. In Andrew’s 12 years with the associations he has been involved with every aspect of their core services, which includes championships, Rules of Golf, Evans Scholarship Program, Pacific Northwest Golfer magazine, membership services, and the GHIN handicap software. Andrew has been a member of the Interna-tional Association of Golf Administrators since 2000 and served on the USGA GHIN Tourna-ment Pairings Program Steering Committee from 2004-2006. Andrew earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations and Marketing at Central Washington University in 1997. Prior to joining the PNGA and WSGA, he was the Assistant Tournament Director for the Pacific Northwest Section PGA. He and his wife Kelly have two young sons, Carson and Jack.

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PreMo WIns Par 3 TITle Seattle’s Mike premo took first place at the inaugural Washington State par 3 Championship, which was held at Highlands GC in Tacoma in June. premo had rounds of 59-57 for a total 116, which tied him with Bellevue’s Adam Levy who shot a tournament record 55 in the second round after a first round 61. The two had a sudden death playoff, which premo won on the first extra hole, converting an eight-foot putt for birdie. Third place went to Joe Bauman who shot 59-59. Fifty-four players turned out for the state’s only-one-of-its-kind championship, sponsored by Harnish Buick/GMC and hosted by the Seattle Golf & Travel Show and Highlands Golf Course. The longest hole at Highlands, a locally-owned course, was the 230-yard fourth hole, and the shortest hole was played at 105 yards. There were different Kp prizes available for each of the 18 holes, plus tournament prizes to the top three gross finishers. Hole prizes ranged from Mariner tickets to the Grand prize of a new Buick LaCrosse provided by Harnish Buick. The tournament will be an annual event. Visit wsp3c.com or highlandsgolf.net for more information. The Seattle Golf & Travel Show is a part of Golf Shows and events West (www.golfshowsandeventswest.com).

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roBerTsWIns aWard Harold “pepper” roberts, a volunteer at American Lake Veterans Golf Course in Lakewood, Wash., and local filmmaker Kirsten Turk Nghiem, who created a seven-minute documentary about him, captured top honors during the 2010-2011 “Brotherton Community Champions: driving for excellence” competition. The award included a $5,000 donation to the nonprofit organization roberts founded to revitalize and support American Lake Veterans Golf Course. The facility, totally operated and maintained by volunteers, is believed to be the only course in the country designed specifically for wounded and disabled veterans. roberts said the money would be used to help build nine new holes designed by Jack Nicklaus and his team at Nicklaus design. Nicklaus donated design services for both the additional holes and to enhance the accessibility of the exiting nine holes. A campaign is under way to raise funds to cover construction costs. roberts, a veteran of the Korean War, has volunteered at American Lake Veterans Golf Course for more than nine years, donating more than 4,400 hours of his time. The retired school teacher founded the “Friends of American Lake Veterans Golf Course,” a registered 501(c)3 organization, in 2004 to assist with improvements, repairs, care, and maintenance of the course. He now serves as president emeritus.

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For the second time since opening in 1993, the desert Canyon golf course in Orondo, Wash. has been sold. As of July 1, 2011 the new owner is don Barth, who also owns Alta Lake resort in pateros, Wash., the only 18 hole course in Okanogan County, and rock Island G.C. south of Wenatchee.

The USGA has awarded $10,000 to the first Green foundation to support its Links As Labs program. Based in Bellevue, Wash., the foundation was established to promote and provide environmental education on golf courses, using golf courses as outdoor learning laboratories. “The USGA is pleased to continue its long-standing support of organizations working to improve the lives of young people through the game of golf,” said ron read, the USGA’s director of regional affairs for the Western United States. “Such activities speak highly of the enduring values of the game.”

Brian Mogg, ranked among the top golf instructors in the nation, has established one of his academies at Chambers Bay in University place, Wash, the Brian Mogg performance Center. Mogg, a native of nearby Tacoma, pursued a career on the pGA Tour in the 1980s before settling in Orlando, Fla.  He opened the first Brian Mogg performance Center in 2002, and his stable of professional clients includes 2009 pGA Champion y.e. yang, among others. Mogg has been voted one of America’s Top 100 Teachers by the pGA of America for eight consecutive years.

earlier this summer the Coeur d’alene Casino resort hotel in Worley, Idaho – home of Circling raven Golf Club – opened a substantial resort expansion, with many new amenities at the popular resort owned by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe. The project marks the seventh expansion completed at the resort since it opened in 1993. The resort makes the tribe the largest employer in North Idaho. New amenities include the addition of 98 hotel rooms, outdoor amphitheater, spa and steakhouse.

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Introduced and edited by Jeff Shelley

About the only player from the Pacific Northwest – male or female – who can rival the career record of Anne Quast Sander is her long-time rival, JoAnne Gunderson Carner. But while the titles won by the “Great Gundy” took place on amateur and professional stages, all of Sander’s came as an amateur during a remarkable four-decade stretch. With seven USGA championships won, Sander – along with Carol Semple Thompson – ranks behind only Bobby Jones and Tiger Woods (nine), Carner and Jack Nicklaus (eight). Further proving Sander’s longevity, only Marlene Stewart Streit (winner of the 1956 U.S. Women’s Amateur and 2003 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur) went longer between their first and last USGA wins. It was 35 years between Sander’s victories in the 1958 U.S. Women’s Amateur and 1993 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur. Though slight of build, Sander was a dominant force on the golf course. Her 14-and-13 win over Phyllis Preuss in the 1961 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Tacoma C&GC is tied for the largest winning margin ever by a man or woman in a championship match. So how did this Marysville, Wash., native – now 73 – who grew up at Cedarcrest Golf Course, make the cover of Sports Illustrated and, with Carner, Pat Lesser Harbottle and Ruth Jessen, propel Northwest golf as a national force in the 1960s? Here is Part 2 of the story of Anne Quast Sander, in her own words.

WHeN I WAS 14, THe 1952 U.S. GIrLS’ JUNIOr WAS TO Be HeLd AT MONTerey peNINSULA GC IN CALIFOrNIA. It was fortuitous for two reasons: The USGA championships are held in the West only every eight to 10 years, and my mother loves Carmel. My brother went as well, and they saw all the sights while I played golf. I was a total unknown nationally, but that started to change when I scored 76 in the qualifying round, as did 17-year-old

Mickey Wright, my heroine. There was a playoff for medalist honors. I parred the first hole, and she bogeyed it. I remember being so surprised. In the first match, I played one of the pre-tournament favorites, 15-year-old Berridge Long from Huntington, W.V., who had reached the semifinals of the Women’s Western in Los Angeles the week before. I won the match, and in the second round defeated the defending champion, Arlene Brooks. I lost to Barbara McIntyre in the semifinal (and she lost in the final to Wright).That same week, another hero, Jack Westland from everett G&CC became the oldest to win the U.S. Amateur, held that year at Seattle Golf Club. So, between our two performances, everett G&CC was suddenly well known on the national scene.

The next week the U.S. Women’s Amateur was held at Waverley CC in portland. In the qualifying round I scored 87; those shooting 88s had to participate in a playoff to gain a spot in match play. In my first match I played the current champion of the Trans-National (then known as Trans-Mississippi). I shot 79, and we had to play another hole. I bogeyed it, but she took two shots to get out of a greenside bunker, so I won. I lost to pat Lesser in the second round, 5 and 4. That fall, back in Marysville High School as a junior, I had a very bad experience. I was sitting next to my good friend Janet during the Latin final exam. I dropped my pencil, Janet picked it up for me and I said, “Thank you.” The teacher, who was old and ornery, accused me of cheating, took my

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paper, and gave me an F. She was only one of the negatives or shortcomings I recall about the school. I remember math classes from Mr. Anderton, a farmer who should have stayed on his tractor. He would work out a problem on the blackboard and say, “Well, if it don’t come out right, it don’t make any difference.” My Latin teacher actually did me a big favor in the long run. My mother took me down to Seattle for an appointment with Marjorie Livengood, the headmistress at the Helen Bush School (now Bush School, and coed, but then was a boarding school for girls in the seventh through 12th grades). She said I should come immediately, that given my age – I was a junior at 15 – she might put me back a year to get me caught up on any deficiencies. But at the end of that quarter she determined that I could remain a junior because I was doing so well. Not only was I now receiving a first-class education, but Mrs. Livengood would do anything she could for a student who also excelled in music, art or sports. In my case, she went to the board at Broadmoor Golf Club and obtained permission for me to practice there. Thus, I got to leave school on the bus with Frank, the driver, when he was taking home those from grades 1-6 (the coed part of the school). He would drop me off at Broadmoor, and pick me up two hours or so later on his way back to school. If it rained too hard while I was there I would study, but I can also remember practicing many times with only seagulls as company. That summer I cannot recall if I played in any local competitions. I did get to go east to Massachusetts for the 1953 U.S. Girls’ Junior at The Country Club in Brookline, near Boston. It proved to be an eye-opening experience, but devastating at the time. I had not yet learned much about bunker play, and that course has some very deep traps. I had already had some difficulty in bunkers on two par-3s, ending with two double-bogeys, but was still well on the way to qualifying when I came to the par-3 16th. I hit into the very deep front bunker. My shots kept hitting the bank and coming back – four times in all. The fifth shot went across the green into another bunker. I finally got on the green in seven and scored a nine. I ended up with an 89, one too many to qualify for championship match play. Nineteen of those strokes came on three pars-3s. The 1953 U.S. Women’s Amateur at rhode Island CC was a much better experience. Back then there were no qualifying rounds, just a draw for match play. (That changed in 1959.) I won three matches before losing to the

renowned polly riley, who went on to the final before losing to Mary Lena Falk. Shortly thereafter, I started my senior year at Helen Bush. I was in Latin 2 with ninth graders, and it conflicted with my chemistry class, so I met for one hour each week with Mrs. McCall who helped make Latin “come alive” for me. It was a highlight of my week. In early spring we took the SAT tests. I scored very high on the verbal section, but only very mediocre in math (my only math classes had been in Marysville). Actually, it’s amazing I passed that section at all because most of the math problems I could work only backward, i.e., I would fill in the blank, multiple choice questions, and if it didn’t quite work I would choose the nearest one!

Helen Bush was a small school, with only 28 students in my graduating class. When it came time to apply for a university, I probably put Stanford at the top of my list because 10 of the 28 were applying there. Two were accepted to Stanford very quickly. Then, week by week, rejections came. Finally, I was the only one who hadn’t received a letter. I remember I was home for a weekend, and on Saturday, I went down to the mailbox at the foot of the hill. There was a letter from Stanford. When I opened it and read, “We are happy to…” I was so elated I literally ran up the steep hill to our house. I believe I was probably one of the last of Stanford’s acceptances that year. My grades at Bush were all A’s, but the first two years at Marysville they were mediocre, plus the math section of my SAT’s was low. probably the deciding factor in the end was my golf. Stanford is known to favor those who do something special apart from academia.

Part 3 will include Anne’s collegiate career and emergence as a national champion.

Jeff Shelley is the editorial director for cybergolf.com and authored three editions of the book, Golf Courses of the pacific Northwest.

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by Tacoma elks Lodge #174, which is working on plans for a new lodge hall in its current location west of the course. don says the down economy has triggered lots more competition among area courses than in the past. “Until the last few years, each course had its regulars and you didn’t see all the special offers to try and attract players from other courses,” he said. “Allenmore still has a loyal base of men, ladies, senior and juniors groups, along with the occasionals (such as yours truly), but with the economy and rising costs of operation, it’s tough.” Anyone who’s walked Allenmore is forever grateful for the rope tow available to assist a tired golfer up the steep grade between the 17th and 18th holes. don says the idea was borrowed from the Seattle Golf Club around 1970. He chuckled in noting that the seniors complain about the speed being too fast and the juniors about it being too slow. “I don’t know exactly how fast it is, but I believe it’s about right.” And I believe Allenmore won’t be quite the same without don Mojean. At 61, he says he’ll probably work in some aspect of the golfing industry, after taking some time off to relax and spend time with his family (daughters age 22 and 23 and his wife of 26 years, Linda). Larry Coffman is the Washington account manager for pacific Northwest Golfer. He can be reached at 425-487-9111 or larrycoffman@frontier.com.

Eaglemont opensnew clubhouse Aftermorethan17yearsofplanningandwaiting,EaglemontGolfClubinMountVernon,Wash.hasopeneditsclubhouse.Andwhatalocationforaclubhouseitis.The20,000-squarefootbuildingfeaturesalmost360-degreeviews,includingsightsofMountBaker,theOlympicMountainsandtheSanJuanIslands.Italsooffersarestaurantanda270-personbanquetroom.Theproshopislocatedonthefirstfloor,andafitnesscenterwillopensoon. KevinLeDuc,thePGAHeadGolfProfessionalwhohasbeenatEaglemontfornearlythreeyears,lookedaroundatthenewfacilityandsaid,“Thisiswhatwe’vebeenwaitingfor.Thecoursewasdesignedfortheclubhousetobeinthisspot,totakeadvantageoftheseviews.Nowwecanofferpeopleafullexperiencewhentheycomehere.” Severalholesonthecoursehavebeenre-numbered,toaccommodatethenewclubhouse’slocation.The13thholewillnowbetheopeninghole,adownhillpar-4;theold12thholewillnowbethe9th;theold8thholewillnowbethe10th,andsoon. Themodularbuildingsthathadhousedtheproshopandrestaurantsincethecourseopenedin1993willbemovedtothedrivingrangetobeusedasagolfinstructioncenter. Visiteaglemontgolf.comorcall800.368.8876.

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by Larry Coffman One of the many reasons I always enjoyed playing Allenmore Golf Course was the warm reception I could count on from congenial head pro don Mojean. It was with some disappointment that I learned of his recent retirement. Though we chatted during my occasional trips to play the meticu-lously maintained course in south Tacoma, I can’t say I really knew much about don – until I began asking around the golfing community and heard him described, more than a few times, as “one of the good guys of golf.” I gave him a call to say thanks for past favors, and learned a lot more. The Tacoma native and Wilson High School grad began working on the grounds crew at Allenmore in 1969 and a year later moved into the pro shop. In another two years he rose to assistant pro under the legendary Oscar “Ockie” eliason. When eliason retired in 1987, don was promoted to head pro and remained there until his retirement. Although a scratch golfer all those years, don concentrated on the business side and got involved in tournament play and teaching only occasionally. don got his lone hole-in-one at Allenmore on April 18, 1968 with a seven-iron on the 150-yard second hole, and his best round ever, a 65, was carded there as well. Allenmore is celebrating its 80th year in 2011. The current 18-hole layout was completed in the late 1940s and in 1954 it was purchased

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Young History In winning the 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur, 17-year-old Jordan Spieth joined Tiger Woods as the only multiple-winners of this championship. Spieth also won the event in 2009, and Woods won it three times (1991-1993). Spieth, from Dallas, Texas, was the only player in the field this year who was competing in his fourth U.S. Junior Amateur. He is already a veteran, and showed it during his march through the match-play bracket. He has also made the cut in the last two PGA Tour Byron Nelson Championships. The championship was held on the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash.

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Jordan Spieth

2009 U.S. Junior Amateur Champion Jordan Spieth, left, and 2010 U.S. Junior Amateur Champion Jim Liu, right, lead the contestants into the Players’ Dinner for the 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur onboard the U.S.S. John C. Stennis at Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Wash. prior to the championship.

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VisitthewebsiteoftheRyanStilesCelebrityGolfClassic(ryanstilesgolfclassic.com),scrolldownthepagealittle,clickontheCampPhoenixvideo,andyouwillsitindistressedsilencefornineminutesand41secondsasyoulistentothestoriesofchildburnvictims,andthemanwhodevoteshislifetohelpingthem,MichaelMathis.It’saharrowingfilmforwhichStilesprovidesthevoice-over. Lastyear,thecomedian,actorandSeattlenative,bestknownforhiseight-yearrunon“WhoseLineisitAnyway”(plus76episodesontheBritishversionoftheshowfrom1989to1998),heldhisfirstcharitygolfeventatBellinghamG&CC,attheendofwhichhewasabletohandMathisacheckfor$130,000tohelpsupporttheBurnedChildrenRecoveryFoundation(BCRF)whichMathishadsetupin1989. CampPhoenixandPhoenixHouse,anine-bedrehabilitationandrecoverycenterinEverett,Wash.arejusttwoofthemanyservicesandprogramsBCRFofferstoasmanyofthe280,000childrenburnedinAmericaeveryyearaspossible. “Ourdreamistoteachthechildrentheskillstheyneedtoliveandriseabovetheharassmenttheygetintheireverydaylifeasaburnsurvivor,”theBCRFwebsitesays.“Theyaregiventhetoolstoenjoylifeandteachaboutlifeasasurvivortopeoplewhodonotunderstand.” Whenhedecidedtoestablishhisgolftournament,Stileswasn’treallysurewhichorganizationitshouldbenefit.“IknewIwantedtodosomethingforkidsthough,”hesaid.“RandiAxelsson,oneofthetournament’sco-directors,knewaburnvictimandwasfamiliarwiththeBCRF.AftergettingtoknowMichael,IknewIwantedtohelphimandtheFoundation.” Theinitialdonationwasanicestart,butStiles’sinvolvementwiththeBCRFdoesn’tstopwithhandingoverthechecks.Hemakes

apointoftakingthekidsstayingatPhoenixHouseouttoluncheverytwomonthsorso,andheisaregularvisitortoCampPhoenix,especiallythekayakingtripsnearhishomeonLakeSamish,afewmilessouthofBellingham. “Thecampsareamazing,”hesays.“Theyaresuchagreatopportunityforthekidstohavesomefunandjustfeelnormalforawhile,doingnormalkidthings.Lastyear,Inoticedonegirlwhohadbeenburnedonlyafewweeksbefore.Shewasverynervousanduncomfortabletobeginwith,butwithinadayshewasjustrunningallovertheplace,makingnewfriendsandhavingfun.” Thisyear,theeventwasheldatSemiahmooG&CC,withactorsJeffDavis,DonMost,KevinWeisman,andJackMcGee,CountrymusicstarJamieO’Neal,TVDirectorGerryCohen,andsportsstarsDetlefSchrempf,AlonzoMitzandRandallMorrisamongthecelebrities.ThenearbySilverReefHotel-Casino-Spahassponsoredtheeventthefirsttwoyears. Stiles,amemberatBellinghamG&CC,playedtoo. Thegolfwastheculminationofathree-dayeventthathadbegunontheFridayeveningwith“ANightofComedy”featuringStilesandfellow“WhoseLine”starColinMochrie.ThepackedshowtookplaceatBellingham’sMt.BakerTheatre,whichcouldaccommodateseveralhundredmoregueststhanStiles’ownplace,the100-seatUpfrontTheatre,whichheestablishedin2004toprovideastageforaspiringstand-ups,andatwhichheappearshimselfeverynowandagain. “Irememberbeingsurprisedtherewas

nowhereforthesehopefulstoperform,”hesaysnow.“SoIsaidI’dbuildthematheatre,butwantednothingtodowithrunningit.” “Peopleoftentellmetheyveryrarelyseeburnvictimsinthemall,atrestaurants,oranywhereelseoutsidethehome,”saidMathis.“Thestigmajustbecomestoogreatforthepatienttobearandtheyfinditveryhardtoadapttotheoutsideworld.Itbecomeseasierforthemtohideawayathome.” AtPhoenixHouse,Mathis’goalistogivethesekidsthecourageandconfidencetoknowitdoesn’tmatteriftheydon’tmeetsociety’sexpectationofwhatpeoplearesupposedtolooklike. InasocietyasfickleandvainastheWesternworld,itisunlikelyMathis’dreamwillcometrueforeveryyoungburnvictim.ButwithRyan’shelp,morekidsthanheeverdreamedpossiblearegettingtheirlifeback. a former British pGa apprentice professional and member of the University of Liverpool golf team, tony Dear is an award-winning freelance golf writer now living in Bellingham, Wash. he contributes to numerous golf publications on both sides of the atlantic, and has authored several books on golf. his web site is bellinghamgolfer.com.

the Best MedicineRyan Stiles continues to bring a smile to those who need it most

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lArry coFFMAn had a hole-in-one – his first – on the 7th hole of the Eagle’s Talon course at Willows Run in Redmond, Wash. He used a 9-wood on the 145-yard par-3, and tells us he has witnesses. We believe him – for now. Oh, and Larry is also on the staff of Golf Washington and Pacific Northwest Golfer. He has been in the publishing

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