Golf Notes
Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Herald staff
A large contingent of golfers from in and around Snohomish County will compete in the Washington State Golf Association’s Men’s Best-Ball Championship today and Friday at Moses Pointe Golf Resort in Moses Lake.
Among the Snohomish County teams entered are Jim and Jeff Strickland of Harbour Pointe Golf Course, Matt Johnson and Jack Kelly of Everett Golf and Country Club, Mick Remington of Sahalee Country Club and Jeff Remington of Mill Creek Country Club, Doug Lauer of EG&CC and Bob Burton of Harbour Pointe, Doug Hamilton and Lawson Abinanti of Mill Creek, Jeff Kline and Eric Ericsson of Mill Creek, Pat Baraya of Mill Creek and Alex Stamey of Harbour Pointe, and Stan Strickland and Harrison Jewell of Harbour Pointe.
Also, Ryan Jupiter of Harbour Pointe and Norm Patterson of Columbia Super Range, John Waxham and J.J. Manning of Mill Creek, Bill Lessley of Kayak Point Golf Course and Winston Lessley of Super Range Golf Club, Mike Love and Bill Weitz of Mill Creek, Rich Evenson of Tall Chief Golf Club and Terry Proctor of Snohomish Golf Club, Paul Bonorden and Glenn Davis of Echo Falls Country Club, Jim Bradford and Jack Brooks of Cedarcrest Golf Course, Dale Evenson of Snohomish and Shawn Migues of Rolling Hills Golf Club, Glen Uekawa of Wayne Golf Course and Rick Barlament of Harbour Pointe, and Bob Hawkins of Eaglemont Golf Club and Pat Park of Useless Bay G&CC.
In recent years, Snohomish County has not only had large participation, but considerable success in the state best-ball tournament. In 1999, three-time Snohomish County Am champ Todd Tibke of Snohomish teamed with Mike Joyce for the title. In 1997 and 1998, Kirk Smith of Everett and Kelly Denessen of Snohomish won the championship.
Battle Creek to offer free lessons to kids: Marysville’s Battle Creek Golf Course is offering free golf lessons for juniors (8-17) from 3-5:30 p.m. on June 9. The event, conducted by PGA pros, is limited to the first 100 kids. Pre-registration can be done in the pro shop or by calling 1-800-655-7931.
Racicot, Swanson third at State Women’s Best-Ball: Mimi Racicot of Everett Golf and Country Club and her partner Ann Swanson of Sand Point Country Club took third this week at the Washington State Golf Association’s Women’s State Best-Ball Championship at Whidbey Golf and Country Club.
Racicot and Swanson finished with a 147 two-day total, one stroke behind the winning team of Jane Harris and Leslie Folsom, both of Rainier Golf and Country Club, who won the tournament in a playoff.
Penny Knowles of Useless Bay Country Club and Sharon Johnston of Fircrest Golf Club were fifth at 152. The team of Sandy Keliher of Harbour Point and Cathy Uptain of Mill Creek tied for seventh at 159.
Merrill Lynch tickets on sale: Tickets for the 2001 Merrill Lynch Invitational, scheduled for Aug. 20 at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, are now on sale. The event will feature four former U.S. Open winners – Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Fuzzy Zoeller and Corey Pavin – in a charity skins match.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased through the tournament web site (www.mlisw.com), at any of the 12 Merrill Lynch branch offices in the Puget Sound area, or at Bogart Golf studios in Redmond, Bellevue and Seattle. Proceeds benefit Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center.
WJGA to celebrate 25th anniversary: The Washington Junior Golf Association will celebrate its 25th anniversary with an alumni tournament on July 22 at Trophy Lake Golf and Casting Club.
The event begins with a barbecue lunch, followed by a shotgun start, and later a banquet at Tacoma’s Fircrest Golf Club. The entry fee is $150 per person for the lunch, golf and banquet, or $100 for the lunch and golf only. The entry deadline is May 30.
For information, call the WJGA at 253-564-0348.
PNGA honors seven: Seven individuals were recently inducted in the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Hall of Fame They include Redmond’s Peggy Conley, a top amateur golfer in the 1960s and early ’70s; former Spokane resident Al Mengert, a top amateur and pro through the 1940s and ’50s; and Kent Myers of Lake Oswego, Ore., who was an outstanding amateur golfer through the ’70s, ’80s and early ’90s.
Honored posthumously for their accomplishments in the early to mid-1900s were Charles Hunter, Roderick Macleay, Don Moe and Rudie Wilhelm. Hunter lived in Tacoma, the others in Portland, Ore.
