Herald staff
The inaugural Gordon Richards Memorial Best Ball Championship is scheduled for May 4-5 at Snohomish and Battle Creek golf courses. The event honors Richards, who served as head pro at Tacoma Country and Golf Club, Broadmoor Golf Club and Overlake Golf and Country Club in a 50-year career, and was the builder of Snohomish Golf Course in 1965.
The tournament for two-man teams will be held at Snohomish on May 4 and Battle Creek on May 5, with 10 a.m. starting times both days. There will be two divisions with a gross and net payout, and the champions will be the low-gross team of the field.
The entry fee is $125 per player and includes a practice round at each course (between Monday and May 3, after noon), range balls for both days of the tournament, lunch after each round and a Wilson golf tee prize.
The total prize fund with a full field of 32 teams will be $2,500.
For information, contact Snohomish (1-800-560-2676) or Battle Creek (1-800-655-7931).
Gleneagle offers savings through AGPA program: Arlington’s Gleneagle Golf Course is one of the three Seattle-area courses to offer discounts through membership in the American Golf Players Association (AGPA). Full members ($49.95) and associate members ($29.95) receive discounts on green fees, carts, range balls, food and beverages, merchandise and rentals along with other benefits.
Other AGPA participating courses in the Seattle area are Capitol City Golf Club in Olympia and Lake Wilderness Golf Course in Maple Valley.
For information, call the AGPA at 1-888-790-2472.
Spinal Cord Society to hold benefit tourney: The Northwest Chapter of the Spinal Cord Society will hold its seventh-annual charity golf tournament on June 17 at Mill Creek Country Club. Net proceeds from the event, which begins at noon, will go to spinal cord injury cure research.
Cost for the tournament, which includes a box lunch, golf cart, dinner and auction, is $195. Seattle SuperSonics radio broadcaster Kevin Calabro will participate in the tourney and will be master of ceremonies.
For information, contact Rose-Marie Richardson at 425-670-2622.
Lakewood coaches tourney set for June 1: The Lakewood High School Coaches Association will holding its Third Annual Cougar Classic Golf Tournament on June 1 at Camaloch Golf Course on Camano Island. The four-person best-ball tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with an optional putting contest. Cost is $65 before May 1 and $75 after May 1. All golfers receive a t-shirt, sleeve of golf balls and barbecue lunch. All proceeds go to benefit the Lakewood High School athletic program. Entry forms can be picked up at all school district offices and local businesses. For more information or to receive an entry form call 360-652-4505.
Event planned at Port Townsend: Windermere-Port Townsend Golf Tournament is scheduled for May 4 at Chevy Chase golf course. The 18-hole tournament will feature a scramble format with registration starting at 11 a.m. and play commencing at 1 p.m. Entry fee is $60 with proceeds benefiting the Centrum Arts and Creative Education center located at Fort Worden State Park Conference Center in Port Townsend. For information visit www.centrum.org or call 360-385-3102.
Junior championship set for June 17: The Fifth Annual Pacific Northwest AAU Junior Golf Championship will be held at Apple Tree Golf Course in Yakima on June 17. Age divisions for boys and girls are 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U and 19U. Entry deadlines must be postmarked by June 7. For entry forms and information call AAU House at 509-453-2696 or visit www.ieaau.org. For entry form via email contact paul@yvn.com.
| At Cedarcrest G.C.
Low net Winner of field: Sharon Kootz 39. Low putts: Lori Brushnell 26 |
Skins Results (Net)
April 1-15
NameHoleParNet Score
Dick Schlosser14Eagle (2)
Scott Kreitzer33Eagle (1)
Larry Jubie64Eagle (2)
Laurie Houghton84Eagle (2)
Ron Mikkelsen123Eagle (1)
Dirk Rodman144Eagle (2)
Joe Blanford165Eagle (3)
Gordy Betts173Eagle (1)
| Ace Day
Winner of field: Welborn 70. Division 1- Lorimar 75. Division 2- Wiklund 72; Larrick 76. Division 3- Dickerman 75; Moen 77. |
| First flight: Frey 62, Bronson 64, Hackler 68. Second flight: Crider 67, Nielsen 71, Yarwood 76. Third flight: Collins 68, McCollough 69, Berntsen 74.
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| Division A: Ostrom 55, Brenaman 57, Davis 60. Division B: Sjolseth 55, Dunn 57, Jensen 63.
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| Pete Lopetich aced the 115-yard, No. 12 hole at Lynnwood Golf Course on April 10 with a 9-iron.
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