Planet Golf — 27 July 2017 by sky
Boeing Classic readies for 12th year
By Alfie Lau
SNOQUALMIE, WA — A beautiful sunny Monday, July 24 at the newly named The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge was the site of the 2017 Boeing Classic Media Day. The tournament, held since 2005, is being held Aug. 21-27 and this media event is starting to create a buzz about the best 50-and-older Champions Tour regulars who will be coming to the course formerly known as a TPC course.
New tournament director Brian Flajole said more than $600,000 was raised in 2016 for the tournament’s flagship charity, the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason and that’s all part of the organizers’ plans to make the Boeing Classic “the premier Champions Tour event.”

Some of the key players who have committed to this year’s Boeing Classic include multiple Major winner Vijay Singh, defending Boeing champion Bernhard Langer (pictured) and well-loved veterans such as Jose Maria Olazabal, Rocco Mediate and Colin Montgomerie.

As for the key Pacific Northwest golfer of his and this generation, Flajole said he is still hopeful Fred Couples will play this year’s Boeing Classic, but that will depend on Couples’ back holding up. Flajole did say that Couples has told him it is his goal to win the Boeing Classic at some point in his career.

Other key events during the tournament include the annual Seahawks Rumble at The Ridge on Monday, Aug. 21, along with the traditional Boeing Classic flyover on Aug. 25, just prior to the opening shots being hit in the tournament.This year’s flyover will also honor Arnold Palmer, who passed away last September.

As for the name change, while the course is no longer a TPC course, it has given members at Snoqualmie Ridge more flexibility and that has meant the course now has more than four miles of drainage.

For the tournament, the rough level will come in around 2.75 inches, with green speeds expected to be in the 12 to 12.5 range on the Stimpmeter.

Additional food and beverage options include Ivar’s famous seafood and Chateau Ste Michelle offering its award winning wines.

While media and honored guests and sponsors played the course on Monday morning, there were $100 prizes for a couple closest to the pins and one long drive. NWGMA members who won prizes include Curtis Crabtree and Jim Moore.

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