Archive for 'July,2012 '

What a year for the Brits

What a year for the Brits

There must be something in the crumpets this year. The English, not particularly renown for the overall athleticism, are having an extraordinary year on the world’s playing fields. Maybe it’s the inspiration of the 2012 Olympics [...]

Roger Chapman a double major

Roger Chapman a double major

LAKE ORION, Mich. – The U.S. Senior Open seemed all wrapped up and ready for the trophy presentation after third-round leader Bernhard Langer coasted out to a four-stroke lead by Saturday. As one of the game’s [...]

Chambers’ hires fescue specialists

Chambers’ hires fescue specialists

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wa. – Chambers Bay golf course’s vast fields of fescue are in good hands. The course, which will host the 2015 U.S. Open, is pointing to that event with recent changes made to its [...]

GW’s MLB Power Ratings (Week 14)

GW’s MLB Power Ratings (Week 14)

GW’s MLB Power Ratings (Week 14): 1. Rangers (1): The AL West leaders must be scratching their collective heads when they see the numbers All-Star right-hander Yu Darvish has against the offense-challenged Mariners this season: 1-2 [...]

Suzann Pettersen makes a change

Suzann Pettersen makes a change

Suzann Pettersen, the No. 6 ranked women’s player in the world, is a natural golfer. This week, however, she is au naturel for ESPN’s annual ‘Body Issue.’ Pettersen, wearing not even a glove on her left hand, stripped down for a somewhat [...]

Suncadia’s miner reminder

Suncadia’s miner reminder

(Editor’s Note: This story on the new Rope Rider course originally appeared in the August 2011 edition of Pacific Northwest Golfer. This is the first full summer for the Jacobsen-Hardy designed Rope Rider as it has joined [...]

Chambers Bay series begins Saturday

Chambers Bay series begins Saturday

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wa. – If you bring up the Chambers Bay web site, you’ll be able to keep track of the countdown clock before the first tee time of the 2015 U.S. Open at the course. [...]

GW’s MLB Power Ratings (Week 13)

GW’s MLB Power Ratings (Week 13)

GW’s MLB Power Ratings (Week 13): 1. Rangers (1): RH Roy Oswalt might have saved his job with a solid effort in his final start, on Sunday, against the Twins. . .well, at least until some [...]

Choi joins idol Pak as U.S. Open champ

Choi joins idol Pak as U.S. Open champ

History basically repeated itself in the 2012 U.S. Women’s Open. Na Yeon Choi was just nine-years-old when she watched Se Ri Pak make U.S. Women’s Open history at Blackwolf Run in 1998. It was a win [...]

Black Butte’s ‘Glaze’ revitalized

Black Butte’s ‘Glaze’ revitalized

BLACK BUTTE, Ore. – The spectacular scenery surrounding Black Butte Ranch’s Glaze Meadow golf course wasn’t enough anymore to entice the golfers. No matter how picturesque the package or how steep the discounts were, golfers weren’t [...]