What a week for the Open Championship. If watching Turnberry in Hi-Def doesn't make you ache to go over to Scotland to play golf, you might need to take up tennis. Today, the Monday after, the story is "Poor Tom Watson". I admit, I was…
The Open championship is underway in Turnberry, Scotland, and the difference in true links golf to what we typically play in the US is on display. The Alisa course has no trees, severe bunkers, and will completely change depending on the direction of the wind.…
The latest issue of Golf Digest has a great article on municipal golf (they abbreviate it as "muny", which I don't really get, but okay). The gist is that while we see tour pros on privately owned, perfectly manicured courses, the real heart and soul…
There's been some improvements to already great golf courses in our area this year. I bring it up because I recently got to play the two new greens at the Creek at Qualchan, #10 and #15. If you can remember those holes, both were very…
The US Open was not quite as tough this year, with torrential rains softening up Bethpage Black to the point the pros could spin back wedge shots on the greens... a sight that makes the USGA cringe. In years past, they didn't give the putting…
Eric has an 8 handicap and lives near Qualchan. He was born and raised in Spokane and one of the reasons he loves the area is the quality and variety of the golf courses, and the good people who play them. His home course is the Creek at Qualchan and the best course he’s ever played was Oregon’s Bandon Dunes. Some day he’d like to play Cypress Point.
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