Has it really been 4 years since Retief Goosen had won a PGA Tour event? Seems like it couldn't be true, but his win at the Transitions (?) Championship in Tampa this week was his first in quite a while. He has come back in…
Following this week's World Golf Championship at Doral, interesting things happening in the world golf rankings. Phil Mickelson has jumped over Sergio Garcia for #2 in the world, and is closer than he's ever been to overtaking Tiger Woods for #1 in the world. If…
Monday morning... watching highlights of the tournament at Doral. OK, so it's not in the 80's and we won't have perfect greens to putt on for quite a while, but oh well. Can we play yet?Painted Hills is open on permanent greens. If you haven't…
I will address the local golf situation first, sad as it may be, with snow falling this Sunday in the first week of March. Assuming it warms up beyond freezing, Painted Hills golf course in the Spokane Valley is open, on permanent greens. It's a…
The Accenture Match Play event this last weekend became much more exciting when it was revealed it would debut the return of our lord and saviour... oh, wait. Sorry. It's actually Tiger Woods. If you watched any commercials for it though, you would have thought…
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.