Michael Carman

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Send-off planned for Port Townsend’s Early

GOLFING WEATHER OF late has been a trifle frightful, those frozen fairways the opposite of delightful, but as long as it doesn’t snow, feel free… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Send-off planned for Port Townsend’s Early

GOLFING WEATHER OF late has been a trifle frightful, those frozen fairways the opposite of delightful, but as long as it doesn’t snow, feel free… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Send-off planned for Port Townsend’s Early

GOLFING WEATHER OF late has been a trifle frightful, those frozen fairways the opposite of delightful, but as long as it doesn’t snow, feel free… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Patricia Reeves

PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim sweeps doubleheader with Port Townsend

SEQUIM — Sequim’s boys and girls basketball teams got the best of their Port Townsend counterparts in an Olympic League doubleheader at Rick Kaps Gymnasium.… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Patricia Reeves

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Discovery Bay Golf Course had ownership change

CHANGES HERALDED BY a switch in ownership are underway at Discovery Bay Golf Course near Port Townsend. Full ownership and control of the historic course… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Hiring process for golf pros

HOW DOES A golf club go about the process of hiring a new club pro? I admit I was in the dark on just how,… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Hiring process for golf pros

HOW DOES A golf club go about the process of hiring a new club pro? I admit I was in the dark on just how,… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Hiring process for golf pros

HOW DOES A golf club go about the process of hiring a new club pro? I admit I was in the dark on just how,… Continue reading

Jacob Lippold

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Peninsula Golf Club tabs Jacob Lippold as new pro and general manager

PENINSULA GOLF CLUB's search for a new golf pro and general manager officially ended when Sequim native Jacob Lippold signed a three-year contract with the… Continue reading

Jacob Lippold

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: State awards announced; no North Olympic Peninsula golfers honored

STATE PLAYER OF the year award winners were announced recently by the Washington State Golf Association, or WSGA. Unfortunately, nobody on the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: November is a month of food and golf deals

IT’S TIME TO talk turkey. Winter rates are in play at North Olympic Peninsula golf courses, and a handful of Turkey-themed tournaments are on the… Continue reading

Pro and general manager Chris Repass of Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Peninsula’s Repass, Port Townsend’s Early moving on to Walla Walla course

AFTER NEARLY 30 years apiece on the North Olympic Peninsula, golf course operators and teaching professionals Chris Repass of the semi-private Peninsula Golf Club in… Continue reading

Pro and general manager Chris Repass of Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Port Ludlow offering great deal

GOLF FOR $1? Yes, such a thing exists, but you’ll have to rent a cart and deal with the remnants of the recent aerification of… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Autumn a great time to hit the links

FALL HAS MOST certainly arrived on the North Olympic Peninsula. What tipped me off: The leaves turning brilliant shades of crimson, orange and yellow? The… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Peninsula’s Repass, Port Townsend’s Early moving on to Walla Walla course

AFTER NEARLY 30 years apiece on the North Olympic Peninsula, golf course operators and teaching professionals Chris Repass of the semi-private Peninsula Golf Club in… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: SunLand pro Tyler Sweet will vie for shot to play in PGA Championship

A WORK TRIP with the added bonus of a family vacation is in store in June for SunLand Golf & Country Club general manager and… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Playing for a cause

SUNLAND’S DRIVE FOR the Cure Golf Tournament recently raised $5,200 for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. The event was jointly sponsored by SunLand Women’s Golf… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: A farewell to my first golf buddy

I LOST MY column's biggest fan last week. My father, Alan Carman, passed away peacefully in the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 15. Just a… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: 400-hole golfing marathon for a cause

LAST YEAR, PGA Director of Golf Vito DeSantis successfully completed a stiff test: A one-man, 100-hole marathon golf outing to raise funds for the Port… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Bidding a fond farewell

ONE UNSEASONABLY WARM summer evening a little more than six years ago, Peninsula Daily News Sports Editor Brad LaBrie called me with a chance at… Continue reading