Michael Carman

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Wind doesn’t bother Port Townsend Golf Club’s Men’s Club in its first competition of the season

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reported Tuesday that Tiger Woods has finished a week of family counseling in Arizona and has been spotted hitting range balls at… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Spring fever hits North Olympic Peninsula courses

THE SUNBEAM INFUSION of the past week has provided more than a good dose of Vitamin D. It's given golfers no excuse not to hit… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Port Ludlow Golf Club course rated in state top 10

CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN order for Director of Golf Vito DeSantis and all of his employees at Port Ludlow Golf Club. The course's Tide and Timber… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Peninsula Cup tournament, which could involve every golf course on the Peninsula, is set for May 22

I BORED SOME ladies attending my friend's Super Bowl party about half an hour before kickoff on Sunday. While not particularly breaking news, considering I… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Area winter rates for courses good through February, March

THAT FURRY LITTLE rodent ruined it Tuesday morning for those of us who are hoping for an early end to winter. Truthfully, it doesn't matter… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Golf carts could clog the roads

SNOWBIRDS WHO SUMMER on the North Olympic Peninsula may soon bring a familiar site in southern climes to our roads: golf carts, if lawmakers have… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Ludlow events coming up

SPORTS HAVE ALWAYS served as a mirror on society. Constitutional challenges to strike down Jim Crow laws were working their way to the Supreme Court… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Sequim course to host state Winter Tournament Series

THE WASHINGTON STATE Golf Association has selected Sequim's Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course as one of four host sites for the third annual Winter Tournament… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: 2009 was a good year on links

GOLF CAPTURED THE nation's attention more so in 2009 than in any other year in my recent memory. Normally, this would be worthy of revelry… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Full slate of winter events at area courses; gift ideas

GOLF SLOWS DOWN a bit around the Christmas and New Year's holidays, and with good reasons. Family, friends and weather all "conspire" to keep us… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Double Demo Days coming to Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles

AS A FAN of golf and alliteration, I'm pleased with Peninsula Golf Club's Double Demo Days event from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: SkyRidge tourney a fundraiser for high school business club

PORT ANGELES HIGH School's DECA business and marketing club will host its first four-person team DECA Scramble fundraiser at Sequim's SkyRidge Golf Course on Saturday,… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: SunLand to host second Peninsula Cup in May

WHAT BETTER TIME than these wet and windy fall days to begin planning and preparation for this spring's 2010 Peninsula Cup golf tournament? The second… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Before the football game, there’s the Apple Cup tourney

PENINSULA GOLF CLUB'S 18th annual Apple Cup Best Ball Tournament hopes to provide some good-natured, in-state-rivalry trash talk before the 102nd Apple Cup football game… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Apple Cup, Rick Kaps Scholarship tourneys on tap

CONSIDERING THE LENGTHS I went in trying to encourage people to volunteer in a former job, I was slightly stunned when checking out the volunteer… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: SunLand foursome 12th at Pinehurst

WHAT A WHIRLWIND of a week for SunLand Golf & Country Club pro Tyler Sweet and SunLand members Walter Clark, Mike Phelan and Fred Smith.… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: SunLand’s Tyler Sweet wins Las Vegas tourney

SunLand Golf & Country Club general manager and head pro Tyler Sweet accomplished something last week in Las Vegas that nearly every visitor to the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum hangs tough, then collapses under Cascade Christian charge

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Chimacum football team dueled with Class 1A No. 3 Cascade Christian for three quarters before the Cougars pulled away with a… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim on track for league title

SEQUIM -- The Sequim football team remained on track for a Nisqually/Olympic League title with a 41-6 victory over Eatonville on Friday night. Eatonville kept… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Cedars at Dungeness to host Pro-Pro and Pro-Am

PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION (PGA) pros converge on Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course in Sequim next Wednesday through Nov. 1 for a pair of two-day golf… Continue reading