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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Guide to winter rates for area courses
A SERIES OF frosty mornings and a couple of email messages inquiring about off-season rates have lead me…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Windy PGA tournament highlights new rule
UNWILLING TO ENDURE the blizzard of commercials found during the Ravens-Colts football game, my buddies and I switched…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: A look at SkyRidge Golf Course’ new clubhouse
A RECENT TOUR of the new clubhouse at SkyRidge Golf Course in Sequim left me impressed, both with…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: 2012 Year in Golf, part two
FIFTY-TWO UP and at the end of this one, 52 golf columns down for 2012. Here’s part two…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Year in review, part one
HISTORY FASCINATES ME so my preference for the past makes writing my annual look back at the year…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Discovery Bay hosting New Year’s 10K run/walk
THE GOLF COURSE will double as a race course during the inaugural New Year’s Discovery 10K Run/Walk on…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Getting back on the course
GETTING BACK INTO the swing of things after time away from golf can be difficult. A few weeks…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Expect new belly putter rules
EXPECT MUCH BELLYACHING when belly anchoring of putters is outlawed by the ruling bodies of golf, the United…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Washington State’s Palouse Ridge course enjoyable and challenging
WITH THE 21ST annual Apple Cup Best Ball at Peninsula Golf Club preceding Friday’s annual rivalry football game…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Golftoberfest in December
IT’S NEVER TOO late to celebrate Golftoberfest, and participants in Cedars at Dungeness’ annual event will find this…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Bill Shea receives PGA award for second time
ANOTHER ROUND OF congratulations are in order for Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course PGA director of golf and…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Hurricane didn’t stop two golfers in 1938
NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS of a century ago, another Atlantic hurricane battered the Eastern Seaboard with much of its ferocious…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Clallam County best ball tournament to debut next month
ELECTION DAY LOOMS less than two weeks away and while the eventual victors will be sworn into office…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Benefit tournament raises thousands of dollars
OCTOBER IS PULLING its usual double-duty, serving as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and National Domestic Violence Awareness…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Sunny weather making its last stand
AFTER CHECKING THE weather forecast for the first time in weeks, it looks like it’s almost time. Yes,…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Benefit tournament for newborn baby at Peninsula Golf Course
FOR A CHILDLESS fellow, I have a soft spot in my heart for big-eyed, fat-cheeked babies. Maybe it’s…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Expect a close Ryder Cup
THE TOPIC STARTS with ‘R’ and it seems like every sports fan has an opinion on who will…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Paws and Claws Benefit canceled, but lots of other golf opportunities on the North Olympic Peninsula
THE CLAWS AND Paws Benefit Golf Tournament set for Friday at Cedars and Dungeness for the Olympic Peninsula…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: DeSantis helps raise $6,000 in charity golf event
I’M WORN OUT just from writing about the accomplishment of Port Ludlow Director of Golf Vito DeSantis. DeSantis…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: A great Labor Day spent at Lake Cushman Golf Course
NORTHERN MASON COUNTY is beautiful this time of year. I learned this after some time at Lake Cushman…