PLENTY OF GOLF opportunities on the horizon as the calendar swiftly turns to September.
There’s even a chance to compete for $1 million — and I’m not talking about the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup.
$1 million shootout
Qualifying rounds for a $1 million dollar shootout fundraiser for Assured Hospice of Clallam and Jefferson Counties will be held in September at Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles and Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim.
Golfers will attempt to sink a hole-in-one on a par-3 hole at each course or get close enough to the pin to qualify for a final round event and party set for 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 at Cedars at Dungeness.
Qualifying rounds will be held this Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Cedars at Dungeness and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Sept. 4-6 at both Cedars at Dungeness and Peninsula Golf Club.
The finals event and party includes free appetizers, refreshments, a dessert bar and a no-host bar.
Prizes will be awarded for first-, second- and third-place finishers.
SkyRidge scramble
SkyRidge Golf Course in Sequim will hold a three-person scramble tournament Saturday, Sept. 8.
Two drives and two second shots must be used per player.
The event will have a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start.
Cost is $90 per team ($30 per player), which includes lunch after play, team KPs and a team long putt.
A honey pot competition is an extra $20 per player.
To sign up, call SkyRidge at 360-683-3673.
Trey Green tourney
The ninth annual Trey Green Guild Tournament, a benefit for uncompensated medical care at Seattle Children’s Hospital, will be held at Cedars at Dungeness on Sept. 14.
Check-in begins at 11:30 a.m. and a 1 p.m. start is planned for the four-person scramble format event.
Entry fees are $100 per player, $400 per team, and include green fees, range balls, cart, tee prizes and food stations out on the course.
Mulligans also are available for $40 per team (one mulligan and throw per team member).
A KP winner will claim a car, players will shoot for a $10,000 hole-in-one prize, and straight drive, longest putt contests also are planned.
Players also will have the shot to shoot at a boat on the 17th hole.
A golf ball drop will follow play, with the Sequim Fire Department doing the dropping.
Golf balls are $10 each and the three closest to the pin will win cash prizes.
To register, call 360-683-6344 or stop by the pro shop.
Drive for the Cure
Sunland Golf and Country Club is hosting its annual Drive for the Cure golf tournament and luncheon fundraiser for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation on Saturday, Sept. 15.
All funds raised outside of the golf and luncheon expenses will be given to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation to provide area women with mammograms when they do not have insurance or the means to pay for the procedure.
An anonymous Sunland donor will match funds raised at a rate of $1 for every $3 up to last year’s total of $4,650 and $1 for every $1 raised over that amount. Including the donor match, Sunland donated $6,800 in 2017.
The game is a modified scramble with a 9 a.m. shotgun start for 18 holes of play and an 11 a.m. start time for those wishing to play nine holes.
Men and women may sign up as a team of four or sign up individually and the pro shop will make up teams.
Mixed teams of men and women are welcome.
Costs are $65 for 18 holes and $50 for nine holes with lunch and a Mulligan/Magic Putt included.
Cart rental is $16 per seat for 18 holes and $10 per seat for nine holes.
Non-golfers are encouraged to attend the luncheon which starts at 1:30 p.m. for $20.
Additional fundraising avenues at the event will include a putting contest, raffles for gift baskets and additional donations.
Please make checks out to OMC (Olympic Medical Center) Foundation.
Cash and check donations can be brought to the Sunland Pro Shop the day of the event.
Sign up to play by noon Monday, Sept. 10.
For more information, call Cheryl Coulter at 360-681-2796.
Ryder Cup
And the Ryder Cup will be played in France on the Albatros Course at Le Golf National from Sept. 28-30.
The U.S. team will be trying to get two albatrosses from around their collective necks as the Americans will seek to retain the Ryder Cup in back-to-back events for the first time since 1993 and win on European soil for the first time since 1993 at the Belfry in England.
Saturday, September 15th is the annual “Drive for a Cure” Tournament and Luncheon which is hosted by Sunland Golf and CC. The tournament is for both nine and eighteen hole golfers and includes men and women. You may put your own team of four players together or sign up individually and the Sunland pro shop will make up teams. The game is a modified scramble with a 9:00 AM shotgun start for 18 hole players and an 11:00 AM start for nine hole players.
This event is a fund raiser and all money raised outside of the golf and luncheon expenses will be given to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation to enable local women to receive mammograms when they do not have the means to pay for the procedure. An anonymous Sunland donor will match funds raised with some limitations.
Costs are $65 for 18 holes and $50 for nine holes with lunch and a Mulligan and Magic Putt included. Cart rental is $16 per seat for 18 holes and $10 per seat for nine holes. Non golfers are encouraged to attend the luncheon which starts at 1:30 AM for $20.
Additional fundraising avenues include: a putting contest; raffles for many beautiful gift baskets; and donations. Please make checks out to OMC (Olympic Medical Center) Foundation. Cash and check donations can be brought to the Sunland.
Pro Shop the day of the event.
Sign up by noon Monday, September 10th. For additional information please call Cheryl Coulter at 360-681-2796.
