HIGH SCHOOL GOLF season wrapped up last week with players from Sequim, Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Chimacum competing in the Class 1A and 2A state tournaments in the Tri-Cities and Spokane.
Sequim fared the best at state, just like the Wolves boys and girls had during league play, with the Sequim boys finishing a school-record best second place in the 2A tournament and Olympic League girls’ MVP Sarah Shea finishing fifth overall for the Wolves, her third straight state place.
Blake Wiker led Sequim by tying for 10th, while Olympic League MVP Paul Jacobsen tied for 13th and Andrew Vanderberg was 25th.
These players totaled the top three lowest scoring averages in Olympic League 2A play this season with Jacobsen averaging 36.4 shots per nine holes, Wiker 37.71 and Vanderberg 38.67.
Port Townsend sophomore Mackenzie Lake finished 19th in the 1B/2B/1A girls tournament, an improvement from 34th as a freshman. Lake also won the Olympic League 1A girls MVP award after winning the league tournament earlier this month.
Port Angeles junior Mathew Locke shot an 89 in the first round and missed the cut by five strokes.
Locke’s first-round score came in after press time, so the second-team All-Olympic League selection never got the mention he should have received in print for his state tournament round.
“He drove the ball exceptionally well, made some great up and downs and putted very well,” Port Angeles coach Gil Stockton said of Locke. “It was a great learning experience that will go a long way for greater success next year. He did a great job of maintaining a nice smooth tempo in his swing that made for some terrific shots. He has had a great season.”
Others who competed at state included Sequim’s Josiah Carter, Samantha Smith and Maddie Uranga; Port Townsend’s Derek Madison and Chimacum’s Logan Storm.
Congratulations to those who made it to state and all those players who improved their games this spring.
Dungeness on top
The Cedars at Dungeness Ladies Golf Club triumphed over their Discovery Bay Women’s Golf Club counterparts in the annual Home & Home Match Play Champions match earlier this month by a score of 18 to 9.
Cedars at Dungeness winners were: Lisa Ballantyne (½ point), Barb Burrows (2), Jan Clendening (3), Cathy Grant (3), Linda Hash (3 and 0), Marine Hirschfeld (1), Kathy Langston (3), Lori Oakes (2 ½).
Discovery Bay golfers and their points were: Katherine Buchanan, Jane Guiltinan (2½), Sheila Kilmer , Marianne Ott, Jane Peoples (3), Shelley Peterson (1), Lynn Pierle (2), Dee Sweeney (½) and Wanda Synnestvedt.
Evening golf tonight
To encourage women who work to learn and play golf, the Port Townsend Women’s Golf Club has reserved 5 p.m. tee times at Port Townsend Golf Club beginning today and every Wednesday through June 27.
The first three women to participate at this dedicated time will get a free round of golf sponsored by PTWGC.
To borrow clubs (free of charge), or for more information, call Barb Matter at 360-390-4662.
Ludlow celebrates ladies
Port Ludlow Golf Course is celebrating June’s status as Women’s Golf Month with a variety of upcoming events.
The first 50 women to pay a $50 green fee at Port Ludlow will receive a swag bag with merchandise valued at $85.
A $30 Wine and Wedges clinic will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 6.
Women’s Golf Day will be celebrated from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 9.
A putting contest is $30 per entrant and will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 13.
And a Par 18 event will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 26.
To register, or for more information, phone the pro shop at 360-437-0272.
Junior golf camps
Port Ludlow also is accepting registration for a series of junior golf camps this summer for ages 7-16.
The camps will run from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday, July 9-12; 23-26 and July 30-Aug. 2.
Players will receive instruction on all aspects of the game including full-swing, chipping, putting and pitch shots along with learning the rules and etiquette of the game.
Snacks will be provided each day.
The cost is $175 per player.
Phone 360-437-0272 to sign up.
Port Ludlow also has summer openings for 21 and older deli attendants at Niblick’s Cafe and an on-course beverage cart attendant.
I worked at Port Ludlow way back in the summer of 2002 as a player services attendant (aka cart boy) while on break from college, so I can attest that Port Ludlow is a beautiful place to make some summer cash while enjoying the outdoors. I was often tipped with leftover beers by golfers, I learned how to drive a manual transmission tractor, change a flat tire on a golf cart and safely eject from a John Deere tractor when I tipped it over while clearing golf balls off the Port Ludlow driving range (twice).
Discovery Bay Women’s Golf Group Discovery Bay Captain, Lynn Pierle (center right) presents the Home & Home Match Play Champions trophy to Cedars at Dungeness Ladies Club Captain, Lisa Ballantyne (center left, after the Dungeness ladies triumphed 18 to 9 earlier this month.
