AN OLD-FASHIONED skins game with dollars on the line for donation to a favorite youth golf program or youth golf charity will follow the seventh annual Peninsula Cup on Sunday at Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim.
The Peninsula Cup, which matches 12-player teams from the seven North Olympic Peninsula courses in stroke-play competition, tees off with a 9 a.m. shotgun start.
Peninsula Golf Club returns to defend the cup after winning by four strokes over last year’s host club, Port Ludlow.
Other teams include players from SkyRidge, Cedars, SunLand Golf & Country Club, Port Townsend Golf Course and Discovery Bay Golf Club.
Scoring will utilize 10 of each team’s the 12 scores, two gross and eight net, and the team with the lowest combined score will be crowned Peninsula Cup champion.
The new nine-hole professionals skins game will follow cup play, lunch and the announcement of winners at 3 p.m.
A skins game pits players in a match-play format in which each individual hole has a set value.
The player who wins the hole wins the skin, and whatever that skin is worth.
That money will then be donated to the area high school golf program or youth golf charity of the player’s choice.
Representing their clubs are Bill Shea of Cedars, Vito DeSantis of Port Ludlow, Kelly O’Mera of Skyridge, Gabriel Tonan of Port Townsend, Garrett Smithson of Cedars, Jacob Lippold of Peninsula and Tyler Sweet of SunLand.
The public is invited to share the day and watch their favorite pros play for the kids here on the beautiful North Olympic Peninsula.
All the pros will tee off at the same time on the same hole for the skins game, and good-natured ribbing will be encouraged.
Primary sponsors for this tournament are 7 Cedars Casino, Sound Community Bank and Les Schwab Tires of Sequim.
On tap at Discovery Bay
Save the date of Saturday, June 27, as Discovery Bay Golf Club will host a World Golf Scramble qualifier at the Port Townsend-area course.
The four-person scramble event will send players to the World Golf Scramble Finals in Las Vegas.
■ Thursday Night Skins games will start for the season on Thursday, May 6.
The nine-hole gross/net skins games will begin at 5 p.m.
Entry fee is $10, plus a $10 green fee.
■ Discovery Bay will host a four-person May Scramble event on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 10.
A shotgun start will kick things off at 9 a.m. This event provides a nice way to treat your golf-loving mom to a fun day at the links before taking her out to dinner.
■ Finally, players can check out all the latest gear from Wilson Staff during a demo day at the course from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 13.
For more information, phone Discovery Bay at 360-385-0704 or visit www.discoverybaygolfcourse.com.
Boys & Girls Clubs tournament
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula’s 24th annual golf tournament and fundraiser is Friday, May 8, at Cedars at Dungeness.
The tournament is a four-person scramble. Entry is $100 per person and includes green fees, cart, practice range, a commemorative hat, complimentary lunch and a goodie bag.
Hole-in-one prizes from First Federal and Price Ford are up for grabs, including a set of Callaway’s Diablo golf clubs, $15,000 in cash ($7,500 for players, $7,500 for Boys & Girls Clubs), a flat-screen TV, a shot at a Ford Mustang or Escape and domestic airfare for two.
Prizes will be awarded to the first-place golfers in the men’s and women’s divisions, as well as those who finish 19th.
Prior to the tournament, players can putt for wine and visit with Irrigation Festival royalty.
For more information, visit www.tinyurl.com/pdn24thgolf or contact Janet Gray at 360-683-8095 or jgray@bgc-op.org.
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Golf columnist Michael Carman can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5152 or pdngolf@gmail.com.
