IT’S A LITTLE sad, and maybe I should seek professional help, but I start to get excited about the upcoming football season when I first start seeing Canadian Football League highlights on television right about now.
College football has long been my favorite and Cedars of Dungeness Golf Course in Sequim will soon host an event that combines greats from the University of Washington’s proud football past with what is sure to be an awesome day of golf, the first Sonny Sixkiller Celebrity Golf Classic presented by Wilder Auto Center.
The tournament, a benefit for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, will be held at Cedars on Friday, July 29.
Sixkiller has invited more than 30 former Huskies to play in the tourney.
Those accepting to date include former head coach Don James, Outland Trophy winner and member of the 1991 national champion team Steve Emtman, 2001 Rose Bowl MVP Marques Tuiasasopo, Nesby Glasgow, Michael Jackson, Dane Looker, Jason Chorak, Chuck Nelson, Jeff Jaeger, former Seattle Seahawks coach Jim Mora, longtime defensive coordinator and former head coach Jim Lambright, Bob Schloredt, Jim Krieg and Port Angeles High School graduates Scott Jones and Joel Thomas, who is now a UW assistant.
A limited number of spots remain for the tournament.
Those interested in playing — and being paired with one of the Husky Legends in the tournament — should call George Hill at the OMC Foundation office at 360-417-7144.
Ludlow hosting duties
Port Ludlow Golf Club will be busy the next couple of weeks with hosting duties for a couple of big state tournaments.
The Pacific Northwest Golf Association will hold its Women’s Amateur and Mid Amateur Championships on the Tide and Timber nine’s at Port Ludlow from Monday, July 11 to Friday, July 15.
Players will compete in 36 holes of qualifying stroke play in order to determine the 32 players who will advance to match play.
The next week more than 100 players will compete in the Washington State Women’s Public Link Association tournament July 18-20.
Play will get underway at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 18, and 8 a.m. on July 19-20.
The public is welcome to attend any day of either tournament at Port Ludlow.
SunLand youth camps
SunLand Golf & Country Club in Sequim will host youth golf camps from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on July 18-21 and Aug. 15-17.
Cost is $65 per player.
For more information, phone the course at 360-683-6800, ext. 13.
Cedars youth camps
Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course will hold golf camps for kids ages 5 to 9 and 10 to 16 from Monday, July 25, to Wednesday, July 27.
The 5-9 camp will run from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. the first two days and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
A five-hole tournament capped off by a pizza party and awards presentation will be held the final day.
For the older players, the camp will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday and 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
A four- to nine-hole tournament based on age will be held on the final day followed by a cookout and awards presentation.
Cedars staffers will instruct golfers in both age groups on putting, chipping, the full golf swing and course etiquette.
Cost for either camp is $75 and includes teaching fees, green fees, the party and awards, snacks and a gift.
To sign up, phone 800-447-6826 or 360-683-6344.
Space is limited to 45 students per camp on a first-come, first-served basis.
PT Junior Golf Camp
Port Townsend Golf Club assistant pro Gabriel Tonan will host junior golf camps from July 26-28 and Aug. 23-25.
The camps will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day and include lunch from the course’s Hidden Rock Cafe.
Clinics are $45, and those interested can phone the golf course at 360-385-4547.
Cleveland/Srixon demo
A representative from Cleveland/Srixon Golf will be on hand at Port Townsend Golf Club from 3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
There will be a Foresight Sports Game Changer II Launcher Monitor present to capture and analyze swing speeds and find the proper lie angles and distance gaps that are, like the proverbial snowflake, unique to each golfer.
Attendees will get a free sleeve of golf balls for coming out to the event.
SkyRidge tourneys
SkyRidge Golf Course in Sequim has two tourneys on tap in July: the sixth annual Lavender Festival Golf Tournament on July 16, and the Clallam Links British Open on July 17.
â– The Lavender Festival event is a two-person scramble format fundraiser for the Disabled Veterans of Foreign Wars.
A 9 a.m. shotgun start will kick off what will be a good day for a good cause.
Cost is $45 per player, with Captain Henry’s gourmet blackened salmon dinner with all the fixings served following play.
Carts are $15 per seat, and a $10 honey pot will be available.
Those wearing Lavender Festival buttons will receive $2 off their cart fee.
â– The Clallam Links British Open will begin after the final round of The British Open ends in England.
It’s an individual medal play competition that will start with lunch at noon and tee times at 1 p.m.
There are three divisions: men with a 0-15 handicap, men with a 16-and-over handicap and a women’s division.
The men will play from SkyRidge’s black tees on the front and green tees on the back. Women will play from the silver tees on the front and purple on the back.
Players can form their own foursome for play or have the clubhouse do the matching.
There will be a $1,000 payout based on a full field.
Cost for the tourney is $50, with half going for golf and the other going for a honey pot.
To sign up for either SkyRidge event, phone 360-683-3673.
Clallam Amateur set
The 54-hole medal play Clallam Amateur competition will include three divisions and three courses this weekend: Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles on Friday, Sequim’s SunLand Golf and Country Club on Saturday and Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course for Sunday’s final round.
Players will compete for $3,000 in prize money (based on a full field).
Spectators are welcome at all three days of the tournament.
Save the date
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Foundation will hold its first golf tournament at Discovery Bay Golf Club outside of Port Townsend on Saturday, Aug. 27.
The four-person scramble will tee off at 1 p.m. Registration will start at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $300 per team or $75 for individual golfers.
If you are a single, event organizers will match you up with some playing partners.
Teams will compete for prizes. Teams comprised of police, sheriff, fire and other law enforcement disciplines will compete for a traveling trophy for the lowest scoring public safety team.
The cost includes green fees, carts, a raffle ticket, lunch and afternoon appetizers.
For more information, phone 360-379-1602 or 360-437-1355.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Foundation recently gave its first scholarship to recent Chimacum High School graduate Dani Kaminski-Southard.
She’s going to attend Washington State University this fall.
I can’t help it . . . all that Husky talk earlier in the column makes this more important to me: Go Cougs!
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Michael Carman is the golf columnist for the Peninsula Daily News. He can be reached at 360-417-3527 or at pdngolf@gmail.com.
