A GENTLEMAN FROM Port Townsend wrote in with some kind words for my column and a query.
Flattery will get you everywhere with me, so I am going to pass his question along.
He’s collected classic golf clubs for many years but is losing his interest in them and wanted to know if I knew of any collectors on the North Olympic Peninsula who might be interested.
His collection consists of about 80 classic clubs, most crafted by MacGregor, and about 50 putters of various makes and models.
If you are interested, contact me at the e-mail and phone number at the end of my column with your contact information and I will steer you to the collector.
Necessary ‘evil’
Discovery Bay Golf Club of Port Townsend took care of a necessary “evil” earlier this month by aerating its greens.
While it certainly impacts the amount of fun in a round of golf, the process keeps greens healthy and “happy” for future rounds.
The course recognizes the brief disturbance to normal play and is offering 50 percent off greens fees through the rest of October.
Discovery Bay also hosts a Saturday Skins Game from open to close each Saturday.
Players pay $10 to the money pot and must submit a signed and dated scorecard to the front desk before closing.
A Sunday Skins Game also tees off at 8:30 a.m.
For more information on the happenings at Discovery Bay, phone 360-385-0704.
PT events set
Port Townsend Golf Club will host the Halloween 6-6-6 Tournament with six holes of scramble play, six holes of best-ball and six holes of Chapman scoring on Saturday.
Another event on the Port Townsend radar is the annual Hilltop Open on Saturday, Nov. 6.
Billed as “The last major of the year,” the tournament typically fills fast, so phone the course at 360-385-4547.
Up and running
Hidden Rock Cafe, the new restaurant at Port Townsend Golf Club, is open for business from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day.
Standard breakfast fare such as omelets and biscuits and gravy is served all day, and there are also lunch items like hamburgers and sandwiches.
This beats by a country mile the rotating hot dogs they used to have when I was in the clubhouse each day as a member of the Port Townsend High School golf team.
And I like hot dogs.
Cart deals
The summer may have been a bit disappointing but with all the autumn sunshine the North Olympic Peninsula has been experiencing, Port Ludlow Golf Club’s 18 holes with cart deals keep looking great.
Duffers can play Tide and Timber with a cart for just $39 Monday through Thursday, provided players schedule tee times before 9 a.m. and after 1 p.m.
Friday through Sunday the rate bumps up to $49 but players can play anytime.
Port Ludlow also has a prepaid golf plan where customers can lock in three rounds for $99 without a cart and $129 with a cart.
Coupons for either deal are available at http://tiny.cc/obaacrvj0y.
For more information on Port Ludlow, phone 360-437-0272 or 888-793-1195.
Of pigs and putters
This story may not have the literary gravitas of the John Steinbeck classic Of Mice and Men, but it does take place in the golden hills of the famous author’s native Northern California.
“After wild pigs turned the Oakhurst Golf Course into their own salad bar and ripped up the well-manicured turf,” wrote Paul Thiessen of the Contra Costa Times, the decision was made by the operators of Oakhurst Country Club in Clayton, Calif., to contract a professional marksman to take out the problem piggies.
The country club went through all the proper channels, requesting a permit from the police and the California Department of Fish and Game before the hunt was conducted.
“It’s for the best,” Clayton police Sgt. Tim Marchut said.
“They’re pretty mean animals.”
I agree. I’ve never seen one alive in the wild but I did spy a recently killed boar when I was visiting with cousins in Arkansas when I was 10 years old.
The size of that razorback’s tusks factored into a particularly restless and nightmare-filled-sleep that evening.
The full story is available at http://tinyurl.com/27hv3q3.
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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.