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Todd Milles has been with The News Tribune since 1994, covering local colleges, high schools, auto racing, Washington State and golf. You will find news and observations on Pacific Northwest courses and updates on local standouts on this blog.
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Posted by Todd Milles @ 03:27:41 pm

Did a little calling around to the South Sound's pro shops, and have the twilight rates for each public course this summer (June through August).

Here is what the TNT has compiled:

1, ALLENMORE GOLF COURSE: After 3 p.m. (Mon-Fri), $22 per round. Super twilight is after 5 p.m. (Mon-Fri), $15 per round. Does not include cart.

2, BROOKDALE: After 2 p.m. (Mon-Fri), $20 per round. Super twilight is after 4 p.m. (Mon-Fri), $15 per round. On weekends after 3 p.m., $20 per round. Does not include cart.

3, CAPITOL CITY: After 3 p.m. (Mon-Fri), $18 per round, and (Sat-Sun), $22 per round. Super twilight is after 5 p.m., and is $13 per round every day. Does not include cart.

4, CHAMBERS BAY: After 3:30 p.m. (Mon-Thu), county residents pay $75 per round, and non-county residents pay $95. After 3:30 p.m. (Fri-Sun), county residents pay $95, and non-county residents pay $115.

5, THE CLASSIC: After 3 p.m. (Mon-Sun), walking fee is $20 per round, and with power cart, it is $30 per round. A special family rate exists after 4 p.m., with an adult, the cost for a child is $5.

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Categories: NW courses
Posted by Todd Milles @ 02:46:48 pm

PGA TOUR's AT&T National

Site: Bethesda, Md.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Congressional Country Club, Blue Course (7,255 yards, par 70).

Purse: $6 million. Winner's share: $1.08 million.

FedExCup points: 25,000. Winner's share: 4,500.

Television (all times PDT): Golf Channel (Thursday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 4:30-8:30 p.m.; Friday, 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., noon-6 p.m., 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, noon-3 p.m.).

Last year: South Korea's K.J. Choi won the Tiger Woods-hosted event for his second victory of the year and the sixth of his PGA Tour career, the most by an Asian-born player. Steve Stricker finished second, three strokes back.

Last week: Kenny Perry won the Buick Open for his second victory of the year, closing with a 6-under 66 to hold off Woody Austin and Bubba Watson by a stroke. Perry, an 11-time winner on the PGA Tour, also likely locked up a spot on the Ryder Cup team for the September matches in his home state of Kentucky.

Notes: After withdrawing from last week's Buick, Puyallup's Ryan Moore is playing this week. … Woods will miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury. … Choi won the Sony Open in Hawaii in January. … Ernie Els, the 1997 U.S. Open winner at Congressional, and Sergio Garcia, the 2005 Booz Allen Classic
champion on the Devereux Emmett-designed Blue Course, are skipping the tournament. Garcia is playing in the European Open. … Choi tops the field along with Stricker, Jim Furyk, Masters champion Trevor Immelman, Charles Howell III, Rocco Mediate, Paul Goydos and local favorite Fred Funk. … Three British Open spots are at stake. Two positions will be determined by a six-event money race and another spot is available for the leading nonexempt player among the top 10 and ties at Congressional. … The John Deere Classic is next week in Silvis, Ill., followed by the British Open at Royal Birkdale, opposite the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee.

On the Net: http://www.pgatour.com

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Categories: General
Posted by Todd Milles @ 11:28:56 am

15th SAHALEE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

When: Today through Thursday, 54 holes of stroke play.

Where: Sahalee Country Club, Sammamish.

Golf course: 6,981 yards, par 72.

Defending champion: Daniel Summerhays, BYU (8-under-par 280).

Notes: This would have been the sixth year the tournament was played for four rounds, but it was shortened because of rain and the Fourth of July. … Summerhays is not defending his title. He won a Nationwide Tour event the week after winning at Sahalee last summer , and subsequently turned professional. … Another member of last year's final group – 2006 champion Kyle Stanley, of Gig Harbor – did not return, opting to play the North-South Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2, the site of the 2008 U.S. Amateur. … Duvall's Derek Berg, a University of Washington product, has three top-10 finishes at the Sahalee Players since 2000, including losing in a playoff two years ago. … Three in-state players have captured the championship (Pasco's Ryan Lavoie in 2000, Puyallup's Ryan Moore in 2004 and Stanley in 2006).

Tee times: Daily, 8-11:10 a.m., all off the first tee. All information, check http://www.sahaleeplayerschampionship.com/results/2008_pairings.htm

Live scoring: http://www.sahaleeplayerschampionship.com/results/2008/Stroke.html

Categories: Local golfers, NW courses