This month we interview Jason Aichele, multiple PNW PGA award winner and two-time Hudson Cup team captain. Hometown: Richland, WA PGA Member since: 2010 How did you get started in golf and who are your mentors? After playing college golf and graduating, I turned professional and played mini-tours for a couple of years, then caddied on the … Read more
The “Taleb Surgeon Paradox”. I’ve been thinking about this one for several months now, as in many ways, I relate my own life and sense of purpose to it. Getting to the point of the scalpel as it were, here is the “If you’re faced with a choice between two equally qualified surgeons, go with … Read more
The Spirit of Fall Can Inspire Your Professional Excellence Frank Talarico, PNWPGA CEO One of the many reasons I am thankful for moving my family to the Pacific Northwest four years ago is the change in seasons. Moving north from Southern California where we have two seasons—dry and wet—we love feeling weather get cooler, trees … Read more
The team led by PGA Professional Geoffrey Buchanan of Butte CC with amateurs Coby Lean, Robert Cline and Todd Mohr won the Callaway Golf Challenge on August 27 at Circling Raven GC. The team of PGA Professional Carlos Davila Castillo with amateurs Mark Wilkins, Jordan Piscopo, and Jay Garthwaite finished second. PGA Professional Carlos Davila … Read more
DUPONT, WA – The Home Course –6,863 Yards, Par 72 Amateur Collin Hodgkinson of Oregon State University won the Pelzer Golf Northwest Open Invitational, held August 19-21 at The Home Course. He fired an impressive 67-65-66-198, 18 under par to win by one stroke over defending champion PGA Professional Daniel Campbell of North Bellingham G&CC. … Read more
I can’t believe how fast this year is rolling by. It seems like the weather was meh in May and June, then spiked hot for the fourth, and now the evenings are starting to cool again. It has all happened so fast. Eventful seems to define every year in some fashion in life and this … Read more