Martin Pool reports:
Twenty-three hickory players teed it up at the 9th annual Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship held at the beautiful Bear Creek Country Club in Woodinville, Wash., on June 26-27.
Festivities began the day before when 15 club members joined us for a Member Mixer team event. In a two-best-net-of-four format, the team of Kurt Jones, Matt Stearn, Jeff Lefferts, and John Quickstad finished first with a score of 8-under 136.
In the tournament proper, Jeff Olsen, now a five-time winner, defended his Open title with 155 on a course renowned for its difficult greens. Full results are as follows:
Open Champion: Jeff Olsen 77-78=155
Open Runner-Up: Steve Henneuse 78-83=161
Open Net Champion: Shawn Baker 75-81=156
Open Net Runner-Up: Jeff Lefferts 84-80=164
Senior Champion: Bill Pedersen 85-85=170
Senior Runner-Up: Peter Yagi 83-90=173
Senior Net Champion: John Quickstad 77-78=155
Senior Net Runner-Up: Martin Pool 82-75=157
Statesmen Champion: Kyle Marvin 96-90=186
Statesmen Runner-Up: Steve Franich 91-96=187
Statesmen Net Champion: Omar Arambul 88-80=168
Statesmen Net Runner-Up: Rick Lehman 83-85=168
Women Open Champion: Roberta Robbins 131-126=257
On Day Two, tournament organizer Martin Pool scored a “dodo” (an ace) on the 138-yard third hole. Martin used a gutty-era smooth face Stewart lofter to score his second hickory hole-in-one.
Northwest Hickory Players wishes to thank the membership and staff of Bear Creek Country Club for their hospitality and support of hickory golf.
Photos of the tournament, courtesy of our resident photographer, Jimmy Bucher, will soon be posted to the Northwest Hickory Players’s Facebook page: Northwest Hickory Players | Seattle WA | Facebook
