At Tokatee, the pro and his family found more than a job, they found a home. BLUE RIVER — Head professional Dan King is “the face of Tokatee,” according to general manager Mark Giustina. King has been that since taking over the Tokatee Golf Club pro shop in 1995 upon the retirement of Mickey Sullivan,…
Eugene Country Club’s Chris Gaughan and his staff prepare the course for the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships
Fifty years ago, the fairways at Eugene Country Club echoed with the sounds of an intense, often passionate debate.
Northwest Hickory Players pay homage to the history of the game Fascinated by the history of golf, Martin Pool began playing with hickory-shafted clubs, dating from the late 1800s and the early decades of the 1900s, to become personally connected to the game as it was played a century ago. “What better way to understand…
Sheldon High School senior bound for University of Oregon When Deavin Brownson began working as a caddie at Eugene Country Club in the summer of 2013, he saw it as more than a chance to earn some pocket money. He saw it as a way to pay for a college education without forcing himself and…
After much deliberation, an iconic (or notorious) green gets a makeover (but remains quite challenging) CRESWELL — Several years ago, Jesse Castillo was serving as a rules official for a state high school girls golf championship at Emerald Valley Golf & Resort when he was summoned to the fourth green, where he found three distraught…
Three big wins in 2015, and another trip to the USGA Senior Women’s Am Leilani Norman didn’t start playing golf until she was 27 or so, didn’t break 80 for another 12 or 13 years and didn’t have a formal lesson until she moved to Eugene in 2008 and subsequently began working with head professional…
Looking forward to an amazing experience Welcome. Thank you for finding this site. I hope that the stories that will come, about a pending trip to Ireland and Wales in early September, and the past writings that have been placed here, will bring you back, and that you’ll share these stories with others who love…
On his birthday last Tuesday, Pinky Murphy played his regularly scheduled nine holes at Laurelwood Golf Course in south Eugene.
Mostly, Doug DuChateau said, he was fairly stoic that Tuesday in April when his cardiologist told him that the results of the angiogram weren’t good, that he had major blockages in the arteries around his heart and that he needed open-heart surgery, ideally the next day.
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