by mwcc2018 | Mar 29, 2022 | Golf
No Handicap Limit. No Cost to Enter. A new golf season means another chance to improve your game and lower your handicap. Challenge yourself and show us how low you can go. Will you be the Most Improved Player of 2022? Sign up to participate and be entered to win a...
by mwcc2018 | Mar 10, 2022 | Golf, Rules
What is the Penalty, if any? While playing hole #5, Player A’s ball comes to rest on the fringe of hole #8 putting green. Player A takes his stance carefully on the 8th green and plays the ball into the fairway of the 5th hole. A: One-Stroke Penalty B: Two-Stroke...
by mwcc2018 | Mar 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
2022 WA Golf Net Four-Ball Match Play Registration now open! A fun event bringing flexibility, inclusiveness, and camaraderie to golfers in Washington & Northern Idaho. Choose the course, choose the tees, choose the time, and climb the bracket to the final...
by mwcc2018 | Feb 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’m happy to announce that our rates for membership haven’t increased for 2022. Membership is still $40.00 per year…which I think is still the lowest rate charged for any club in the state. If you haven’t joined for 2022 there is a link on...
by mwcc2018 | Nov 16, 2021 | Golf, Rules
Inactive Score Posting Season begins in Washington Golf on November 15th. As we enter our Inactive Score Posting Season, we would like to pass along important information regarding the posting of scores: If you play golf during our Inactive Score Posting Season in an...
by mwcc2018 | May 31, 2020 | Rules
USGA Handicap System (pre-2020): A Course Handicap represents the number of strokes a player receives in relation to the Course Rating of the tees being played. The formula is: Course Handicap = Handicap Index x Slope Rating / 113. Rule Change for 2020: A Course...
by mwcc2018 | May 27, 2020 | Golf, Rules
The new World Handicapping started in January 2020. This new system of handicapping is significantly different than the handicapping we have used for the last 25 years. Listed below are the 10 most important changes that every golfer should be aware of. These are...
by The Duffer | Mar 24, 2020 | Putting, Rules
When the R&A and USGA published the latest set of rules revisions in January 2019, the putting green was one of the biggest areas of change. In a bid to make the game faster and fairer, they introduced a set of important revisions that are well worth getting to...
by The Duffer | Mar 17, 2020 | Golf, Rules, Sand Trap
If you are faced with an unplayable ball in a bunker, you will need to proceed using Rule 19.3. From the beginning of 2019, players have an extra option in this scenario. Here is everything you need to know when faced with an unplayable ball in a bunker. Your first...
by The Duffer | Mar 13, 2020 | Rules
The newly updated Rules of Golf no longer use the word “hazard” to define a red- or yellow-marked area where your ball may be lost. Instead, these areas are now referred to as penalty areas — and the rules governing what you can and can’t do within their confines have...