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No sneezing matter

May 24, 2018 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

KENT, Wash. -- It goes without saying that a golf stroke on the first day counts as much as a stroke on the last, so in a tournament lost by one shot it's not all about a missed two-foot par putt on No. 16.  John Cassidy is not big on excuses, so, okay, it's not even about a woman in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Teacher's Corner, UncategorizedTagged With: John Cassidy, Meridian Valley Country Club, Shane Prante, Washington Open Invitational

What have you done lately? Love III gets no exemption love

June 6, 2012 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

Davis Love III is in, surviving a sectional qualifier packed with established PGA Tour pros. D.A. Points, in. Steve Marino, in. Rod Pampling, in. Ryan Moore, Ben Curtis, Johnson Wagner, Johnatton Vegas — all winners on the big tour — all out, at the same brutal sectional in Columbus, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: UncategorizedTagged With: Davis Love III, exemptions, Johnson Wagner, PGA Tour, sectional qualifying, Shane Prante, Steve Valandra, U.S. Open

Prante, healthy in body and soul, takes his shot at the Open

May 29, 2012 By Steve Valandra 4 Comments

by Steve Valandra OLYMPIA, Wash. — Shane Prante can regularly carry a tee shot 280 yards wearing street shoes and hitting someone else’s driver. He holds the course record at Tumwater Valley for the lowest score – 61 – from the back tees. Not so long ago, he was ranked as one of the top … [Read more...]

Filed Under: UncategorizedTagged With: pro golf, pro tour, Saint Martin's, sectional qualifying, Shane Prante, Tumwater Valley, U.S. Open

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