Local Trio Win Cascade Golfer Cup, Dozens Take Home Prizes
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n the moments before the winners of the 2015 Cascade Golfer Cup were announced, the tension in Kirkland’s Dub Pub, home to September’s Cascade Golfer Cup Year-End Awards Party, was palpable. Three teams had entered the previous weekend’s Puetz Golf Shootout at White Horse with a realistic chance to take home the season-long Cascade Golfer Cup title, and as the top-10 teams were revealed in reverse order, each of the three hoped to hear the others called first. When Bryson Agnew and Chris Martinez, who entered the final event in second place, were announced as the third-place overall finishers, Mike Premo, James Tibbets and Rod Schrader knew they had jumped over at least one team — but had they managed to leapfrog all the way to first? They had. Buoyed by a win at the Season Opener at Salish Cliffs, and top-five finishes at McCormick Woods and The Classic — plus a sixth-place effort in the White Horse season finale — the trio of Premo, Tibbets and Schrader earned first-place overall in the net-scoring standings of this year’s Cascade Golfer Cup, claiming the title of Cascade Golfer Cup champions. There was a silver lining for runners-up Chad and Rick Orvella and Adam Hargrave, though — in a CG Cup first, the overall champions elected to pass on the grand prize “Summer of Golf” Package, including 15 twosomes of golf to tracks like Gamble Sands, Salish Cliffs, Wine Valley and others, instead choosing a stay-and-play package to Nevada’s Primm Valley Resort & Casino. That left the grand-prize package for the runners-up; they won’t get to call themselves Cascade Golfer Cup champions, but those 15 twosomes will go a long way towards salving that wound. In addition to rewarding the top teams in the net division, the year-end awards party also recognized the top-scoring duos in the expanded gross division, which included twice as many prizes at each event in
Mike Premo and James Tibbets won the 2015 Cascade Golfer Cup championship in the net division.
2015, and — for the first time — 10 additional prizes to the top gross-scoring teams in the overall season standings. And after back-to-back gross-division wins at The Classic and White Horse, it was Jamie Meade and partner Dave Foster who hoisted the hardware, just edging out Agnew and Martinez. But lo — just as the net champions before them, Meade and Foster passed on the Summer of Golf in favor of a trip to Hawaii, so Agnew and Martinez will be teeing it up all over the state next year instead. When we created the Cascade Golfer Cup in 2010, our goal was to allow amateur golfers to experience the thrill of tournament golf, while competing for outstanding prizes (not just pro shop credit) alongside their best friends and family. In the six full seasons since, more than 2,600 golfers have taken us up on our offer, competing in 52 events for a grand total of more than half a million dollars in prizes. We’ve sent teams to The Masters, the British Open and the U.S. Open; to Bandon, Pebble Beach, Hawaii, Mexico, Palm Springs, Vegas, Mesquite, Arizona, the Gulf Coast, Whistler, Central Oregon and Idaho; and to every great public golf destination in Washington state. And we’re still just getting started. Don’t miss out on the Cascade Golfer Cup in 2016. Because as it was for Premo, Tibbets, Schrader, Meade and Foster — and even for runners-up Orvella, Hargrave, Agnew and Martinez, each of whom will be playing all over the state for free in 2016 — it just might be your year. Contact Simon Dubiel at simon@cascadegolfer.com to be notified when the 2016 schedule is posted, or visit CascadeGolfer.com/Cup.
APPLY NOW For The First Annual Duke’s Junior Golf Scholarship!
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t’s no secret that for the last decade, the number of golfers actively playing the game across the nation has steadily decreased. Most golf economists credit this to the fact that golfers, as an average, are an older bunch — according to a 2012 study, 83 percent of golfers in the U.S. were age 40 or older. In fact, the percentage of golfers over the age of 70 (19 percent) is higher than the number aged 39 or younger (17 percent). The bottom line is, older golfers are ... let’s say, “aging out” ... faster than younger golfers are replacing them. In other words, as Whitney Houston said, “I believe the children are our future.” And Cascade Golfer and Duke’s Chowder House are teaming up to do something about it. Starting in April, we’ll feature a different junior golfer as the “Duke’s Junior Golfer of the Month” in every issue of Cascade Golfer. Deserving honorees need only be under the age of 18, be good students, and have an unbridled passion for golf. They don’t have to have won any tournaments, or be ranked among the top amateurs; just young golfers who love the game, and will help ensure that it keeps going strong for decades to come. At the end of the year, we’ll choose one of the four nominees (one per issue) to receive a $1,000 college scholarship from Duke’s Chowder House. To nominate a junior golfer, send an email to editor Brian Beaky at editor@cascadegolfer.com. Use the subject line, “Junior Golf Scholarship Nominee” and be sure to include a photo, bio and brief description of why you think this golfer deserves our recognition. We look forward to hearing from you!
CONGRATULATIONS to All of This Year’s CG Cup CHAMPIONS! EVENT
NET GROSS
Season Opener at Salish Cliffs..................................................................... Mike Premo & James Tibbets..........................Scott Long & Nick Riebli Muckleshoot Casino Players Championship at Wash. Nat’l................ Adam Hargrave & Chad Orvella......................Bryson Agnew & Chris Martinez Scramble at McCormick Woods................................................................... Josh Landers & Ryan Rudolph........................Bryson Agnew & Chris Martinez CG Challenge at Gold Mountain (Olympic)............................................ Rob & Andy Brautigam......................................Seth Zacks & Alex Cogdall Bridgestone Golf Invitational at Gamble Sands.......................................... Adam Hargrave & Chad Orvella......................Jason Mattaini & Steven Gamba Michelob ULTRA Open at The Classic....................................................... Rob & Andy Brautigam......................................Jamie Meade & David Foster Puetz Golf Shootout at White Horse.......................................................... Keith Stevens & Floyd Bangerter....................Jamie Meade & David Foster CASCADEGOLFERDEALS.com
DECEMBER 2015
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