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New (low!) rates at Chambers Bay NCAA champ gets his Kikks Play the 2011 CG Cup Top juniors, seniors return in 2011 The swing trainer the pros all want
16 TOP SHELF
44 TRAVEL BAG
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A GOOD BET Golf and gaming go hand-in-hand in the Northwest
• Swap rain for surf at Half Moon Bay
18 PUETZ IN THE BAG
46 SAVE SOME GREEN
• White hot sticks from the PGA Show • Youth movement in shoes
27 RISK VS REWARD
Features
• Mill Creek CC
• Port Ludlow – Tide No. 4
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• No time? No money? No problem
PUETZ GOLF SAVINGS! 6-7 | 26-30 | 53
TOUR TAKEOVER 2011 could be a record year for NW touring pros
THIS PAGE: The famous crab-shaped bunker snags balls by the third green at the Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim. STORY ON PAGE 28
ON THE cascadegolfer.com
COVER
The success of the Coeur d’Alene tribe’s Circling Raven Golf Club, at the CDA Casino Resort in Idaho (cdacasino.com/golf), has sparked an explosion of golf course development and acquisition by other Northwest tribes. STORY ON PAGE 28. Cover design by Robert Becker APRIL 2011
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