Member/Guest tourney huge success

Member/Guest Tournament

The 2020 Member/Guest tournament was a huge success with 60 teams competing in the two day event. The course set up was remarkably fair to all competitors, which is a testament to the maintenance staff's care of the facility and hole locations. Tim Olson and all his staff did a fantastic job of organizing all aspects of the event from registration (thank Kathy and John Hartleib along with Jack and Kathy Shigo), to starters to scorekeepers and food service personnel. The tournament format using a net best-ball and modified Stapleford scoring makes for a fun two days by all competitors.

High Golfers Shine

The WHS boys recorded a remarkable one day team total score of 297 in Polson last week with all five players shooting in the 70s. Kendall Reed led the girl's team with an 18-hole score of 97 over the Polson Bay Championship course. The boy's team score is one of the lowest one-day scores in several years for the Bulldog Team. Keep it up Bulldogs.

Busy Days at the Course

The total number of rounds played each day at Whitefish Lake Golf Club continues to stay very consistently around 500 players during most days of week. Our members are getting in lots of rounds and enjoying the open spaces and respecting the Covid guidelines in place for safe recreation. The staff really appreciates all our members and guests for wearing masks and social distancing. The deck continues to serve all guests even with the limited access numbers in the guidelines. With the days getting shorter already the starting tee times in the morning are gradually getting later each morning. Check with the golf shop or watch for emails about the starting time changes.

Leave A Good Shot

When you are laying up your second shot on a par five, hitting the ball as far as you can toward the green is not always the best option. Play to a full shot, or your strength, instead of getting in that awkward range of 40-50 yards. Play your lay up so you leave a full sand wedge, gap or pitching wedge. By doing this, you take guesswork out of the shots from shorter distances and you can make a full swing. As a former coach this was one of the hardest lessons to get across to most boys on the team who all seemed to want to hit it hard every time.