b'network Patch.com which ran the headline,Tuesdays see their share of action, too. Exciting Golf-themed Flatstick Pub is a winner,Those are league nights when 20 two-player not long after it made its debut.teams take each other on at various formats Another great initiative certainly deserving of four-ball, alternate stroke, medal-play, a mention is the Sunday Fundraise, where $2 ofmatch-play, beer-in-one-hand, you name it. every beer and $2 of every round of golf (a gameThere are end-of-season tournaments of mini-golf costs $7 per person) goes to localtoo, says Andy Largent, and yes, it can get charities. Last year, Flatstick raised over $160,000.quite competitive. The success of the Kirkland pub inevitablyThis year promises to be a big one for led to more openings. The undergroundFlatstick. New pubs are set to open on State location at Pioneer Square, complete withSt. in Bellingham and in downtown Tacoma, S-E-A-T-T-L-E-shaped mini-golf holes and 12-ftcoronavirus permitting. Space Needle which lights up when puttersThe Bellingham pub was due to open in make a hole-in-one, came on board in JuneMay but will hopefully now be ready by July, 2016; and a pub in the Vulcan-owned Allenand Tacomathe largest location yet at Institute building in South Lake Union opened13,000-sq-ft on two floorswill welcome its in July 2018.first guests by the end of the year.A fourth location with all the now-familiarAndy Largent is understandably focused Flatstick attractionsmini-golf, Duffleboardon the new openings, but does concede there (a table-top mix of golf and shuffleboardare likely to be more Flatsticks down the road. invented by Sam Largent), cornhole, variousNothings certain, of course, he says. But other games, and tap after tap of locally-madewell likely be looking into the possibility of beerwas added in Spokane in November ofopening up in places like Boise, Missoula, last year.Portland, Tri-Cities and Vancouver.Some nights are busier than others atThe way things have gone for Flatstick Flatstick, obviously. It can certainly get a bitthe last few years, youd have to say thats crowded during weekends, but Mondays anda gimme. Sam invented the pubs Duffleboard game, a table-top mix of golf and shuffleboard.SEPTEMBER 2020 |GOLF WASHINGTON3'