b'2030JUN 2025TABLE OF CONTENTS 248PUBLISHERS ESSAYCreating best-in-class championships10CHIP SHOTS Pacific Northwest Golfer magazine continues to feature the regions finest golf journalists. Contributing writers in this issue:Highlights from around the NorthwestCrai S. Bower writes dozens of adventure travel articles a year for over 15 publications, including golf stories for Garden & Gun, AARP and Hearst 20LEGACY ESTABLISHED Media, among others. Visit his site at flowingstreammedia.net. MaryLouMulflursaysgoodbye Logan Groeneveld-Meijer is a USGA P.J. Boatwright Intern in the 22LIVIN LARGE AT LAVA LINKS Washington Golf office. Sydney Jones is a native of Montana who now works as a fulltime writer Where the game is a game for a Washington law firm, and is a frequent contributor to Bozeman Magazine and Bozeman City Lifestyle. 24CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONSPaul Ramsdell has been a career-long journalist working at various NW clubs mark 100 years times with newspapers, magazines and ESPN.com. He currently is the executive director of the Northwest Turfgrass Association, and is past 28FIVE DECADES FOR KIRK president of Washington Golf. Triplett keeps on going30HISTORY REVISITEDLooking back at 2015 U.S. Open32LOOKING HOMEWARDAnnual gathering keeps friends close34GREAT HOLES OF THE NORTHWEST SalishCliffsGolfClubNo.3Shelton, WashingtonON THE COVER For42years,MaryLouMulflurpointedthe way for the University of Washington womens golf team. (UW Athletics)Pacific Northwest Golfer has been here, there, and everywhere. 6 PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOLFER|JUN 2025'