by Tony Dear
Golf in the Pacific Northwest has a rich history, full of characters, frontrunners, visionaries
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Northwest Golf Community Mourns Harbottle Loss
Monday, June 4th, 2012At an overflowing church in Tacoma, Wash. on Saturday, June 2, the region’s golf community gathered to mourn the too-early passing of John Harbottle III.
A Northwest-native and president of Tacoma-based John Harbottle Design who designed some of the country’s best-known golf courses, John died suddenly of a heart attack on May 24 while working in California.
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Saturday, July 30th, 2011Above photo caption: John Harbottle was on hand at last month’s U.S. Junior Amateur, the second national championship to be held in the last five years at one of his designs, Gold Mountain’s Olympic course. Photo by Blaine Newnham
Course design is pulling back from building impossibly difficult courses, and creating layouts that are suitable for all levels
by Blaine Newnham
John Harbottle, the Tacoma (Wash.) golf course architect whose hand is on many of the region’s acclaimed courses, including Gold Mountain’s Olympic (Bremerton, Wash.) and Palouse Ridge (Pullman, Wash.), was asked to make White Horse GC near Kingston, Wash.
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