Golf

Tuesday’s rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the Canyonettes.

Yue Ren doesn’t monitor leaderboards when she’s playing, but the view looked pretty good when she finally took a peek after completing her final round at the Circling Raven Championship.

Chanaettee Wannasaen will enter Sunday’s final round of the Circling Raven Championship in the same position she was in before she hit her first shot on Saturday.

Chanettee Wannasaen, playing on a sponsor’s invitation, moved to the top of a crowded leaderboard with a 5-under 67 in Friday’s opening round of the Circling Raven Championship in Worley, Idaho.

Jillian Hollis wasn’t born yet the last time someone defended a championship in a tournament currently on the Epson Tour. She’s 26. Marilyn Lovander was the last to pull off the feat, winning the Twin Bridges Championship in 1994 and 1995.

Tee times for the fifth U.S. Senior Women’s Open were released Tuesday morning and, in a cool nod to United States Golf Association (USGA) history, Thursday’s 7:59 a.m. group includes Spokane’s Wendy Ward and defending champion Jill McGill.

His full name is Christian Pono Seitaro Yanagi, but his bio on Washington State University’s golf team roster and everyone close to the fifth-year senior refers to him as Pono. “It means righteousness, or to do right,” Yanagi said of the Hawaiian meaning of Pono.

The Showcase raised more than $5 million to fight cancer in the Inland Northwest, according to the Community Cancer Fund (CCF).

A scorecard might come in handy to track the changes – some anticipated, some not – at The Fairways, starting with, well, The Fairways. It’s no longer the golf course’s name. It’s been changed to The Plains.

Janet Gretzky on Saturday won the low net championship for the fourth time at The Showcase celebrity golf exhibition, but this one carried special meaning.

There are several reasons for the lengthy list of star athletes and celebrities that make it a point to participate annually in The Showcase. The cause – raising money in the fight against cancer in the region – is No. 1, with their experiences they enjoy over three days of festivities probably a key factor as well. 

HOYLAKE, England – Not every eventual British Open champion can arrive at the 18th tee in the driving rain and gloom on Sunday and feel as if the sun is shining and the game at hand is a casual four-ball with buddies rather than the final hole of a major championship. This is a spot for tension that cripples the body and freezes the brain. When Brian Harman stepped to that tee at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, there might as well have been a welcoming sofa, a television remote control and a cold beer. That’s how comfortable it was. Forget the absolute gale.

Stephen Paul left for the prestigious U.S. Junior Amateur likely with more questions about his back than his game. Of course, the two are unavoidably connected, but Kellogg High's two-time state champion has shown what he’s capable of when healthy during an exceptional couple of months on courses in Idaho and Washington.

HOYLAKE, England – Every major tournament has the cruel, curt power to humble golf’s stars. Rory McIlroy at the Masters. Justin Thomas at the PGA Championship. Phil Mickelson at the U.S. Open (OK, make that a lot of them).

Coeur d’Alene’s Trey Lambert, finished fifth in the boys’ division for 13-14 year olds at the Future Champions Golf (FCG) Callaway World Championship.

onner Robbins stood on the 14th tee box at Indian Canyon with a five-stroke lead after hitting quality shot after quality shot Sunday. After a messy double bogey and Zach Stocker dropping a 20-foot birdie putt in the group ahead, Robbins’ lead was down to two on the 15th tee. Robbins' stress-free afternoon was gone, but not his poise or his smooth swing. He used two clutch shots – a delicate chip to save par on No. 17 and an 8-iron approach on the par-5 18th that led to an eagle – to hold off Stocker for a two-shot win at the 36th Rosauers Open Invitational.

Conner Robbins has put together a pair of interesting rounds at the 36th Rosauers Open Invitational. He had a hole-in-one on No. 11 while carding a 4-under 67 Friday at Indian Canyon. He came back Saturday afternoon with a fast start – 5 under through the first six holes – and six birdies on the back side for a 10-under 61, the low round of the tournament thus far.

Derek Berg created some separation from a crowded leaderboard with a pair of eagles Friday for a three-stroke lead after the opening round of the 36th Rosauers Open Invitational.

The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, facing pressure from the Justice Department about their ambitions for a new company to shape global golf, have in recent days abandoned a crucial provision of their tentative deal: A promise not to recruit each other’s players.