Scott Joins Meadowwood
Bob Scott, the head golf professional at Liberty Lake Golf Course the past five years, will take over as the head pro at nearby MeadowWood Golf Course next March.
Scott, 37, will replace Kaye Walker, who has announced his retirement effective at the end of the current season. Scott’s move between the Spokane County courses was approved last week by county commissioners, who will be accepting applications for the Liberty Lake vacancy in the near future.
“We’re thrilled to have Bob at MeadowWood,” said Francine Boxer, the county’s director of parks, fairgrounds and golf courses. “It’s a very prestigious job - and very lucrative. And Bob has done a great job for us in the past.
“He has a very good management style and a thorough understanding of how to run a golf course. His ability to deal with the public is outstanding. He’s a tremendous asset for a county golf course.”
Boxer said contract details are still being worked out. Head golf professionals at city and country courses are hired as independent contractors.
“I couldn’t be happier,” said Scott, who lives with his wife, Julie, in the Liberty Lake area. “It’s definitely a step up as far as the prestige of the golf course is concerned. “
MeadowWood, the newest of Spokane’s three county courses, is also considered the best. It was rated among the top 10 public courses in the state by Golf Digest earlier this year.
Scott, who started his golf career in 1985 as a shop assistant for Gary Lindeblad at Indian Canyon Golf Course, turned professional the following year.
Aside from a six-month stint as an assistant at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent, he worked under Lindeblad until November of 1991, when he landed his first head pro job at Liberty Lake.
Scott said he doesn’t plan to alter his way of doing business once he takes over at MeadowWood, other than trying to sneak a few weeks off during the winter.
“At Liberty Lake, if it’s 10 degrees out, people are golfing,” explained Scott, who usually lets his staff go in late November and runs the pro shop by himself during the cold months. “It’s been five years since I’ve been able to take Thanksgiving Day off.”
That shouldn’t be the case at MeadowWood, which closes once the heavy freezes hit.
“Now I’ll get to drink coffee in the winter instead of making it,” Scott said.
Pros take slim lead
Craig Schuh and Tom Colon teamed to win their morning Chapman competition, and then went on to pick up afternoon best-ball wins with different teammates Friday as the professionals took a 6-4 lead over the amateurs in the Inland Empire PGA Cup Matches at Indian Canyon.
Schuh and Colon defeated amateurs Steve Becker and Monte Best 2-up in Chapman play, picking up one of the pros’ three morning victories.
Schuh then teamed with Steve Prugh to beat Becker and Jim O’Rourke 3-1 in a best-ball match, while Colon and Matt Bunn were besting Al Scrath and Ed Stocklen 5-3.
The competition, which pits the 10 pros with the lowest scoring averages in this year’s Athletic Round Table Pro-Am series against 10 of the area’s top amateurs, concludes today with individual matches at Manito Country Club.
Big Sky Tournament
Eastern Washington will play host to this year’s men’s and women’s Big Sky Conference golf tournament Oct. 13-15.
The men’s tournament will be at MeadowWood and the women’s will be staged at Liberty Lake. This is the first time EWU has hosted the 54-hole event, which will kick off with practice rounds on Saturday, Oct. 13.
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