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Shot caller Former Idaho Vandals golfer Kayla Mortellaro knew early on she wanted to play on the LPGA Tour. PAGE 2

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Early inspiration

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Former University of Idaho star golfer Kayla Mortellaro earned her LPGA Tour card for the 2013 season after battling through qualifying school last winter.

Former Idaho golfer Mortellaro follows path to LPGA she saw as youngster By Jim Meehan jimm@spokesman.com, (208) 765-7131

Tom Mortellaro flipped on the television to the Golf Channel, new to the airwaves in the mid 1990s, intent on improving his game and learning more about the swing. Without fail, daughter Kayla, a toddler, would grab her plastic club and emulate the swings she saw on the screen. “I’d mimic everything the instructors were doing,” Kayla said. “I was learning the whole time he was trying to pick up the game.” Soon Kayla and her dad were hitting balls on the driving range at Shalimar Country Club in Tempe, Ariz. Tom noticed Kayla had a habit of hitting balls straight. One day Kayla asked if some of her friends could come along. No problem, Tom thought, he’d

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Kayla Mortellaro said she knew at age 5 she wanted to become a professional golfer.

give Kayla’s friends some swing tips but he noticed they rarely hit a ball straight. A friend encouraged Tom to put Kayla in an LPGA girls club program. She finished third in her first tournament, second in her second event and won her third one. After that, Kayla began winning a lot of junior tournaments. “It started out being a fun thing,” Tom said, “and then it started rolling down the road.” When young Kayla attended an LPGA Tour event in Phoenix, she was hooked. “The players were really nice to me. They would talk to me,” she said. “The whole atmosphere and idea of playing golf, I wanted to be a pro golfer from that moment on.” She was 5. See MORTELLARO, K3

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Moving up the ranks Mortellaro is now 22. And she’s a rookie on the LPGA Tour. The Phoenix native rose through the junior ranks, winning 45 events from ages 7-16. At 14, she became the youngest to win the Arizona Women’s State Amateur. She won the event again three years later. Her success continued at the University of Idaho with 10 wins, three Western Athletic Conference player of the year awards and 32 top-10 finishes in 43 events. Last April she won her second straight WAC championship. Less than eight months later, Mortellaro shot 79 in the first round at LPGA Tour qualifying school and she was near the bottom of the 119-player field. She came back with rounds of 69, 69, 72 and 67 to move up 101 spots on the leader board and into a tie for 11th, earning a tour card for 2013. Her dream had come true. The work was just beginning. “It’s exciting and it’s interesting,” Tom said of having a daughter on the tour. “The excitement is that she’s there and we always felt she could be there. The interesting part is how to make it all keep working and going. There’s an economic side and a playing side that both collide.”

Former Washington State Cougar Kim Welch earned her 2013 LPGA Tour card by finishing tied for 11th with ex-Idaho Vandal Kayla Mortellaro at Qualifying School in early December. Welch, who played in LPGA events in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012, has played in three tournaments this season but has yet to make a cut. She was within four shots of the cut at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open after shooting 3-over 149 in the first two rounds. She was 1 under after 36 holes in Phoenix, but was one of eight players to miss the cut by a single stroke. Welch, a Sacramento, Calif., native, had 29 top-10 finishes and earned All-Pac 10 honors during her WSU career from 2002-05. She won Golf Channel’s Big Break Ka’anapali in 2008. G Gonzaga sophomore Alice Kim earned a sponsorship exemption into the LPGA’s Kia Classic in Carlsbad, Calif., a few weeks ago by taking medalist honors at the UC Irvine Invitational earlier this spring. Kim missed the cut, but still made GU history. “She became the first Gonzaga player to get this opportunity and regardless of what number she shot the experience is something that can only make her better,” Bulldogs coach Brad Rickel said.

Whole new world The first LPGA tournament was in Australia in February, Mortellaro’s first trip out of the U.S. She got off the plane Monday and immediately played a practice round to begin learning about a course she’d never played before. She played a practice round Tuesday with former Washington State Cougar Kim Welch, who tied with Mortellaro for 11th at qualifying school.

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Mortellaro’s schedule seemed to coincide with Karrie Webb’s. They crossed paths on the driving range, putting green and on the course, with Webb always offering a friendly greeting. Juli Inkster commented on the way Mortellaro marked her golf ball with large red arrows. “Being in the locker room and walking side by side with players I grew up watching on TV or with someone who See MORTELLARO, K6

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had thrown me a ball (at the LPGA event in Phoenix) … now I’m standing next to them and playing in the same event,” Mortellaro said. She was ready for her LPGA debut. “I actually slept really well the night before and it didn’t feel all that overwhelming,” Mortellaro said. “It was kind of nice to tee off.” Her playing partners went first and both hit lousy drives on No. 1. Mortellaro drove it straight down the middle, just like on the range at Shalimar. She carded a 1-over 74, but followed with a 78 the next day and missed the cut. At the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup in her hometown of Phoenix, Mortellaro shot 1-under 71 in the first round, but missed the cut following a second-day 76. The next week in Carlsbad, Calif., Mortellaro made the cut and finished tied for 70th. It was an eye-opener how much the course changed from day to day, thanks to different tee boxes, pin placements and weather conditions. Her first LPGA paycheck was worth $3,387. “I wish there were a few more zeroes behind it,” she joked, “but it’s all a process.” Three tournaments have helped Mortellaro understand more about that process and her game. She teed it up with Lexi Thompson in Carlsbad and her drives occasionally came to rest 75 yards behind her playing partner. They tied on the scoreboard after four rounds. “I really dialed in on my putting as well as my short game (leading up to the tour season),” she said. “I felt those were areas I could really save strokes as well as make up for some errors along the way. Now that I’ve been out there for a couple of events, my ball-striking has to be crisper and my course management needs to get better.

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they don’t have to show their discount card in the pro shop. Players still might be asked to show ID. “That information is shared at all three courses Cardless discounts so the computer will pull up the name and the There’s a change regarding the popular $30 appropriate rate,” Pham discount cards for county said. “The comment we hear time and time again courses. There won’t be an actual card issued. The is, ‘Hey, that’s great, I won’t have another card golfer’s name will be to lose.’ ” entered into database so

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McIlroy still sees the big picture No. 1 in the world and a two-time major champion, plop down a carry bag with a By Doug Ferguson Manchester United logo. Associated Press “Why was that such a big HUMBLE, Texas – When the deal?” McIlroy asked with a mixture of amazement and scrutiny becomes suffocating, bemusement. it’s a good time for Rory This was Wednesday at the McIlroy to get as far away as he Houston Open, where morning can. frost had caused a two-hour So he went to a practice delay in the pro-am. Instead of range on a public course. retreating to the clubhouse Imagine the surprise of the dining room at Redstone Golf paying customer at Miami Club to order from the omelet Municipal Golf Course a few station, McIlroy found a spare weeks ago who looked over to his left and saw McIlroy, still at booth in the caddie trailer,

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where the fare ranged from scrambled eggs to peanut butter on toast. Just one of the lads. He made the McIlroy cut on the number last week – his first cut against a full field this year – and was making a run up the leaderboard in the third round when he three-putted for bogey from 5 feet on the par-5 13th hole. McIlroy dropped two more shots and returned

toward the bottom of the pack. After lunch, it was back to work. He could have sought privacy at the far end of the range. Instead, he set up shop in front of a grandstand where 30 people took a seat to watch. Tom Gillis, a runner-up to McIlroy a year ago at the Honda Classic, came over and gave Boy Wonder a playful push. There were more smiles than drops of sweat in this practice session. McIlroy was hitting driver toward the end, picking out a

barren tree on the horizon as a target for his draw. He was getting dialed in when caddie J.P. Fitzgerald said, “End it with a good one.” The shape looked to be perfect, and the caddie said, “Beautiful.” “One more,” McIlroy said with a smile, and then he hit that one even better. He walked over to the railing where a dozen kids had gathered, took out a pen and began signing. One of them was a photo of McIlroy posing with See MCILROY, K8

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American win streak continues to increase Jonas Blixt of Sweden is becoming a footnote in history — the last foreignborn player to win on the PGA Tour. Blixt won the Frys.com Open at CordeValle on Oct. 14. Since then, Americans have won all 16 official PGA Tour events, including 14 in a row to start the 2013 season. That matches the longest streak to start the season since 1984. That run ended a week after the Masters when Nick Faldo won at Hilton Head. As for the 16 in a row? It’s the longest streak of American winners since they won 17 straight in 2006. That streak began with Tiger Woods at the British Open and ended when K.J. Choi won at Innisbrook in the penultimate tournament on the official schedule.

Masters. Now, he gets one more chance. Tournament officials said Siem accepted a sponsor’s exemption Monday to the Texas Open. While the cutoff for qualifying for the Masters through the world ranking was last week, all winners of PGA Tour events that offer full FedEx Cup points get a trip down Magnolia Lane. Ever since the Masters renewed its criteria to take PGA Tour winners in 2007, only one player has won the last event before the Masters to get in – Johnson Wagner at the Houston Open in 2008. Siem is currently ranked 51st, 0.025 points average behind Russell Henley.

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“Everyone is really good at this level. One mistake can cost you. You have to play fearless golf but you have to be cognizant of the choices you’re making.” Mortellaro pointed out that in college, “I was a phenomenal ball-striker. On the tour, I need to get better.” She’s already making progress. “Like anything you start to figure out how to move up the ladder,” Tom said. “Many of the girls she grew up playing against at various times are on the tour. There’s always a learning curve, no matter how good you are or what you’ve done before.”

A family commitment Tom handles the scheduling, travel, hotels and away-from-the-course details so Kayla can focus on her game. There is no entourage of swing doctors, fitness gurus, sports psychologists, PR agents and managers that surround some tour players. She has her mom, a physical therapist, and dad, who carried Kayla’s clubs in Australia but has since given way to a family friend because of a troublesome knee. “He’s like my manager,” Kayla said. When she needs instruction, Kayla turns to two people who have helped her since she was a youngster: Craig Johnson, co-founder of Tour Masters and a long-time teacher, and Mike Wright, pro at Vistal Golf Club in Phoenix. Vistal, Shalimar and Ahwatukee golf courses have been instrumental in Mortellaro’s development. Vistal will be the site of a May 9th fundraiser for Mortellaro. Fundraising is a vital component for young players, who need considerable backing to play a full schedule. Mortellaro hopes to play in 14 events, but that could change depending on her success and bank account. She has an apparel sponsor – Royal and Awesome – but nearly every other dollar comes from Team Mortellaro. “It’s a two-to-five year process to really make it or decide it’s not going to happen to the level you’d like,” Tom said. “We didn’t know which tour she would be lined up with – LPGA or Symetra – at Q school but each has a cost associated with it. I started knocking on some doors. It’s a slow process. “You don’t want to destroy everything else. How far are you willing to try? That’s the tough part and we’ve talked about it. She’s already made it, proven the biggest part of her goal since she was 5. And now as an adult, we have to figure out a way to stay out there.” Kayla noted the financial side “can get a little overwhelming at times. “My family is paying for everything so we have to go as cheaply as possible. We don’t stay at the nicest places,” she said. “I plan on playing in everything I can. It’s great experience and I want to keep my card for next year.” Mortellaro has another reason to play well. Shortly after turning pro, one of her first priorities was establishing a fundraiser for the Special Olympics State Golf Games, an event she’s supported as a Courtesy photo

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Mortellaro’s exceptional ball striking led to 10 wins and 32 top-10 finishes while at the University of Idaho.

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With her mom and dad’s support while on the road, Mortellaro hopes to continue making cuts and find a way to support her ambition to keep playing professionally.

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volunteer for years at Vistal. After wrapping up a 30-minute phone interview, she asks if it’s possible to mention her Kaboomin’ Birdies for Special Olympics campaign.

New kid on the tour Many of the players Mortellaro followed as a youngster at the LPGA event in Phoenix are no longer on the tour, but at a recent tournament she was paired with a familiar face, a player who’d tossed her a golf

ball a decade before. “I didn’t tell her the story,” Mortellaro said. “I felt like it might make her feel old.”

Carrying for another Tom’s game improved back in the mid 1990s, but he eventually gave up the sport, in part to assist Kayla when golf became her passion. “My wife and I are really not very good golfers at all,” he said. “A friend once asked me if I was really sure Kayla was my child because most of the time one of the parents is very competent at golf and we aren’t.” He couldn’t be happier to have put away his clubs.

“Kayla always hits the ball,” he said, “but there are a lot of people behind her.”

No breaks, even when on break With a break in her LPGA schedule, Mortellaro has some free time in Phoenix, but she plans on spending it practicing. She wants to be on top of her game when the tour reaches Hawaii in mid April. While her dad organizes the fundraiser, Kayla is trying to trim another stroke or two off her score. “I’m going to get back on the course as soon as possible,” she said. “It’s the only way to get better. And I have plenty of areas to keep improving.”

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progress. He signed up for the Texas Open this Continued from K5 week, wanting more competition before going the U.S. Open trophy to the Masters. Perhaps from Congressional, more telling was how brown curls spilling out much happier he looked from under his cap. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe I looked than in recent weeks. That wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the case at like this,â&#x20AC;? he said. His hair is much shorter now. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the start of the year. McIlroy is no stranger more grown up. He turns to attention, and he 24 next month. brought that on himself. This is the state of Winning the U.S. Open McIlroy. He tied for 45th in the with a record score. A Houston Open, and while relationship with Caroline Wozniacki, who that would normally be was No. 1 in womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s considered a pedestrian tennis when they first week, he considers it

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AREA COURSE DIRECTORY The following is a directory of area golf courses. For more information on the area golf courses go online to www.gogolfnw.com •Avondale GC (208) 772-5963. 18-hole greens fees: weekends/weekdays, $58.75, except Mondays at $37. After 1 p.m., $40. 9-hole weekends/weekdays, $31. 18-hole cart fee: $30; 9-hole: $15. Tee times: no deadlines. www.avondalegolfcourse.com. •Bryden Canyon GC (208) 746-0863. 18-hole greens fees: weekends $26; weekdays, $22. 9-hole: daily, $17. 18-hole cart fee: $14 per seat; 9-hole: $9 per seat. Tee times: no deadlines. www.brydencanyongolf.net. •Chewelah G&CC (509) 935-6807. Until May 15: 27 holes (includes cart), $50 on weekends, $45 M-Th.; 18 holes $35/$30. May 16-Sept. 5: 27 holes $60/$55; 18 holes $50/$45. Sept. 6-season close: 27 holes $50/$45; 18 holes $35/$30. Seniors $5 discount M-Th.; juniors $5 discount on 9 holes, $10 on 18 or 27 holes M-Th. Walking rates all season: 9 holes $17, 18 holes $35/$30, 27 holes $40/$35. Tee times: no deadlines. www.chewelahgolf.com. •Circling Raven GC (800) 523-2464. 18-hole greens fees (with golf cart and use of practice range): Through May 16: Monday-Thursday: $65, Friday-Sunday: $75; May 17-Sep. 29: Monday-Thursday: $80, Friday-Sunday: $95. Sep. 30-end of season: Monday-Thursday: $65, Friday-Sunday $75. Tee times: 30 days in advance. www.circlingraven.com. •Coeur d'Alene GC (208) 765-0218. 18-hole greens fees: weekends/weekdays, $29, $24 for seniors. 9-hole: weekends/weekdays, $17, $15 for seniors. 18-hole cart fee: $27; 9-hole: $17. Single person 18-hole cart fee: $17; 9-hole $10. Tee times: Friday-Sunday and holidays, call prior Tuesday; Mon-Thurs, prior Thursday. www.cdapublicgolf.com. •Coeur d'Alene Resort (208) 667-4653. 18-hole greens fees: weekdays/weekends, April: $150 for day guests, twilight rate April daily $75, (after 2:00), May/October: $150-$175, twilight $75-$90, June/September: $195, twilight $110; July/August: $220, twilight $135. Fees include cart, range balls and forecaddie, sports massage and complimentary bag tag. Best values: Golf packages available, include lodging and golf. Spring starting at $99 per person based on double occupancy. Specials will be announced throughout the year. Tee times: no deadline if staying at hotel. Call for Good Neighbor specials starting at $75. www.cdaresort.com.

weekdays $29 (with discount card $21 during weekdays, $17 for seniors, $25 on weekends). 9-hole: weekends/weekdays (only available after 2 p.m.), $21 (with discount card $17). 18-hole cart fee: $28; 9-hole: $14. Tee times: weekends, call previous Friday starting at 2 p.m.; weekdays, call two days in advance by 2 p.m.. www.spokaneparks.org. •Liberty Lake GC (509) 255-6233. 18-hole greens fees: weekday (Monday-Thursday) $28.24, $15.69 for juniors. With $30 discount card the rate is $23.01, $19.35 for seniors and $10.98 for juniors. Weekend $30.33 and $25.10 with discount card. Seniors after 3 p.m. is $19.35. 9-hole: weekday $21.97 and $17.78 with discount card. 18-hole cart fee: $28; 9-hole: $14. Tee times: weekends, call on Saturday one week in advance; weekdays, call the previous Tuesday morning. •The Links GC, Post Falls (208) 777-7611. 18-hole greens fees (all prices include tax): Through April 14, $20 any time. Friday, Saturday, Sunday $36; Monday, Wednesday, Thursday $31; 9-hole Friday, Saturday, Sunday $26; Monday, Wednesday, Thursday $21; FILE The Spokesman-Review Tight-Wad-Tuesday: 18-hole: $21; A panoramic view of the Spokane area – including Mt. Spokane in the distance – awaits golfers from 9-hole: $14. Seniors 60+: $26 for 18 this viewpoint near the first tee box at Indian Canyon GC. Pictured: Hole Nos. 1 (left) and 9. holes, $16 for 9 holes. Juniors: $17 for 18 holes, $12 for 9 holes. 18-hole cart fee: $30; 9-hole: $15. Tee times: no •Colfax G&CC (509) 397-2122. weekdays $21 (with discount card rate with discount card M-Th $18.50. deadlines. Summer rates: 18-hole greens fees weekends $17 after 3 p.m., weekdays Juniors – 9 or 18-hole $15, 10.50 with weekend/weekdays, $23. 9-hole: $17). 18-hole cart fee: $28; 9-hole: $14. junior discount card. 18-hole cart fee: •MeadowWood GC (509) 255-9539. 18-hole greens fees: weekday weekends/weekdays, $16. 18-hole cart Tee times: weekends, call previous $28; 9-hole: $14. Tee times: fee: $20; 9-hole: $14. Tee times: Friday starting at 2 p.m.; weekdays, weekends, call the previous Saturday (Monday-Thursday) $28.24, $15.69 weekends, call one day in advance; call two days in advance by 2 p.m. by 7 a.m.; weekdays, call on Tuesday for juniors. With $30 discount card the rate is $23.01, $19.35 for seniors weekdays, no deadlines. www.spokaneparks.org. at 7 a.m. Course does not allow and $10.98 for juniors. Weekend •Dominion Meadows GC (509) •Esmeralda GC (509) 487-6291. fivesome parties. $30.33 and $25.10 with discount card. 684-5508. 18-hole greens fees: 18-hole greens fees: weekends $31, •Harrington G&CC (509) 253-4308. Seniors after 3 p.m. is $19.35. 9-hole: weekends/weekdays $26/23; Senior weekdays $29 (with discount card 18-hole greens fees: weekday $21.97 and $17.78 with 18-hole: $23/$21. College $23/21, $21 during weekdays, $19 for seniors, Wednesday-Sunday $18, $16 for Junior $18 (no weekend rates), 9-hole $25 on weekends). 9-hole: weekends seniors; Monday-Tuesday $10 (except discount card. 18-hole cart fee: $14 per person; 9-hole: $7 per person. fee: weekends/weekdays $21/$19; (only available after 2 p.m.) $21; holidays). 9-hole: weekends/ Tee times: for weekends, call on Senior 9-hole: $18/$16. College weekdays (only available after 3 weekdays $13, $11 for seniors. 18-hole $18/$16, Junior $12/$12. 18-hole cart p.m.), $21 (with discount card $16). Saturday one week in advance; cart fee: $23; 9-hole: $13. Tee times: fee: $24; 9-hole: $12. Tee times: Call 18-hole cart fee: $28; 9-hole: $14. Tee no deadlines. weekdays, call the previous Tuesday one day in advance. times: weekends, call previous Friday •Highlands GC (208) 773-3673. morning. dominionmeadowsgolf.com. starting at 2 p.m.; weekdays, call two 18-hole greens fees: www.meadowwoodgolf.com. •Deer Park G&CC (509) 276-5912. days in advance by 2 p.m.. weekends/weekdays $35; seniors •Mirror Lake Municipal Golf Course, 18-hole greens fees: weekends $29 www.spokaneparks.org. weekdays/weekends after 1 p.m. $28; Bonners Ferry, Idaho (208) 267-5314. ($20 for sunset rate after 3 p.m., with •The Fairways GC (509) 747-8418. juniors, weekdays $15 and weekends 9-hole greens fees: $16, weekends 18-hole: Tuesday-Friday greens fees $10 cart fee); weekdays $22 until 1 p.m. then back to $15; and holidays $18, juniors $9. 18-hole: $24; Monday $19 (high school (Monday-Friday) $26 ($21 for 9-hole: $22 weekdays/weekends $23, weekends and holidays $25, seniors). 9-hole: weekends after 3 students $11, senior citizens $19, after 1 p.m.; 18-hole cart fee: $14 per juniors $13. Cart trail fee: $5. p.m., $17.50 ($16 for seniors); everyday); weekends $29. 9-hole: seat; 9-hole: $7 per seat. Tee times: •Palouse Ridge GC (509) 335-4342. weekends/weekdays $17. Everyday weekdays (Monday-Friday) $17.50 weekends, call up to one week in 18-hole greens fees for residents (live ($16 for seniors). 18-hole cart fee: $29; after 4 p.m. $19. Tee times: advance; weekdays, up to one week within 40-mile radius): $50. 9-hole: $14.50. Tee times: weekends/ weekends/weekday tee time opening in advance. Twilight time is after 3 Non-residents: $99. Seniors weekdays, call one week in advance. varies, call clubhouse for availability. p.m. and is $25 with cart, $20 (60+)/Faculty and Staff: $40. www.golfthefairways.com. www.deerparkgolf.com. without. www.thehighlandsgc.com. Students: $40 (Monday-Thursday •Downriver GC (509) 327-5269. •Hangman Valley GC (509) 448-1212. •Idaho Club (208) 265-2345. 18-hole $30). Juniors: $20. Twilight: $30. 18-hole greens fees: weekends $31, 18-hole greens fees: weekdays greens fees: $125 includes golf cart. 9-hole greens fees: $40 before 8 a.m. weekdays (Monday-Thursday) $29, (Monday-Thursday), $27, weekend Twilight rate (after 2 p.m.) $80. Tee and after 3 p.m. Cart fees: all rates (with discount card the weekends are $29; rate for pre-book $32; county times required. include a cart. palouseridge.com. $25, weekdays $21). 9-hole: discount card $22 M-Th, weekends •Indian Canyon GC (509) 747-5353. weekends $31 ($21 after 3.p.m), $24; 9-hole: weekdays $21. Seniors 18-hole greens fees: weekends $31, See DIRECTORY, K11

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AREA COURSE DIRECTORY www.priestlakegolfcourse.com. â&#x20AC;˘Quail Ridge GC (509) 758-8501. Continued from K10 18-hole greens fees: weekdays â&#x20AC;˘Pine Acres (509) 466-9984. 18-hole (Monday-Thursday) $25; weekends greens fees: weekends/weekdays $13; $28. 9-hole greens fees: weekends/ weekdays $17. 18-hole cart fee: $28, seniors/juniors (weekdays only) $12. $14 per seat; 9-hole: $16, $8 per seat. 9-hole: weekends/weekdays $9; Tee times: one week in advance. seniors/juniors (weekdays only) $8. â&#x20AC;˘The Creek at Qualchan GC (509) Pull carts $1. Tee times: none. Range 448-9317. 18-hole greens fees: bucket prices: 135 balls for $11, 90 weekends $31, weekdays $29 (with balls for $8, 60 balls for $7. Club discount card $21 during weekdays, Rentals: $0.50 a club. â&#x20AC;˘Pomeroy GC (509) 843-1197. 18-hole $19 for seniors, $25 on weekends). 9-hole: weekends/weekdays (only greens fees: weekends/ weekdays $18. 9-hole: $12. 18-hole cart fee: $20, available after 3 p.m.), $21 (with discount card $17). 18-hole cart fee: 9-hole: $10. Off-course cart fee: $3. $28; 9-hole: $14. Tee times: Tee times: none. weekends, call previous Friday â&#x20AC;˘Ponderosa Springs (208) 664-1101. starting at 2 p.m.; weekdays, call two 9-hole: weekends/weekdays $12, $6 to play again. Weekdays: seniors (55 days in advance by 2 p.m. www.spokaneparks.org. and over) $10, juniors (17 and under) â&#x20AC;˘Ranch Club Golf Course (208) $10. Ten-play passes: $90. Pull carts: 448-1731. 18-hole greens fees: $2. Club rentals: $3 for a bag. Tee weekends/weekdays $22. 9-hole: times: none. No dress code. weekends/weekdays $17. 18-hole cart â&#x20AC;˘Prairie Falls GC, Post Falls (208) fee: $20; 9-hole: $15. Golf all day 457-0210. 18-hole greens fees: $25. (April, May, October, November): $15. 9-hole: $15. 18-hole cart fee: $15 per Tee times: on weekends reservations seat; 9-hole: $8 per seat. Tee times: are needed a couple of days in one week in advance. advance. www.prairiefallsgolf.com. â&#x20AC;˘Ritzville GC (509) 659-9868. â&#x20AC;˘Priest Lake GC (208) 443-2525. 18-hole greens fees: weekends $22; 18-hole greens fees: weekdays $20; senior weekends/weekdays high season (Monday-Thursday) $17. 9-hole: (June 18-Sept. 11) $55; 9-hole: weekends $16; weekdays $14, senior weekends and high season $29; off-season $29 for 18, $15 for 9. 18-cart (Monday-Thursday) $12. High School students and below can play fee: $15 per seat, 9-cart fee: $12 per seat. Tee times: no deadline, but time unlimited rounds for $5 (Monday-Thursday). Trail fee: $5. Tee availability varies.