SHORT GAME
Una Johnson
Duke’s Picks Two To Share Fourth $1,000 Golf Scholarship of 2020
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ometimes, it’s easy to pick a winner of the Duke’s Junior Golf Scholarship — $1,000 awarded in every issue of Cascade Golfer to a young golfer in the local area who shows a passion for golf, and a commitment to academics and community service. Other times — like this month — it’s much tougher. When browsing through the nominations we’ve received from parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches and mentors — even siblings! — the scholarship committee (including Duke’s Seafood founder Duke Moscrip and his son and COO, John Moscrip) had a tough time parsing between the many outstanding young candidates. Do you pick the one with the strongest golf credentials? Or maybe the one with the most community service to their credit? Should age or need be relevant, or should you just focus purely on the facts? It’s a tough call in every issue, but this time, it proved even more challenging. So it is that the committee ultimately decided to split this month’s scholarship into two and award it to a pair of young golfers who each appear to have bright futures ahead of them.
Nixon Dremousis is heading into fourth grade this fall, but you’d be wise to decline a friendly wager from him on the first tee. Already this year, Nixon has logged over 40 rounds of golf, with a low score of 77 at Washington National. Yep, you read that right — 77, before he’s even entered the fourth grade. Nixon first broke 80 at the age of 8, firing a 79 at West Seattle last summer, and has become a regular in the local youth tournament scene. In 2019, Nixon entered the Jackson Juniors tournament in the 6-12-year-old age division and proceeded to win by 11 strokes, shooting a oneunder-par 30 over nine holes. He’s also begun playing in PGA Junior League and WJGA events, and placed second last month among nine-yearolds in the WJGA District 2 Finals. Yeah, this isn’t the last we’re going to hear from this kid. Nixon also works hard in school, and participates in both school and community charities. Last year, he and his friends formed an Eco Club at school and collected trash at local play fields and community centers. He also plays yearround soccer and baseball, and never sleeps. OK, we made up that part about not sleeping, but
really, this kid somehow does it all. “Nixon is very excited and honored to have been selected!” said his father, George Dremousis. “He is humbled and honored to be recognized by Duke’s and Cascade Golfer, and plans to save the money and add it to his college fund. He’s a special kid, a tremendous golfer, and has learned a ton from playing golf and embodying all the positive characteristics we love about the game. Thank you!” He’s not the only one who’s special, though. Like Nixon, Anastacia Johnson has also been working hard on her game, while committing herself to being an all-around great student and community member. A product of The First Tee of South Puget Sound, Anastacia has blossomed into one of the state’s top junior players. Now entering her senior year at Tacoma’s Stadium High School, Anastacia has earned top-10 finishes in nine of her last 12 WJGA tournaments, including a fourth-place effort at last month’s WJGA Western Open at Capitol City in Olympia, where she fired back-to-back rounds of 72-74, and the medalist honor at last year’s Sub-District Championship at Wing Point Country Club in Bainbridge.
Congratulations to the Winners of July’s Enter-To-Wins! We’re all winners — while I mean that metaphorically for most of us, though, a few of our readers are winners in a literal sense, having taken home some sweet golf packages in last month’s issue of Cascade Golfer:
Do you want to be a literal winner, too? Yeah, so do we. Well, no need to worry, because there are two more chances to take home some golf packages of your own this month!
Twosome to Loomis Trail • Diane Ginther • Kirkland Foursomes to Whidbey G.C. • Greg Burnside • Edmonds Foursome to Alderbrook G.C. • Bob Clark • Auburn Stay-and-Play to Circling Raven • Thurmon Young • Puyallup
• Foursomes to Highlander G.C. & Sun Country G.C. • Page 36 • Whidbey G.C. Foursome & Port Ludlow Twosome • Page 52
Highlander G.C. • No. 17
All you have to do to win is log on to CascadeGolfer.com, so get to it and make yourself a winner today! 6
AUGUST 2020
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