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BY DICK STEPHENS

Save the date for a Super Bowl weekend of golf: Seattle Golf Show Feb. 7-8 kicks off 2025!

What a year we all had with the sport of golf here in Puget Sound and all around the Northwest. With some of the best spring, summer and fall weather in recent memory, the sport here at home flourished under sunny skies, an Aurora Borealis, the longest days to play in the lower 48 and an autumn to remember.

We played host to a major with the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee and heard about record numbers of rounds played all over western Washington. We live in golfing Valhalla for sure — it’s ok to pinch yourself.

Now, we crawl into the shortest days of the year — grey, windy and rainy. It’s no surprise as we are all grizzled vets and know how to navigate the Northwest winter and hunker down until April rolls in.

So, with that, we are stoked to announce the earliest date ever (Feb. 7-8) for Seattle Golf Show, which will kick off Super Bowl weekend with a two-day extravaganza for our sport on that Friday and Saturday. Fresh off the PGA Show in Orlando, Puetz Golf will showcase the world premiere of the latest and greatest in golf equipment and technology — all for sale!

Their 200-foot indoor testing and fitting range is the biggest indoor tee line in the Far West — don’t miss it. Seattle Golf Show shines a spotlight on the region’s leading golf businesses, destinations, apparel and lifestyle businesses and locations. Also enjoy the show’s simulators, chipping, driving and putting exhibits and compete for thousands of dollars in contest prizes and trips.

Learn all about our sport at every level — for beginners and advanced players alike.

Visit SeattleGolfShow.com to buy tickets, get great front door swag and make Super Bowl weekend one to remember.

Remembering our friend Joey Mutcheson

Please see our In Memoriam feature on the passing of Snohomish High School’s legendary coach and educator Joey Mutcheson who lost a hard-fought battle with cancer.

I knew Joey, his wife Jill and their children as I am from Snohomish myself having raised my family there — our kids went to school and played together. Joey’s son Palmer is one of the finest youth golfers to ever come out of Snohomish County and we have covered both over the years.

The sentiment I wish to pass on here about this great man is that he was compassionate and a class act. His students and players basked in the light of his excellence in helping boys and girls come of age and become young men and women under his tutelage — all better because of his association with them.

He will be sorely missed.

Thank you to our readers

For nearly 20 years I have been thanking you all — the readers of Cascade Golfer — for your loyalty, support, feedback and participation. This was our best year yet. The 2024 Seattle Golf Show, the CG Cups and Match Play, our largest ever Corona Premier Shootout and the Top 20 Public Courses in Washington State issue underscores your care and love for golf here.

So, allow us all to take a bow and thank you for making this title and all we do for you our sincere pleasure. We will keep it rocking in 2025.

Enjoy the holidays with your loved ones, pine for spring golf AND AS ALWAYS, TAKE IT EASY.

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