Golf Digest has given Canyon Lakes Golf Course a 4-1/2 star rating in the 2008-09 edition of Golf Digest's "Best Places to Play."
Canyon Lakes tied with five other courses with the top rating and was the only Eastern Washington course to receive the high rank.
About 6,000 courses in North America were rated by Golf Digest readers on a five-point scale.
The Canyon Lakes course, which was established in 1981, has been ranked many times as one of the top 200 value golf courses in the United States.
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Canyon Lakes creates new event
Canyon Lakes creates new event
There’s new golf tournament in the Mid-Columbia scheduled for Monday, Sept. 19.
It is called the Canyon Lakes Classic, and it’s presented by Golf Today Magazine Northwest.
“A fun golf events for players of all abilities. No handicap required to play,” is how the four-person scramble tournament is billed.
Miniature golf event to help Ignite Youth Mentoring
Miniature golf event to help Ignite Youth Mentoring
KENNEWICK -- You can enjoy a game of miniature golf, free lunch and perhaps win prizes at Ignite Youth Mentoring's golf tournament from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
The putting green at Canyon Lakes Golf Course in Kennewick will be turned into a miniature golf course for the day.
Teams of two, one adult partnered with a youth, will compete in divisions according to the age of the youngest of the pair.
Golf tournament raises over $9,000 for dental program
Golf tournament raises over $9,000 for dental program
Supporters of a local program that provides free dental services to low-income children announced Monday that more than $9,000 had been raised at a recent golf tournament.
The annual ABCD Golf Tournament at Canyon Lakes Golf Course in Kennewick is the only fundraiser for the Benton-Franklin Access to Baby and Child Dentistry program, which also receives money from the state's Health Care Authority.
Dr. Ron Snyder, the Richland dentist who has organized the tournament for 10 years, said about $8,000 will go to the program after all the bills are paid for the fundraiser -- an increase over the typical $7,000 raised in previous years.
Moore's golf business acquires Oakbrook in Lakewood
Moore's golf business acquires Oakbrook in Lakewood
LAKEWOOD -- Puyallup golfer Ryan Moore sees the finest aspects of golf in America while playing on the PGA Tour.
And now he wants the public to experience some of that level of quality.
As part of a busy offseason, Moore and 13 partners -- mainly friends and family -- formed RMG Golf Course Management LLC, or RMG Club, which aims to pump a little life back in the South Sound's sagging golf economy.
On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history
On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history
On Nov. 2 in ...
* 2002 -- Sunnyside's Isley Gonzalez pulled away in the final half-mile to win the girls 3A state cross-country title at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
* 1993 -- Kelly Washington's shootout goal was the difference as Hanford defeated Ephrata 3-2 for the Mid-Valley League girls district soccer title.