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Bart Potter is an Olympia freelance writer and golf enthusiast. His column on the local and regional golf scenes will appear on Tuesdays. He can be reached at: greygoatee06@msn.com.

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Going to Bend? Use concierge

posted 08:57 AM 02/08

If I ever wanted to exercise my right to be truly golf-deranged, I know the guy who can set up my five-day 18-36-36-36-18 road trip.

Is Capitol a hazard for golf?

posted 08:45 AM 02/01

To say Heather Hansen is a golf lobbyist is the truth, but not the whole truth.

Gonzales to join giants this week

posted 09:34 AM 01/25

All eyes in the golf world will be on San Diego's Torrey Pines this week as the PGA Tour comes to town.

You can get that Monterey feeling without leaving Lacey

posted 07:34 AM 01/18

It paid the bills, but Ted Trask had a fundamental problem with his janitorial business. He didn't like cleaning. So, operating on the theory that if you do what you like, you'll like what you do, he went looking for another business to run. "I do like golf," Trask said.

Too cold to play golf? Then try fantasy golf

posted 08:06 AM 01/11

It might be time to wind down your fantasy football season when you find yourself agonizing between Brandon Manumaleuna and Ben Hartsock for your last pick of the playoff draft.

Don't bet against big year from Dustin Johnson

posted 07:08 AM 01/04

Nobody's had a major-tournament year like Dustin Johnson had in 2010, ever.

Pundits talk for dough and golf for show

posted 07:58 AM 12/28

You might have seen the cartoon by Glen Le Lievre in the latest issue of the New Yorker that shows a city bus with a bubble on top, pipes running from two sides, encasing a couple of wildly gesticulating men seated at a desk. The lettering on the side reads, "This bus runs on punditry."