Player Profile - J.R. Humphrey

J.R. Humphrey

Age: 45

Handicap: 3.1

Courses Played: 243

Rounds: 380

Biography

I've lived in Spokane, WA my whole life. I attended All Saints Catholic School from K-8th grade, then to Gonzaga Preparatory School, then Spokane Falls Community College, and capped it off with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Eastern Washington University. Go Eags!

I love just about any sport out there. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, and ran cross country and track & field. As Michael Jordan said once, "anything to miss class, I played it."

When I was about 11 years old I started to bug my grandfather to teach me to golf. He gladly took me to the range a few times and had me follow him for a round of golf. Later on he let me tee it up with him for my first round at Hangman Valley golf course. I remember vividly that I scored a 14 on the first hole and was furious. However, I quickly improved on the next hole with an 8. I ended up with a 118 that day and was off and running.

What's in the Bag?

Taylor Made M1 460CC Driver 10.5º

Taylor Made 3-Wood

Taylor Made 5-Wood

Taylor Made RAC LT 3-PW

Callaway Jaws SW 54º (12º Bounce), LW 60º (8º Bounce)

Odyssey Rossie putter

Favorite Courses

Favorite Courses (9-Holers)

1)	The Reserve at Moonlight Basin

2)	Bandon Dunes (Pacific Dunes)

3)	Wolf Creek Golf Club

4)	Greywolf Golf Course

5)	Spanish Peaks Mountain Club

6)	Bandon Dunes (Bandon Dunes)

7)	Streamsong (Red)

8)	Gamble Sands (Sands)

9)	Sunriver Resort (Crosswater)

10)	Tobiano Golf Course

11)	Chambers Bay

12)	Sand Hollow (Championship)

13)	The Rise Golf Club

14)	Bandon Dunes (Bandon Trails)

15)	Rock Creek Cattle Company

16)	Royal Hawaiian Golf Club

17)	The Wilderness Club

18)	Tetherow Golf Club

1)	Galena Ridge Golf Course

2)	Sun Valley (White Clouds)

3)	Bandon Dunes (Bandon Preserve)

4)	Eagle Bend Golf Club (Osprey)

Favorite Holes

Par Threes

1)	Oak Quarry Golf Club - #14

2)	Sand Hollow (Championship) - #15

3)	Greywolf Golf Course - #6

4)	Streamsong (Blue) - #7

5)	Mauna Kea Golf Course - #3

6)	Tetherow Golf Club - #17

7)	Wolf Creek Golf Club - #8

8)	The Reserve at Moonlight Basin - #7

9)	Spanish Peaks Mountain Club - #15

10)	Royal Hawaiian Golf Club - #12

11)	Rock Creek Cattle Company - #17

12)	Makani Golf Club - #17

13)	Bandon Dunes (Pacific Dunes) - #11

14)	Radium Resort (Springs) - #17

15)	Apple Tree Golf Course - #17

16)	Eagle Vines Golf Club - #14

17)	Kapalua (Bay) - #17

18)	The Rise Golf Club - #16

Par Fours

1)	Bandon Dunes (Pacific Dunes) - #13

2)	Bandon Dunes (Bandon Dunes) - #16

3)	The Reserve at Moonlight Basin - #18

4)	Sand Hollow (Championship) - #13

5)	Royal Hawaiian Golf Club - #9

6)	Bandon Dunes (Pacific Dunes) - #4

7)	Ko'olau Golf Club - #18

8)	Tetherow Golf Club - #6

9)	Sand Hollow (Championship) - #12

10)	The Ledges Golf Club - #15

11)	Bandon Dunes (Bandon Dunes) - #5

12)	Wolf Creek Golf Club - #14

13)	Oak Quarry Golf Club - #4

14)	Coeur d'Alene Resort - #13

15)	Sun Valley (Trail Creek) - #8

16)	Makani Golf Club - #18

17)	Falcon Crest (Championship) - #18

18)	Jug Mountain Ranch - #12

Par Fives

1)	Desert Canyon - #15

2)	Sun Valley (White Clouds) - #5

3)	Apple Tree Golf Course - #18

4)	The Wilderness Club - #18

5)	Tobiano Golf Course - #13

6)	Eagle Ranch Golf Resort - #18

7)	Royal Hawaiian Golf Club - #10

8)	Sun Valley (White Clouds) - #4

9)	St. Eugene Golf Resort - #9

10)	Darkhorse Golf Club - #18

11)	The Reserve at Moonlight Basin - #6

12)	Turtle Bay (Arnold Palmer) - #18

13)	Osprey Meadows at Tamarack - #4

14)	Redstone Resort - #11

15)	Yocha Dehe Golf Club - #10

16)	Shadow Mountain - #17

17)	The Wilderness Club - #12

18)	The Idaho Club - #9

Must-Play Courses

Bucket List Courses

1)	Banff Springs Golf Club

2)	Bandon Dunes (Sheep Ranch)

Sagebrush

4)	Cascata Golf Course

5)	Tower Ranch Golf Course

6)	Kananaskis Country (Mt. Lorette)

7)	Stewart Creek Golf Club

8)	Big Sky Golf & Country Club

9)	Predator Ridge (Ridge)

10)	Kananaskis Country (Mt. Kidd)

11)	Sun Peaks Golf Course

12)	Silvertip Golf Course

13)	Jasper Park Lodge Golf Course

14)	Grizzly Ranch Golf Club

15)	Quintero Golf Club

16)	Coyote Moon Golf Course

17)	Old Greenwood Golf Course

18)	Thanksgiving Point Golf Course

1)	Old Head Golf Links

2)	Lofoten Links

3)	Thracian Cliffs Golf Club

4)	Ocean Dunes - King's Island

5)	Kauri Cliffs Golf Course

6)	Cape Wickham Golf Links

7)	Brautarholt Golf Club

8)	Cape Kidnappers Golf Club

9)	Cabot (Cliffs)

10)	Barnbougle (The Dunes)

11)	Sand Hills Golf Club

12)	Punta Espada Golf Club

13)	Cabot (Links)

14)	Kiawah Island (Ocean)

15)	Tara Iti Golf Club

16)	Tobacco Road Golf Club

17)	Royal County Down (Championship)

18)	Quivira Golf Club

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Memorable Rounds

Meadowwood Golf Club

Date:	10/08/2011
Score:	67(-5)
	How can a round with 8 birdies not be memorable? And I'm not exaggerating when I say it really should have been 9. I had a tiny up and down to make on the Par-5 7th but they had just aerated the fringe and there were plugs all over the place. The same thing happened on #18 which also cost me a stroke. It was probably the only round I've ever played where I had all facets of my game working. I kept my ball in play off the tee. I hit some irons that left me tap-in birdies. I made some extremely long putts.

Torrey Pines (South)

Date:	02/07/2012
Score:	73(+1)
	This round was memorable for several reasons: They had just finished playing the Farmers Insurance Open the day before. I got to play golf in the middle of the winter. I was playing a U.S. Open course. I was basically the only one on the course (since it had rained a bit and scared everyone away). It was the best I had ever scrambled in a round of golf. I hit very few greens but managed to scramble for par around 10 times.

Chambers Bay

Date:	07/13/2012
Score:	71(-1)
	This was such a memorable round because I had 6 birdies on a future US Open course that I had never played before from the furthest tees they had out. Probably the best round I've played from tee-to-green. And it's probably my favorite course now!

Memorable Shots

Indian Canyon Hole: 8

Date:	05/15/2010
Hole Score:
	My first hole-in-one! The tee shot is listed at 205 yards but it was probably playing more like 198. I used a 5-iron.

Wolf Creek Golf Club Hole: 12

Date:	01/23/2016
Hole Score:	Eagle
	Holed out from 167 yards with a 7-iron for Eagle.

Buffalo Hill Golf Club (Championship) Hole: 15

Date:	08/22/2015
Hole Score:	Eagle
	Chipped in from off the green for a eagle. I actually called that I was going to make it too, which I don't do very often.

Meadowwood Golf Club Hole: 7

Date:
Hole Score:
	My first ever birdie!

Memorable Moments

My first round under par, at Whitefish (South). I made 6 birdies against 4 bogeys and finished with a 69 (-2).

Fellow Core Four member Pat and I played the 63 holes walking at the Deer Park Golf Club. And we had time to play 18 holes more. Probably more impressive than our 82 holes at Chewelah.

Can't forget when fellow Core Four member Pat duck hooked his 2nd shot on the #10th hole at Eagle Bend so bad that it started bouncing around in someones garage while he was working in there. The guy walked out to our cart and, needless to say, there was a bit of a confrontation!

When playing Granite Pointe on one of our trips to British Columbia, all Core Four members manged to drive the green on the Par-4 16th hole. That will never happen again!

We played Apple Tree twice in one day. The Par-3 2nd is uphill so you can't see where your ball ends up. Both tee shots finished directly behind the hole, just inches away. I'm guessing that both shots lipped out a bit.

Hadn't had a hole-in-one at the point and nearly ended up with 2 in one day, and on the same hole.

Fellow Core Four member Pat and I played 82 holes in one day. Yes, 82 holes! We did this at the Chewelah Golf and Country Club on a weekday (they had an all day rate, including cart). The reason we played 82 holes and not 81 is because we were tired of waiting behind a group in front of us so we played the 8th hole twice in a row.

Ian hit the tee marker on the Par 3 12th at Kahler Glen which caused the ball to shoot left toward the houses but spin back toward the hole. The ball finished just a few feet short of the green. Impossible!