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12A • June 16, 2017 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com Putting on the Puttz in Cannon Beach Mini-golf tourney raises money for arts By Kaelia Neal Cannon Beach Gazette Golfers dressed in colorful, mis- matched clothes and wore plaid golf socks with bucket hats or visors. One group decorated their faces with rain- bow paint and purple lipstick while wearing vibrant tutus and “Make America Gay Again” shirts. The miniature golf tournament is Cannon Beach at its most quirky. The event is the biggest fundraiser of the year for Tolovana Arts Colony, a nonprofit organization that provides workshops, art classes and cultural programming. Nancy Teagle has been on the Arts Colony board for eight years. “This (Puttz) helps us continue,” Teagle said Tuesday, June 13. The annual golf tournament is held on Tuesdays so local people and some tourists can enjoy it, she said. “The enthusiasm grows every year.” ANDREW TONRY/FOR EO MEDIA GROUP A beachside hole on the patio at Land’s End hotel. ANDREW TONRY/FOR EO MEDIA GROUPSS Records set ANDREW TONRY/FOR EO MEDIA GROUP This year, Puttz generated more than $5,500 and had a record-break- ing number of golfers with 75, about 10 more than last year. Thirteen merchants sponsored the event by designing creative golf holes, which were inside and outside of the businesses. One hole required participants to putt the golf ball up a ramp and into a kiddie pool of donut floaters. Watt Childress, the owner of Ju- piter’s Rare and Used Books and the chairman of Tolovana Arts Colony, has participated in the Puttz event for six years. “Time flies when you’re having fun,” Childress said. The purpose of the Puttz tourna- ment is “celebrating the community together and having fun in advance of peak tourist season,” Childress said. “We welcome tourists to come. It’s just not our emphasis.” The “Pink Bible Horn” mini- course was set in the grass in front of Jupiter’s Rare and Used Books. A bench with branches on top and chairs on either side blocked Hole 7, forcing people to find a way around the obstacles. Mick French goes airborne at the Driftwood Restaurant and Lounge hole. ANDREW TONRY/FOR EO MEDIA GROUP ANDREW TONRY/FOR EO MEDIA GROUP Rules at the hole sponsored by Bill’s Tavern & Brew- house. Silent auction items including Puffin Wines pinot noir and Cannon Beach Distillery rum. Mike French, of Cannon Beach, has participated in the Puttz tourna- ment for four years for two reasons. “No. 1, it’s fundraising for the arts and No. 2, it’s way too much fun,” he said. “Every year it’s different.” The Wine Shack’s hole required the Puttz participants to putt the golf ball down two flights of stairs. “This is a lot of fun,” said Lee Roberts, who works at the Wine Shack and has participated in the Puttz for four years. “Word of mouth is probably one of the best advertisers, and people hear this is fun.” The hardest hole Donald Conner, who works at Land’s End Motel, hosted Hole 5. Conner said players had acknowl- edged it was the hardest hole. Three upside-down beach buckets served as barricades while plastic foam pool noodles were stripped across and outlined the course. This is Conner’s third year work- ing at Land’s End Motel and his second as a participant in the Puttz event. “It’s a blast,” Conner said. “It gives us a chance to extend our hos- pitality, and we always enjoy that.” Most people who participate in Alaina Giguiere Marty Giguiere Owner/Principal Broker c: 503.440.3202 f: 877.812.1126 e: alainagiguiere@mac.com Owner/Broker c: 503.440.7676 o: 503.436.1777 e: mr007@pacifier.com Coastal Advantage 503.436.1777 • CoastalAdvantage.com the Puttz tourney live in Cannon Beach or nearby. However, visitors were welcomed. Jon Lawry, a Port- land native, was in Cannon Beach for work-related meetings when he asked friend Tim Davis if he wanted to play golf Tuesday. Davis then invited Lawry to join him in this year’s Puttz. Lawry was not disappointed. “It’s fun to see the businesses and see the surrounding areas.” Lawry also said he might make the Puttz tournament his new tradition. 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