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ome »... ... th ghens Grant Cation tees off at the No. 1 hole of Alderbrook Golf Yacht Club in Union re course’s head golf professional in March. Journal photo Justin Johnson Thursday, April 14, 2022 - Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page A-23 Sports& Outdoors ' Cation promOted to head golf pro at Alderbrook cently. Cation, a resident of Alderbrook since 2007, was named the By Justin Johnson justln@masoncounty. com s a youngster, Grant Cation grew up with a View of the 14th hole at Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club. Fifteen years later, Cation has a different view of the renowned Union course, one that comes with an office in the clubhouse and the title of Head Golf Professional, but says the 14th is still one of his fa— vorite on the course. “My favorite hole is either the 18th or the 14th hole,” Cation wrote in an email interview with the Journal. “No. 18 of course because of the beautiful view to end your round, but hole 14 is the hole that my family lived on, and I have many fond memo- ries of growing up on that hole and going out to the green to practice my short gaine or hitting wedge shots from 100 yards out.” After four years as an assistant professional un- der former head pro Sam Smith, Cation was offi- ‘ cially named head pro in March. “If it wasn’t for Sam, I would have never gotten into the PGA program and started my path as a golf professional,” Cation wrote. “I owe him every- thing. Sam was more than just my boss: he was my mentor and a great friend. Everything I learned from him in the last four years is the reason why I was well-prepared to take over and earn the head pro position.” . . Smith, who joined Alderbrook in July 2017, ac-. cepted the head pro position at Fairwood Golf & Country Club in Renton late last year. Cation wrote that while growing up at Alder- brook, he always had a feeling he’d become the course’s head professional someday. “(I thought) it would be a dream to run the golf see page A-25 Feeling optimistic about the Seattle Mariners my allergies are doing great (sarcasm) and it is officially baseball season. Every year around this time, I’m usually excited for Seattle Mariners baseball. Usually, that excitement is dashed by June, but with the success of last year’s team and the ofl'season additions Seattle made, I’m more ex- cited about this season than ‘ usual. Let’s start with last year’s team. The Mariners were pro- jected to be below .500, but that didn’t happen. Seattle was around .500 baseball for the first half of the season and made 'a run in the second half of the sea- son, winning 11 of its last 14 games to get into the‘ hunt for a wild card spot. They were in the wild card race until the It is April, spring is here, I'm. MAAlDE MA'IT'S MUSINGS Very last day of the season, but came up just short as the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees secured the two wild card spots. Seeing T-Mobile Park be packed and excited for the last six games of the regu- lar season with a spot in the playoffs on the line, that’s something that gives me hope T for this season. The Mariners made some moves in the offseason to improve the team. Seattle" signed reigning AL Cy Young winner Robbie Ray to a 5-year, $115 million deal to be Seattle’s ace. The Mari- ners acquired Jesse Winker and Eugenio Suarez from the Reds to add more hitting to the lineup.. Seattle’s farm system, ranks as one} of the best, and the young talent of Julio Ro- , ,driguez, Jarred Kelenic, Lo- gan Gilbert, Matt Brash and Cal Raleigh should all get I significant playing time this year to develop into the star players the Mariners hope . they will turn into and be a cornerstone for the franchise for years to come. All of this combined makes me the most excited I’ve been for years for Mariners base- ball, .but it does come with a slight caveat. As I’ve talked about in pre- vious columns, the Mariners haven’t been relevant for 20 years and have come cldse to the playoffs a few times, but have mostly- been the Detroit Lions of the MLB. They have had good players like Ichiro, Felix Hernandez, Nelson Cruz, Robinson Cano, but none of those players have been able to get the Mari: ners out of the postseason drought. The American League is not going to be easy to make the playoffs in. The AL East. "looks solid once again in a ’ division that produced three playoff teams last season in Tampa Bay, Boston and New York, and Toronto was in the playoff chase last season until the end. The Chicago White Sox look like a solid team and the Minnesota Twins made some moves to improve its chances. Houston is always a contender in the AL West and this could be the year Mike Trout stays healthy and the- ‘Angels play well. The MLB added an extra wild card team so that will help the Mariners chances. It’s early in the season and September and October are far away, but I’m hopeful this is the year the Mariners break the curse and make the postseason. As Michael Scott says in ‘.‘The Office,” I am ' ready to get hurt again. :- Matt Baide is a reporter for the Shelton-Mason County Journal. He can be rea'ched at matt@masoncounty.com or 360—426-4412 ’