A champion of the future

Looking across the water at Alcatraz, Brian Humphreys wondered how he was going to land his golf ball in the center of that famous island green on the PGA West’s TPC Stadium Course, in Palm Springs, Calif.

The 13-year-old from Washougal pulled out his 9-iron and dropped his first shot of the Future Champions of Golf World Championship about 12 feet from the flag stick. The only blemish on that first hole was a 2-putt par, instead of a birdie.