THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: Want to be a better golfer? Watch the female pros play at Circling Raven

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We haven’t done a “notes and quotes” column for quite a while, and there’s plenty going on that deserves a mention.

We’ll touch on this item in a few minutes, but I hope you’re all still breathing after the Seahawks put on that classic circus last weekend.

Losing two exhibition games by a combined score of 50-10 generally won’t amuse the fan base, but all is not lost.

Stick around and we’ll explain why.

Meanwhile…

ITEM: Memo to all male golfers (and women, as well)…

You really ought to enjoy an outing down to Worley this weekend.

There’s gambling action at the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort, of course, but you can find serious players right next door at Circling Raven Golf Club.

The ladies of the Symetra Tour — gateway to the LPGA Tour — are teeing it up from today through Sunday in the $200,000 Circling Raven Championship.

There have been events all week, including a pro-am, but the business end of the tournament lasts three days and starts today.

A total of 132 women from 29 countries will be battling for points on the Symetra Tour, with the season’s top 10 graduating to the LPGA Tour.

But there’s another reason I mentioned male golfers as potential spectators…

Most guys try to slash and bash their way around the course, pretending to be Bryson DeChambeau — and hitting half their shots sideways.

We can learn so much more by watching the women pros, almost all of whom have slow, graceful swings that keep the ball on course while generating surprising power.

You want to play a little better?

Spend the weekend at Circling Raven.

ITEM: News is happening for all the wrong reasons as Washington State’s football team bangs its way through fall practice.

Surely, you all know the Nick Rolovich saga by now — the Wazzu coach has refused to be vaccinated despite university and state guidelines insisting it’s mandatory.

And…

Rolovich subsequently has claimed he will “abide by (Gov. Jay Inslee’s) mandate,” but refused to answer several direct questions about whether he would get a vaccination shot.

The Cougs’ preparation for a brutal 2021 schedule — which opens Sept. 4 against Utah State — naturally has been impacted by Rolovich’s stand, although several of his players have publicly supported him.

WSU President Kirk Schulz and AD Pat Chun are in a serious bind, since Rolovich’s last loophole (on the governor’s rule) expires Oct. 18, which doesn’t fall until after the Cougars’ seventh game of the season.

While THAT pot continues to bubble, sophomore quarterback Jayden de Laura – who was suspended during the spring for a drunk driving offense – was taped doing a private, unsanctioned “Oklahoma drill,” in which two players take on each other without pads (or any real rules).

De Laura’s participation is hardly a serious breach of conduct — players get hit all the time — but it’s one more weird event that casts an unwanted spotlight on the Cougar program.

Poor Chun must be wondering if he will ever preside over a “normal” year in Pullman.

He deserves one.

ITEM: I mentioned that we’d circle back to the Seahawks, who have played almost entirely backups through two preseason games, but nonetheless have looked laughably bad while being outscored 50-10 by Las Vegas and Denver.

That second pasting, a 30-3 embarrassment against the Broncos, came with more than 68,000 Seahawk fans at Lumen Field — the first “true” home game in more than a year.

Heck, it wasn’t even called Lumen Field the last time spectators were allowed in to watch the Hawks in person.

There’s actually good news and “maybe” news that we can find in the two beatdowns.

Good: The games don’t count, and the Seahawks starters remain healthy heading into the final exhibition this weekend against the Chargers.

The offense devised by new offensive coordinator Shane Waldron will remain a mystery until the Hawks open the regular season on Sept. 5 in Indianapolis.

But…

Watching that clown act against Denver, with Seattle turning the ball over seven times (as Sean Mannion perhaps is winning the No. 3 QB job over Alex McGough), it’s entirely fair to ask about the Seahawks’ depth.

Some of the players who have looked helpless in the two resounding defeats will see a lot of snaps during the regular season.

Still…

I can’t find it in myself to worry about meaningless games.

The Hawks should be just fine.

Gulp!

Email: scameron@cdapress.com

Steve Cameron’s “Cheap Seats” columns temporarily have appeared on Wednesdays and Fridays, but he will return to add his regular Monday column to the lineup on Sept. 13 – with the story posted online immediately after the Seahawks’ regular-season opener on the 12th.

Steve also writes Zags Tracker, a commentary on Gonzaga basketball which is published monthly.