Mark-Wurtz-Obituary

Mark Wurtz

La Quinta, California

1964 - 2020 (Age 55)

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La Quinta, California

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Mark WurtzLa Quinta - It is with great sadness, the family of Mark Wurtz announces that he passed away at his home on March 25th after a lengthy illness. Mark was born on October 31,1964 in Yakima, WA. He attended the University of New Mexico on a golf scholarship before turning pro in 1986. Mark...

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My condolences to Mark family today 1/23/24., great gentleman and solid friend.

Just so sadden to hear about the loss of Mark. We were room mates in the Mid 80's in Palm Springs Cal. Mark was heading to the PGA tour and I new I was going to make a difference in peoples life through golf. So many great memories.

Zach (red) enjoyed his yearly golf round with Mark!

Mark and I competed against each other in golf during our high school years. He was a Cowboy and I was a Redskin. Such a great rivalry. I learned more about Golf from Mark and his dad then any coach I ever had. Took me four years to post a lower score than Mark head to head. Pretty much the highlight of my high school life. He was very secretly my greatest envy. What an awesome opportunity to grow up around golf and on the beautiful course at Port Ludlow. One thing that really stuck with me...

I would like to give my condolences to the Wurtz family. I met Mark at the Nationwide Utah Classic tournament in 2005. I had thrown my hat into the ring to volunteer as a caddy. (I wanted to experience caddying for a tour pro). Mark was a last minute entry and he gave me that opportunity for which I will be forever grateful. I am so sorry to hear about his passing, which I stumbled upon as I have tried to follow him after our meeting in Utah. Mark was classy and well respected among his...

We just heard about the passing of Mark. We are so sorry and send our condolences. Mark was very special to our son who is a Jr. golfer in Washington and enjoyed meeting up with him when we would go down to Palm Desert in February. His family is in our thoughts and prayers.

I just found out about Mark's passing. I am truly so sorry. He was my friend for 20yrs. He was so proud to look forward to his daughters graduation. I'm so sorry and just blown away