Meridian Valley’s Thornton captures Senior Oregon Open

PGA Professional Brian Thornton of Meridian Valley CC (Kent, WA) won the Senior Oregon Open Invitational at Wildhorse Resort.  PGA Professional Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo G&CC (Blaine, WA) finished second place with PGA Professional Ryan Malby of Kalispell, Mont. finishing third.

Amateur Greg Chianello of Reserve Vineyards (Aloha, OR) placed fourth and won low amateur honors for the tournament.

Winning the team competition of one gross, one net at 90% handicap was the team led by PGA Professional Thornton with amateurs Eric Zerr, Michael Cairns and Thomas Herrick with an impressive 34 under par for the 36-hole competition.

Thornton put together rounds of 64-65-69 for a 198 total to finish 18 under par for the tournament and win by four shots over Coston who had rounds of 64-66-72. Malby put together three rounds of 68-68-67 for his 203 total and 13 under performance.

Chianello started slow with a 72 but rolled with a 67-69 in the final two rounds to win the low amateur honors for the tournament and finish fourth.

StevenVancil of Persimmon Country Club finished fifth at 209 while Mark Knowles of McCormick Woods Golf Course finished sixth at 210.