Benzel captures Washington Open by a single shot

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Updated: June 6, 2018

PGA Professional Ryan Benzel of Sahalee CC (Sammamish, WA) won the 2018 Muckleshoot Casino Washington Open Invitational.

Benzel won by one stroke over PGA Professional Shane Prante of The Home Course (DuPont, WA), and 2014 Champion John Cassidy of Arrowhead GC (Molalla, OR) and amateur David Ganz of Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA).

Benzel has previously won four Section majors. He won the Oregon Open Invitational, Rosauers Open Invitational, PNW PGA Professional Championship and the Assistant Championship. He has also played in the PGA Championship three times and won the PNW PGA Player of the Year three times.

There have been some amazing champions since the event started. In 2016, Jeff Coston claimed his fifth Muckleshoot Casino Washington Open Invitational title adding to his wins in 1996, 1999, 2001, and 2010, tying with Chuck Congdon with the most Washington Open Championships of all time. Congdon held the record for the most wins (39, 47, 50, 52, and 62) most consecutive wins (63, 64, and 65).

Muckleshoot Washington Open
Here are the top finishers from the Muckleshoot Washington Open, held at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent, Wash.

Ryan Benzel 74-67-72 – 213
a-David Ganz 71-71-72 – 214
Join Cassidy 74-67-73 – 214
Shane Prante 67-74-73 – 214
Derek Berg 69-70-76 – 215
Liam Kendregan 72-70-74 – 216
Drew McCullough 70-74-72 – 216
Darren Black 72-74-71 – 217
a-Michael Haack 71-74-72 – 217
Brian Thornton 75-73-70 – 218
Koll Farman 72-71-76 – 219
Colin Inglis 72-70-77 – 219
Bryce Fisher 73-73-73 – 219
a-Michael Baldeck 77-73-70 – 220
Billy Bomar 73-69-78 – 220
a-Davis Gullikson 74-74-72 – 220
Issac Henry-Cano 72-72-76 – 220

The Oregon Open, Rosauers are up next in NW The Rosauers Invitational to be held at Indian Canyon in Spokane July 13-15 with the Northwest Open Invitational rounding out the schedule and will be played Aug 20-22 at Wine Valley Golf Club in Walla Walla.