Tournament News

Sandy Harper of Nanaimo, B.C shot a dominant final round 6-under par 66 to capture the 27th Annual Pacific Northwest Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship conducted by the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) at Everett Golf and Country Club in Everett, Wash. Harper came into the final round tied for the lead with local favorite and 2011 [...]

University of Washington junior Chris Williams ended up 2-1 in 2011 Walker Cup action over two days for team USA, but it was the Great Britain and Ireland squad that took home the Cup at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club with a 14-12 victory. Williams, of Moscow, Idaho and playing partner (UCLA sophomore) Patrick Cantlay lost [...]

When Terri Frohnmayer walked off the 17th green a winner, she didn’t know what to do. So she hugged a few people, then bee-lined for her cart. “I’m elated. Excited. It’s surreal,” said Frohnmayer, a champion in the first time she played the USGA Senior Women’s Amateur. Frohnmayer, of Salem, Ore., knocked off defending champion [...]

The Golf World/Nike Golf Division I College Preseason Coaches’ Poll has been released, combining the resources of Golf World Magazine, Nike Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). Washington is 18th in the first poll of the year. The Huskies received 141 points, fourth most among Pac-12 schools. UCLA will begin the year [...]

Champions were crowned at the 28th Annual Pacific Northwest Men’s and 14th Annual Senior Men’s and Women’s Amateur Public Links Championships conducted by the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) at The Links at Moses Pointe. The Men’s Championship title came down to a duel between first round leaders, Stephen Hartnett of Boise, Idaho and Evan [...]

Western Washington University Senior golfer Brian Barhanovich outlasted the field over the Labor Day weekend to win the 37th Bellingham Amateur – Barhanovichs’ 3-round total of 209 over Lake Padden golf course was low gross for the entire field and was one better than runner up Jacob Webb – Webb took home low gross honors [...]

Tim Feenstra of Broadmoor GC (Seattle) captured the Pacific Northwest PGA Professional Championship at Illahe Hills CC in Salem and will lead 10 NW Section PGA Professionals to compete in the 45th PGA Professional National Championship, June 24-27, 2012, at Bayonet Black Horse in Seaside, California. Feenstra turned in a winning total of 10 under-par [...]

Steve Berry of Vancouver, B.C. and Lance MacGregor of Delta, B.C. shot a best-ball score of 4-under par 68 in the rain-soaked final round to win the 29th Annual Pacific Northwest Men’s Senior Team Championship conducted by the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) at Gold Mountain Golf Club. Berry and MacGregor came into the final [...]

Three-time defending champions, Ginny Burkey of Fircrest, Wash. and Loree McKay of Portland, Ore. made it four consecutive victories as they fired a final round 4-under par 67 to win the 29th Annual Pacific Northwest Women’s Senior Team Championship conducted at Gold Mountain Golf Club. Finishing in a tie for second six strokes behind at [...]

The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced that University of Washington golfer Chris Williams (Moscow, Idaho) has been added to the 2011 Walker Cup team. Williams will join nine other Americans Sept. 10-11 at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Aberdeen, Scotland in golf’s version of the Ryder Cup. Williams’ stated his case to the International [...]

Corey Prugh did it again – this time at Wine Valley Golf Club in Walla Walla, Wash. Prugh, an assistant professional at Manito Golf and Country Club in Spokane, led from start to finish to win the Northwest Open Invitational. Prugh had earlier claimed the Rosauers Invitational in Spokane, another major championship in the Pacific [...]

Chris Williams shot a course record 66 for a second-consecutive day at Martis Camp Club to win the 45th Pacific Coast Amateur in Truckee, Calif. Williams, who will be a junior this fall at Washington, finished at 11-under 277 to claim medalist honors by two strokes. He entered the final round at the par-72 course [...]

Monica Vaughn, 16, of Reedsport Ore. defied conventional wisdom by shooting 2-under par on the final nine holes to shoot even par for the day and finish the championship at 1-under 71-72–143 to capture the 21st Oregon Women’s Stroke Play Championship title by a commanding 6-strokes. The typical story line at Emerald Valley is to [...]

PGA Professional Derek Berg of Glendale CC (Bellevue) won the Callaway Golf PGA Assistant Championship after posting rounds of 69-70-139 to win by one stroke over PGA Professional Josh Immordino of Riverbend GC (Kent). Both players will represent the Northwest Section at the 2011 Callaway Golf PGA Assistant National Championship at the PGA Golf Club [...]

PGA Professional Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo G&CC (Blaine) won his third Senior Oregon Open Invitational title last month by one stroke over PGA Professional Rob Gibbons of Arrowhead GC (Molalla). Coston has previously won this event back in 2007 and 2009 while Gibbons won back in 2008. Coston birdied the final hole to pull one [...]