Tournament News

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 [...]

The second annual WSGA Men’s and Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships concluded at Loomis Trail Golf Club in Blaine with Stephen Lee of Everett and Lisa Smego of Olympia winning the titles. Lee of Everett came from three shots back to win the Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship with an even par two-day total of 144. Lee’s rounds of [...]

Kevin PomArleau of Wenatchee, Wash. captured the 36th Pacific Northwest Golf Association Men’s Master-40 Amateur Championship title at Wenatchee Golf and Country Club in East Wenatchee, Wash. with a 2 and 1 victory over Dana Christianson of Tacoma, Wash. This is PomArleau’s first PNGA Championship title and second amateur victory this year after winning the [...]

Chehalis High School player Brad Calkins shot a two-round total of 136 to win the championship at the Lewis County Amateur at Riverside Golf Course. Calkins put together rounds of 65 and 71 to finish at 136 for the two rounds and win the tournament by one shot over Ryan Earl from Olympia. Andrew Perez, [...]

Derek Barron fired a two-round total of 141 to win the championship of the Riverbend Amateur at Riverbend Golf Course in Kent, Wash. Barron, of Oakbrook Country Club in Tacoma, opened the 36-hole tournament with a 4-under-par 68 and then followed it up with a 73 to win the tournament buy one stroke over Broc [...]

Pacific Northwest professionals Scott Erdmann of Oswego Lake and Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo Resort will play in one of the PGA Tour’s major championships this month. Erdmann and Coston both finished in the top 20 of the National Club Professionals Championship to earn tickets to the Atlanta Athletic Club, set to host the PGA Championship [...]

Brian Thornton of Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent finished third at 197 while Derek Berg of Glenda PGA Professional Corey Prugh of Manito Golf and Country Club in Spokane claimed his second Rosauers Open title in three years thanks to an eagle on the par-5 18th hole to cap off a final round 63. [...]

Arnold Palmer will headline the field at the Umpqua Bank Challenge, an event hosted by PGA Tour star and Portland native Peter Jacobsen. This marks the return of the event called “Peter’s Party” which had been held for years in the Portland area. The Umpqua Bank Challenge is set for Aug. 28-30 at the Portland [...]

Corbin Mills parred the first extra7 playoff hole to defeat Derek Ernst in 37 holes to win the 2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship contested at 7,016-yard, par-71 Old Macdonald at the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. Mills, 21, of Easley, S.C., became the first qualifying medalist to win the APL since fellow Clemson Tiger D.J. [...]

Chris Williams of Moscow, Idaho held off the hard charging field to win the 18th Sahalee Players Championship at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. Williams, a 2011 U.S. Open qualifier, took the lead in the afternoon and finished off with a 72-hole total of 1-under par 287 to capture his first Sahalee Players victory. [...]

Zac Blair (#36 seed) of Ogden, Utah capped off a great week with a 5&4 victory over Tyler Raber (#15 seed) of El Macero, Calif. in the 36-hole Championship Match at Tetherow Golf Club in Bend. Blair only trailed in the match for 1 hole and it was after No. 1 when he left his [...]

Aaren Ziegler of Canby, Ore. captured the 110th Pacific Northwest Women’s Amateur Championship at Port Ludlow Golf Club in Port Ludlow, Wash., by defeating Philippine National Team member, Lovelynn Guioguio of Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines 5 and 4 in the 36-hole match. Ziegler, a University of Wisconsin Women’s Golf Team recruit, went 1-down on the [...]

Pacific Northwest senior golfers Tom Sovay, Jim McNelis and Rob Gibbons all qualified for the United States Senior Open, which was held at Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio. Sovay and the amateur McNelis won their spots at a qualifier at Bear Creek Country Club in Woodinville, Wash. against a field of 57. Sovay and [...]