Tournament News

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  World Handicap System makes changes for 2024

  The USGA and The R&A have announced the first update to the World Handicap System™ (WHS™) as part of an ongoing review of the Rules of Handicapping™ and Course Rating System™...

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  Northwest player reaches LPGA

  Two players with Pacific Northwest connections will be playing on the LPGA Tour for the 2024 season. Jing Yan, who played her college golf at the University of Washington and Beaverton,...

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  Jeff Gove earns Champions Tour status

  Pacific Northwest professional Jeff Gove earned finished tied for 12th in the PGA Tour Champions qualifying tournament at the TPC Scottsdale Champions Course. The 12th place finish earns Gove a conditional...

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  North Shore sets date for annual Ball Buster event

  North Shore Golf Course in Tacoma will host its annual Ball Buster Event Friday, Nov. 24. The event calls for a 9 a.m. shotgun. Pass Holders entry fee is $50, North...

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  Loomis Trail has winter events to keep you busy

  Loomis Trail will be the place if you are looking to play some winter golf events. It all starts with the club’s 5th annual Shanksgivng Scramble on November 18. Then the...

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  Buffalo Soldiers golf tournament

  by Tom Cade, PNGA Communications In 1904 the 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment of Buffalo Soldiers was ordered to Camp Nisqually in DuPont, Wash. to take part in a large military gathering...

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  PNGA crowns Senior champions

  Brian Leff of Happy Valley, Ore. shot rounds of 75-73-73 to win the 58th Pacific Northwest Senior Men’s Amateur Championship; while Jim McNelis of Gig Harbor, Wash. won the 13th Super...

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  Nugent wins Lewis County Amateur

  Patrick Nugent, out of Olympia Country & Golf Club, took home the grand prize at the Lewis County Amateur gross championship  finishing his weekend at Riverside Golf Club with a two-day...

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  Tacoma golfer wins Gig Harbor Am

  Don Bidinger of Tacoma Country and Golf Club shot a two-round total of 136 to win the Gig Harbor City Amateur at Madrona Links Golf Course. Chris Bae, also of Tacoma...

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  Gove wins PNW Senior Section event, leads group to nationals

  Just like they say on the PGA Tour, “These guys are good.” The top senior professionals came out to play at  Semiahmoo G&CC for a chance to win the PNW Section...

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  Snyder wins Washington Open at Meridian Valley

  Blake Snyder of PNW Golf Academy in Issaquah, Wash. fired a three-round total of 200 to win the Muckleshoot Washington Open Invitational at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent. PGA Professional...

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  Utah golfer claims Pacific Coast Amateur

  Tyson Shelley of Salt Lake City, Utah, shot rounds of 69-69-67-62 and won a two-hole playoff to clinch the 56th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship, hosted at Capilano Golf and Country Club...

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  Malby claims Senior Oregon Open

  Many of the Pacific Northwest Section PGA’s most legendary players were on display at Wildhorse Resort and The GC at Birch Creek vying for the title of Senior Oregon Open Champion. ...

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  Bellingham’s Campbell wins NW Assistants Championship in a playoff

  Daniel Campbell of Bellingham G&CC (Bellingham, WA) won the National Car Rental PNW Section Assistant PGA Professional Championship at Tualatin CC after a playoff against Shane Prante.  It marks the second...

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  Portland in the spotlight at LPGA’s Senior Women’s Open

  If there was one thing in ample supply at the 5th U.S. Senior Women’s Open, it was experience. On Sunday, a trio of players with a handful of near-misses in this...