Highlands Golf Course set to celebrate its 90th
The Highlands Golf Course in Tacoma is celebrating its 90th Anniversary in...
Erik Hanson of Kirkland, Wash. captured the 35th Annual Pacific Northwest Golf Association Men’s Master-40 Amateur Championship title at Creekside Golf Club in Salem, Ore. with a 3 and 2 victory over Bill Winter of Portland, Ore. It was Hanson’s second PNGA Master-40 win and third PNGA championship victory overall, also winning the 2002 PNGA Mid-Amateur.
Hanson, a former major league pitcher, used consistent play with two birdies, a lone bogey and the rest pars to gradually build his lead on Winter. Hanson closed out the match on the par-5 16th hole with a par after Winter lipped out his 8-foot birdie putt.
Now at age 45, Hanson has been dominate at the Master-40. In his four appearances he has two victories and advanced to two semifinals bringing his match play record to 16-2 overall for the championship. Winter, in just his second appearance at the PNGA Master-40, has advanced to the final match both times adding this year’s runner-up finish to his victory in 2005 to build an impressive 9-1 match play record. The PNGA Master-40 is one of 15, major, regional, amateur championships for men, women, and juniors.