Gibbons wins Senior PGA, seven advances to nationals

PGA Professional Rob Gibbons of Arrowhead GC (Mollala, Ore.) won the Senior PGA Professional Championship at Illahe Hills CC by five strokes over PGA Professional Mark Keating of OGA GC (Wilsonville, Ore.), PGA Professional Joe Carranza of Aldarra Golf Club (Falls City, Wash.) and PGA Professional Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo G&CC (Blaine, Wash.).

Gibbons fired rounds of 69-68-137. He also captured the Hugh Starkweather award, which goes to the low professional for both rounds that is 60 years and older.

Gibbons, Keating, Carranza, Steve Stull of Meadow Springs CC (Kennewick, WA), Brent Murray of Lake Oswego CC (Oswego Lake, OR) and Mike Buss of Salem GC (Salem, OR) all qualified for the 2016 Senior PGA Professional National Championship on November 17th-20th, 2016 at PGA Golf Club’s Wanamaker and Ryder courses. PGA Professional Jeff Coston was already exempt.

PGA Professional Steve Reuhl of Columbia Super Range (Everett, WA) won the Senior Division by one stroke over PGA Professional Kevin Bishop of Saint Martin’s University.