Inaugural WinCo Foods Portland Open

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Updated: August 4, 2014

The Web.com Tour will swing through the Pacific Northwest this month when it tees it up at Portland’s famed Witch Hollow at Pumpkin Ridge August 21 through the 24 for the WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft. 156 of the world’s best golfers will compete for the final Web.com Tour Regular Season tournament title as they battle it out for their ultimate goal, PGA Tour membership.

Given its position on the Web.com Tour schedule, the WinCo Foods Portland Open will receive attention from national and international golf communities. The 4-day tournament offers players the final opportunity to finish among the top-25 Regular Season money winners for 2014. At the conclusion of play on Sunday, August 24th, a WinCo Foods Portland Open champion will be crowned and those 25 leading money earners for the regular season will have secured the first 25 PGA TOUR cards for the 2014-15 season.

“The drama and excitement of the Regular Season-ending Web.com Tour 25 Card event will bring back memories of Tiger Woods’s electrifying and historic three-peat at Witch Hollow in the 1996 U.S. Amateur,” said Executive Director Jeff Sanders. Sanders was the Championship Director of both the 1996 U.S. Amateur and 1997 U.S. Women’s Open, hosted by Pumpkin Ridge at Witch Hollow.
Washington. Over 140 local non-profit organizations are currently selling tickets and keeping 100% of the revenue from their sales through the Nabisco TICKETS Fore CHARITY™ program.

The Nike Golf Junior Clinic will take place on Wednesday, August 20th at 10:30 AM, and will feature an interactive format where junior golfers will rotate between stations as they receive instructions and advice from the Web.com Tour pros. All junior golfers and their parents are encouraged to attend this special free day at Ghost Creek at Pumpkin Ridge. Free hot dogs and drinks will be served to all junior golfers in attendance.

Tickets start as low as $15 for any one day, or $25 for the entire week. Parking will be free all week and kids 17-and-under will be admitted free (even without a ticketed adult). Free Breakfast will be served to all ticket holders on the morning of Final Round Sunday. Adding some suspense to the weekend, the tournament announced that if a Web.com Tour Pro makes a hole-in-one on Hole #12 on Saturday or Sunday, one lucky fan will win a brand new Mercedes-Benz thanks to Mercedes-Benz of Wilsonville.

The WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft will be broadcast live on Golf Channel all four days in the U.S. and be seen in over 120 million homes in 83 countries. Web.com Tour professionals will compete for a purse of $800,000, ranking it near the top of all Tour events on the 2014 schedule. The tournament winner will receive $144,000. For more information or to buy tickets, visit www.WinCoGolf.com.