Northwest junior golfers advance

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Updated: July 5, 2016

Ellie Slama of Salem, and Spencer Tibbits of Vancouver, Wash. won the 2016 Pacific Northwest Junior PGA Championship presented by Under Armour and Genesis Networks on June 4-5 at The Home Course in Dupont, WA.

By winning the boys’ and girls’ divisions respectively, Tibbits and Slama qualified for the 41st Junior PGA Championship presented by Under Armour and Genesis Networks, Aug. 9-12 at Wannamoisett Country Club in Rumford, Rhode Island.

Tannica Porter of Eugene won the Girls 13-15 age division after scores of 77-77-154 to win by one stroke over Lauryn Nguyen of Seattle. Scotty Kennon of Bandon won the Boys 13-15 age division with rounds of 74-69-143 by four strokes over Victor Wang of Sammamish. Suzanne Tran of Poulsbo, Wash. won the Girls 12 & Under by one stroke with scores of 82-89-171. Daniel Kim of Mukilteo, Wash. won the Boys 12 & Under with rounds of 71-70-141.