Nosler, Klapp capture crown at Pacific Northwest Pro-Am

The team of PGA Professional Brian Nosler of Portland, OR with amateur Spencer Klapp of Tualatin CC (Tualatin, OR) won the PNW Pro-Amateur Championship by one stroke. In a tie for second place was PGA Professional Rob Gibbons of Arrowhead GC (Molalla, OR) with his amateur Jay Poletiek of Riverside G&CC (Portland, OR) and PGA Professional Darin Vaughan of Twin Lakes Village GC (Rathdrum, ID) and his amateur Darren Slackman of The Creek of Qualchan (Spokane, WA).

Nosler and Klapp came from two behind the leaders. They scored an eagle on their last hole to slide into the championship win. They posted six other birdies along the way to their final round score of 64, 8-under par for the day in the Four-Ball team competition. They were 15-under for the two-day event.

Sponsored by National Car Rental, the Official Rental Car of The PGA of America, the event is one of nearly 100 new and existing amateur tournaments across the 41 PGA of America Sections nationwide being linked together to form the Pro-Am Series.