Russell Grove captures NW Professional title

Russell Grove of North Idaho College is a repeat winner at the Pacific Northwest Professional Championship at Meadow Springs CC after winning in a one-hole playoff against Tim Feenstra of Broadmoor GC.

Scott Erdmann of Oswego Lake CC, Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo G&CC, Ryan Malby of Iron Horse GC, Jason Aichele of Meadow Springs CC and Brian Nosler of Loose Cannon Golf Studio all earned honors to advance to the 2019 PGA Professional Championship presented by Club Car and OMEGA, at Belfair on Bluffton, South Carolina on April 28-May 1, 2019.

Additionally, the low 20 scores at the 2019 PGA Professional Championship presented by Club Car and OMEGA will earn a place in the 101st PGA Championship at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York, May 13-19, 2019

Grove and Feenstra finished with three-round totals of 210 to set up the playoff. Coston, Nosler, Aichele, Erdmann and Malby each finished one shot out of the playoff at 211.

Grove collected a first-place check of $9,000 for the championship.