PNGA News
PNGA News
USGA CEO Mike Davis Announces Departure in 2021
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Sept. 22, 2020) – The USGA today announced that CEO Mike Davis will leave the organization by the end of 2021
...Read MoreFormer PNGA Champion Desmarchais wins Canada Life Series Championship
Laurent Desmarchais of Quebec shot rounds of 62-67-67 to go wire-to-wire in winning the season-ending Canada Life Series Championship
...Read MoreRenaissance Man
Durel Billy fell in love with the game and with its history, and found numerous ways to give back to it, even though it did not always give back to him
...Read MoreTibbits’ run in U.S. Amateur ends in round of 32
Spencer Tibbits’ run in the 2020 U.S. Amateur ended this morning when he was defeated in the round of 32 by Stewart Hagestad, 3&1.
...Read MoreSpencer Tibbits advances to Round of 32 at U.S. Amateur
Spencer Tibbits of Vancouver, Wash. defeated No. 17 seed Michael Brennan of Leesburg, Va. 2&1 in today’s round of 64 of the 2020 U.S. Amateur Championship
...Read MoreSpencer Tibbits advances to match play at U.S. Amateur
Spencer Tibbits of Vancouver, Wash. shot rounds of 70-74 in the two qualifying rounds to make it into the match-play portion of the 2020 U.S. Amateur Championship
...Read MorePeter Jacobsen cherishes legacy of those who taught him as junior golfer
by Ron Bellamy
In retrospect, looking back roughly half a century, Peter Jacobsen doesn’t remember the tournaments he played as a youngster as much as the passionate Portland-area
...Read More‘What I did during my COVID-inspired summer vacation’
Two high school softball players, with their season sidelined by the pandemic, find work on a golf course grounds crew
by Steve Mims
...Read MoreKennedy Swann falls in quarterfinals at U.S. Women’s Amateur
Kennedy Swann of McKenzie Bridge, Ore. was defeated 1-up by Valery Plata of Colombia in this morning’s quarterfinal match of the U.S. Women’s Amateur
...Read MoreSwann advances to Quarterfinals at U.S. Women’s Amateur
Kennedy Swann of McKenzie Bridge, Ore. advanced to the quarterfinals at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship
...Read MoreSlama and Swann advance to Round of 32 at U.S. Women’s Amateur
Ellie Slama of Salem, Ore. and Kennedy Swann of McKenzie Bridge, Ore. both advanced to the round of 32 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship
...Read MoreLocal players set to compete in U.S. Amateur
Several PNGA players are set to compete in the upcoming U.S. Amateur Championship, taking place this week, August 10-16, at the Bandon Dunes
...Read MoreNorthwest players advance to match play at U.S. Women’s Amateur
Kennedy Swann of McKenzie Bridge, Ore. shot an impressive 1-under 71 in today’s second round of stroke-play qualifying at the U.S. Women’s Amateur
...Read MoreThree Northwest Players Competing at U.S. Women’s Amateur
Three players from the Pacific Northwest – Ellie Slama of Salem, Ore., Kennedy Swann of McKenzie Bridge, Ore. and Therese Warner
...Read More2020 U.S. Open to be Held Without Spectators
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (July 29, 2020) – In partnership with the state of New York, the USGA announced today that due to ongoing health and safety concerns
...Read MorePNGA Features & Blogs
On the Road, and Happily So
For Bob and Anne Jones, their casual retirement plans morphed into a love of finding the hidden gems of Scotland and Ireland
...Read MoreFlipping the Script
Nearly two dozen caddies at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort had their games in shape to attempt to qualify for this summer’s U.S. Amateur Championship
...Read MoreCatching Up With David McLay Kidd
The now-renowned golf course designer gives his take on the soon-to-open short course at Gamble Sands, his renovation of Sand Point CC, and this summer’s U.S. Amateur being held on his course at Bandon Dunes.
...Read MoreBook Review – two recent biographies capture Tiger Woods’ recent comeback
by John Strawn
Tiger Woods displayed his preternatural golfing genius on TV when he was two. He could read a putt before he could talk. Other than a royal baby, few children have experienced the kind of scrutiny Tiger faced throughout his life.
But unlike many young phenoms – Ty Tryon, Ryo Ishikawa, and Bobby Clampett come to mind – Tiger flourished as the limelight grew brighter, winning prodigiously as an amateur and surging to the top of the world rankings soon after turning professional.
...Read MoreWhat I Did For Love (of the Game) – A Fleeting Visit to Dornoch
by Tony Dear
Sometimes, what we do in life just makes no sense. And our only excuse at the time (and even years later) was that we just had to do it, that there was no way we could not do it.
...Read MoreSheep Ranch Musings
Ron Bellamy’s article on the Bally Bandon Sheep Ranch in the February 2020 issue of Pacific Northwest Golfer magazine prompted some musings about the future.
...Read MoreNot the Retiring Kind
Every golf facility throughout the entire Pacific Northwest and B.C. has been touched by the hand, and voice, of Larry Gilhuly
...Read MoreGame Changer
There is something happening in the far reaches of our corner of the continent, where a game is becoming more than a game, and its players are becoming more than players
...Read MoreLaurent Desmarchais wins 118th PNGA Men’s Amateur
Lakewood, Wash. – Laurent Desmarchais of Quebec, Canada defeated Josh McCollum of Upland, Calif. 3&2 in the final match to win the 118th Pacific Northwest
...Read MoreHighsmith goes wire-to-wire to win Sahalee Players Championship
Joe Highsmith of Lakewood, Wash. shot rounds of 70-68-69-74 to win the 25th Sahalee Players Championship, held this week at Sahalee Country Club
...Read MoreJeff Strickland wins PNGA Master-40
Jeff Strickland of Mill Creek, Wash. won the 44th Pacific Northwest Master-40 Amateur Championship, beating Brad Karns of Vancouver, Wash. 3&1
...Read MorePat O’Donnell hangs on for PNGA Senior Men’s Am title; Gary Vanier wins Super Senior in playoff
Pat O’Donnell of Happy Valley, Ore. went wire-to-wire in winning the 55th Pacific Northwest Senior Men’s Amateur Championship
...Read MoreSenior Moments
Those among us of a certain age have this thing figured out. Band together. Look for like-minded spirits.
...Read MoreTeam WSGA Wins 14th Annual PNGA Cup
Team WSGA mounted a comeback in today’s Singles matches to win the 14th Annual PNGA Cup, held this week at the Crosswater Club in Sunriver, Ore.
...Read MoreHow to Play Golf with the Locals
by Jeff Tolman
Over the past 20 years I have had the good fortune to journey to Ireland and Scotland many times
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