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Bandon, Ore. – After completing the Rounds of
32
and 16 at the 112th Pacific Northwest Men’s
Amateur Championship, being held this week
at
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Bandon, Ore.,
eight
players advanced to tomorrow’s Quarterfinal
round. The championship, which started with
an
elite field of 168 amateurs, is conducted by
the
Pacific Northwest Golf Association.
Both the Round of 32 and 16 were held today
on
the resort’s Bandon Trails course.
In the Round of 16, the match that was
followed
closely was that between Carl Jonson and Tim
Tucker. Jonson, of Bainbridge Island, Wash.
who
will be a junior at UNLV, was the runner-up in
last
year’s championship. Tucker, at the age of 45,
is
going up against the college kids, and is from
nearby Coos Bay while working as a full-time
caddie at the resort. Earlier in the day, Jonson
had
defeated Gerrit Chambers of the University of
Washington, while Tucker had bested Matt
Rawitzer, who plays for Oregon State
University.
In their tightly-contested match, Jonson was
able
to close Tucker out on the par-3 17th hole
when
Tucker flew the green with his tee shot and
could
not save par.
“He’s a great guy, and was great to see him
play
well here,” said Jonson. “I love match play
because you really have to think about so
many
other things than stroke play.”
Other matches to watch included both played
by
Dylan Wu, the 16-year old phenom from
Medford,
Ore. who nearly played his way into the
Quarterfinals. In his morning match, he
birdied
the par-4 18th hole to square his match with
Kyle
Schrader of Western Washington University,
and
then birdied the first playoff hole to close it
out. In
Wu’s afternoon match, he faced Cameron Peck
of
Olympia, Wash. who just finished his
collegiate
career at Texas A&M. Peck had won the
Washington State Amateur last month, and
won a
national championship with his victory in the
2008
U.S. Junior Amateur, and in his morning
match he
closed out Nick Chianello, the Oregon State
graduate who last month had repeated as the
Oregon Amateur champion. The match
between
Peck and Wu went extra holes, and Peck was
finally able to close it out with a birdie on the
20th
hole, a par-3.
Other notables to advance are Kyle Bowser of
Seattle, who will be a sophomore on the
University of Washington golf team; Sulman
Raza
of Eugene, Ore., the former state high school
champion who now plays for the University of
Oregon; and Hans Reimers of Albany, Ore.
who
last month won the Oregon Open.
The two rounds of the championship’s stroke-
play
qualifying were held on the resort’s Bandon
Dunes
and Bandon Trails courses. Match play is also
being played alternately on those two courses,
with yesterday’s Round of 64 held on the
Bandon
Dunes course, today’s Rounds of 32 and 16
played on the Bandon Trails course and
tomorrow’s Quarterfinal and Semifinal rounds
both
being held on the Bandon Dunes course. The
first
tee time in tomorrow’s Quarterfinal round is
9:00
a.m. and the first tee time in the Semifinal
round
will be 1:00 p.m.
ABOUT THE PNGA Amateur
First held in 1899, the Pacific Northwest Men’s
Amateur
is one of the country’s longest running amateur
championships. Held annually at world-class courses
throughout the Pacific Northwest, this championship
is
played in the same format as the U.S. Amateur and
features an impressive list of past champions that
include; Nick Flanagan, Ben Crane, Jeff Quinney, Bill
Sander, and Tiger Woods. Eligibility is open to
members
of the Pacific Northwest Golf Association and top
amateurs throughout the world invited via
Presidential
Invitation. Each year’s champion earns a hosted
exemption in to the Pacific Coast Amateur and
Sahalee
Players Championship.
The Championship will be conducted in two stages:
Stroke Play – All players must complete the 36-hole
stroke play qualifying in order to determine the 64
players who will advance to match play. In the event
of a tie for the final qualifying spot(s), a sudden-
death playoff will be used to determine the qualifiers.
In the event of a tie for the Qualifying Medalist, a
sudden-death playoff will commence.
Match Play – The General Numerical Draw will be in
effect. Single elimination match play. 36-hole
Championship Final Match. All other matches are 18
holes.
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