PNGA Senior Am: Brandes defends title

June 14, 2013 | by Pacific Northwest Golf Association

om Brandes of Bellevue, Wash. came from behind in the third and final round to win the 49th Pacific Northwest Senior Men’s Amateur Championship

VANCOUVER (June 14, 2013) -- Tom Brandes of Bellevue, Wash. came from behind in the third and final round to win the 49th Pacific Northwest Senior Men’s Amateur Championship, held at Marine Drive Golf Club in Vancouver, B.C. Shelton Washburn of Chimacum, Wash. held off the field to win the 4th Pacific Northwest Super Senior Men’s Amateur Championship. Both championships were held concurrently at Marine Drive, and were conducted by the Pacific Northwest Golf Association. Brandes defended his title, having won the championship last year when it was held at the Rope Rider and Tumble Creek courses at Suncadia in Cle Elum, Wash. Brandes was named the PNGA Senior Men’s Player of the Year the past two years, and may have designs on defending that title as well. In today’s final round, Brandes blistered the back nine, firing a 3-under par 32. He then survived a three-way playoff for the victory. The other two players in the playoff were Richard Jonson of Seattle and Norm Bradley of Kelown, B.C. Jonson, a 5-time club champion out of Seattle’s Broadmoor Golf Club, had started the day in first place, but had three double-bogeys on the day, and went three over par on the final two holes to fall into a tie. Playing the 400-yard par-4 18th hole as the first playoff hole, Bradley was the first to fall out, unable to save par from a greenside bunker. Jonson and Brandes then headed to the 338-yard par-4 first hole to continue the playoff, where Brandes hit the shot of the championship. After spraying his drive into the rough and under a tree, he punched out and ran the ball onto the green, 18 feet from the hole. Jonson was unable to get up-and-down from a greenside bunker, and after Brandes two-putted for par he congratulated him on the win. Watch Brandes’ interview here. Washburn, the leader after the second round, held off a late charge by Ian Shopland of Saltspring Island, B.C. and Noel Pumfrey of Victoria, B.C. for theSuper Senior title. He nearly threw the championship away with a quadruple-bogey on the 404-yard 17th hole, but then birdied the par-4 18th for the one-shot victory over Shopland and Pumfrey. Defending champion Gay Davis of Portland finished in fourth place, three shots behind Washburn. Watch Washburn’s interview here. In the Open Division, Mitch Freko of Rancho Mirage, Calif. broke the logjam at the top during the final round, having the best round of the day in the Open Division with a 2-over par 73 on the par-71 layout, winning the title by five shots over Brian Butters of Vancouver, B.C.

Results: PNGA Senior Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
T1	Tom Brandes	Bellevue, WA	400	74-73-73--220
T1	Norm Bradley	, Canada	300	72-74-74--220
T1	Richard Jonson	Seattle, WA	300	73-71-76--220
T4	Lance Lundy	, Canada	200	74-77-71--222
T4	John Gallacher	, Canada	200	71-76-75--222

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About the PNGA Senior Amateur

Format: 54-hole Stroke Play Competition for seniors and super seniors with the following divisions: Senior Championship (55+) – Contestants entering in the Senior Championship will compete in individual competition only (gross only) and will play fro...