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title: "Championship Preview: 64th Men's Four-Ball and 27th Senior Men's Four-Ball"
description: Orondo, Wash. – Desert Canyon Golf Resort in Orondo, Wash. is the venue this week for the 64th Washington Men’s Four-Ball and 27th Senior Men’s Four-Ball. The two championships are being held concurrently on May 13-14, and are conducted by Washington Golf (WA Golf).
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# [Championship Preview: 64th Men's Four-Ball and 27th Senior Men's Four-Ball](https://wagolf.org/news/championship-preview-64th-mens-four-ball-and-27th-senior-mens-four-ball)

 Written by [WA Golf Staff](https://wagolf.org/news/author/wa-golf-staff) | May 12, 2021 7:00:00 AM

Orondo, Wash. – Desert Canyon Golf Resort in Orondo, Wash. is the venue this week for the 64th Washington Men’s Four-Ball and 27th Senior Men’s Four-Ball. The two championships are being held concurrently on May 13-14, and are conducted by Washington Golf (WA Golf).

The 36-hole championships are being contested over two days with starting times off the No. 1 and No. 10 tees. The two championships will see a combined full field of 96 two-man sides competing in a four-ball stroke-play format.

 Desert Canyon Golf Resort

#### Championship links:

**Men's Four-Ball**

- [Round one pairings](https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/2771650)
- [Complete information](https://wagolf.org/play/championships/mens-four-ball-championship/)

**Senior Men's Four-Ball**

- [Round one pairings](https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/2801924)
- [Complete information](https://wagolf.org/play/championships/senior-mens-four-ball-championship/)

Last year, both championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Returning champions in the Men's field include; [Ryan Kelly](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/ryan-kelly/) and [Tres Kirkebo](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/tres-kirkebo/) (2019), [Austin Beatty](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/austin-beatty/) and [Luke Bakke](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/luke-bakke/) (2018), [Ben Garrett](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/ben-garrett/) and [Erik Olson](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/erik-olson/) (2016), [Tyler Matthews](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/tyler-matthews/) and [Matt Steele](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/matt-steele/) (2014, 2015) and [Chris Bae](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/chris-bae/) (2013).

In the Senior Men's field, returning champions include; [Jim McNelis](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/jim-mcnelis/) and [Karl Smith](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/karl-smith/) (2019), [Mike Blade](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/mike-blade/) and [Brian Shanks](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/brian-shanks/) (2018), [Chris DeGrazia](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/chris-degrazia/) and [Mike Hickock](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/mike-hickock/) (2013, 2015) and [Bob Bracht](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/bob-bracht/) (2017).

The Washington Men’s Four-Ball Championship was previously known as the Inglewood Best-Ball from 1956 until 1993, when in 1994 WA Golf began to administer the event and introduced the Senior Men’s Four-Ball.

The Men’s and Senior Men’s Four-Ball are two of 14 championships conducted annually by WA Golf.

[View full post](https://wagolf.org/news/championship-preview-64th-mens-four-ball-and-27th-senior-mens-four-ball)

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