Hudson Cup and Senior Hudson Cup to be held at Inglewood

Tacoma, Wash. – The 78th edition of the Hudson Cup will be held October 15-16, 2026, at Inglewood Golf Club in Kenmore, Wash. The illustrious event, played in a format similar to the Ryder Cup, will see 10 of the best amateur players from Washington and Oregon compete against the top 10 Pacific Northwest Section PGA professionals. Concurrently, Inglewood will also host the 35th Senior Hudson Cup, matching up the top 10 Pacific Northwest Section PGA senior members against the top 10 senior amateurs from Washington and Oregon.

Each year, the Oregon Golf Association (OGA) and Washington Golf (WA Golf) collaboratively select a total of 10 amateurs and 10 senior amateurs to compete against the professionals. Of the 10 players in each category, five will represent the OGA, and five will represent WA Golf. Amateur team members are selected based on season-long performance points earned through each respective Association.

The Pacific Northwest Section PGA also selects its professional team members based on performance points earned throughout the season.

Click here for a list of Amateurs and Professionals who have been selected to play in this year’s Hudson and Senior Hudson cups.

Click here for complete information about the Hudson Cup, including past results, and to follow along with live scoring for this year’s matches.

Each player will compete in three matches, including a Foursome match, a Four-Ball match, and a Singles match. At the completion of the matches, awards are presented to the outstanding player on each team as decided by votes of the opposite team. The awards honor Chuck Congdon, Larry Lamberger, Bob McKendrick and Bill Eggers, four great players with outstanding Hudson Cup records and a strong tie to the event’s rich history.

Professional team captains are appointed by the president of the Pacific Northwest Section PGA, and amateur team captains are appointed by the OGA and WA Golf.

This year, the Amateurs in the Hudson Cup will be captained by Mike Haack, who plays out of Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent, Wash.; and the PGA Professionals will be captained by Matt Epstein of Monroe, Wash., the PGA Professional at Everett Golf and Country Club.

Haack has played on seven Hudson Cup teams, and was twice named the WA Golf Men’s Mid-Amateur Player of the Year (2013 and 2014).

Epstein has competed in three Hudson Cups (2020, 2021, 2022). He previously served as PGA Assistant Professional under his mentor, Mike Gove, at Inglewood Golf Club.

In the Senior Hudson Cup, the senior Amateurs will be captained by David Farnam, who plays out of Trophy Lake Golf & Casting in Port Orchard, Wash.; and the senior PGA Professionals will be captained by Mike Gove of Lake Stevens, Wash., the PGA Head Professional at Inglewood Golf Club.

Farnam was selected as a player for three Hudson Cup teams (1996, 1999, 2001) and one Senior Hudson Cup team (2010). He won the Seattle Amateur an astonishing eight times, and also won the 2010 PNGA Senior Men’s Amateur Public Links.

Gove has been a PGA Member since 1987, and has been serving at Inglewood since 2002. He was a member of the 1979 Walker Cup team, and competed for six years on the PGA Tour. He played in nine Hudson Cup matches and three Senior Hudson Cup matches. In 2022, he was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame for his amateur record.

In the previous 77 Hudson Cup matches, the professionals have won 60, while the amateurs have won nine. Eight of the matches were tied, including the 2024 edition.

In the Senior Hudson Cup, the senior professionals have won 24 matches, the senior amateurs have won eight, and there have been two ties.

History of the Hudson Cup

In 1949, two PGA Professionals from Oregon, Larry Lamberger and Al Zimmerman, thought the Pacific Northwest Section PGA should pay tribute to Robert A. Hudson Sr., a successful businessman from Portland. Hudson is renowned in the golf world as the savior of the Ryder Cup matches after resurrecting it just two years removed from World War II. Because of Hudson's generosity, the Ryder Cup was restored in 1947 at Portland Golf Club after Hudson came forward and covered most of the expenses of conducting the competition, including the cost of transporting the British team to the United States.

The first Hudson Cup matches were held at Portland Golf Club in 1949. The format was patterned after the Ryder Cup, with 36-hole foursome matches the first day and 36-hole singles the second day. The professionals, led by Bud Ward, Stan Leonard and Chuck Congdon, posted a 12.5 to 2.5 victory. When Hudson learned of the matches, he immediately insisted on footing the bill, and continued to do so through 1972. Today, the Pacific Northwest Section PGA is assisted by funds contributed by Washington Golf, the Oregon Golf Association and the Pacific Northwest Golf Association.

The format was changed in 1966 when the foursome matches were shortened to 18-holes and four-ball competition was added for the first afternoon. Second-day singles, at 18 holes, complete the event, with a total of 20 points available. In 1992, the Senior Hudson Cup matches were added.

About Washington Golf

Founded in 1922, WA Golf is a 501c4 non-profit amateur golf association governed by men and women volunteers that has grown into one of the largest golf associations in the United States, providing a multitude of member benefits and services to more than 107,000 golfers, 520 member clubs, and 260 golf facilities throughout Washington and Northern Idaho. WA Golf also serves as the statewide representative of the United States Golf Association and works closely with a number of allied associations within the golf industry for the betterment of the game. Visit wagolf.org for more information.