Baylor Larrabee of Ferndale, Wash., Kristof Panke of Davenport, Wash. and Kevin Li of Seattle, Wash. have been selected to represent Washington Golf in this year’s Morse Cup team competition, which takes place simultaneously with the 58th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship being held July 22-25 at Eugene (Ore.) Country Club.
The Morse Cup competition takes place during the first two days of the 72-hole stroke-play competition. There are 15 teams in the competition, one from each of the 15 golf associations that make up the Pacific Coast Golf Association. Two of the top three scores from each team in rounds one and two of the championship count for the Morse Cup portion of the event.
WA Golf Morse Cup Team
Baylor Larrabee
- Rising sophomore on UCLA golf team
- Named the 2025 Big-10 Freshman of the Year
- Won the 2024 Junior PGA Championship
- Named the 2023 WA Golf Junior Boys’ Player of the Year
Kristof Panke
- 2025 graduate of University of Wyoming
- Three top-5 finishes during his senior year at Wyoming
- Tied for 11th in 2025 Washington Men’s Amateur
Kevin Li
- Rising junior on the Seattle University golf team
- 2024 WAC individual champion; finished second in 2025 after losing in playoff
- All-WAC First Team – 2024 and 2025
The Pacific Coast Amateur is one of seven premier amateur championships that make up the Elite Amateur Golf Series (EAGS), in which players earn World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) points and compete for the Elite Amateur Cup, with top finishers earning exemptions into USGA Championships, as well as PGA TOUR and Korn Ferry Tour events.
The Pacific Coast Amateur remains the West Coast’s elite-level event that is circled on all amateur golf calendars in North America. The championship has regularly received an “A” strength ranking by WAGR, as provided by the R&A and USGA.
This is the ninth time this championship has been held at Eugene Country Club. It was last held there in 2015, with Aaron Wise winning the title. In 2016, Wise would win the NCAA Division I individual title, and his University of Oregon men’s golf team would win the NCAA team title, with the NCAA Championship being held that year at Eugene Country Club.
About the Pacific Coast Amateur Championship
The Pacific Coast Amateur Championship is one of the oldest and most prestigious amateur golf championships in North America. The first championship was held on the links of San Francisco Golf Club at The Presidio in 1901. After being played until 1911, The Pacific Coast Amateur then ceased to exist, only to be reconstituted at Seattle Golf Club in 1967. Today, 15 member Pacific Rim golf associations comprise the Pacific Coast Golf Association.
Held on an annual basis since 1967, the Pacific Coast Amateur Championship boasts a rich history of showcasing some of the most talented golfers in the United States and Canada.
Past champions of the Pacific Coast Amateur who have gone on to successful careers on the PGA Tour include Billy Mayfair (1987, 1988), Jason Gore (1997), Ben Crane (1998), Andrew Putnam (2010), Will Zalatoris (2016), Devon Bling (2021), Aaron Wise (2015) and Doug Ghim (2017).