Three separate qualifiers are being held throughout the state this week to determine the field for the 91st Washington State Men’s Amateur Championship, with the championship proper to be held August 8-10 at the Rope Rider and Tumble Creek courses in Cle Elum, Wash.
15th hole at Tumble Creek Club
The championship and the qualifiers are conducted by the Washington State Golf Association (WSGA). The sites of the three 18-hole qualifiers are the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash. (July 25), and will have 35 players advancing; Wine Valley Golf Club in Walla Walla, Wash. (July 26), and will have 14 players advancing; and The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. (July 28), which will have 32 players advancing. Pairings, tee times, live scoring and results for each qualifier can be found on
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The three-day championship proper will consist of 54 holes of stroke play, with the field cut to the low 60 players and ties after 36 holes. The size of the field in the championship will be 120 players, 39 of which have earned exemption into the championship based on criteria previously set forth. The remainder of the field is being filled with players who have qualified at one of the three qualifying sites. The state’s premier men’s amateur championship traditionally attracts the region’s finest players. Last year, Chase Carlson of Tacoma, Wash. battled through a six-hole playoff with Derek Bayley of Rathdrum, Idaho to win the title, with the championship held at Carlson’s home course of historic Tacoma Country and Golf Club. In 2015, Charles Kern of Mercer Island, Wash. won the championship on his way to being named the WSGA Men’s Player of the Year. In 2014, University of Washington senior Tyler Salsbury of Enumclaw, Wash. held on for a one-stroke victory. In 2013, Cameron Peck of Olympia, Wash. dominated the field in winning by five shots, with the championship being held at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. Peck would also win that summer’s Pacific Northwest Men’s Amateur and be named the 2013 WSGA Men’s Player of the Year. Five years ago, Chris Williams won by 10 shots on the Eagles Pride Golf Course at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Williams, from Moscow, Idaho, starred on the University of Washington men’s golf team, becoming at one point the No. 1-ranked amateur in the world, and would become the 2012 WSGA Men’s Player of the Year. Past champions of the Washington State Men’s Amateur include Fred Couples, Alex Prugh, Brock Mackenzie, Kermit Zarley, John Bodenhamer, and PNGA Hall of Famers Al Mengert, Bud Ward, Jack Westland and Harry Givan, among many others. Located 80 miles east of Seattle, the 6,400-acre Suncadia Resort, a Destination Hotel, features 254 guest suites and penthouses, a variety of upscale rental homes, several dining options, LEED Silver-Certified spa, three championship golf courses – Prospector, Rope Rider and Tumble Creek Club – swim and fitness center and conference facility. As Washington’s premier all-seasons mountain destination, Suncadia offers unlimited recreational activities throughout the year, including hiking, biking, fishing and horseback riding along with cross-country skiing, ice skating, sledding, tubing and snow shoeing. For more information on Suncadia, visit
www.suncadia.com
