Manke and Sand on top after first round at 100th Washington Men’s Amateur

[caption id="attachment_737892" align="alignright" width="300"] WA Golf President Paul Ramsdell served as the afternoon starter during today's opening round.[/caption] Bremerton, Wash. – RJ Manke of Lakewood and John Sand of Hoquiam both shot 6-under-par 66 to tie for the lead after…

100th Washington Men's Amateur to be held at Gold Mountain

Bremerton, Wash. – The historic 100th Washington Men’s Amateur Championship is set to take place July 6-8 on the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash. The championship will consist of 54 holes of stroke play, with…

100 Years of Excellence – The Washington Men's Amateur Championship

In 1922, the Washington State Golf Association (now known as Washington Golf) was founded for one specific reason: to conduct an annual state amateur championship. [caption id="attachment_734424" align="alignright" width="400"] In 1922, Bon Stein won the inaugural Washington Men’s Amateur Championship.…

Murphy and Pechtel Co-Medal in Men’s Amateur Qualifier at Wine Valley

Walla Walla, Wash. – Harrison Murphy of McKinney, Tex. and George Pechtel of Yakima each shot 5-under-par 67 to earn co-medalist honors in Washington Men’s Amateur qualifying held today at Wine Valley Golf Club in Walla Walla, Wash. Murphy, posting…

Fallows and Nugent Co-Medal in Men’s Amateur Qualifier at The Home Course

DuPont, Wash. – Sean Fallows of Edmonds and Patrick Nugent of Tumwater each shot 3-under-par 69 to earn themselves the title of co-medalists in Washington Men’s Amateur qualifying held today at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. View final scoring…

Welty tops field in Washington Men’s Amateur qualifying at Kalispel

Spokane, Wash. – Jason Welty of Spokane shot 5-under-par 67 to earn medalist honors in Washington Men’s Amateur qualifying held today on the par-72 Kalispel Golf and Country Club in Spokane, Wash. Welty’s bogey-free round included five birdies. Finishing second,…

Fowler, Sakata and Weirth co-medal in Washington Men’s Amateur qualifying at Gold Mountain

Bremerton, Wash. – Joe Fowler of Lake Tapps, Dean Sakata of University Place and Alexander Weirth of Port Orchard, each shot 4-under-par 67 to earn co-medalist honors in Washington Men’s Amateur qualifying held today on the par-71 Cascade Course at…

A Tale of Two Championships – or, 'Oh that's right, this is why we love golf'

By a quirk of fate, of timing, of necessary scheduling, of COVID-19 (for in this tumultuous year, everything seems shadowed and alchemically altered by this nefarious virus), the Washington Men’s Amateur (the premier championship in the state) and the U.S.…

Kato goes wire-to-wire in winning the Washington Men’s Amateur

Sean Kato of Redmond, Wash. shot rounds of 65-69-73 to win the 94th Washington Men’s Amateur Championship, held this week at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. [caption id="attachment_481232" align="alignright" width="600"] Sean Kato[/caption] Championship links: Final Results | Photos Kato…