WA Golf conducts 11th Annual Champion of Champions

The first round of the 11th Annual WA Golf Champion of Champions will tee off on Thursday, October 1 at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash.

The championship will be played over 36 holes of stroke play on October 1-2. This year’s field consists of 106 champions from around the state of Washington and Northern Idaho, competing in four divisions – Men, Senior Men, Women and Senior Women. It is hosted annually at The Home Course, which is cooperatively owned and operated by Washington Golf and the Pacific Northwest Golf Association.

Championship links:

• Round one pairings
• Complete information

Tee times begin at 7:50 a.m. October 1.

This championship is typically held at the beginning of each golf season, but due to COVID-19 health and safety recommendations, this year’s championship was postponed until October 1-2.

In the Men’s division, past champions in the field include defending champion Nathan Cogswell of Kent, who also earlier this summer won the Northwest Open Invitational, playing against the region’s PGA club professionals; Jake Koppenberg of Bellingham (2016); and Bjorn Bjorke of Port Orchard (2009).

Past champions in the field for the Senior Men’s division include four-time champion Tom Brandes of Bellevue (2012, 2016, 2017, 2018); Keith Crimp of Ellensburg (2013, 2014); and Pete Higgins of Mercer Island (2015).

In the Women’s division, defending champion Victoria Fallgren is back again this year; as is two-time champion Sarah Lawrence of Duvall (2016, 2018).

Past champions in the field for the Senior Women’s division include defending champion Beth Wrigley of Spokane; Leslie Folsom of Tukwila (2018), who also twice won the Women’s Championship (2014, 2015); Gretchen Klein of Hoquiam (2017); Karen Madison of Spokane Valley (2015); and Denise Kieffer of University Place who previously won the Women's Championship (2009).

To be eligible to compete in the Champion of Champions, a player must meet at least one of the following criteria:

Men's and Senior Men's Eligibility Requirements

• Club Champion of a WA Golf Member Club (2018 or 2019)
• Past Champion of the Men’s Champion of Champions (2015-2019)
• Past Champion of Senior Men’s Champion of Champions (2015-2019)
• Champion of a WA Golf Championship; excluding Parent-Child and Mixed Chapman Championships (2019)
• Champion of any event on the WA Golf Men’s Performance Points List (2019)
• Champion of any event on the WA Golf Senior Men’s Performance Points List (2019)
• Top-10 on the WA Golf Men’s Performance Points List (2019)
• Top-10 on the WA Golf Men’s Mid-Amateur Performance Points List (2019)
• Top-5 on the WA Golf Senior Men’s Performance Points List (2019)
• Top-5 on the WJGA Boys’ Performance Points List (2019)
• WJGA State Junior Boys Champion (2019)

Age: No age requirements for Men’s Championship. Players in the Senior Men’s Championship must have reached their fifty-fifth birthday by October 1, 2020.

Women's and Senior Women's Eligibility Requirements

• Club Champion of a WA Golf Member Club (2018 or 2019)
• Past Champion of the Women’s Champion of Champions (2015-2019)
• Past Champion of Senior Women’s Champion of Champions (2015-2019)
• Champion of a WA Golf Championship; excluding Parent-Child and Mixed Chapman Championships (2019)
• Champion of any event on the WA Golf Women’s Performance Points List (2019)
• Champion of any event on the WA Golf Senior Women’s Performance Points List (2019)
• Top-5 on the WA Golf Women’s Performance Points List (2019)
• Top-5 on the WA Golf Women’s Mid-Amateur Performance Points List (2019)
• Top-5 on the WA Golf Senior Women’s Performance Points List (2019)
• Top-5 on the WJGA Girls’ Performance Points List (2019)
• WJGA State Junior Girls Champion (2019)

Age: No age requirements for Women’s Championship. Players in the Senior Women’s Championship must have reached their fiftieth birthday by October 1, 2020.

The Champion of Champions is one of 14 championships conducted annually by WA Golf.