Date: June 4, 2024 — June 6, 2024

Course: Yakima Country Club, Yakima, WA

Next Year: June 3, 2025 — June 5, 2025

Course: Red Wolf Golf Club, Clarkston, WA


Championship Details

Yakima Country Club
Tom Brandes, 2023 champion

Entry Fee: $230

Entry Includes: One hosted practice round, three rounds of competition, tee gift, range balls, crystal awards for top finishers and a merchandise payout.

Entry Deadline: May 21, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.

Eligibility: Entries are open to male amateur golfers who: (1) meet the below age requirements, (2) have an up-to-date Handicap Index issued by a WA Golf member club not exceeding 12.4, and (3) are members in good standing of a WA Golf member club.

Age: Senior players must have reached their fifty-fifth birthday by June 4, 2024. Super Senior players must have reached their sixty-fifth birthday by June 4, 2024.

Field Limit: Field will be limited to 80 qualified Seniors and 40 qualified Super Seniors. At the close of entry, the field will be filled by the lowest Handicap Indexes in addition to exempt players. A list of registered participants with handicap index is available on the event portal HERE.

Schedule: 54-hole stroke play (gross only). In the event of a tie, the winner will be decided immediately by a hole-by-hole playoff.

Practice Round: All players will be allowed one complimentary practice round prior to the championship. Players may not schedule a complimentary practice round until entries have closed and the field is set.

Caddies: A player may provide his own caddie. Host club caddies will not be available.

Carts: Players may ride in a golf cart. Cart fees are $22 per player, per day. Fees will be collected during registration.

Exempt Players (Senior): All past Washington Senior Men’s Amateur Champions in addition to the following players: Don Bidinger, Tom Herrick, Neil MaCleod, Sam Pintar, Michael Swingle, and Ken Wade.

Exempt Players (Super Senior): All past Washington Super Senior Men’s Amateur Champions in addition to the following players: Tom Brandes, Chris DeGrazia, Michael Jonson, Tom Kubisa, and Ken Wade.

WA Golf Performance Points (Senior): Awarded to Champion (60), Runner-up (35), Top-5 (20), and Top-10 (5) finishers


Exemptions: Champion earns an exemption into the following events:

  • Lifetime exemption into the Washington Senior Men’s Amateur Championship
  • 2025 Washington Senior Men’s Champion of Champions
  • 2025 Pacific Northwest Senior Men’s Amateur Championship

Lodging:

WA Golf has negotiated the following discounted hotel rates for players and guests:

Holiday Inn
802 E Yakima Ave
Yakima, WA 98901
(509) 494-7000
Online Reservations

1 King | $148.00 + tax
2 Queen | $148.00 + tax

Reservation Cut Off Date: May 20, 2024

Hilton Garden Inn
401 E. Yakima Ave
Yakima, WA 98901
(509) 454-1111
Online Reservations

1 King | $149.00 + tax
2 Queen | $149.00 + tax

Reservation Cut Off Date: May 13, 2024



Past Champions

Year Location Champion
2024 Yakima Country Club Ken Wade
2023 Fairwood Golf & Country Club Tom Brandes
2022 Desert Canyon Golf Resort Erik Hanson
2021 Kitsap Golf & Country Club Tom Brandes
2020 Walla Walla Country Club Tom Brandes
2019 Lake Spanaway Golf Course Tom Brandes
2018 Port Ludlow Golf Course Tom Brandes
2017 Sunland Golf and Country Club Jim McNelis
2016 Wine Valley Golf Club Brad Karns
2015 Canterwood Golf & Country Club Bob Burton
2014 The Cedars at Dungeness Tom Brandes
2013 Everett Golf & Country Club Tom Brandes
2012 The Home Course Tom Brandes
2011 Bellingham Golf & Country Club Tom Brandes
2010 Mill Creek Country Club Keith Crimp
2009 Wenatchee Golf & Country Club Larry Daniels
2008 Oakbrook Golf Club Kent Brown
2007 Circling Raven Golf Club Dick Bingham
2006 Kalispel Golf and Country Club Dick Bingham
2005 Sunland Golf and Country Club Roy Niznik
2004 Port Ludlow Golf Course Fred Urquhart
2003 Whidbey Golf Club Jeff Remington
2002 Fircrest Golf Club Roy Niznik
2001 Manito Golf & Country Club Dr. John Harbottle
2000 Canterwood Golf & Country Club Bruce Richards
1999 Loomis Trail Golf Club Dr. John Harbottle
1998 Tacoma Country & Golf Club Rick Weihe
1997 Port Ludlow Golf Course Bill Gundersen
1996 Kalispel Golf and Country Club Dr. John Harbottle
1995 Broadmoor Golf Club Dr. John Harbottle
1994 Overlake Golf & Country Club Bill Gundersen
1993 Seattle Golf Club Bill Gundersen
1992 Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club John Tuft
1991 The Cedars at Dungeness Wayne Samples
1990 Rainier Golf and Country Club Gerald Fehr
1989 Everett Golf & Country Club Dr. Robert Jacobs
1988 Glendale Country Club Dr. John Harbottle
1987 Olympia Country & Golf Club George Holland