There are trees, and then there are the monsters
that line the fairways of Eugene C.C. (AGC photo)
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EUGENE, Ore. — The 49th installment of the
Pacific Coast Amateur
Championship, hosted by the Oregon Golf
Association,
will take place at the historic Eugene Country
Club in
Eugene, Oregon from July 28th-31st, 2015.
Founded in 1899, Eugene Country Club is
Oregon's
second oldest golf club. Renovated in the late
1960's
by renowned architect Robert Trent Jones,
Eugene
Country Club has routinely been rated one of the
best
courses in the Pacific Northwest. The rolling,
tree-
lined design will be a challenge to 84 of the top-
ranked amateurs in the world over the 72-hole,
four-
day stroke play competition. Only one player will
have
the opportunity to raise the Dr. Ed Updegraff
trophy
as overall champion at one of North America's
most
historic golfing events.
Heading back to Eugene Country Club for the
first time
since 2010 when current PGA Tour player
Andrew
Putnam claimed victory, the Pacific Coast
Amateur
Championship is featuring arguably its most
competitive field in its history. With 45 NCAA
schools
being represented by current and alumnus
golfers, as
well as seven players ranked in the top-30
according
to the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking
(SPWAR) system, this year's event will draw
serious
attention on the world golfing stage.
"We are thrilled to head back to Eugene Country
Club this year" stated Troy Andrew, Executive
Director of the Pacific Coast Golf Association, the
organizing body for the Championship.
"Eugene is one of those clubs that withstands
the test of time and never disappoints from a
Championship perspective. They routinely step
up and
support amateur golf as gracious hosts including
our
event for the 8th time in our history, next years'
NCAA
Championships and the 2018 USGA Senior
Championship. We cannot be more excited to
have
such a strong caliber field with players from six
different countries head to Eugene next week".
Barb Trammell, CEO of the Oregon Golf
Association,
concurs. "The OGA is proud to again host the
Pacific Coast Amateur Championship", she said.
"In a year that will see several national
championships played in Oregon, this is a great
kickoff to a summer of having the top-ranked
amateurs in the world compete on a historic
Northwest stage."
Highlighting the field at this year's Championship
will
be defending champion Corey Pereira of the
University
of Washington. Pereira looks to build off his
Sahalee
Players Championship title earlier in 2015 as
well as
his veteran poise at the Pacific Coast Amateur.
Likely to be hot on his stride will be a pair of
University of Texas Longhorns in Mission Viejo,
CA
native Beau Hossler and Scottie Scheffler of
Dallas,
TX. Hossler, an upcoming junior with the star-
studded
Longhorns, recently made the cut at the US
Open in
June as well as proudly represented the United
States
of America at the Pan Am Games in Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada.
Other impressively ranked notables looking to
make a
splash in the highly touted field will be the
reigning
NCAA National Champion for Southern Methodist
University Bryson DeChambeau of Clovis, CA,
Stanford
Cardinal and recent PGA Tour standout as an
amateur
Maverick McNealy of Portola Valley, CA, silver
medalist at The Open Championship in St.
Andrews,
Scotland last weekend Jordan Niebrugge of
Mequon,
WI and Wake Forest Demon Deacon Will
Zalatoris of
Dallas, TX.
Zalatoris had a banner 2014, winning the
prestigious
Trans-Miss Championship and the USGA Junior.
Having high hopes of a trailblazing 2015, those
plans
were unfortunately sidetracked by an emergency
appendectomy that forced him to the sidelines
for six
weeks back in early June. The Pacific Coast
Amateur
will be his second competition since the injury
and he
will no doubt be hungry for victory.
Six Oregonians will be competing in the field
next
week, including Dylan Wu of Medford, local
Eugene
residents Zach Foushee and Sulman Raza, Kevin
Murphy of Rogue River, Conner Kumpula of
Albany and
Jesse Heinly of Bend.
All players will be vying for the individual Ed
Updegraff
Trophy, named after the longtime volunteer and
standout amateur golfer who played on three
Walker
Cup teams (1963, 1965 & 1969), won the 1967
Pacific Coast Amateur title and was the 1999 Bob
Jones Award recipient from the USGA.
Taking place concurrently with the first and
second
rounds will be the battle for the Morse Cup, a
36-hole
stroke play team competition using
predetermined
rosters representing the 15 member Associations
of
the Pacific Coast Golf Association. The defending
champions of the Morse Cup are the contingent
from
the Southern California Golf Association.
Play for the 72-hole stroke play Championship
will
begin on Tuesday, July 28th at 7:30am with
practice
rounds and a players' banquet being held on
Monday
July 27th. Guest speaking at the Player's
Banquet on
Monday will be John 'Spider' Miller, the 2015
Walker
Cup Team Captain for USA. Play will conclude
with the
eventual champion being crowned on Friday, July
31st.
Held on an annual basis since 1967, with roots
dating
back to 1901, 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 professional careers
include PGA Tour winners Billy Mayfair (1987,
1988),
Jason Gore (1997) and Ben Crane (1998) as well
as
Web.com Tour winners and brothers Michael
Putnam
(2004) and Andrew Putnam (2010).
For more information on the Championship, visit
www.pacificcoastamateur.com. Spectators and
Media
are welcome to attend with entrance being free
of
charge.
For a full listing of players, click
here
Follow along with this years' Championship on
social
media using Twitter handle @pacificcoastam ,
Instagram
@pacificcoastam and
Facebook /pacificcoastamateur
using
the official hashtags #PACCoast and
#EugeneCC
Story courtesy Pacific Coast Golf
Association
ABOUT THE
Pacific Coast Amateur
Although its present history only dates from
1967, the Pacific Coast
Amateur Championship's roots make it one of
the
oldest amateur
golf championships in American history. The first
tournament was
held on the links of San Francisco Golf Club at
The
Presidio, April 24-
27, 1901. Championships were held annually
through 1911, all being
conducted in California except for the 1909
championship, which was
held at Seattle Golf Club in Washington. The
Pacific Coast Amateur
then ceased to exist, only to be reconstituted at
Seattle Golf Club on
August 10-12, 1967 with the Pacific Northwest,
Northern California,
Southern California, Oregon and Arizona golf
associations
participating.
Today, 15 member Pacific Rim golf
associations comprise
the Pacific Coast Golf Association. Players can
be
invited to this 72-
hole stroke play event by their Pacific Coast G.A.
member golf
association, or as an individual.
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