The PNW Pro-Assistant Championship concluded at Willamette Valley CC. The team led by General Manager Bryce Fisher and Assistant Golf Professional David Brown of Arrowhead GC won after firing rounds of 62-67-129, 15-under. The team won in a four-hole playoff over the team led by Head PGA Professional Mitch Runge and PGA Assistant Professional Shane Prante of The Home Course.
In third place was Head PGA Professional Darren Black and Assistant PGA Professional Brad Faller of Rainier G&CC.
CLICK HERE to view the Pro-Assistant Championship final results.
The PNW PGA Pro-Assistant Championship is a two-man team competition with one head golf professional and their assistant golf professional playing a four-ball competition. The 2021 event was contested March 22-23 in Canby, OR.
Representatives Sally Schmitz of Bushnell Golf and Bryan Dickson of Sterling Cut Glass were presenting sponsors. Matt Pollitt and Lauren Berard with PTE Golf were supporting sponsors, along with Darrell Livingston of GT Golf Supplies.
History of the Championship
The Pacific Northwest Pro-Assistant Championship got off to an exciting start in 1992. It took the Progress Downs team of Jerry Minor and Ralph West SEVEN holes of sudden-death to finally shake the Royal Oaks duo of Steve Bowen and Michael Wilkerson. After shooting 14-under at Tacoma Country and Golf Club, neither of the two teams could get a birdie putt to drop in the playoff. The 1995 Redwood Golf Center team of Scott Williams and Mike Barnett still holds the tournament record after scorching the rest of the field with an 18-under 126 at McCormick Woods GC and winning by three strokes. This championship, has fostering camaraderie between Head Professionals and Assistants, is one of the most popular events of the Pacific Northwest Section PGA. In 2008, Head PGA Professional Steve Prugh and his Assistant Corey Prugh made history by being the first father-son duo to capture the title.
CLICK HERE to view past team champions of this event.
Willamette Valley Country Club
Willamette Valley CC proudly boasts one of the most highly respected 18-hole championship golf courses in the Pacific Northwest. Shirley Stone designed the original layout of this course, further developed by Bill Robinson and Craig Schreiner to become today’s 7,200-yard masterpiece and “hidden gem” of the Willamette Valley. Willamette Valley CC has hosted the 2017 National Car Rental PNW PGA Assistant Championship and the 2018 PNW PGA Pro-Assistant Championship. The course also hosted the Oregon Open several times in the late 60’s and 70’s.