DUPONT, WA – The Home Course – 6,863 Yards, Par 72
PGA Professional Rudy Caparas of Five Iron Golf – Kirkland won the Pelzer Golf Northwest Open Invitational on August 20th in a one-hole playoff against PGA Professional Daniel Campbell of Bellingham G&CC and PGA Professional Blake Snyder of PNW Golf Academy. Caparas made a birdie on the first hole for the win.
Low amateur honor goes to Dalton Dean of University of Idaho, who finished in fourth place overall.
We are proud to welcome back our title sponsor, Pelzer Golf Supplies, along with our presenting sponsors Pacific Golf & Turf, Nikon, and PLT Golf. Special thanks also go to our supporting sponsors, the City of DuPont and the PGA TOUR, for making this year’s event possible.
Final results: https://2025secnorthwestopen.golfgenius.com.
This year’s field was stacked with past champions, including:
- Collin Hodgkinson (Amateur, Oregon State University) – 2024 Champion
- Daniel Campbell, PGA (Bellingham G&CC) – 2023 Champion
- Derek Berg, PGA (PNW Golf Academy) – Three-time Champion (2019, 2006, 2005)
- Shane Prante, PGA (The Home Course) – Three-time Champion (2018, 2017, 2013)
- Brian Thornton, PGA (Meridian Valley CC) – Two-time Champion (2016, 2010)
- Corey Prugh, PGA (Spokane Colleges) – 2011 Champion
- Jeff Coston, PGA (Semiahmoo G&CC) – 2007 & 2001 Champion
- Erik Hanson (Amateur, Sahalee CC) – 2004 Champion
- Mike Gove, PGA (Inglewood GC) – 1985 Champion
The Northwest Open holds a special place in Pacific Northwest golf history, with a champion’s roster that reads like a “who’s who” of the sport in the region. Fifteen members of the Pacific Northwest Section Hall of Fame have hoisted this trophy.
In its early years, the tournament was dominated by Robert Johnstone of Seattle Golf Club, who captured six of the first ten championships, and “Long Jim” Barnes, Head Professional at Tacoma Country & Golf Club from 1911–1915. Barnes went on to win the first two PGA Championships (1916, 1919), the 1921 U.S. Open, and the 1925 British Open. Another legend, Marvin “Bud” Ward of Spokane, won six Northwest Open titles over 22 years—five as an amateur and one as a professional—along with a National Amateur Championship. His total might have been higher if not for the tournament’s hiatus during WWII.
To view past champions of the Northwest Open Invitational: CLICK HERE
The Home Course was designed by golf course architect Mike Asmundson of Scottsdale, Arizona and opened on June 29, 2007. It is a walkable layout with panoramic views of Puget Sound, the Olympic Mountains, and Mount Rainier present throughout the golf course. The Home Course was selected by the United States Golf Association as the assisting course for the 2010 U.S. Amateur Championship. It is truly a great championship golf course at the home of golf in the Pacific Northwest, hosting the 2018 PNW PGA Assistant Professional Championship and 2015 PNW PGA Senior Professional Championship, as well as the Pelzer Golf Northwest Open Invitational in 2022-2025.
