The Northwest Open Invitational, the Pacific Northwest PGA’s oldest Section Championship, is now under way at Sunriver Resort – Woodlands. The region’s top PGA Professionals and amateurs are competing for the title of Northwest Open Champion.
The Northwest Open Invitational is a 54-hole individual competition, with a cut after 36 holes to the low 45% of PGA Professionals and ties, along with all amateurs within that range.
The Northwest Open Invitational has strong support from this year’s presenting sponsors: Pacific Golf & Turf, Nikon, StrackaLine, Antigua and the PGA TOUR.
This year’s field includes an impressive group of past Northwest Open champions, including PGA Professional Daniel Campbell of Bellingham G&CC (2023); PGA Professional Shane Prante of Lacey, Wash. (2018, 2017 and 2013); PGA Professional Corey Prugh of Spokane Colleges (2011); Brent Murray of Oswego Lake CC (1999); and PGA Professional Mike Gove of Inglewood GC (1985).
Live scoring will be posted to https://2026secnorthwestopen.golfgenius.com.
History of the Championship
The history of the Northwest Open is as significant as the history of golf in the Pacific Northwest. The list of past champions reads like a who’s who of Northwest golf, with 15 members of the Pacific Northwest Section’s Hall of Fame among its champions.
The early years were dominated by Seattle Golf Club’s Robert Johnstone (who won 6 of the first 10 events) and “Long Jim” Barnes. Barnes, the professional at Tacoma C&GC from 1911 – 1915, won the first two PGA Championships (1916, 1919) in addition to the 1921 U.S. Open and the 1925 British Open! Spokane’s Marvin “Bud” Ward captured six championships over a 22-year span, five as an amateur and his last as a professional. Bud was also a National Amateur champion and may have won a few more but for the lack of championships during WWII.
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Sunriver Resort – Woodlands
Known for its superb conditioning and world-renowned setting, the Woodlands at Sunriver Resort is one of the Northwest’s finest championship courses. Designed by internationally celebrated golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr., the Woodlands course winds through stands of ponderosa and lodgepole pines and features dramatic outcroppings of lava rock and an abundance of water.