PNW Pro-Am Championship/2021

Prugh and Hatley Win PNW Pro-Amateur Championship

by Tanner T. Montgomery, PGA - Manager of Tournament Operations

PGA Professional Corey Prugh of Community Colleges of Spokane and amateur Reid Hatley of Hayden Lake CC won the Pacific Golf & Turf Pro-Amateur Championship at Palouse Ridge GC. Their combined rounds of 61-61–122 tied with the event record, set by PGA Professional Jeff Gove and Derek Slackman in 2017, also at Palouse Ridge GC. PGA Professional Craig Crandall of Rock Creek CC and amateur Hunter Westcott finished in second place, two shots back.

Designed by the late John Harbottle III and carved into a broad expanse of rolling hills on the Pullman campus of Washington State University, Palouse Ridge Golf Club is one of America’s finest public-access courses. This majestic 7,308-yard layout takes players on an unforgettable journey through the Palouse.

“Palouse Ridge is just a great layout golf course. It has a lot of everything. It seems to set up for good ball striking and if you do that you can make a lot of birdies. That is what we did,” commented Hatley.

This marked the second victory for Prugh and Hatley, who had won this event in 2013 with a very interesting correlation.

“In 2013 I had a hole in one, and Corey this year. It was very close coming down to the final holes and his hole in one (on the 34th hole) maybe gave us a few shots to relax a bit on 17 and 18,” Hatley noted.

Asked what this event means to them, Prugh said, “Reid and I have known each other now for 37 years and have played golf together for most of that time so it’s really cool to win together. We were excited to go have some fun, and to be able to win with that mentality proves that we all should have fun more often on the course.”

“Corey and I have been best friends for a long time. We always enjoy playing in this event together. It gives us a good chance to hang out like we did as kids,” added Hatley.

We would like to thank Pete Trudeau and Jason Letus of Pacific Golf & Turf for being the title sponsor of this incredibly fun event. Thank you to Therabody for becoming a supporting sponsor. We would also like to thank PGA Professional Jeremy Wexler and all of the staff at Palouse Ridge GC for hosting.

Final results: https://2021secproamateur.golfgenius.com