6/4/26
(Olympia, WA) Today, the Washington Senior and Super Senior Men’s Amateur Championships wrapped up from Olympia Country & Golf Club. The 54-hole Championships start a busy month full of qualifiers and other championships from around the state.
In the Senior Men’s Amateur Championship, Seattle’s Paul Hogben took home his second straight title by just one shot. In the first round, Hogben shot a two-over 74 but followed it up with the round of the tournament with a two-under 70. In the final round, Hogben shot a 73 to come away with the win at one-over par for the week. Hogben started the week with 15 holes without a bogey and fired a four-under 32 on the first nine of his second round. Hogben didn’t record a birdie on the first nine of the final round but paired two bogeys with two birdies in the final nine holes.
In solo second place, Mike Kennedy from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, was one shot behind Hogben after shooting rounds of 72, 73, and 73 for a week of two-over. Kennedy’s best stretch of the tournament was in the second round, when he birdied the sixth through ninth holes to shoot a three-under 33. Carnation’s Michael Swingle took third at three-over with rounds of 72, 70, and 77. Rounding out the top five were three players tied for fourth with Bellevue’s Tom Brandes, Soap Lake’s Larry Redfield, and Surrey, British Columbia, Canada’s Andrew Pinette, all at five-over par for the week.
Click here to view the full results from the Washington Senior Men’s Amateur Championship.
In the Super Senior Men’s Amateur Championship, Vacacille, California’s Bob Johnson claimed the title with a week at four-over par. Johnson started the week with a one-over 73, then fired an even par 72 in the second round. In the final round, Johnson shot 75, but had enough of a cushion to take home the championship. Johnson started the week bogey-free for the first 10 holes and had an eagle on the 15th hole in the final round to help secure the victory.
Tying for second place were Olympia’s Mike Williams and Gig Harbor’s Jim McNelis, at seven-over par. McNelis had the lowest round of the tournament with a final round of 70. Bremerton’s David Farnam took solo fourth place with a week of eight-over par. Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada’s John Gallacher and Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada’s Norm Bradley tied for fifth at nine-over par for the week.
Click here to view the full results from the Washington Super Senior Men’s Amateur Championship.
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