7/6/2024
Championship Links:
Round 1 Results
155 golfers teed off on Monday at the Palouse Ridge Gold Club in Pullman. The preview story is after the Round 1 results. After the opening 18 holes, 59 were even or under par. Leading the charge was a fantastic round by Eli Geddy from Tustin, CA with a -8. Geddy is the at the top of the standings all by himself after the opening round.
Just behind Geddy is Nily Naik at -7 from Lake Oswego, Oregon and at -6 is Byungho Lee of Plano, Texas. There were three tied for 4th at -5, Ben Borgioda from Shoreline, Washington, Naoki Easterday from Portland, Oregon and Theodore Snyder of Gig Harbor, Washington.
There is an 11-way logjam for 7th place beginning with Lincoln Hipp (Kirkland, Washington), Wyatt Brook (Heffey Creek, BC), Bryden Brown (Moscow, Idaho), Leighton Wright (Vancouver, BC), Brock Maulding (Lake Tapps, Washington), Dylan Christensen (Boise, Idaho), Ian Schoonmaker (Vancouver, Washington), Beau Sahr (Eagle, Idaho), Kade McDonough (Missoula, Montana), Grant Gudgel (Stillwater, Oklahoma) and Emerson Storer (Portland, Oregon).
A total of 59 duffers were even par or below including the two-time defending Champ Sam Renner from Bend, Oregon, checking in at even par and tied for 45th.
The top 64 will make the cut after stroke play on Tuesday and the rest of the week through Saturday is match play.
Preview Story
Pullman, Wash. – The 124th PNGA Men’s Amateur Championship will be held from July 6-11 at Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman, Wash.
The championship field will initially be comprised of 156 players. Play will begin with two 18-hole rounds of stroke-play qualifying held on July 6-7, after which the field will be cut to the low 64 players advancing to single-elimination match play. Each match will be contested over 18 holes, except for the final match, which will be played over 36 holes and held on Saturday, July 11.
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Some of the players to watch in the Men’s Amateur include:
- Sam Renner of Bend, Ore. – Won the 2025 and 2024 PNGA Men’s Amateurs and will look for third straight. Placed second by a single stroke at 2026 Washington Men’s Amateur. Owns WSU’s all-time scoring average record at 71.45. Ranked 162nd in World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR).
- Bradley Mulder of Spokane, Washington – Won 2026 Washington Men’s Amateur; held outright lead after each round. As member of Colorado Christian University men’s golf, was named RMAC Men’s Golfer of the Year in spring 2026.
- Byungho Lee of Seoul, South Korea – Won 2026 (117th) Texas Amateur and has two total WAGR wins. Rising junior at Pepperdine University and WAGR No. 530.
- Theodore Snyder of Gig Harbor, Wash. – No. 64 in Rolex AJGA Ranking. Has four WAGR wins, and three top 5 results in 2026. Placed fifth in WA Golf Champion of Champions and earned medalist honors at U.S. Open Local Qualifying.
- Brock Maulding of Lake Tapps, Wash. – Placed third in 2026 Washington Men’s Amateur.
- Wyatt Brook of Heffley Creek, B.C. – Won 2026 British Columbia Mid-Amateur, as well as 2025 PNGA Men’s Mid-Amateur. Qualified for 2025 U.S. Amateur.
- Kai Lambro of Newcastle, Wash. – T5 in 2026 Washington Men’s Amateur. 2026 NWAC Men’s Golf All-League First Team selection as member of Bellevue College.
A design of Northwest native John Harbottle III, Palouse Ridge opened in 2008, replacing the old 9-hole WSU Golf Course that had previously existed on the land since 1925. The course is owned by Washington State University and is managed by CourseCo. A public course, it serves as the home of the WSU men’s and women’s golf teams. The layout has a grand and epic scale, flowing over the Palouse hills, and has long since been a regular destination for NCAA and AJGA championships, the men’s and women’s Pac-12 Championships, in addition to those of the PNGA and WA Golf.
First held in 1899, the PNGA Men’s Amateur is among the oldest amateur golf championships in the world. Players compete for the Macan Cup, which is named after legendary golf course architect A.V. Macan, a member of the Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame and winner of this championship in 1913.
Renner is entering as the two-time defending champion, having won the 2025 and 2024 iterations. Renner will look to become the third player to ever win three consecutive titles, after Jack Westland (1938-40) and R.L. MacLeay (1903-05).
Renner is also a 2026 graduate of Washington State University, and a win would complete his trifecta at his Alma Mater’s home course.
In addition to Renner, Westland and MacLeay, other past champions include Tiger Woods, Jeff Quinney, Ben Crane, Zac Blair, Jeff Coston, Nick Flanagan, Jim McLean and Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Famers Chandler Egan, Harry Givan, Bud Ward and George Holland, among many others.
The PNGA Men’s Amateur Championship is among the 11 major, regional, amateur championships for men, women, juniors, and seniors conducted annually by the PNGA throughout the Northwest.
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