PNGA Morse Cup Team Selected

Federal Way, Wash. (Friday, August 1, 2008) - The Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) today announced the players that will represent the PNGA in the Morse Cup Team competition of the 42nd Pacific Coast Amateur Championship August 5-8 at Royal Colwood Golf Club in Victoria, British Columbia.

The team will consist of James Allenby, Andrew Putnam, and Eugene Wong, all of whom have stellar golf credentials and will have a good shot at leading the PNGA to their third straight Morse Cup victory and sixth since the tournaments inauguration.

Allenby

Allenby of Langley, BC, recently completed a great college career with Oregon State University, which included being named First Team All-Pac-10 and an Honorable Mention by the Golf Coaches Association of America. He also won the Husky Invitational last fall and took 5th at the Pac-10/Big-10 Challenge.

Putnam, who lives in University Place, Washington, just completed his

Putnam

freshman year at Pepperdine University. His first year there included a second place finish at the Club Glove Intercollegiate and T3 finish at the Turtle Bay Intercollegiate. Putnam also qualified and made it to the round of 16 at the 2007 U.S. Amateur, and was a quarterfinalist at the 2007 PNGA Men’s Amateur.

Junior Champ Wong

Wong is coming off of a stellar victory at the prestigious Callaway Junior World Championships in San Diego, CA. Wong was a member of the Canadian Junior Golf Association’s Team Canada at the 2007 Canadian International Junior Challenge and will round out this impressive PNGA team.

Royal Colwood was founded in 1913 and was designed by A.V. Macan, who at the time was the reigning BC Amateur champion. Royal Colwood has not only hosted many amateur events, but it has also hosted a T.P.S. Tour event, which is the tour that was the precursor to the Nationwide Tour. Currently Royal Colwood is one of four courses that hosts the Canadian Tour’s Victoria Open. The Pacific Coast Amateur Championship will be the biggest amateur event that Royal Colwood has hosted in its almost 100 year history.

Royal Colwood should be a test

The Pacific Coast Amateur Championship is one of the nation's premiere amateur golf championships. The championship is an individual competition conducted from Tuesday, August 5th through Friday, August 8th, with practice rounds on Sunday and Monday. A field limited to 88 players participates Tuesday through Friday completing 18-hole rounds on all four days. There is no cut. The low 72-hole scorer wins a gold medal emblematic of the PCGA Individual Champion. Players finishing second through 10th also receive medals.