The Oregon Golf Association recently announced the members who will make up Team Oregon at the 5th PNGA Cup Matches which will be held May 5-7 at Tumble Creek Club Roslyn, Wash.
The PNGA Cup is a Ryder Cup match that includes foursome, fourball and individual match play competitions, and is considered the only of its kind because it is a team contest including men, women, mid- and senior amateur players. Teams represent each of the allied state and provincial associations that are part of the PNGA (Oregon, Washington, Idaho and defending champions - British Columbia).
Team Oregon captures the first two titles including the inaugural matches at Seattle Golf Club in 2006 and repeated the following year at Victoria Golf Club in Victoria, British Columbia. In 2008, the teams from Oregon and Washington tied at the end of the scheduled compeition, with Washington taking the title in a one-hole playoff.
Team Oregon this year includes: Mid-Am Men: Eric Fiskum, Jim Dunlap, Chad Sawyer and Matt Newcombe; Master-40 Men: Bill Winter and Rick Dimick; Senior Men: Chris Maletis and Patrick O'Donnell; Mid-Am Women: Lara Tennant and Loree McKay; Senior Women: Penny Saenguraiporn and Joan Edwards-Powell
Mid-Amateur Men:
Eric Fiskum
Qualified – 2009 US Amateur Championship
2009 PNGA Cup Team
2009 Hudson Cup Team
2009 Oregon USGA State Team
2008 Hudson Cup Team
2008 PNGA Cup Team
Tied 2nd - 2008 OGA Tournament of Champions
Round of 32 – 2008 Oregon Amateur
Tied 4th – 2008 OGA Team Championship
Qualified for 2008 US Mid – Amateur
2007 PNGA Cup Team
Round of 32 – 2007 Oregon Amateur
Tied for 9th – 2007 OGA Tournament of Champions
Tied for 6th – 2007 Oregon Mid-Amateur
Winner – 2006 OGA Tournament of Champions
2006 PNGA Cup Team
Runner up – 2005 Oregon Amateur
Jim Dunlap
2009 Oregon USGA State Team
2009 Pacific Coast Morse Cup Team
2009 Hudson Cup Team
Champion – 2009 OGA Tournament of Champions
2008 OGA Player of the Year
2008 PNGA Cup Team
2008 Hudson Cup Team
Round of 16 – 2008 US Mid-Amateur Championship
Qualified – 2008 US Open Local Qualifier
Low individual – 2007 OGA Team Championship
Qualified for 2007 US Amateur
Tied 2nd – 2007 Oregon Mid-Amateur Championship
Chad Sawyer
Medalist – 2009 - US Mid-Amateur Qualifier
Champion – 2009 Oregon Public Links Championship
Round of 32 – 2009 US Mid –Amateur Championship
2009 Hudson Cup Team
2nd – 2009 Oregon Mid-Amateur Championship
Champion - 2008 Oregon Public Links Championship
Matt Newcombe
Tied 3rd – 2009 OGA Team Championship
Tied 2nd – 2009 OGA Tournament of Champions
2009 Hudson Cup Team
Master-40 Men:
Bill Winter
Round of 32 – PNGA Amateur
Round of 16 – 2009 Oregon Amateur
Round of 32 - 2008 Oregon Amateur
Tied 20th – 2009 North West Open
5th – 2008 OGA Tournament of Champions
9th – 2007 Oregon Mid-Amateur Championship
Low Individual – 2006 OGA Team Championship
Qualified for 2006 US Mid-Amateur Championship
Rick Dimick
4th – 2009 OGA Tournament of Champions
Tied 3rd – 2009 Oregon Mid-Amateur Championship
Senior Men:
Chris Maletis
Champion – Inaugural OGA Players Championship
Champion – PNGA Senior Amateur Championship
Tied 2nd Washington Senior Open
Tied 8th – 2009 Oregon Mid-Amateur Championship
2009 Senior Hudson Cup Team
2009 PNGA Cup Team
2008 Senior Hudson Cup Team
2008 PNGA Cup Team
Champion – 2008 PNGA Master 40
Tied 2nd – 2008 Oregon Senior Men’s Stroke Play
Tied 6th – 2008 PNGA Senior Amateur
Tied 4th – 2008 Senior Washington Open
Champion – 104th Trans-Mississippi Championship (third title)
Champion - 2007 PNGA Senior Men’s Amateur
2nd – 2007 Oregon Senior Men’s Stroke Play
2nd – 2007 Senior Washington Open
Alternate – 2007 US Senior Open Qualifier
2004 Golfer of the year
#50 in the Golfweek / Titlest Senior Amateur Rankings
Patrick O’Donnell
2009 OGA Golfer of the Year
2009 PNGA Senior Player of The Year
Low individual – 2009 OGA Team Championship
Round of 16 – 2009 US Senior Amateur Championship
Medalist – 2009 US Senior Amateur Qualifier
2009 PNGA Cup Team
2009 Senior Hudson Cup Team
2nd – 2009 Oregon Senior Open (Low Amateur)
Champion – 2009 Oregon Senior Men’s Stroke Play
2008 Hudson Cup Team
Champion – 2008 Oregon Senior Amateur
Champion – 2008 Oregon Senior Men’s Stroke Play
Tied 10th – 2008 OGA Tournament of Champions
Champion – 2007 Senior Men’s Stroke Play
2nd – 2008 Senior Men’s Stroke Play
Mid-Amateur Women:
Lara Tennant
Champion – 2009 Oregon Women’s Stroke Play
4th – 2009 OGA Tournament of Champions
Semifinals – PNGA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship
2009 Oregon USGA State Team
2009 PNGA Cup Team
2008 PNGA Cup Team
Champion – 2008 Oregon Mid – Amateur
2nd – 2008 Oregon Women’s Stroke Play
3rd – 2008 Oregon Women’s Team Championship
Runner up – 2007 Oregon Amateur Championship
Low Individual – 2007 OGA Women’s Team Championship
Champion – 2007 Oregon Women’s Stroke Play
Round of 64 – 2007 US Mid-Amateur Championship
2007 PNGA Cup Team
Champion – 2003 Oregon Women’s Mid-Amateur
Round of 64 – 2006 US Women’s Amateur Championship
2007 Oregon USGA State Team
2007 OGA Women’s Performance Points Leader
Loree McKay
Champion – 2009 PNGA Women’s Mid-Amateur
Champion – 2009 PNGA Senior Women’s Team
Champion – 2009 Oregon Senior Women’s Stroke Play
Champion – 2009 Oregon Women’s Mid-Amateur
2nd – 2009 OGA Tournament of Champions
2009 PNGA Cup Team
2009 Oregon USGA State Team
2008 PNGA Cup Team
Medalist/ Runner Up – 2008 Oregon Senior Women’s Amateur
2nd – 2008 Oregon Senior Women’s Stroke Play
Champion – 2007 Oregon Senior Women’s Amateur
Champion – 2007 Oregon Mid-Amateur Champion
3rd – 2007 Oregon Senior Women’s Stroke Play
2007 USGA State Member
2007 OGA Senior Women’s Performance Points Leader
Senior Women:
Penny Saenguriaporn
Runner up – 2009 Oregon Senior Women’s Amateur
Tied 5th – 2009 Oregon Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship
Joan Edwards – Powell
Champion – 2009 Oregon Senior Women’s Amateur
Six Time - Oregon Senior Amateur Champion
Champion – 2008 Oregon Senior Women’s Amateur
Runner up – 2007 Oregon Senior Amateur
Member, PNGA Hall of Fame