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Todd Milles has been with The News Tribune since 1994, covering local colleges, high schools, auto racing, Washington State and golf. You will find news and observations on Pacific Northwest courses and updates on local standouts on this blog.
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The News Tribune's golf blog
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 05:15:13 pm

Warning: Higher seeds at the 109th Pacific Northwest Golf Association Men's Amateur championship were in plenty of danger Wednesday.

Nine of the top-20 seeds lost Wednesday in the opening round of match play at The Home Course in Dupont, including four golfers in the top 10 – No. 5 seed Cheng-Tsung Pan, No. 6 Derek Berg, No. 7 Jacob Koppenberg and No. 9 David Bunker.

Top-seeded Tyler Matthews, of Redmond, had no such issues. He won seven holes in a row to close out the front nine, and throttled 64th-seeded Gregory Moss, of Sherman Oaks, Calif., 5-and-4.

Locals T.J. Bordeaux, of Tacoma, and Olympia's Jarred Bossio, also advanced to today's second round. Bordeaux, the No. 20 seed, walloped Cle Elum's Dan Whitaker, 4-and-2. Bossio needed 19 holes, but the 56th seed upset Bunker, the reigning Canadian Mid-Amateur champion from Woodbridge, Ontario.

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Categories: Local golfers, NW courses
Posted by Todd Milles @ 05:12:37 pm

This week: PGA Tour's John Deere Classic, Thursday through Sunday, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.

World rankings: Moore is 118th; Kelly is 1,245th and Stanley is 715th.

Moore's 2009 earnings: $975,539 (51st on the PGA Tour).

Kelly's 2009 earnings: $11,178 (241st on the PGA Tour).

Stanley's 2009 earnings: $75,300 (197th on the PGA Tour).

Last tournament: Never before has Moore, the Puyallup product, had a three-week stretch on the PGA Tour that he's had the last three weeks – two top-10s, and a tied-for-11th at last week's AT&T National. A top-five finish this week likely would get him in the British Open. … Kelly, a Tacoma resident, has not cashed in his past nine events, and withdrew from the Travelers Championship in late June after an opening 76. … Stanley's professional debut was a tied-for-19th at the Travelers Championship (11-under 269), and he'll play this week and next week's U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee on sponsor's exemptions.

Moore's tee time Thursday: 5:19 a.m. PDT off the 10th tee with Notah Begay III and D.A. Points.

Kelly's tee time Thursday: 11:25 a.m. PDT off the 10th tee with Spencer Levin and Leif Olson.

Stanley's tee time Thursday: 11:35 a.m. PDT off the first tee with Derek Fathauer and Chris Stroud.

Categories: Local golfers, Ryan Moore