PORTLAND, Ore. --- Portland Pilots men’s golf head coach Bill Winter will represent Team Oregon for the second straight year at the prestigious PNGA Cup, which will take place at Tumble Creek Club in Roslyn, Wash. The three-day event begins on May 5 and is quickly becoming the crown jewel of the hotly-contested, highly-acclaimed PNGA Championships.
This Ryder-Cup style championship features some of the most notable amateur golfers in the region with 12-member teams representing the regional golf associations that makeup the Pacific Northwest Golf Association, which includes the British Columbia Golf Association, Idaho Golf Association, Oregon Golf Association, and Washington State Golf Association. Teams play four-ball, foursome and singles matches to select a champion.
Each team has eight men and four women with the men’s contingent comprised of four mid-amateurs (25 years of age or older), two men at 40 years or older, and two senior men of 55 years or older. The women’s delegation includes two mid-amateurs and two women 50 years of age or older. With both Men’s and Women’s scores used to determine the team result, it is the only known event of its kind in the country. Winter is one of two Master-40 golfers on Oregon’s roster.
Team Oregon captured 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 competition, with Washington taking the title in a one-hole playoff.
British Columbia claimed the PNGA Cup in 2009.
