Aaron Wise Shoots 7-under in Opening Round of WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft Heinz

- Brice Garnett Wins 2017 WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft Heinz
  
  Brice Garnett started the day in a tie for the lead with three others. Thirteen players began the final round within three shots of the lead and Taylor Moore quickly added himself to the mix by playing his first 12 holes in 10-under par. After playing his front nine in 1-under par 35, Garnett charged through the back nine closing in 5-under par 30 to distance himself from a packed leaderboard. With the win in Portland Garnett clinches the number one spot on the regular season money list and will play a full PGA TOUR schedule next season. The win Read more →
- Aaron Wise Takes Three Shot Lead at WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft Heinz
  
  NCAA Champion and former University of Oregon star Aaron Wise shot 6-under par in the second round of the WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft Heinz, taking a three-stroke lead into the weekend. Followed by a large group of fans donning green and yellow, Wise made five birdies and an eagle, backing up his 64 from yesterday with a 65, tied for the lowest score of the day. His nearest competitor is Eric Axley at 10-under par. Adam Schenk and Lanto Griffin both sit at 9-under par. “I’ve still got a lot of golf to play, but it’s a Read more →
- Aaron Wise Shoots 7-under in Opening Round of WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft Heinz
  
  Former University of Oregon star and 2016 NCAA Champion Aaron Wise made eight birdies and an eagle en route to a 64 in Thursday’s opening round of the WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft Heinz at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. Wise shot 34 on the front nine and 30 on the back nine including an improbable eagle on the par-4, 13th hole when he holed his approach shot from the fairway. With a large crowd cheering him on throughout the round, Wise birdied the par-5 18th hole to join a tie for second place, one shot behind the leader Read more →
- Web.com Tour announces three-year extension of WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft-Heinz
  
  Web.com Tour’s Regular-Season-ending event to remain at Pumpkin Ridge through 2020 The Web.com Tour and WinCo Foods announced today a three-year title sponsorship extension of the WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft-Heinz through 2020. The event’s 2017 edition is set to begin on Thursday morning at the Witch Hollow Course at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, where 25 PGA TOUR cards for the 2017-18 season will be awarded following the conclusion of Sunday’s final round. “We are excited to announce today’s extension of the WinCo Foods Portland Open,” said Web.com Tour President Dan Glod. “This tournament has established itself as Read more →
- WinCo Foods Portland Open a good fit here
  
  Promoter Sanders’ team likely to keep the Pumpkin Ridge event and its charitable contributions going. Now into his seventh decade foraging the universe, Jeff Sanders isn’t exactly inching toward retirement. “I’ve been busier than I’ve ever been, in a good way,” says Sanders, 61, executive director for the Web.com Tour’s WinCo Foods Open, set for Aug. 24-27 at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Course. “I’m having a lot of fun.” Sanders is executive vice president for golf events in North America for Lagardere Sports and Entertainment, which has become increasingly active in promotion of golf events in the United States. Since the Read more →
- Aaron Wise, former Oregon Ducks golf star, wins Air Capital Classic on Web.Com Tour
  
  Aaron Wise, a former Oregon Ducks standout, shot a 2-under 68 to close out the win at the Air Capital Classic, a Web.Com Tour event in Wichita, Kansas on Sunday. With the win, Wise earned $112,500, picked up a cool propeller trophy — and earned his PGA Tour card for the 2017-2018 season. Wise, who turns 21 on Wednesday, finished the week 21-under-par 259. Oregon fans may remember that Wise won the individual title at the 2016 NCAA Championship and led the Ducks men’s golf team to their first team championship. Since then, the Cape Town, South Africa native’s path Read more →
- Calm, collected Kim cards PLAYERS victory
  
  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The birdie putt on the seventh hole Sunday was from 24-1/2 feet. When it dropped, Si Woo Kim knew he stood alone atop THE PLAYERS Championship leaderboard. Then something unexpected happened in the pressure-packed environment on one of golf’s most challenging tests. Kim got comfortable. Wait, let’s amend that. Kim – the youngest active player on the PGA TOUR — got comfortable. Comfort is not supposed to be an option, not here, not at TPC Sawgrass, and especially not for 21-year-olds with limited experience in these matters. THE PLAYERS Stadium Course is meant to rattle Read more →
- Off and Running
  
  SEVEN. That’s the number of PGA TOUR wins by Portland Alums since the 2016 tournament concluded on August 28th. Just twelve events into the PGA TOUR season more than half of the trophies have been hoisted by players who teed it up here in Portland. Justin Thomas (Portland Class of 2014) and Cody Gribble (2016) both won before the month of October concluded. Since then Rod Pampling (2015) and Mackenzie Hughes (2016) have notched wins on the big stage. It is Thomas however who has been the toast of the PGA TOUR this season. After winning the CIMB Classic in Read more →
- Record Year
  
  (NORTH PLAINS, OR December 13, 2016) The WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft Heinz announced today that the event raised a record $1,250,000 for charity in 2016, growing the three year total to over $3.1 Million since the inaugural tournament in 2014. “We are very proud that our event has now raised over $3 million for charity,” said Jeff Sanders, Tournament Executive Director at the events annual charity luncheon. “It’s a thrill for us to give back to these great charities and ensure that they continue their invaluable efforts for the Greater Portland community.” A portion of the charity Read more →
- Drama, Intensity & PGA TOUR Cards
  
  (NORTH PLAINS, OR) For the third consecutive year, Pumpkin Ridge hosted the world’s best golfers as they played the four most important rounds of their season. As the Regular Season Finale, Portland is where players arrive hoping to punch their ticket to the PGA TOUR. Twenty events precede the WinCo Foods Portland Open; however it is here where anything can happen and always does. Take a look at some of the most fascinating story lines that played out in Portland this year. Drive for Show, Putt for… a PGA TOUR Card… For Rick Lamb this was exactly the scenario that Read more →
- Class of ’16—Players to Watch
  
  (NORTH PLAINS, OR) Each year 25 players leave Pumpkin Ridge with their PGA TOUR Card for the upcoming season and inevitably some of those players find their way to stardom. Names from past years include Justin Thomas (Portland Class of ’14, 2016 CIMB Classic Champion), Smylie Kaufman (Class of ’15, 2016 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Champion), and Daniel Berger (Class of ’14, 2015 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year & 2016 FedEx St. Jude Classic Champion). It’s only a matter of time before the stars of the Portland Class of ’16 emerge, here are a few names to keep Read more →
- WinCo Players to Tee Off for TOUR Cards
  
  (NORTH PLAINS, OR July 25, 2016) Pro golfers are inherently gamblers. They are always betting on their talents, that they can play better and finish higher than they figure to. That adds a bit of intrigue to the Web.com Tour’s $800,000 WinCo Foods Portland Open Aug. 25-28 at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. For instance, 2015 WinCo Foods champion Dicky Pride – who qualified for his PGA Tour card with the win – has had less than a banner year on the PGA Tour. Pride has missed 14 of 17 cuts, made $62,449 in earnings and is 221st in the Read more →
- WinCo Foods Portland Open will return for a 4th year in 2017
  
  (NORTH PLAINS, OR July 26, 2016) With the third installment of the WinCo Foods Portland Open set to tee off in less than a month, tournament organizers are hard at work while also knowing that they will get to do so again in 2017. The Web.com Tour event will return for a fourth year after agreements were finalized with WinCo Foods and Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. This year’s tournament will be held at the Witch Hollow course Aug. 25-28, and the event will return to Pumpkin Ridge’s private side in 2017. “There was some discussion about us playing Ghost Creek,” Read more →
- WinCo Foods Portland Open Delivers $1,150,320 to Oregon Charities
  
  (PORTLAND, OR December 1, 2015) WinCo Foods Executives, tournament sponsors, benefitting charities, special guests and the Lagardѐre Sports Events Team gathered today at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland for the announcement of the overall charitable impact of the 2015 WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft Heinz. WinCo Foods Senior Vice President of Operations North, Hank Fitchett announced today that the tournament generated $1,150,320 for local charities, which ranked third highest in charitable contributions on the 2015 Web.com Tour. All of us at WinCo Foods were thrilled with the event, and we are ecstatic with the $1,150,320 Read more →
- Promoter promises bigger, better, more fun Web.com event
  
  Jeff Sanders makes second annual golf tourney one big party Jeff Sanders is all about golf, but he is very much about entertainment, too. The promoter of the Web.com Tour’s WinCo Foods Open hopes everyone will enjoy the marriage of those two entities when the top 156 players on the secondary men’s pro golf tour tee it up Aug. 27-30 at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. Sanders — the former Sunset High and University of Oregon standout and longtime Portland resident — would resent the “secondary” label. “There are 200 golfers on the PGA Tour and 175 on the Web.com Tour,” Read more →
- WinCo Foods Portland Open and Web.com Tour Brings World-Class Golf to Pumpkin Ridge
  
  25 PGA TOUR Cards will be awarded on Sunday at the 2015 Web.com Tour Regular Season finale hosted by Pumpkin Ridge at Witch Hollow (North Plains, Oregon – July 27, 2015) – WinCo Foods Executives, Web.com Tour professionals, media representatives, sponsors and special guests visited Pumpkin Ridge today to kick-off the second annual WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft Heinz, which will be played Portland’s famed Witch Hollow at Pumpkin Ridge August 27th through the 30th at Witch Hollow. Northwest natives and Web.com Tour members Jeff Gove and Brock Mackenzie, along with PGA TOUR winner and current Web.com Read more →
- WinCo Foods Portland Open Grads Off to Solid Start on 2015 PGA TOUR
  
  (PORTLAND, OR – April 14, 2015) – “The 25” who got their PGA TOUR cards on Sunday at the 2014 WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft at Pumpkin Ridge are making an immediate impact on the 2015 PGA TOUR. Two 2014 WinCo Foods Portland Open participants have already won this season on the PGA TOUR – Alex Cejka claimed his first career PGA TOUR victory at the Puerto Rico Open and Nick Taylor earned his first win at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Daniel Berger, Steve Wheatcroft, and Jon Curran have already notched Runner-Up finishes. Many of the other WinCo Read more →
- WinCo Foods Portland Open Delivers $725,000 to Oregon Charities
  
  (PORTLAND, OR – November 12, 2014) – WinCo Foods Executives, tournament sponsors, media representatives, benefitting charities, special guests and the Lagardѐre Unlimited Events team gathered today at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland for the announcement of the overall charitable impact of the WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft. WinCo Foods CEO Steven Goddard announced today that the tournament generated $725,000 for local charities, the second-highest charitable contribution for a first-year event in the 25-year history of the Web.com Tour. “All of us at WinCo Foods were thrilled with our first year event, and we are ecstatic with the Read more →
- WinCo Foods Portland Open Champion Carlos Ortiz Named 2014 Web.com Tour Player of the Year
  
  (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL – October 7, 2014) – Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz was named the 2014 Web.com Tour Player of the Year in a vote of his fellow competitors, it was announced today by PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem and Web.com Tour President Bill Calfee. The native of Guadalajara, Mexico is the first Latin American to claim Player of the Year honors on the Web.com Tour. He won three times on the Web.com Tour this year to become only the 10th player in Tour history to do so in a single season. His victories came at the Panama Claro Championship Read more →
- 2015 WinCo Foods Portland Open Field to Host PGA TOUR Champions
  
  With the 2014 Web.com Tour Finals in the books, the 2015 WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft will feature Past Major Champions and PGA TOUR winners (Portland, OR – October 7, 2014) – With the conclusion of the 2014 Web.com Tour season at the Web.com Tour Championship, 50 PGA TOUR cards and priority positions for 2014-15 have been determined. The first 25 PGA TOUR cards were awarded at the WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft at Witch Hollow, and the second 25 cards were given out at the conclusion of the Web.com Tour Finals. The Web.com Tour players Read more →
- Ex-Jesuit Golfer Gets Homecoming
  
  (Portland, OR – July 24, 2014) – Scott Harrington, a 1999 Jesuit High graduate, will be in the field when the WinCo Foods Portland Open is played at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club Aug. 21-24. Scott Harrington went off to college at Northwestern and has made Scottsdale, Ariz., his home since soon after graduation in 2003. But the 1999 Jesuit High grad can’t think of a better place to spend a late August week than Portland. Harrington will be among the 156-player field in the inaugural WinCo Foods Portland Open Aug. 21-24 at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Course. “Can’t wait to get Read more →
- For Portland’s Scott Harrington, road to PGA Tour is paved with steady progress and improvement
  
  (Portland, OR – June 24, 2014) – In many ways, Scott Harrington maintains the same goal he has had during his 11 years as a professional golfer: to put together one or two big weeks to catapult himself onto the PGA TOUR. But if Harrington, a 33-year-old Portland native who competes on the Web.com Tour, does finally get himself onto professional golf’s biggest stage, it won’t be because of a fluke week in which he makes every putt. Instead, it will be part of a progression in which he has improved, learned and waited patiently for his opportunity. “I feel Read more →
- Eggers: ‘Half Man, Half Amazing’ life of tour party
  
  (Portland, OR – June 19, 2014) – Andres Gonzales is, at various times, a scribe, an elephant devotee and the life of the party on the Web.com Tour. Beyond that, the Olympia, Wash., native plays some serious golf, which will be on display Aug. 21 to 24 during the inaugural $800,000 WinCo Foods Portland Open at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Course. Gonzales will be in the thick of things in competition to claim 25 PGA TOUR cards when 156 members of men’s pro golf’s second circuit tee it up at Witch Hollow in late August. The 31-year-old Gonzales ranks 30th on Read more →
- WinCo Foods Portland Open Kicks-Off Nabisco TICKETS Fore CHARITY™ Program
  
  (Portland, OR – September 12, 2013) – Executive Director Jeff Sanders and WinCo Foods Northwest Division V.P. Megan Snyder welcomed nearly 200 non-profit, youth organization, and athletic program representatives to the Oregon Convention Center on Thursday, September 12th to learn the details of the Nabisco TICKETS Fore CHARITY™ program associated with the recently announced WinCo Foods Portland Open. The new Portland professional men’s golf tournament is a key event on the PGA TOUR’s Web.com Tour schedule, and will be played at Pumpkin Ridge’s historic and exclusive Witch Hollow course August 18-24, 2014. WinCo Foods is the Title Sponsor and is Read more →
- Portland PGA Return Has City In Full Swing
  
  (Portland, OR – August 2, 2013) – Thanks to Jeff Sanders, PGA TOUR Golf golf returns to Pumpkin Ridge for first time in 20 years in 2014. Web.com Tour professionals will compete for an $800,000 purse at the WinCo Foods Portland Open at Pumpkin Ridge, but 200 Portland-area nonprofits will be the real winners when they share 100 percent of the tournament’s ticket revenue. Jeff Sanders is ready for the PGA to return to Portland. Tee time for Portland’s first PGA tournament at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in 20 years is 13 months away, but handicapping the outcome is a Read more →

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