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<\/a>155 golfers teed off on Monday at the Palouse Ridge Gold Club in Pullman. The preview story is after the Round 1 results. After the opening 18 holes, 59 were even or under par. Leading the charge was a fantastic round by Eli Geddy from Tustin, CA with a -8. Geddy is the at the top of the standings all by himself after the opening round.\n<\/p>\nJust behind Geddy is Nily Naik at -7 from Lake Oswego, Oregon and at -6 is Byungho Lee of Plano, Texas. There were three tied for 4th at -5, Ben Borgioda from Shoreline, Washington, Naoki Easterday from Portland, Oregon and Theodore Snyder of Gig Harbor, Washington.\n<\/p>\n
There is an 11-way logjam for 7th place beginning with Lincoln Hipp (Kirkland, Washington), Wyatt Brook (Heffey Creek, BC), Bryden Brown (Moscow, Idaho), Leighton Wright (Vancouver, BC), Brock Maulding (Lake Tapps, Washington), Dylan Christensen (Boise, Idaho), Ian Schoonmaker (Vancouver, Washington), Beau Sahr (Eagle, Idaho), Kade McDonough (Missoula, Montana), Grant Gudgel (Stillwater, Oklahoma) and Emerson Storer (Portland, Oregon).<\/p>\n
A total of 59 duffers were even par or below including the two-time defending Champ Sam Renner from Bend, Oregon, checking in at even par and tied for 45th.\n<\/p>\n
The top 64 will make the cut after stroke play on Tuesday and the rest of the week through Saturday is match play.\n<\/p>\n
Link to Full Results Page<\/a>\n<\/p>\n Preview Story<\/p>\n Pullman, Wash.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The 124th PNGA Men\u2019s Amateur Championship will be held\u00a0from July 6-11\u00a0at Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman, Wash.\n<\/p>\n The championship field will initially be\u00a0comprised\u00a0of 156 players. Play will begin with\u00a0two 18-hole rounds of\u00a0stroke-play qualifying held on July 6-7, after which\u00a0the field will be\u00a0cut\u00a0to\u00a0the low 64 players advancing to single-elimination match play. Each match will be contested over 18 holes,\u00a0except for\u00a0the final match, which will be played over 36 holes and held on Saturday, July 11.\n<\/p>\n The\u00a0championship\u00a0is\u00a0administered by the Pacific Northwest Golf Association.\u00a0Palouse Ridge most recently hosted the championship in 2014 and has since done the same for the PNGA Women\u2019s Amateur\/Mid-Amateur (both 2018) and the PNGA Junior Boys\u2019\/Girls\u2019 (both 2021).\n<\/p>\n Some of the players to watch in the Men\u2019s Amateur include:\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Sam Renner\u00a0of Bend, Ore. \u2013 Won the 2025 and 2024 PNGA Men\u2019s Amateurs and will look for third straight.\u00a0Placed second by a single stroke at 2026\u00a0Washington Men\u2019s Amateur.\u00a0Owns WSU\u2019s all-time scoring average record at 71.45.\u00a0Ranked 162nd\u00a0in World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR).<\/p>\n