Zach Foushee & Hunter Wescott Win PNW Pro-Amateur Championship

PORTLAND, Ore. - PGA Professional Hunter Wescott of Pumpkin Ridge GC (North Plains, OR) and his amateur teammate Zach Foushee of Langdon Farms GC (Aurora, OR) won the PNW Pro-Amateur Championship at Portland Golf Club on Thursday.

Foushee is one of the top amateur golfers in Oregon, winning his third straight Oregon Amateur Championship earlier this year. Foushee played at the University of Oregon, after playing at West Linn High School.

Wescott played college golf in New York at Dominican College after playing golf at Westview High School.

“Zach and I played great. Ham and egged it perfectly with only the one mistake. We were able to pick up each other at the right time both days and help keep the momentum going over the 36 holes.” Wescott said.

The Pacific Northwest Pro-Am is a two-man team competition featuring one professional and one amateur, played in a four-ball format.

“Never played in it before, Hunter texted me a couple months ago, and I said yea, lets go, its close at Portland Golf Club,” Foushee said. “I met Hunter a few year ago, through the Oregon Open. We played at the Hudson Cup at Oswego Lake once.”

The dynamic duo shot a 64 (8-under) on Wednesday and followed that up with a 62 (10-under) on Thursday to finish at 18-under for the championship. Foushee had nine birdies in the round on Thursday after he started the round with three straight bogeys. They had only one bogey on the team card, though on hole 3.

“We didn’t birdie the same holes on Wednesday, which is always huge in best ball. I got off to a poor start; Hunter birdied one,” Foushee said. “I didn’t hit a fairway till the sixth hole, I got lucky with a birdie on hole 5, its a par 3. But Hunter kept us alive. My driver was not cooperating.”

But as a team, Wescott and Foushee would birdie holes 10-16 and 18, to finish the back nine 8-under and solidy their team win.

“It was a crazy back nine, Hunter had a putt on hole 17. We tried to birdie them all, he just missed the putt on the edge of it. It was fun, we both played well, hit a bunch of greens on the back nine. The putter got pretty hot.” Foushee said.

Wescott was the 2024 Oregon PGA chapter Player of the Year and will be playing in the Oregon PGA Chapter Championship on Monday at Royal Oaks Country Club as he sits in second place in the Player of the Year race with two major events remaining. Tuesday is the next major as The ProActive Sports Cup is at Willamette Valley Country Club.

“I’ve played in this event a handful of times, the closest time to winning was in 2021, I think my partner and I lost by 1. Last year my partner was Nick Watts and we took 3rd. He turned pro this year so we had to split up and turns out we were going head to head for the top spot.” Wescott added.

Pacific Turf & Golf was the Title Sponsor for the championship.

In second place was the team led by PGA Professional Nicholas Watts of Eugene Country Club (Eugene, OR) and amateur Charlie Stankawitz of Bandon Crossings (Bandon, OR), who finished at 16-under.

For full results from the tournament: 2025 PNW Pacific Golf & Turf Pro-Amateur Championship Event :: Pro-Amateur - Tournament Results

The history of the Pacific Northwest Professional-Amateur Championship dates back to 1924, when it began. It started when a young head professional named John Junor and his amateur partner won back-to-back titles at the magnificent Seattle Golf Club in 1924 and 1926 (no championship in 1925).

Established in 1914, Portland Golf Club is regarded as one of the most prestigious, challenging, and enjoyable member-owned golf clubs in the Pacific Northwest and continues to cultivate its place in history as a championship golf facility.

The Pacific Northwest Section includes 1,300 PGA members and associates in Washington, Oregon, Northern Idaho, Western Montana, and Alaska. The Pacific Northwest Pro-Amateur is one of 19 competitions conducted by the Section.

Next up for Foushee is the 77th Hudson Cup at Willamette Valley Country Club October 16-17 , where he has experience playing in the event five times.

“It's really fun, a Ryder Cup format, 36 holes on Thursday, 18 on Friday. We (amateurs) beat them pretty handily at Royal Oaks in 2023, last year, we tied, so we retained the cup. So we know the pros will be trying to win it. A lot of the Washington guys are not going to be there.” Foushee said.