Former OSU Golfer Wins Oregon Amateur
June 30, 2010
CANBY, Ore. -
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Former Oregon State golfer Paul Peterson held off Oregon's Jack Paton last weekend to win the Oregon Amateur at the Willamette Valley Country Club 4 & 2.
Peterson, who completed his senior season at OSU this spring, fired an opening round 2-under par 70 to go 3-up going into the afternoon round. He went on to finish the day at even par for the holes played but had to stave off a rally from Paton.
Paton, who went birdie-birdie-par on holes 9 to 11 closed the gap to 1-down with seven holes to play.
On the par-3 13th hole, Peterson nearly holed his tee shot and walked away with a conceded birdie to return to 2-up. After Paton bogeyed on the long 227-yard, par-3 15th hole left Peterson dorme 3, Paton pulled his tee shot into the trees on the left. With the hole tucked on the top left tier he had no shot and was forced to shoot for the right side of the green where he was left 100+ feet to the hole.
Peterson, meanwhile, placed his tee shot perfectly and landed his approach within 10 feet of the hole. He promptly slid a left to right breaker into the center of the hole and punctuated his title with a closing birdie, adding Oregon Amateur Champion to his 2009 Oregon Men's Stroke Play title.
This past season, Peterson tied for the ninth-best single season scoring average in Oregon State history. His strong season helped the Beavers to qualify for the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2001. Peterson has had success in regional stroke play competitions at both the junior and adult levels. But match play titles had previously eluded him. He was the runner-up at the 2005 Oregon Junior Amateur Championship (also played at Willamette Valley) as well as at the 2006 Oregon Junior Amateur Championship.
The Oregon Amateur Championship, administered by the Oregon Golf Association, is one of the oldest and most prestigious amateur sporting competitions in the state. While many state Championships have become stroke play competitions, the Oregon Amateur, one of the nation's oldest, remains true to its roots playing the same traditional match play format that's used to this day to determine the best amateur champions even at the national level. It's also one of the few men's and women's amateurs held concurrently, always played at the same time at the same site. It is held only at the finest golf courses and historically showcases some of the most talented amateur golfers in the Northwest.
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