RICHLAND — Mike Schoner drained a 6-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff Wednesday to beat Brandon Kearney of Bend (Ore.) Golf and Country Club and win the 105th PGA Northwest Open Invitational at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland.

RICHLAND -- Brandon Kearney, a professional out of Bend Golf & Country Club, shot a 7-under 65 to grab a one-shot lead going into today's final round of the Northwest Open at Meadow Springs Country Club.

RICHLAND -- Corey Prugh of Spokane's Manito Golf & Country Club fired a 6-under-par 66 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Northwest Open Invitational golf tournament at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland on Monday.

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- For Puyallup's Ryan Moore, the Wyndham Championship was a lesson in patience.

BURLINGTON — Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo won the Pacific Northwest PGA Professional Championship at Avalon Golf Club and will lead seven sectional members to compete in the 43rd PGA Professional National Championship on June 27-30, 2010, at the French Lick (Ind.) Resort. Coston fired a 7-under-par 209 to capture the title.

BURLINGTON -- Canyon Lakes professional Jeff Bender shot an even-par 72 and is tied for fourth, two strokes off the lead after the opening round of the Pacific Northwest PGA Professional Championship at Avalon Golf Links in Burlington.

WALLA WALLA -- Drew Reinland, who will be a senior this fall at Walla Walla High School, fired a 2-under-par 70 to beat defending champion Rob Broadhead by one stroke at Veterans Memorial Golf Course to win the All-City Golf Championship.

EAST WENATCHEE -- A trio of Richland High golfers qualified for next week's Washington Junior Golf Association state tournament in Bellevue.

SPOKANE -- Corey Prugh shot a third round of 66 for a total of 192 to win the 22nd Rosauers Open Invitational and set a tournament record at Indian Canyon Golf Course in Spokane.

NORMAN, Okla. -- Sixth-seeded Brad Benjamin topped top-seeded Nick Taylor 7 and 6 in the 30-hole finale of the U.S. Amateur Public Links golf championship at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Norman, Okla.

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- Clint Jensen birdied the first playoff hole on Saturday at the eGolf Professional Tour Southern Open to win the title and the $30,000 first-place prize.

SPOKANE -- Professional Corey Prugh of Manito Country Club has a five-stroke lead after two rounds of the Rosauers Open Invitational at Indian Canyon Golf Course in Spokane.

NORMAN, Okla. -- Top-seeded Nick Taylor of Canada advanced to the finals of the U.S. Amateur Public Links on Friday, where he will face Ben Benjamin of Rockford, Ill.

NORMAN, Okla. -- Top-seeded Nick Taylor of Canada, a senior-to-be at the University of Washington, pulled away after his opponent stepped on his golf ball in cruising to a 6-and-4 victory in the opening round of match play at the U.S. Amateur Public Links in Norman, Okla.

PORTLAND -- A federal judge in Portland denied a pro online poker player's request to have his amateur golfer status reinstated.

NORMAN, Okla. -- Washington junior Nick Taylor of Canada earned the top seed in qualifying at the U.S. Amateur Public Links on the University of Oklahoma's home course in Norman.

SAMMAMISH, Wash. - Officials for the 2010 U.S. Senior Open announced today that tickets for the tournament at Sahalee are available at all 129 Fred Meyer stores in the Northwest.

PORTLAND -- Dusty Schmidt just wants to compete as an amateur golfer.

It's been a great summer so far for Washington State University golfers.

SAMMAMISH -- Jake Koppenberg of Everett, a Division II First-Team All-American for Western Washington University last year, fired a bogey-free 5-under 67 to set the pace after the first round of the Sahalee Players Championship.

PULLMAN -- Austin Hurt capped his remarkable comeback at the 83rd Wash-ington State Amateur by firing a course-record, 7-under 65 in the final round at Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman to win by one stroke over a pair of golfers, including Walla Walla senior-to-be Drew Reinland.

PULLMAN -- The 17th hole proved the undoing for Drew Reinland during the third round of the 83rd Washington State Amateur at Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman.

PULLMAN -- Kennewick's Kevin Tucker, the Herald's 2006 All-Area Golfer of the Year, shot a 4-under 68 to get into contention at the halfway point of the 83rd Washington State Amateur at Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman.

PULLMAN -- Hanford junior Scott Kim shot a 2-under 70 and is tied for fifth, two strokes out of the lead, after one round of the 83rd Washington State Amateur at Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman.

Thursday was a day of frustration for former Richland resident Clint Jensen.

WOODBURN, Ore. -- Jim Sparkman of Moses Lake shot an even-par 72 and is in fourth place -- five shots behind Chris Maletis of Portland -- after one round of the 45th Pacific Northwest Senior Men's Amateur at the OGA Golf Course in Woodburn, Ore.

ROSYLN -- The stellar spring of Washington junior Nick Taylor continued Monday when he qualified for his second consecutive U.S. Open after taking medalist honors during sectional qualifying.

WALLA WALLA -- What started as a simple conversation between John Thorsnes and Russ Byerley almost six years ago became a reality this past month when the Wine Valley Golf Club opened for business.

KENNEWICK -- An AAU junior golf program starts this weekend with a 1 p.m. event Sunday at Canyon Lakes Golf Course.

Here is a listing of where to golf in the Mid-Columbia. This list includes links to Web sites for each course. Green fees typically refer to rates Monday-Thursday/Friday-Sunday:

KENNEWICK -- Here is the 2009 golf calendar for the Mid-Columbia.

When some of you readers pick up this paper this morning, Chris Isaacson should have about 12-15 holes of golf played under his belt.

BREMERTON -- Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton has been awarded the 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur, the second national championship for the city-owned course, across Puget Sound from Seattle.

PORTLAND -- Vincent Johnson began what figures to be a long, hard road to the PGA Tour with a pep talk from Charlie Sifford, the first black member of the PGA Tour who knows a thing or two about overcoming long odds.

Richland native Zach Bixler failed to advance out of the second stage of PGA Tour qualifying last week, finishing 68th out of 72 golfers at Lantana Golf Club in Texas.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Washington State's Kevin Tucker has been named the Pac-10 golfer of the month.

Rob Clark of Wenatchee Golf & Country Club defeated Pat Howard of Overlake in a two-hole playoff Wednesday to win the Northwest Open Invitational golf tournament at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland.

Former Tri-Citian Pat Howard is an assistant professional at Overlake Golf & Country Club in Bellevue.

RICHLAND -- Former Tri-Citian Pat Howard is an assistant professional at Overlake Golf and Country Club in Bellevue.

RICHLAND -- Scott Erdmann, a professional from Lake Oswego Country Club, took the first-round lead Monday at the Windermere Northwest Open Invitational at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland.

RICHLAND -- The Northwest Open Invitational begins at 7:30 a.m. today at Meadow Springs Country Club.

RICHLAND -- The last Pacific Northwest Section PGA major of the year gets under way Monday at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland with the three-round Northwest Open Invitational.

WAPATO -- Developers broke ground Tuesday on an upscale golf resort they hope will become a base for tourists visiting Washington Wine Country.

Scott Erdmann, a professional from Lake Oswego Country Club, took the first-round lead Monday at the Windermere Northwest Open Invitational at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland.

PULLMAN -- A Washington State University golf course that drew the ire of environmental groups opens to the public Friday and will likely draw the ire of bad golfers.

Golf Digest has given Canyon Lakes Golf Course a 4-1/2 star rating in the 2008-09 edition of Golf Digest's "Best Places to Play."

The team of Chris Indall and Randy Lee of Meadow Springs Country Club shot a 59 to have a one-stroke lead going into today's round of the Tri-City Country Club's Best Ball Tournament.

MILL CREEK -- Richland's Scott Kim shot a second-round 74 to make the match-play cut at the PNGA Junior Boys' Amateur in Mill Creek with a two-round total of 151.

MILL CREEK -- Alex Mroz of Woodinville is leading the pack of 137 players after an impressive opening round of 5-under-par 67 at the 54th PNGA Junior Boys' Amateur Championship being held at Mill Creek Country Club.