Day One Concludes at Oregon Amateur Championship
Sam Renner fired a 6-under par 65 on the men’s side while three players are tied for first in the women’s field after the opening day at the 111th Oregon Amateur Championship in Portland.
Starting his round on Hole No. 10, Renner rolled in three consecutive birdies to open play. The 16-year multi-sport phenom from Bend, birdied five holes on his front nine and added another three in his final nine to secure a three-stroke edge over the rest of the field.
Trevor Harding, Collin Hodgkinson and Hunter Wescott are tied for second at 3-under par.
On the women’s side, Ellie Slama, Amanda Jacobs and Lexi Perry are tied for first after each shot even par 72.
Slama, the two-time defending champion and Oregon State University standout, was 3-over par through her first six holes. The Salem native rallied to finish even par on the round after birdies at No. 9, 15 and 18.
Jacobs, from Portland, finished with two birdies and two bogeys. She was 1-under through 17 holes but posted bogey on No. 18 to finish even par. Perry, a Boise State product from Rancho Murieta, Calif., recorded four birdies offset by four bogeys.
Eleven other players are within three strokes of the lead.
Monday was the first of two rounds in the stroke play qualifying portion of the event. Following Tuesday’s round, the best 64 qualifiers for the men and 32 qualifiers for the women will advance to the match play portion of the competition.
The six-day competition runs today through Saturday at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. The course is par 71 and playing at 6,860 yards for the men, while playing 6,101 yards and par 72 for the women.
Live scoring, photos and summaries will be available at OGA.org throughout the week.
