Canby, Ore. (August 9, 2015) – After two days of competition at the 63rd playing of the Oregon Stroke Play Championship at Willamette Valley Country Club in Canby, Ore., the remaining competitors in the field that’s been cut to half will take final aim at the title Sunday.

The Championship will conclude at the end of play today with the crowning of titles in three divisions - Open Division, Master-40 Division and Senior Division.  In the Open Division, the top 42 players after the two days of stroke-play competition moved on to compete on Sunday, with a cutline score of 9-over par 153. In the Master-40 Division, the top 12 players made the cut with that number at 13-over par 157. In the Senior Division, the top 28 players advanced after scoring 16-over par 160 or better.

Registrations for this year’s Championship soared as the event moved back to the Portland area after a stint in Central Oregon last year at Juniper Golf Course following many years of being held at Emerald Valley Golf Resort in Creswell, Ore.

In the Open Division, seven players are under-par through the two rounds including Duck golfer Zachary Foushee (West Linn, Ore.) after rounds of 68-72 to sit at 4-under par along with former Lake Oswego High School golfer Riley Elmes (Lake Oswego, Ore.) in the lead. Just one stroke off the lead is 2015 Oregon Amateur Champion Alistair Docherty (Vancouver, Wash.), who led after a first round 6-under par along with another Duck golfer Sulman Raza (Eugene, Ore.) who led the field on day two with a 5-under par 67. Ten players are positioned at even-par or better.

In the Master-40 Division, Michael Senatra (Happy Valley, Ore.) leads after rounds of 73-75 (+4), with Tom Greller (Newberg, Ore.), Jeff Ward (Bend, Ore.) and Jim Dunlap (Beaverton, Ore.) just one stroke off his pace.

In the Senior Division, 2014 Oregon Senior Amateur Champion Pat O’Donnell (Happy Valley, Ore.) is the only player under par at 2-under par 144, followed by Jay Fredrickson (Hillsboro, Ore.) at 3-over par 147 and Chris Maletis (Portland, Ore.) at 4-over par 148.

Sunday play begins at 8:00 am with the Senior Division, followed by the Master-40 Division and then the Open Division with the overall leaders set to tee off at 12:30.

Willamette Valley Country Club, located just south of Portland in Canby, Ore is a beautiful tree-lined traditional Northwest style golf course. The course will play to a yardage of 6989 with a course rating and slope of 73.7/130 for the Open and Master-40 Division and 6,651 yards with a course rating and slope of 72.4/125 for the Senior Division.

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