Steve Brandon, sports editor of the Portland Tribune wrote a great piece about the 2017 City Championship. He's a longtime sports beat writer going back to the days of the Oregon Journal, when Bill Muffler, would hand out the plum assignment to cover the City Championship to young cubs like Steve. At the Launch party we featured many photos in Bill's possession that helped showcase winners including Rick Raskoff, Don Pickens, a young and dapper Dick Estey, and of course the great Benny Hughes, on whom the championship trophy now bears his name. Back from the beginning, the City Championship, like all amatuer golf events has been a weeklong match play battle, comprising 4-5 days of 36 holes a day. According to Linda Schwartz "it was a battle out there" against the top golfers in the city - and often the heat. Click the Article title here for the whole story: Portland City Championship Turns 100!This year the weather was perfect starting in the 60's and approaching the 80's at the peak of the day. The leaders on Day 1 battled through the final 18 with Noah Yano completing his wire-to-wire finish with a gallant par on the 18th green after a wayward drive - leaving 217 to the flag and a "man-up" 6 iron to 15 feet. Read the full article by Steve here: Noah Yano Wins 2017 Portland City Golf Championship!
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