Ma and Renner sit tied atop leaderboard after three rounds at 58th Pacific Coast Amateur
Eugene, Ore. – Dylan Ma from Beijing, China, and Sam Renner from Bend, Ore. are tied atop the leaderboard at 5-under par heading into the final round of the 58th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship.
The championship is being held this week July 22-25 at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore.
Ma is a a rising sophomore at the University of California Santa Barbara, and coming off a season where he was named an All-Big West Honorable Mention. The first three holes of his third round saw both a birdie and bogey, after which 10 pars followed. He bogeyed hole Nos. 14 and 15 but countered the lost shots with an eagle on the par-5 16th and a birdie on the par-4 17th. His final score of 70 allowed Ma to maintain the share of the lead he held after the second round.
Renner, who gained seven spots on moving day, began his round by going 3-under through his first five holes before a bogey on the sixth. Four more birdies through 17 allowed Renner to get to a 7-under total, but he double-bogeyed the 18th to settle for a share of the lead. Renner is a rising senior at Washington State University and is just one week removed from winning the Pacific Northwest Men’s Amateur for the second straight time.
Championship Links:
Notable:
- After today’s round, the field has been cut to the top 50 players and ties. The cut line fell at 7-over par.
- Five players from the state of Oregon made the 54-hole cut; Sam Renner (Bend), Jake Rodgers (Mulino), James Gould-Healy (Eugene), Collin Hodgkinson (Beaverton), and Cole Rueck (Corvallis).
- Round one leader, Gabriel Smith (Truckee, Calif.) missed the cut after firing an 82 in today’s third round.
- The low round of the day went to Jaden Dumdumaya (Benicia, Calif.) who fired a 5-under par 66. His round included eight birdies and three bogeys.
- The 485-yard par 4 eighth hole once again played as the most difficult hole in round three, seeing just three birdies against 61 bogeys or worse.
- Hole number 16, a 522-yard par 5 was the easiest hole in round three, seeing six eagles, 54 birdies, and just six bogeys or worse.
Up next:
Final round play gets underway tomorrow, Friday, July 25th, at Eugene Country Club. Tee times begin at 7:30 a.m. local time, with the final group teeing off at 10:40 a.m.
About Eugene Country Club
Organized in 1899 and incorporated in 1912, Eugene Country Club is the second-oldest country club in Oregon. Originally designed by H. Chandler Egan, the course was remodeled by the great Robert Trent Jones in the late 1960s. The venue has been the site of multiple high-level events and USGA national championships. 2025 marks the ninth time it has hosted the Pacific Coast Amateur. More information can be found at eugenecountryclub.com.
About the Pacific Coast Golf Association
The Pacific Coast Amateur Championship is one of the oldest and most prestigious amateur golf championships in North America. The first tournament was held on the links of San Francisco Golf Club at The Presidio in 1901. After being played until 1911, the Pacific Coast Amateur then ceased to exist, only to be reconstituted at Seattle Golf Club in 1967. Today, 16 Pacific Rim golf associations comprise the Pacific Coast Golf Association, including the Montana State Golf Association, which joined in 2025. For more information visit pacificcoastamateur.com.
About the Elite Amateur Golf Series
Launched in 2022 to challenge the best of the best in amateur golf, the Elite Amateur Golf Series brings together the top amateur championships in a collective series of competition, the Elite Amateur Cup. In addition to hosting the best players, Elite Amateur Cup events are contested at the best sites and have the longest history of successful champions. The Elite Amateur Golf Series maintains a proven track record that prepares elite players for the toughest competitive tests, making the championships the majors of amateur golf. For more information visit eliteamateurgolfseries.org.