RainDance National to host 60th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship

Windsor, Colo. – The Pacific Coast Golf Association (PCGA) is proud to announce RainDance National Golf Course and the Colorado Golf Association (CGA) will host the 60th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship, from July 20-23, 2027.

The 2027 championship will be the first to be held in Colorado since 1988 and fourth overall. Having opened in 2022, RainDance National is thus an entirely new venue for the Pacific Coast Amateur.

RainDance National holds the distinction of being the longest golf course in North America, measuring 8,450 yards from its longest tees. It is set in the Colorado’s High Plains about an hour’s drive north of Denver at about 4,800 feet above sea level. Its walking layout has 250 feet of elevation changes.

RainDance National’s design is credited to Fred Funk, a 9-time PGA Tour winner and 8-time PGA Tour Champions winner. It has an entirely fescue grass playing surface and features views of mountain peaks and valleys that are synonymous with Colorado terrain. Fairways play firm and fast, and most holes have fescue areas surrounding them, adding to the fair yet demanding test of championship-caliber golf.

Since opening, RainDance National has hosted an assortment of high-level CGA championships, including the Colorado State Amateur (2023), Colorado High School Boys’ Class 3A State Championship (2023), CGA Senior Match Play (2024), CGA Women’s Mashie (2025) and CGA Four Ball (2026). The Pacific Coast Amateur adds to what is a brief yet storied history at the golf course.

“RainDance National was always built to test the best golfers in the world while still offering a unique and special experience for the everyday player,” said Chris Williamson, director of golf. “With some holes featuring as many as 10 tee boxes to choose from, the course provides an incredible opportunity to challenge players not only with length, but also with different angles, looks and strategic decisions.”

Continues Williamson, “The combination of firm playing conditions, natural terrain, changing winds, multiple teeing options and native areas allows the course to provide a different challenge each day. Hosting the Pacific Coast Amateur represents another exciting opportunity for us and an important step in showcasing the golf course on a larger stage. We are very excited to provide the world’s top amateurs with a challenging, fair and memorable test of championship golf.”

The Pacific Coast Amateur is one of seven prestigious amateur championships of the Elite Amateur Golf Series (EAGS), along with the Western Amateur, Trans-Mississippi Amateur and others. In such events, players accumulate World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) points and vie for the Elite Amateur Cup.

For the 2027 Pacific Coast Amateur, WAGR No. 59 Jaden Dumdumaya will enter as the back-to-back defending champion, having won at Eugene Country Club in 2025 and at Poppy Ridge Golf Course in 2026. Noteworthy past champions who have gone on to achieve success on the PGA TOUR include Will Zalatoris, Aaron Wise, Andrew Putnam, Doug Ghim, Jason Gore, Billy Mayfair and others.

Mayfair won the 1988 championship – the most recent in Colorado – at Bear Creek Golf Club in Denver. The full list of champions can be found here.

Much of the championship’s recent success can be directly attributed to the exceptional quality of the venues, and the CGA is proud to present RainDance National in 2027.

“Colorado is one of the hottest markets for golf,” said CGA CEO Ed Mate. “We can’t wait to show off the spectacular climate, the mountain views and a world class facility. Bringing the Pacific Coast Amateur back to Colorado is long overdue.”

The PCGA directly shares Mate’s sentiment.

“We are honored to have RainDance National as host to the 60th Pacific Coast Amateur and thrilled to bring the championship to the state of Colorado for first time since 1988,” said PGCA Executive Director Nate Schroeder. “In just a few short years, RainDance has earned a well-deserved reputation as one of the top courses in the state and it will provide a tremendous test for players with dramatic elevation changes and plenty of length.”

Past host sites for the championship have included premier venues in the western U.S. and Canada such as Chambers Bay, The Olympic Club, Eugene Country Club, Seattle Golf Club, Capilano Golf and Country Club, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort and Columbia Edgewater Country Club, among others.

In addition to the hosting CGA, 15 other member associations from the western United States and Canada will also be represented in the field. They will collectively compete for the Morse Cup, for which each association designates three players as its team. The best two of three scores each day during the first two days of the 72-hole championship count for the team score.

The Morse Cup team trophy was donated by Samuel F. B. Morse, founder and developer of Pebble Beach Company and Pebble Beach Golf Links. Last year, the Northern California Golf Association earned the honor at Poppy Ridge.

With a win in 2027, Dumdumaya would become the first three-time winner of the Pacific Coast Amateur, and thus first to so in consecutive years.