Playing in the 2024 Oregon Public Links Championship at Mallard Creek GC
The 27th Oregon Public Links Championship
This year, the Oregon 27th Public Links Championship was held at Mallard Creek Golf Course, located near Lebanon and a little town called Waterloo, on the weekend of June 29th and 30th.
My amateur golf season this year includes this two-day tournament and the Christmas Valley Golf Course 4th of July 4-man scramble tourney, which is coming up in two days.
Since this is the only OGA event I’m playing this year, I decided to go on Friday and play the free practice round. Good thing I did because Mallard Creek is a tricky course full of trouble — it helped to scope things out, although my scores didn’t show it.
Interestingly, I shot the same score three days in a row, a +19, 91 on a par 72 course. The last two days are what counted, the weekend, where I shot a total of 182 (+38).
That score resulted in me finishing overall T64 out of 79 golfers and T48 out of 56 golfers in the Championship division (tied for last among those who finished in the harder division). A disappointing finish for…
