09/24/2026
💰🌳 Joel Skarbo is the $5,000 Champion of 3rd Annual Warden Open!
🏁Final: NW Golf Report’s 3rd Annual Warden Open from Sage Hills GC & RV Resort Sage Hills Golf and Resort in Warden, Washington. This 36-hole open, professional championship was co-staged by NW Golf Report and Sage Hills GC in Central Washington. Located 15-minutes south of Moses Lake, Sage Hills GC is an oasis that challenges players with tree-lined targets and small greens. The golf course revitalized in recent years with new ownership shined in wonderful condition and sunny skies. Professionals and amateurs competed for the open title with $5,000 to the champion.
🏆 Joel Skarbo of Bothell, Washington and Fircrest GC won the 3rd playing of the Warden Open with a tournament scoring record of -9, 133. Skarbo, an alumni of the Western Washington University Golf Team WWU Mens Golf , has been a fixture in the fields of professional tournaments in the PNW and the entire west coast for decades. Skarbo’s rounds of 65-68 included 11 birdies against only 2 bogeys in 2 rounds.
Now chasing Monday Qualifiers on the PGA Tour Champions circuit, Skarbo outdueled young professionals including recent Weber State alum Ty Anderson and WSU alum Sam Renner. Also finishing in the top 5 were PNW PGA pros in Charles Lee and 2-time NW Golf Report Spring Classic champion Jamie Hall.
⛳️ Full field results on Live Tourney Live Tourney at nwgolfreport.com.
The Warden Open will return in 2027! The anticipated dates for the 3rd annual playing are September 18-19, 2027. We are open to earlier dates on the calendar if that means more top players competing in our championship.
☀️ Huge thank you to Sage Hills GC for their hard work and incredible presentation of the golf course. In a short number of years this golf course has truly become championship caliber with players extremely impressed by the improved conditions.