Bonney Lake’s Sean Packer said what every amateur is thinking at the 63rd Hudson Cup at Lake Oswego Country Club in Oregon.

The losing streak has to end some time.

And the team of top Northwest amateur golfers are in great position to do just that. After two sets of team matches Thursday, they lead the professionals, 61/2 to 31/2.

The lead was spurred by a near-flawless morning session in which the amateurs captured victories in four of the five matches.

The last time the professionals lost in the Hudson Cup was in 1978 – at Manitou Golf and Country …

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This week: Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Disney’s Magnolia and Palm Golf Clubs in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

First-round score: 2-under-par 70 on the Palm Course.

Position: Gonzales is tied for 43rd, four strokes behind co-leaders Arjun Atwal, Luke Donald, James Driscoll, Nathan Green, Derek Lamely, Scott Stallings and Gary Woodland (66).

Recap: After walking off the 13th green with a birdie to move to 4-under, Gonzales must have certainly been thinking about more birdies on the next two holes – two of the easier holes on the Disney layout. But he made a par on the …

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This week: Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Disney’s Magnolia and Palm Golf Clubs in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

World ranking: 584th.

2011 earnings: $113,997 (209th on the PGA Tour).

Last tournament: In terms of keeping PGA Tour playing privileges, the Capital High graduate’s season has boiled down to a couple simple equations. To remain a full-fledged member for 2012 – and beyond – Gonzales must win this week. To keep partial PGA Tour status for next season (top-150 finish in money), he can finished no worse than tied for second with four other players. In any case, …

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This week: The McGladrey Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Seaside Course, Sea Island, Ga.

Gonzales’ fourth-round score: Even-par 70.

Stanley’s fourth-round score: 1-over 71.

Position: Stanley (2-under 278) tied for 54th, and Gonzales (1-under 279) tied for 60th – all behind winner Ben Crane (265).

Recap: In Stanley’s final PGA Tour start of 2011 – after a stellar rookie campaign, he will easily retain his full playing privileges next season – he got off to a rough start (two bogeys in first three holes, made five birdies in the middle of his round, then stumbled late (bogey at No. 15, double …

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This week: The McGladrey Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Seaside Course, Sea Island, Ga.

Stanley’s third-round score: 1-under-par 69.

Gonzales’ third-round score: 1-over 71.

Position: Stanley (3-under 207) is tied for 46th, and Gonzales (1-under 209) is tied for 57th – all trailing leader Michael Thompson (13-under 197).

Recap: Four birdies after his first eight holes, capped by an eighth-hole birdie in which he came within 40 yards of the green, and pitched close to make a 4-foot putt for his final one, had Stanley at 3-under on his round. He did not make another one – and double bogeyed the …

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This week: The McGladrey Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Seaside Course, Sea Island, Ga.

Stanley’s second-round score: 1-under-par 69.

Gonzales’ second-round score: 2-over 72.

Position: Both locals sit at 2-under 138, and tied for 40th – 10 strokes behind leader Billy Horschel (128).

Recap: Again, Stanley – playing in his final PGA Tour event this season – got off to a slow start, driving in a fairway bunker on the first hole, and into a right-side pond on the second holes, leading to back-to-back bogeys. But the Bellarmine Prep graduate finished with five birdies over his final 10 holes (Nos. 9, …

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This week: The McGladrey Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Seaside Course, Sea Island, Ga.

Gonzales’ first-round score: 4-under-par 66.

Stanley’s first-round score: 1-under 69.

Position: Gonzales is tied for 16th, and Stanley is tied for 54th – all trailing co-leaders Zack Miller and Webb Simpson (63).

Recap: Gonzales tied his start at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in late February for his best opening round ever on the PGA Tour. And his eight birdies Thursday also marked a season-high. He rolled off three birdies in a row at the fifth (4-foot putt), sixth (8-footer) and seventh holes (13-footer) to get to 5-under, …

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Only hours remain in golfer Ryan Moore’s life as a single man.

The PGA Tour standout from Puyallup is getting married Friday – to fellow UNLV alumnus (and athlete) Nichole Olson – in Malibu, Calif.

At the outset of the FedEx Cup playoffs, roughly six weeks ago, I asked Moore how all the wedding planning was going.

“It’s a lot of stuff, and obviously I want to help out. She is doing it,” Moore said.

How much has he been consulted about the wedding’s finer details?

“Stuff is certainly ran by me,” Moore said. “If it’s definitely something I care …

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